From Stratsphere: Europe In Jihad’s Crosshairs
I meant to add this news to the post below on how the Muslim civil war between the modern states and the Islamo Fascists is heating up with today’s bombing of the Iraqi Parliament. The point of this is the spread of Jihad into the EU and how other Parliaments may soon become the victims of bombings:
242 jihadists, 31 attacks, 28 networks. After examining militant Islamism in Europe, researchers have found that self-recruitment is on the rise among terrorist leader Osama bin Laden’s Eurofighters, and that there is no such thing as a standard terrorist.
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One of the most important findings of the Dutch study is that there are no standard jihadists. According to the researchers, the 28 networks they identified differ considerably from one another.
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There are also few differences when it comes to goals and methods. Transportation systems were by far the most common targets, and in many cases explosives were the weapons of choice. The choice of specific targets was consistently perfidious: the plans were directed exclusively against civilian facilities or civilians themselves.
We had hoped to cripple al Qaeda by facing them down in Iraq and Afghanistan. But clearly some of their blood thirsty fanaticism has leaked out into Europe and elsewhere. There is no way to stem this tide by handing a win to al Qaeda. If the US backs down even a modest amount (and the Democrat surrender plans are anything but modets) then the dreams of a Jihad sweeping the world will be awoken across the globe and we will be in the fight of our lives. The truth is the EU problem is minimal because there is now stable base of operations in the ME outside Iran and Syria. And we must make sure even these havens are dealt with if we are to survive.
Posted by AJStrata on Thursday, April 12th, 2007 at 8:12 am.
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Muslim Civil War Intensifies In Iraq
strata-sphere.com
A bombing inside the Iraqi Parliament today is a wake up call to every Muslim in the Middle East. The bold move shows al Qaeda and the other Islamo Fascists will go to any ends to destroy moderates and democratic institutions. This is what every government from the local city counsel to the heads of state can look forward to if the US coalition fails in Iraq:
A bomb has exploded inside the Iraqi parliament building, causing several casualties according to reports from Baghdad.
Parliamentary officials and witnesses said that an explosion occurred in the restaurant of the parliament building, which sits inside the heavily protected Green Zone and is one of the most secure buildings in the city.
A Reuters reporter said that the blast happened as MPs and their staff were having lunch between sessions. An attacker would have to bypass several checkpoints inside and outside the building to bring an explosive device into the convention centre which houses the legislative chamber and offices.
I am laying odds this was done by an ally of Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical Shiite leader who is in hiding in Iran with his puppet masters the Mad Mullahs. Sadr is playing a really dangerous game and the only one who is feeling new pressure from The Surge. Sadr loyalists have been found in high places of government before running death squads aimed at government officials. So I would say this desperation move is coming from Sadr’s panicking over his power base being eliminated.
But the overall dynamics of the civil war now beginning in the Arab/Muslim streets (ther Persian/Muslim streets in Iran seem to still be waiting on something) is changing. The support base for al Qaeda and their ilk might be shrinking, and anyone who does not want King Bin Laden to be have bloody and deadly rule over their people will sit up and notice the implications of this attack on their grasp on power. From Egypt to Jordand to Saudi Arabia this is a huge wake up call.
And this is not the first or last signal of the changes sweeping the region. There is a hopeful article in Der Speigel regarding the efforts by Muslim moderates to save their religion:
Although Qatar, independent since 1971, is everything but a model democracy in the Western sense, it is far more progressive than its neighbors. Its constitution, ratified in 2003, guarantees the right to freedom of opinion, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly, an independent judiciary and equality before the law.
There are no parties in Qatar, and instead of a parliament the emirate has an “Advisory Council” consisting of 35 members appointed by the emir. But since the 1999 municipal elections, women have had the right to vote, a privilege their sisters in neighboring Saudi Arabia couldn’t even dream about. The wife of the emir does not cover her face and eagerly attends conferences on the subjects of improving education and child-rearing or combating illiteracy.
Not perfect by far. But preferrable to what al Qaeda offers and a sign of enormous progress compared to the entire ME. What is striking is wy the liberals want to run away from all this potential to create a model of civil rights in one of the world’s regions nearly devoid of them. Is their BDS that acute they would turn their back on all these opportunities?
Posted by AJStrata on Thursday, April 12th, 2007 at 7:28 am. |
