Archive for February 17, 2012
Al-Qaeda in Iran has a new Leader
0While it’s worth noting that Al-Qaeda has a new leader in Iran, it’s more noteworthy that the Sunni, Al-Qaeda is embraced by the Shiite Iranian government. The unlikelihood of such a reality is what caused the United States government to dismiss Iranian involvement in the 9/11 attacks.
Anyway, here’s a report on the leadership change via the Long War Journal (take note of what I have in bold):
A notorious Kuwaiti terrorist named Muhsin al Fadhli has reportedly taken over leadership of al Qaeda’s network inside Iran. Sky News reports that al Fadhli assumed the top post in al Qaeda’s Iran franchise after Yasin al Suri, who has headed the network for years, was placed under “protective custody” following his exposure by US authorities.
In July 2011, the US Treasury Department designated al Suri and several other al Qaeda operatives who use Iranian soil to move funds and recruits from Gulf countries to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and elsewhere. The Treasury Department said that this network operates as part of a “secret deal” between al Qaeda and the Iranian government. In December 2011, US authorities announced that they were offering a $10 million reward for information leading to al Suri’s capture.
Al-Qaeda and Iran sittin’ in a tree….
Yet again, another in a long line of examples that point to a United States federal district judge’s ruling being spot-on. That ruling determined that Iran worked closely with al-Qaeda to perpetrate the 9/11 attacks.
There’s more:
Al Fadhli has long been an elite member of al Qaeda. In early September 2001, Treasury explained, he “possibly received forewarning that US interests would be struck.” The Sept. 11 operation was compartmentalized and only select members of the network received advance notice.
U.S.S. Cole bombing? Check:
In a separate case, according to a leaked State Department cable written in June 2005, al Fadhli was charged with involvement in al Qaeda’s October 2000 USS Cole bombing.
There appears to be quite a bit of chatter regarding collaboration between Iran and al-Qaeda about an upcoming attack as well:
Sky News cited anonymous intelligence officials who believe a terrorist plot involving al Fadhli and al Qaeda’s network in Iran may be afoot. Al Qaeda’s emir, Ayman al Zawahiri, is reportedly interested in launching a mass casualty attack as retaliation for the killing of Osama bin Laden. However, the details of this putative plot are sketchy.
“We do know that an operation is under way. We assess that the most likely target is to be European. And the most obvious target in Europe for an attack that would attract a lot of attention would be the Olympic Games,” a source told Sky News. Iran is reportedly providing training in explosives, safe haven, and funding for the operatives involved.
A secret intelligence memo shown to Sky News reads: “Against the background of intensive co-operation over recent months between Iran and al Qaeda – with a view to conducting a joint attack against Western targets overseas… Iran has significantly stepped up its investment, maintenance and improvement of operational and intelligence ties with the al Qaeda leadership in Pakistan in recent months.”
The evidence that Iran worked closely with al-Qaeda in the September 11th attacks is overwhelming and indications are that an encore performance may be underway.
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
h/t Jawa Report
Colorado High School student rejects Dhimmitude, Quits Choir
0Imagine the uproar if a public high school choir attempted to sing a song about Jesus that included the lyrics, “He is the way, the truth, and the life.” The left wing atheists and secularists would scream bloody murder while insisting that the separation of church and state is at grave risk. Would such objections be labeled racist?
Enter James Harper, a high school senior who had a problem with singing a song which heaped similar praise on Islam’s Allah.
Via Fox News:
A Colorado high school student says he quit the school choir after an Islamic song containing the lyric “there is no truth except Allah” made it into the repertoire.
James Harper, a senior at Grand Junction High School in Grand Junction, put his objection to singing “Zikr,” a song written by Indian composer A.R. Rahman, in an email to Mesa County School District 51 officials. When the school stood by choir director Marcia Wieland’s selection, Harper said, he quit.
“I don’t want to come across as a bigot or a racist, but I really don’t feel it is appropriate for students in a public high school to be singing an Islamic worship song,” Harper told KREX-TV. “This is worshipping another God, and even worshipping another prophet … I think there would be a lot of outrage if we made a Muslim choir say Jesus Christ is the only truth.”
In one of the most blatant displays of dhimmitude, the spokesman for the district doubled down in the face of Harper’s courage:
But district spokesman Jeff Kirtland defended the decision to include the song.
“Choral music is often devoted to religious themes. … This is not a case where the school is endorsing or promoting any particular religion or other non-educational agenda. The song was chosen because its rhythms and other qualities would provide an opportunity to exhibit the musical talent and skills of the group in competition, not because of its religious message or lyrics,” Kirtland told FoxNews.com in an email while noting that the choir “is a voluntary, after-school activity.”
For the record, the song “Prayer of the Children” was written by a Mormon missionary and doesn’t include nearly the same reference to Jesus that the Islamic song, Zikr does to Allah.
Here are the lyrics to Prayer of the Children:
Can you hear the prayer of the children?
On bended knee, in the shadow of an unknown room
Empty eyes with no more tears to cry
Turning heavenward toward the lightCrying jesus, help me
To see the morning light-of one more day
But if i should die before i wake,
I pray my soul to takeCan you feel the hearts of the children?
Aching for home, for something of their very own
Reaching hands, with nothing to hold on to,
But hope for a better day a better dayCrying jesus, help me
To feel the love again in my own land
But if unknown roads lead away from home,
Give me loving arms, away from harmCan you hear the voice of the children?
Softly pleading for silence in a shattered world?
Angry guns preach a gospel full of hate,
Blood of the innocent on their handsCrying jesus, help me
To feel the sun again upon my face,
For when darkness clears i know you’re near,
Bringing peace againDali cujete sve djecje molitive?
(croatian translation:
‘can you hear all the children’s prayers?’)
Can you hear the prayer of the children?
In the name of fairness, the school is attempting to equate asking Jesus for help with praising Allah as the only god? That’s a difference without a distinction. Still no word on when Kirtland will be approving a song written around John 14:6.
h/t Jihad Watch
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