The Spy Who Came in From the Mosque

The Weekly Standard ^ | 01/13/03 | Jake Tapper

[Miss Marple]

Jake Tapper, who used to write for Salon, and I remember from covering the campaign in 2000, now shows up in the Weekly Standard with this excellent article.

How interesting. I wonder if Mr. Tapper has reconsidered some of his opinions.

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[Pokey78]

I know. I did a double take when I saw the author's name.

[WOSG]

good story.

[WOSG]

http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4137980,00.html

an article on him from even before 9/11.

[Paul Ross]

BTTT! Yup, Tapper may be changing his former opinions from the Salon-salad days...at least we can always hope he has, and this article is definitely a good start. I was listening a couple weeks ago to an NPR [the enemy network] do an report on how Iraqi's feel about the impending war and the journalist who went on location in Jordan to interview refugees was blown away by how supportive of the U.S. they were...and admitted that he had a specific agenda story in mind when he started his interviews. But the stories of Saddams atrocities was so pervasive and heinous, by the end of the interviews, he pulled away from his agenda, and just told their stories without much of his varnish at all.... Maybe there is hope that even the RATS can be redeemed.

[TLBSHOW]

bttt

[Dark Wing]

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[livius]

Very interesting. I think there are probably some ethical journalists who just float along with the party line and then suddenly, when confronted by reality, wake up - and Tapper may be one of them.

As for Hassaine, I'm always impressed by people like him who take on a totalitarian regime - be it Communism or Islam - and pit themselves against it. A good and informative article, thanks, pokey.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thanks for the ping!

Where are the stories like this in the USA?

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Jihadis in the Hood
Race, Urban Islam and the War on Terror

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[dennisw]

In 1999, the Special Branch asked Hassaine to infiltrate London's now-notorious Finsbury Park mosque, whose imam Abu Hamza preached jihad to the likes of shoebomber Richard Reid. Hassaine was already familiar with Hamza and his ally Abu Qatada--both of them among the top GIA supporters in London. He held them responsible, in no small way, for what had happened in Algeria.

Abu Hamza. Some insensitive people call him the Captain Hook mullah

 

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Captain Hook mullah

Seems to fit, a truly scary looking mullah!

[dennisw]

He'll give the devil a good scare when he's sent back to hell.

[xJones]

Lost both his hands, was blinded in one eye, and now what does he do? Preaches hate, 24/7.

[Ann Archy]

My first thought was "Jake Tapper....the leftie Clinton apologist wriing for the WS??? Must be Wm. Kristol's cousin or something. How do you go from Salon (lick the doorknobs).com to Weekly Standard?

[TLBSHOW]

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[Travis McGee]

Why in the HELL is Hamza still walking and preaching freely in London?

Do the Brits have a death wish? Or has the concept of self defense even been outlawed on a societal basis?

[JohnathanRGalt]

Lost both his hands, was blinded in one eye, and now what does he do? Preaches hate, 24/7.

The story Hamza tells everyone -- he lost them fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan.

However, Asst. U.S. Attorney Hamilton recently testified in Federal Court that Hamza lost his hands making a bomb.

Who should we believe?

[xJones]

I always heard the land mine in Afghanistan story, but it certainly wouldn't be surprising if Hamilton was right.