More Muslim hubris. I don’t expect any less from a culture whose greatest contribution to civilization was the concept of zero. From Al-Qaeda Kingpin: I Trained 9/11 Hijackers: Louai al-Sakka sits isolated from the world and fellow inmates 24 hours a day at Kandira prison east of Istanbul, since being convicted last year in connection with the bombing of the British consulate in Istanbul...
The Saudi Roots of 9/11
From The Saudi Roots of 9/11: In The Siege of Mecca, Wall Street Journal writer Yaroslav Trofimov pulls back the curtain surrounding events that the Saudis would very much rather the world forgot. The November 1979 siege of the Grand Mosque in Mecca laid the groundwork for al-Qaeda and the events of Sep. 11. Juhayman al-Uteybi led the siege. Driven by Wahhabi orthodoxy, Juhayman hated all...
Today we will never forget
Welles Remy Crowther, age 24
Welles Remy Crowther, age 24.Place killed: World Trade Center. Resident of Upper Nyack, New York. Welles Remy Crowther was an equities trader on the South Tower’s 104th floor, who helped dozens of people to safety on September 11. His body was found in March, 2002, alongside several firefighters and emergency workers bunched in a command post in the South Tower lobby. ———...
How Much 9/11 Tribute Is Enough?
It figures. Leave it to the New York Times to publish an article presenting the lefty perspective that memorializing September 11, 2001 again on September 11, 2007 is questionable as to whether all of it is necessary, at the same decibel level — still. Quote unquote. The abrasive article, by N. R. Kleinfeld, comes at a time when the country is divided between those who love America and those who...
Bin Laden may have arranged family’s US exit: FBI docs
Some of bin Laden family members were not even interviewed. From Bin Laden may have arranged family’s US exit – FBI docs: Osama bin Laden may have chartered a plane that carried his family members and Saudi nationals out of the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks, said FBI documents released Wednesday. The papers, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, were...
9/11 mastermind confesses in Guantanamo
Via Jihad Watch: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon. “I was responsible for the 9/11 operation from A to Z,” Mohammed said in a statement that was read during the session, which was held...
Almost 10,000 Days, Same Players, Same Game & We Have Learned Nothing
Northeast Intelligence Network reminds us that: Today is the 26th anniversary of the release of 52 Americans who were held hostage by Islamic terrorists in Iran for an unbelievable 444 days. Released from their captivity on January 21, 1981, it has been two months shy of 10,000 days – 9940 days to be exact, since about 300 Islamic terrorists calling themselves students stormed the U.S. Embassy...
What is today’s reality?
From the always excellent Mark Levin, on National Review Online: What I fear is that the Democrats will succeed in forcing us from Iraq. The inevitable result will be a blood bath, the expansion of Iran’s power (an Iran which will soon possess nuclear weapons), the expansion of war in that area to include so-called moderate Arab countries and Israel, a launching base for al-Qaeda, and control...
The Anti-Profiling Agenda
An excerpt from Robert Spencer’s The Anti-Profiling Agenda, via FrontPage: Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) has been named to the House Judiciary Committee. Ellison said in a statement: “I look forward to pursuing a progressive agenda in the committee, including the restoration of American citizen’s civil liberties that have come under increasing attack over the past six years.” The...