The following news item should help set right anyone’s mythology that the US in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere are hurting “poor innocent Arab shepherds” who only want to raise sheep, raise a family, and spread peace throughout the world. May righteous Jews and Americans continue to capture and kill our enemies in al-Qaeda, the civilization-hating Muslim terror network. Via...
One lonely Jew keeps the faith in Afghanistan
Jewish life in Afghanistan. I would enjoy meeting this singular figure, this Jew, this mainstay. I am uncomfortable to read that his wife and two daughters left him alone to live in Israel; perhaps he is too difficult to live with. But his tenacity, his commitment; it is certainly noble and his remarkable permanency and fame in Afghanistan as “the Jew” is much greater than what I have...
U.S. Spy Chief: Bin Laden Alive in Pakistan
From U.S. Spy Chief: Bin Laden Alive in Pakistan: Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden is alive in lawless parts of Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan, U.S. intelligence chief Mike McConnell said Sunday. McConnell blamed Pakistani President Musharraf’s government for allowing al-Qaeda to regroup, but said Musharraf remained a key ally of the U.S. A new report by the U.S. intelligence...
Iran Defends Plan to Expel One Million Afghans
From Iran Defends Plan to Expel One Million Afghans:
Iran on Tuesday defended its plan to repatriate one million Afghans living illegally in the Islamic Republic and said 50,000 had been sent home since the campaign was launched. The Afghan government on Sunday called on Iran to suspend the repatriations because the country lacked the resources to resettle them.
Iran Supplying Weapons to Sunni Taliban
From Iran Supplying Weapons to Sunni Taliban: A shipment of Iranian-made weapons bound for the Taliban was recently captured by allied forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Tuesday. The Bush administration has charged that Iran has also been supplying lethal support to Shiite militants in Iraq. According to American intelligence officials, the...