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HOLLAND, Mich., July 23 (UPI) -- A Republican Michigan congressman is fighting a Bush administration ban on using words offensive to Muslims while describing terrorists. Rep. Peter Hoekstra offered an amendment last week to the 2009 Intelligence Authorization Act that would ban financing for any restriction on use of words such as "jihadist" and "Islamist." Fellow Republican Michigan Reps. Joe Knollenberg and Thaddeus McCotter, and Democratic Rep. Bart Stupak, supported the amendment which was approved by a 249-180 vote in the House, The Detroit News reported Wednesday. Some analysts say the words inadvertently honor terrorists while they are considered slurs...

Alright FReepers, this is my first quasi-vanity, in the sense that I don't post an article by another source, but wrote myself on Dr. Todenhöfer, a shining example of elitist, academic and political Dhimmitude and Anti-Americanism in Germany. If you think the American MSM is biased, if not downright sympathetic towards the Jihadi enemy, and if you think that Michael Moore is a propagandist slob, you haven't met Jürgen Todenhöfer. Sure the German media outlets, such as the "Spiegel" and "Stern" have an infamous history of BDS and anti-Americanism, but Dr. Todenhöfer trumps that. Dr. Jürgen Todenhöfer (67) is an...

Myrick’s Counterjihad Plan   By Robert SpencerFrontPageMagazine.com | Thursday, May 01, 2008 In mid-April Representative Sue Myrick (R-NC) unveiled a ten-point plan for fighting against jihadist activity in the United States. One would think that Muslims who profess to oppose today’s global jihad would welcome such an initiative, but one Muslim leader from Myrick’s district, Jibril Hough of the Islamic Center of Charlotte, is not happy. On Monday he charged that “Myrick's latest attempt at fighting terrorism is nothing more than a fear campaign. It is nothing more than a new McCarthyism, or Myrickism. As Muslims, we have become...

War On Terror: Caving to Muslim pressure groups, the Bush administration has banned the term "jihadist" to define the enemy. Islamic terrorists will now be known as "violent extremists." Our war on radical Islam has been hamstrung by political correctness from the start. First, we couldn't call the campaign to strike back at al-Qaida a "crusade" because Muslims found it historically offensive. Then we couldn't define the enemy as "Islamic terrorists" because it insulted Islam — even though it accurately described the Muslims committing murder and mayhem in the name of Islam. To appease critics, we narrowed the terminology, confining...

Bush administration targets language in war on terrorism WASHINGTON - Don't call them jihadists any more. And don't call al-Qaida a movement. The Bush administration has launched a new front in the war on terrorism, this time targeting language. Federal agencies, including the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Counter Terrorism Center, are telling their people not to describe Islamic extremists as "jihadists" or "mujahedeen," according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. Lingo like "Islamo-fascism" is out, too. The reason: Such words may actually boost support for radicals among Arab and Muslim audiences by giving...

Jihad, Islamism, and Non-Interventionism Part Two of Three Jeffrey Imm3. Non-Interventionism: U.S. Foreign Policy to Blame for Islamist Terrorism3.1. Occidentalism and Non-Interventionists - Islamist Terrorism as a Reaction to U.S. Foreign PolicyIn his book "Marching Toward Hell", Mr. Scheuer mocks those concerned about Islamism as "Cold Warriors" (p. 148), while adopting a Cold War mentality towards Islamism himself. In Mr. Scheuer's efforts to promote Non-Interventionism, his argument is that Islamist terrorism is exclusively a reaction to U.S. foreign policy. Since logical contortion is inconsequential to the larger Non-Interventionist cause of preventing America from recognizing an enemy, Mr. Scheuer does not...

Israel's Channel 10 News said the Jewish state has sent a letter to Hizbullah threatening to wage war against Lebanon if the Shiite group launched a massive retaliatory attack to avenge the killing of Imad Mughniyeh. It said Israeli security forces were put on high alert "inside and outside" Israel over fears of possible attacks by Hizbullah at the end of the 40-day mourning period for Mughniyeh, who was assassinated by a car bombing in Damascus Feb. 12. In response to a question about the likelihood of a Hizbullah reprisal, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said: "We are ready on...

Ex-Sailor Found Guilty of Leaking Ship Movements FEATURE STORY   by IPT IPT News March 3, 2008*Updated NEW HAVEN - Months after the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors docked in Yemen, a battle group led by the USS Constellation prepared to sail for the Persian Gulf. The U.S. was saber rattling. Retaliation against the Taliban in Afghanistan and Al Qaeda for the Cole attack was anticipated. Unbeknownst to Navy leadership, a signalman on the destroyer Benfold was in direct communication at the time with a British-based publishing house openly supporting the Taliban and...

"Major survey challenges Western perceptions of Islam," by Karin Zeitvogel." A huge survey of the world's Muslims released Tuesday challenges Western notions that equate Islam with radicalism and violence. It shows that the overwhelming majority of Muslims condemned the attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001 and other subsequent terrorist attacks, the authors of the study said in Washington. About 93 percent of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims are moderates and only seven percent are politically radical, according to the poll, based on more than 50,000 interviews. But only seven percent of the billion Muslims surveyed --the radicals...

Just who is Hesham Islam? Is he a Jihadist mole in the State Department? Hesham Islam is a special assistant for international affairs to Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. He is a retired US Navy officer, born in Egypt, who served in the Iranian navy. Does he still have ties to Egypt and/or Iran? Hesham Islam works closely with the Muslim-American community. WorldNetDaily reports that Mr. Islam is affiliated with the Islamic Society of North America, which U.S. prosecutors last year named as a member of the U.S. branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and an unindicted co-conspirator in a major...

The entire body of the Jewish people today – in Israel, in Europe, in America, in Australia and New Zealand, and throughout the world – is in grave danger. Our very existence as a people and as a faith is in jeopardy. The threat to our survival has two components to it: the external siege being waged against Israel and the Jewish people throughout the world by the international jihadist movement, its sympathizers and appeasers; and the internal siege that we Jews, both in Israel and in the Diaspora, including the United States, are waging against ourselves.

If John McCain rolls on Super Tuesday then it is time for all Freepers living in remaining primary states to cross-over in your respective primaries and vote for Obama on the dem ballot. It's our best opportunity to stop her because she will crush McCain in November.

The Bush administration probably was not thinking about Shrek, Elmo and Spongebob Square Pants when it started warning international banks against doing business with Iran. But soft toys – along with fridges, textiles, toasters and clocks – have all been hit by the US-led pressure on banks with links to Iran, which has seen lenders from Frankfurt and London to Beijing and Dubai sever ties with companies in Tehran. “The foreign banks don’t allow us to open letters of credit any more so we have to use cash transfers to buy from China,” says Hamid Sobhany, standing amid the cuddly...

CAIRO, Egypt - The top U.S. military commander in the Mideast said Friday that Iran runs the risk of triggering an unintended conflict if its boats continue to harass U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf. Adm. William J. Fallon, chief of U.S. Central Command, said a threatening radio call heard during an encounter Sunday between U.S. Navy ships and Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz was likely connected to Iran's provocative actions. He said the exact origin of the message was still unknown. "This kind of behavior, if it happens in the future, is the kind of event that...

John Walker Lindh's lawyers and parents appealed to President Bush for the fourth time Tuesday to commute the Marin County man's 20-year prison sentence for aiding the Taliban in 2001, saying the nation has grown less fearful since then and that others convicted of similar charges have been treated more leniently. "John Lindh had no involvement whatsoever in terrorism or criminal activity," his mother, Marilyn Walker, said at a news conference.... "Others have received a lot less in the way of a sentence even when they were convicted of a lot more," the lawyer said. Bush has not responded to...

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Organized protests against the appearance of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the U.N. began even before he arrived in New York City. A group of about 40 elected officials and civic leaders gathered Sunday outside Columbia University, where Ahmadinejad is scheduled to speak on Monday. Some carried placards with slogans such as "Don't give a platform to hate," and "Go to hell," while denouncing Ahmadinejad as a "Hitler wannabe" and a Holocaust denier. Said New York state Assemblyman Dov Hikind: "There is no excuse to invite this madman, this little Hitler. "This is immoral. This is outrageous. This is sick....

Dearbornistan government at work: Covering up for the AK-47 jihadi suspect By Michelle Malkin  •  September 17, 2007 03:32 PM   They don’t call it Dearbornistan for nothing. From the Press and Guide: On Tuesday, a nation honored those whose lives were lost during the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001. But four days prior to the anniversary of the deadly terrorist attacks, a Wayne State medical student had city officials hoping that the event would not be marred by more bloodshed.Houssein Zorkot, 26, was arrested Sept. 8 after he was observed wielding an AK-47 semi-automatic assault rifle in Hemlock Park,...

DEARBORN - Houssein Zorkot, a 26-year-old Dearborn resident, was arraigned Tuesday in 19th District Court on multiple felony charges, including carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent — a five-year felony. Zorkot, a third-year medical student at Wayne State University, was allegedly armed with an AK-47 assault rifle and dressed in black clothing with camouflage paint covering his face when he was arrested Saturday in Hemlock Park. According to police, Zorkot was observed attempting to leave the park in a black SUV after officers had received reports of a man carrying a rifle in the area. He was placed under...

Security increased at Izetbegovic's grave in Bosnia Sarajevo - The Bosnian state prosecutor's office instructed police to tighten security at the grave of the late president Alija Izetbegovic amid fears of a bomb attack on the site, Sarajevo daily Dnevni avaz reported Friday. An explosion at the late Muslim leader's grave had badly damaged his burial place last year. "During the investigation related to the last year explosion, the office obtained information according to which new attack is possible a year after the previous one," the daily reported quoting its source from Bosnia's judicial circles as saying. The State Prosecutor...

With his clenched fists, wild eyes and gnashing teeth he has become the face of Muslim fury, protesting against the enemies of Islam. Shakeel Ahmad Bhat has been on the frontline of political activism in Srinagar, India, for more than a decade. His constant presence, captured by photographers and beamed across the world, has caught the imagination of rightwing bloggers who have dubbed him Islamic Rage Boy and turned him into an internet phenomenon. Typing his nickname into a search engine yields more than 75,000 results. He has inspired a cartoon character and merchandise. But the 30-year-old Kashmiri activist is...

It is news to few observers that thousands, even millions, of young Muslims are influenced—to some extent—by jihadi literature circulating on various Islamist websites and discussion forums. The mujahideen's use of the internet for communication, indoctrination, recruitment and public relations has been well demonstrated. Through this medium, a field of preachers and ideologues compete for the vast audience of young Muslims, attempting to sway their opinion and bring them to the "correct" practice and understanding of Islam. Those backing the global jihadi movement have succeeded in capturing this audience—perhaps more so than other contenders—and have gained a wide following of...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Somalia has replaced Sudan as the "epicentre of jihadism" in east Africa since the rise of a powerful Islamist movement, according to a U.S. author who has just finished a new book on the Horn of Africa nation. "The most potent expression of jihadism in the region has occurred in stateless Somalia," says Gregory Alonso Pirio. His book, "The African Jihad: Bin Laden's Quest for the Horn of Africa", is due to be published early next year. "With the military triumph of the Islamic Courts, southern Somalia came to replace Sudan as the epicentre of jihadism in...

The French housing estates hit by a wave of riots a year ago could once again descend into violence, an intelligence report has warned. The conditions that led to the 2005 unrest are still in place, it says. The warning comes just days before the anniversary of the first riots, following the death of two youths in an estate north-east of Paris. Recent weeks have seen a rise in clashes between police and youths in the capital's immigrant suburbs. The report by the intelligence agency of the interior ministry, dated 11 October, was leaked to the Figaro newspaper. The BBC's...

1,300 years after decisive Battle of Tours, Muslims still wonder why they lostBy Mary Jo Anderson TOURS, France – Frederic Guesdon won the 100th edition of the Paris-Tours classic on Sunday. The picturesque valley where cyclists whooshed uphill toward their prize no longer bears the scars of the ferocious Battle of Tours. But in this valley, Oct. 10, A.D. 732, Frankish chieftains and Gallic forces led by Charles Martel defended their homeland from Abd-er-Rahman and his Muslim raiders. ...Historians calculate that the Umayyad Caliphate – that met its match at the Battle of Tours – was the mightiest military power...

Musings while waiting breathlessly for a reason to care about Terrell Owens’ poor pill-popping technique… - Congratulations to President Bush for declassifying the National Intelligence Estimate and exposing the partisan lies being spread by treasonous leakers in the spook community. Some Benedict Arnold fancying himself (or herself) a modern-day Daniel Ellsworth spewed out some of the NIE over the weekend to the Washington Post and New York Times, which then dutifully proceeded to report that the NIE called the Iraq War a breeding ground for terrorists. Naturally, that was a lie, which is nothing new for the drive-by media –...

TEL AVIV — Israeli military sources said Hizbullah operatives have been allowed by the Lebanese Army to return to the Israeli border. The sources said operatives have established safe houses and organized unrest against the Israeli military. "The situation could rapidly return to that of before July 12," a military source, referring to the start of the Israeli-Hizbullah war, said. [On Tuesday, at least three Israelis were injured in Palestinian missile fire from the Gaza Strip. Two missiles landed in and around the Israeli city of Sderot and several people were injured by shrapnel or shock. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility...

According to video of news reporter's interview with the victim: Incident happened on September 9, 2006 at approximately 9:30p.m. Victims were white couple shopping in Wal-Mart who were verbally and physcially attacked by 2 Middle Eastern men. One of the Middle Eastern men one shoved the white victim's wife. The victim's husband asked if there was a problem and one of the males told him he needed to get out of his way. The ME man called the white male, "American scum", said he'd blow him up and said,"we'll kill you". Outside in the parking lot, the 2 Middle Eastern...

We Love and Support our Pope “This week the Catholic Church has been on the receiving end of evil and inhumane threats and acts of violence. We must meet these challenges with prayer and strength in solidarity with our pope....’ states prominent Roman Catholic Priest. (Front Royal, VA)—The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, issued the following response to the recent torrent of hostility directed at Pope Benedict XVI by Mohammedan jihadists. “Human Life International has launched a new website to bring all Christians together in pray for our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI in our moment...

PARIS - Al-Qaida has for the first time announced a union with an Algerian insurgent group that has designated France as an enemy, saying they will act together against French and American interests.

In 2005, the mainstream media seemed shocked when a number of news sources, including WorldNetDaily.com released a report about an "American Hiroshima" plot against the United States by Al-Qaeda The plot calls for Al-Qaeda to detonate nuclear weapons on American soil, having arrived over the Mexican border with the assistance of MS-13 gang members. The report claims Al-Qaeda has already obtained a large number of nuclear weapons currently being maintained by Pakistani and Russian scientists. Why the shock? In November 2002, this author provided similar and nearly identical information to the American public and intelligence agencies compiled from private and...

LONDON, England (CNN) -- CNN's Becky Anderson interviews Peter Herbert, a British human rights lawyer who visited Richard Reid, the so-called "shoe-bomber" in a U.S. jail in 2002. Herbert, who had no role in Reid's defense, was interviewed at his office in London. Here is the full transcript: Anderson: So you traveled to see him? (Watch the interview -- 3:04) ... Q. Well, you talked at length I believe and perhaps with more detail than you might have expected about what had happened that day and indeed why Richard Reid had been involved. When you asked him why young men...

What have you learned since the Sept. 11 attacks five years ago? The mass murder of 2,996 innocent people on American soil forced open my eyes to the Islamic holy war against the West, freedom and modernity. The battle has raged not for years or decades, but for centuries — well before the Crusades began. The indelible sight of workers plunging from the Twin Towers — head first, feet first, solo, hand-in-hand — roused me from slumber. The photos of children incinerated on United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 77 compelled me to start paying attention to the...

It’s being reported that ordinary people are taking matters into their own hands and are practicing the kind of profiling that makes the most sense. Airline passengers in Russia, Great Britain, the United States and Canada have either stopped flights or just gotten off flights when confronted with Muslim-looking young men who looked suspicious for one reason or another.

British holidaymakers staged an unprecedented mutiny - refusing to allow their flight to take off until two men they feared were terrorists were forcibly removed. The extraordinary scenes happened after some of the 150 passengers on a Malaga-Manchester flight overheard two men of Asian appearance apparently talking Arabic. Passengers told cabin crew they feared for their safety and demanded police action. Some stormed off the Monarch Airlines Airbus A320 minutes before it was due to leave the Costa del Sol at 3am. Others waiting for Flight ZB 613 in the departure lounge refused to board it. The incident fuels the...

"Islamic fascists"--used by President George W. Bush for the conspirators in the alleged trans-Atlantic airline bombing plot--and references by other prominent figures to "Islamofascism," have been met by protests from Muslims who say the term is an insult to their religion. The meaning and origin of the concept, as well as the legitimacy of complaints about it, have become relevant--perhaps urgently so. I admit to a lack of modesty or neutrality about this discussion, since I was, as I will explain, the first Westerner to use the neologism in this context. In my analysis, as originally put in print directly...

Screening airline passengers of a certain ethnic or religious background to uncover those who pose a potential terrorist threat would risk alienating the Muslim community, prominent Muslims cautioned today. The Times reported this morning that the Government is discussing with airport operators plans to introduce a screening system that allows security staff to select people who are behaving suspiciously, have an unusual travel pattern or are from certain ethnic or religious backgrounds. It is understood that officials at the Department for Transport believe that this system would not only be more effective at identifying terrrorists, but would also greatly relieve...

WASHINGTON - Airline passengers will be allowed to carry small scissors and tools onto planes, reversing a rule that led to confiscation of many thousands of sharp objects at airports since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a Homeland Security Department official said Wednesday. Transportation Security Administration chief Kip Hawley on Friday will announce changes to the list of items prohibited in carry-on luggage and to the airport screening process, according to the official, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because the plan has yet to be announced. With federal air marshals on planes, bulletproof cockpit doors, armed pilots and...

CHICAGO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tighter restrictions on carry-on luggage, including bans on liquids, will disrupt air travel for at least several days and make it even more of a headache for passengers already sick of crowded planes and long lines, experts said. U.S. security officials banned passengers from carrying any liquids onto planes after British officials said they foiled a plot to bomb flights to the United States on Thursday. The new restrictions were sure to cause major disruptions for at least two or three days at airport security checkpoints as screeners scour carry-on bags for drinks, hair gels and...

Those familiar with Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" - featuring comedian Jon Stewart - will no doubt be familiar with the show's bias against Operation Iraqi Freedom and the efforts of the Bush Administration to combat Islamic terrorism in the Middle East. But even Stewart and company couldn't deny the progress being made in northern Iraq. The 3 Iraqi provinces that make up Iraqi Kurdistan have built a peaceful democracy modeled after Western nations. Not one single Coalition soldier has been killed in Iraqi Kurdistan. No westerners have been kidnapped. And just this past week, Iraqi Kurdistan's regional government passed...

Jihadist ExterminatorYou are the Gunsmith, defender of Liberty. The jihadists have run out of children to hide behind, but they're building a secret weapons factory. Your mission: Use your rifle, dynamite, and combat knife to exterminate the jihadists and destroy the weapons factory. Note that some of the jihadists are pretty stupid and just stand around picking their noses; others are more aggressive and will attack with knives, guns, grenades, etc. Oh, and try not to step in the piles of poop! Jihadist Exterminator

Rebel leader's son killed in PhilippinesBy TERESA CEROJANO, Associated Press WriterMANILA, Philippines - The son of a senior rebel commander was killed in a U.S.-backed Philippine offensive against an al-Qaida-linked Muslim militant group, officials said Friday. Troops were still searching for two Indonesian suspects in the 2002 Bali bombings who were seen recently on Jolo island. Ismin Sahiron, son of Radullan Sahiron, the one-armed Abu Sayyaf commander, was killed in the four-day-old offensive in the jungles of Jolo, said Col. Mohammad Nur Askalani, acting chief of staff of the military's Southern Command. The father and son, who also had an...

Schools in Afghanistan under growing attack: UNICEFGENEVA (Reuters) - Schools are increasingly being attacked across Afghanistan and an estimated 100,000 children in the south are shut out of the classroom due to closures, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. There were nearly 100 attacks on Afghan schools in the first half of the year, a sixfold rise from the same period in 2005, according to the agency which blamed "unknown insurgents." The attacks, which included 11 explosions and 50 school burnings, have led to the deaths of six children, it said in a statement. "These are anti-government...

Interpol issued a worldwide alert yesterday over the escape of seven “suspected Al Qaeda-linked terrorists” from a Saudi prison and voiced concern that it had only learned of the jailbreak from the press. The world police organisation said it was the second time in six months that it had found out from the media about a major prison escape, following the flight of 13 convicted militants and 10 other inmates in Yemen in February.

The suspected ringleader of an al Qaeda plot to blow up PATH's Hudson River tunnels was nabbed five years ago for trespassing on a Montreal train track, it was learned yesterday. Also yesterday, documents surfaced showing that Hammoud abandoned an $800-a-month, two-bedroom apartment in Montral in March 1996 while he owed three months' back rent. The apartment is one block from where Ahmed Ressam, the "Millennium Bomber," lived.

Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers and killed seven others on the border with southern Lebanon today, opening a new front in the two-week crisis over the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier in Gaza.

The coordinated attacks on Mumbai's commuter trains are the latest chapter in a sustained covert war against India by Pakistan-sponsored Islamist terror groups, says Ajai Sahni of the Institute for Conflict Management in New Delhi.

The front page of Sunday's Washington Post featured a revealing look at the impact convicted felon Jack Abramoff's downfall is having on his erstwhile colleague, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist. Under the headline "Powerful GOP Activist Sees His Influence Slip Over Abramoff Dealings" the article recounts previously published e-mails concerning arrangements between the two that would appear to involve the laundering of Abramoff clients' funds through Norquist's tax-exempt Americans for Tax Reform (ATR). It goes on to describe how radioactive Norquist has become in the eyes of some legislators and fellow conservatives in the wake of his seeming ties to the...

Iran's hard-line president warned Friday that continued Israeli strikes against Palestinians could lead to an Islamic "explosion" targeting Israel and its Western supporters. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told thousands of demonstrators gathered in the capital, Tehran, to condemn the strikes in the Gaza Strip that Israel's supporters could be the target of revenge by Muslims.

A recruiting video issued by members of the fundamentalist Islamic movement in Somalia shows Arab radicals fighting alongside the local extremists in Mogadishu, and invites Muslims from around the world to join in their "holy jihad." The video, obtained by The Associated Press, provides the first hard evidence that non-Somalis have joined with Islamic extremists in Somalia. The Supreme Islamic Courts Council, which defeated U.S.-backed warlords in Mogadishu last month and is now the country's most powerful force, has repeatedly denied links to extremists such as al-Qaida.