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More proof that Osama Bin Laden is not a Muslim leader: Hundreds join Quetta rally to honour bin Laden

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Hundreds join Quetta rally to honour bin Laden

>By AFP
Published: May 2, 2011

Supporters of Jamiat Ulema Islam – Nazaryati shout slogans against the killing of Osama bin Laden in Quetta. PHOTO: PPI

QUETTA: Hundreds took to the streets of Quetta on Monday to pay homage to Osama bin Laden, chanting death to America and setting fire to a US flag, witnesses and organisers said.

Angry participants belonging to a religious party in Quetta, the capital of southwestern province Baluchistan, were led by federal lawmaker Maulawi Asmatullah. They also torched a US flag before dispersing peacefully.

It was the first rally in Pakistan after the United States announced that bin Laden had been killed in an overnight commando mission in Pakistan.

Organisers said between 1,000 and 1,200 people attended the rally, but witnesses put the figure closer to 800.

“Bin Laden was the hero of the Muslim world and after his martyrdom he has won the title of great mujahed (Muslim fighter),” Asmatullah said.

U.S.: Pakistan Has ‘Questions’ To Answer About Bin Laden

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This is interesting. A Stratfor SITREP

 

May 2, 2011
Pakistan’s army and intelligence service have many questions to answer after the death of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin said May 2 at a news conference, Reuters reported. Levin said there are lots of questions about bin Laden’s location, the length of time he had been there, the “apparent fact” that the compound was built for the al Qaeda leader and the facility’s proximity to the Pakistani army’s central location.

World on alert after U.S. kills bin Laden

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But… but… if OBL is not a Muslim leader, then why is there this need to be vigilant? Why aren’t we all at local mosques waiting for the celebration to start and the gifts of appreciation for dealing on the guy who hijacked their religion?

From Reuters:

By Mark Hosenball and Kamran Haider

WASHINGTON/ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (Reuters) – Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. assault on his Pakistani compound on Monday, then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had become the most powerful symbol of global terrorism.

World leaders hailed bin Laden’s death but the euphoria was tempered by fears of retaliation and warnings of renewed vigilance against attacks.

The death of bin Laden, who achieved near-mythic status for his ability to elude capture under three U.S. presidents, closes a bitter chapter in the fight against al Qaeda, but it does not eliminate the threat of further attacks.

The September 11, 2001, attacks, in which al Qaeda militants used hijacked planes to strike at economic and military symbols of American might, spawned two wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq, inflicted damage on U.S. ties with the Muslim world that have yet to be repaired, and redefined security for air travelers.

A small U.S. strike team, dropped by helicopter to bin Laden’s compound near the Pakistani capital Islamabad under the cover of night, shot dead the al Qaeda leader in a firefight, U.S. officials said.

“This was a kill operation,” one security official told Reuters, but added: “If he had waved a white flag of surrender he would have been taken alive.”

The revelation that bin Laden was living in a three-story residence in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, and not as many had speculated, in the country’s lawless western border regions, is a huge embarrassment to Pakistan, whose relations with Washington have frayed under the Obama administration.

President Barack Obama, whose popularity suffered from continuing U.S. economic woes, will likely see a short-term bounce in his approval ratings. At the same time, he is likely to face mounting pressure from Americans to speed up the planned withdrawal this July of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.

The rest with CIA leader warning here:

President of the United States claims that Osama Bin Laden is not a Muslim leader

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CORRECTION: I listened to it again and Burak said “…is not a Muslim leader…” which begs the question, why is the US going to make sure the body is handled in strict adherence to the sharia?

Well, I guess that kills any rumours that Obama is a Muslim. Cause any Muslim would know that not only is Bin Laden a Muslim but most would agree he is an excellent example of one. In that spirit, I encourage any and all readers to please send in news stories and videos of Muslims either mourning his death or celebrating his new status as a shahid, and any streets named after him etc.


Mounting Evidence of Rebel Atrocities in Libya

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Here is an article which suggests it has a lot of evidence that the rebels we are assisting in a civil war against Kadhaffi are in fact Al Queda.

Please click over to Pajamas Media to read the story and if the links to the youtube videos no longer work please let me know in a comment. At the request of the author, I have backed up all the videos and if they get deleted will re-upload them to a non-youtube site where they should be safe.

Eeyore

First paragraph of the article below:

While the International Criminal Court has announced that it is investigating charges of war crimes against Muammar al-Gaddafi and other members of the Libyan regime, harrowing video evidence has emerged that appears to show atrocities committed by anti-Gaddafi rebels. Among other things, the footage depicts summary executions, a prisoner being lynched, the desecration of corpses, and even a beheading. The targets of the most serious abuse are frequently black African prisoners. The ultimate source of the footage appears to be rebel forces or sympathizers themselves.

(Warning: Due to the graphic nature of the videos linked below, viewer discretion is advised.)

Muslim Brotherhood to launch TV channel in May

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Hany ElWaziry Al Masry Al Youm

<p>Saad al-Husseini, member of the Muslim Brotherhood&#39;s guidance bureau</p>

Photographed by other

The Muslim Brotherhood announced plans to launch TV channel “Egypt 25” next month to represent their proposed Freedom and Justice Party. The group also said it plans to move its headquarters from the Manial to Moqattam neighborhood of Cairo.

The Brotherhood plans to launch the channel within two weeks, at which time it will announce the budget for the station, said member Sobhi Saleh.

“We make use of media professionals and experts from within and outside our administrative offices and from within and outside Egypt,” said Saad al-Husseini, a member of the group’s guidance bureau.

Al-Husseini said the group is checking the opinions of its local councils in various governorates on its party platform, which he said would be announced after the committee responsible for drafting the platform discusses the feedback.

The Muslim Brotherhood said it is waiting for a fair trial for former President Hosni Mubarak, his family, and the officials of the former regime in retribution for the deaths of protesters. A fair trial would prevent future presidents from repeating the ‘pharaonic acts’ of the old regime and would also help Egypt recover any stolen funds, according to the group.

In a press statement, the group supported activists’ decision to suspend Friday protests this week, saying it would give authorities time to conduct investigations into corrupt officials.

The group added in its statement Thursday that people will take to the streets again if their demands are not met.

The Brotherhood also called on all classes to contribute to national production and prove that Egyptians are capable of saving their country from an economic crisis.

Muslim Brotherhood (MB)

Pakistan: Two French terror suspects arrested in Lahore

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(AKI) – Security agents in the eastern city of Pakistani city Lahore have arrested two French nationals suspected of belonging to an international terror group, French and Pakistani sources said late Thursday.

The pair, who have not been identified publicly, were arrested at a bus stop in the Lahore in late January after going there from the airport with a man identified as Tahir Shehzad, a Pakistani intelligence official said.

The Frenchmen are suspected of being part of the group responsible for the bloody attacks in Bali, Indonesia in 2002 that killed 202 people, the worst terror attack in Indonesia, according to Pakistani security officials, who requested anonymity.

The terror group is allegedly headed by Indonesian Umar Patek, is suspected of having ties to Al-Qaeda and was himself arrested recently in Pakistan following a ten-year manhunt that involved cooperation with the CIA.

The Frenchmen had intended to travel with Patek to Pakistan’s North Waziristan region where top Al-Qaida commanders are based, the Pakistani officials said.

France has asked the Pakistani authorities for permission to visit the two detainees, a representative at the French embassy in Islamabad told media.

It was not immediately clear if the men were suspected of plotting a terror attack. One of the French citizens is of Pakistani origin and the other is a convert to Islam, the Pakistani official said.

There are an estimated five million Muslims in France, Western Europe’s largest Muslim population.

Tel Aviv neighbourhood rises up against illegal immigration and govt policy

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I post this because on my youtube channel I face many antisemites each day ranging from the full knuckle draggers to the ones that actually mix some rational fact with their Jew-hatred. One of the common memes being spread by the more knuckle dragging variety is that Jews across the world are attempting to force tons of Muslim immigration into Europe somehow, while keeping Israel ‘pure’ in some unfathomable manner. Unfathomable at least to me as Jews range from Chinese, Ethiopian, White American etc.

Let’s assume that they mean Israel is kept ‘Pure Jewish’ (whatever that means) and escapes the mass migration of people from failing states to Western style democratic ones where there is wealth and human rights. Then this video should be revealing to them. But it won’t be. Jew Hate is not rational. I have never encountered an antisemite that hates Jews because of some belief oriented issue or even a behaviour based one. They invent reason to hate Jews usually projecting the worst attributes of humanity as a whole onto ‘Jews’ in an invasion of the body snatchers like way, and hope perhaps to expunge themselves and humanity of those attributes by killing Jews. In any case, it rarely if ever deals with any facts.

Libya: al-Qaeda among Libya rebels, Nato chief fears

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THE TELEGRAPH
By Robert Winnett, and Duncan Gardham 9:00PM BST 29 Mar 2011
Admiral James Stavridis, Nato’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, said that American intelligence had picked up “flickers” of terrorist activity among the rebel groups. Senior British government figures described the comment as “very alarming”.

The admission came as the American, Qatari and British Governments indicated that they were considering arming rebel groups, who yesterday suffered a series of setbacks in their advance along the Libyan coast towards Tripoli. Continue Reading →

Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links

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Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.

The Telegraph:

>Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime.
Mr al-Hasidi admitted he had earlier fought against ‘the foreign invasion’ in Afghanistan Photo: AFP<>Praveen Swami
By Praveen Swami, Nick Squires and Duncan Gardham 5:00PM GMT 25 Mar 2011

In an interview with the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, Mr al-Hasidi admitted that he had recruited “around 25” men from the Derna area in eastern Libya to fight against coalition troops in Iraq. Some of them, he said, are “today are on the front lines in Adjabiya”.

Mr al-Hasidi insisted his fighters “are patriots and good Muslims, not terrorists,” but added that the “members of al-Qaeda are also good Muslims and are fighting against the invader”.

His revelations came even as Idriss Deby Itno, Chad’s president, said al-Qaeda had managed to pillage military arsenals in the Libyan rebel zone and acquired arms, “including surface-to-air missiles, which were then smuggled into their sanctuaries”.

Mr al-Hasidi admitted he had earlier fought against “the foreign invasion” in Afghanistan, before being “captured in 2002 in Peshwar, in Pakistan”. He was later handed over to the US, and then held in Libya before being released in 2008.

US and British government sources said Mr al-Hasidi was a member of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, or LIFG, which killed dozens of Libyan troops in guerrilla attacks around Derna and Benghazi in 1995 and 1996.

Even though the LIFG is not part of the al-Qaeda organisation, the United States military’s West Point academy has said the two share an “increasingly co-operative relationship”. In 2007, documents captured by allied forces from the town of Sinjar, showed LIFG emmbers made up the second-largest cohort of foreign fighters in Iraq, after Saudi Arabia.

Earlier this month, al-Qaeda issued a call for supporters to back the Libyan rebellion, which it said would lead to the imposition of “the stage of Islam” in the country.

British Islamists have also backed the rebellion, with the former head of the banned al-Muhajiroun proclaiming that the call for “Islam, the Shariah and jihad from Libya” had “shaken the enemies of Islam and the Muslims more than the tsunami that Allah sent against their friends, the Japanese”

‘Al-Qaeda snatched missiles’ in Libya

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From News.com.au

AL-QAEDA’S offshoot in North Africa has snatched surface-to-air missiles from an arsenal in Libya during the civil strife there, Chad’s President says.

Idriss Deby Itno did not say how many surface-to-air missiles were stolen, but told the African weekly Jeune Afrique that he was “100 per cent sure” of his assertion.

“The Islamists of al-Qaeda took advantage of the pillaging of arsenals in the rebel zone to acquire arms, including surface-to-air missiles, which were then smuggled into their sanctuaries in Tenere,” a desert region of the Sahara that stretches from northeast Niger to western Chad, Deby said in the interview.

“This is very serious. AQIM is becoming a genuine army, the best equipped in the region,” he said.

His claim was echoed by officials in other countries in the region who said that they were worried that al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) might have acquired “heavy weapons”, thanks to the insurrection.

“We have sure information. We are very worried for the sub-region,” a Malian security source who did not want to be named said.

AQIM originated as an armed Islamist resistance movement to the secular Algerian government.

It now operates mainly in Algeria, Mauritania, Mali and Niger, where it has attacked military targets and taken civilian hostages, particularly Europeans, some of whom it has killed.

“We have the same information,” about heavy weapons, including SAM 7 missiles, a military source from Niger said. Continue Reading →

SALAFISTS, WAHABBISTS, IKHWAN, AL-QAIDA IN JORDAN, LETS JUST CALL EM FUNDAMUSLIM JIHADIS AND CALL IT A DAY

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The Tundra Tabloids remembers a certain political analyst from a certain Finnish institute for international affairs, who tried to show that there was a philosophical difference between Salafism and Wahabbism. Fat chance, it’s a matter of splitting hairs. Here they are in Jordan rallying for al-Qaida. KGS

Salafi-Jihadists Demonstrate in Jordan’s Capital with Al-Qaeda Banners, Jihadist Slogans

The recent days have seen an increase in the activity of the Salafi-jihadist movement in Jordan, which has begun to hold large protests in central locations in the capital. Two protest rallies were held in Amman over the past week, and another is planned for Sunday (March 13, 2011). The Salafi-jihadist activists are demanding the release of their prisoners from Jordanian jails and the implementation of shari’a law in the country. The protests featured blatant jihadist symbols, such as the banner of the Islamic State of Iraq organization (aka Al-Qaeda in Iraq), which has not been seen before in Jordanian demonstrations (see images below).

The first Salafi-jihadist protest, which took place on March 1 outside Amman’s largest mosque, was attended by some 500 people who demanded a pardon for Salafi-jihadi prisoners. They called out slogans against democracy and secularism and in favor of shari’a law and jihad, such as “The Is No Alternative to Allah’s Law” and “Jihad Is Our Path.” According to reports, the demonstrators clashed with police and accused them of being funded by the EU and U.S.

A prominent figure at the demonstration was Abu Muhammad Al-Tahawi, one of the leaders of the Salafi-jihadist movement in Jordan. He is known for his close ties with the movement’s spiritual leader, Abu Muhammad Al-Maqdisi, who was arrested several months ago by the Jordan authorities.[1]

More here.

Jihadist Opportunities in Libya

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By Scott Stewart at STRATFOR:

As George Friedman noted in his geopolitical weekly “Revolution and the Muslim World,” one aspect of the recent wave of revolutions we have been carefully monitoring is the involvement of militant Islamists, and their reaction to these events.

Militant Islamists, and specifically the subset of militant Islamists we refer to as jihadists, have long sought to overthrow regimes in the Muslim world. With the sole exception of Afghanistan, they have failed, and even the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan was really more a matter of establishing a polity amid a power vacuum than the true overthrow of a coherent regime. The brief rule of the Supreme Islamic Courts Council in Somalia also occurred amid a similarly chaotic environment and a vacuum of authority.

However, even though jihadists have not been successful in overthrowing governments, they are still viewed as a threat by regimes in countries like Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. In response to this threat, these regimes have dealt quite harshly with the jihadists, and strong crackdowns combined with other programs have served to keep the jihadists largely in check.

As we watch the situation unfold in Libya, there are concerns that unlike Tunisia and Egypt, the uprising in Libya might result not only in a change of ruler but also in a change of regime and perhaps even a collapse of the state. In Egypt and Tunisia, strong military regimes were able to ensure stability after the departure of a long-reigning president. By contrast, in Libya, longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi has deliberately kept his military and security forces fractured and weak and thereby dependent on him. Consequently, there may not be an institution to step in and replace Gadhafi should he fall. This means energy-rich Libya could spiral into chaos, the ideal environment for jihadists to flourish, as demonstrated by Somalia and Afghanistan.

Because of this, it seems an appropriate time to once again examine the dynamic of jihadism in Libya.

A Long History

Libyans have long participated in militant operations in places like Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya and Iraq. After leaving Afghanistan in the early 1990s, a sizable group of Libyan jihadists returned home and launched a militant campaign aimed at toppling Gadhafi, whom they considered an infidel. The group began calling itself the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG) in 1995, and carried out a low-level insurgency that included assassination attempts against Gadhafi and attacks against military and police patrols.

Gadhafi responded with an iron fist, essentially imposing martial law in the Islamist militant strongholds of Darnah and Benghazi and the towns of Ras al-Helal and al-Qubbah in the Jabal al-Akhdar region. After a series of military crackdowns, Gadhafi gained the upper hand in dealing with his Islamist militant opponents, and the insurgency tapered off by the end of the 1990s. Many LIFG members fled the country in the face of the government crackdown and a number of them ended up finding refuge with groups like al Qaeda in places such as Afghanistan. Continue Reading →

Various important STRATFOR SITREPS

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Some of the massive output from STRATFOR.COM today so far. hey and its only 1:00

Egypt: Coptic Priest’s Death Sparks Protests
February 23, 2011
A Coptic priest was killed in his southern Egypt home, triggering demonstrations by Christians numbering in the thousands, AP reported Feb. 23. The priest was found in his home, and had been stabbed, according to a fellow clergyman, who added that neighbors had seen masked men leave the apartment shouting “Allahu akbar.” About 3,000 protesters clashed with Muslim shop owners the night of Feb. 22, smashing the windows of a police car in Assiut city.

Israel: Troops Fire On Militants Following Bomb Attack
February 23, 2011
Israeli tank fire wounded 11 people, including at least six militants, in the Gaza Strip Feb. 23 following an attack on an Israeli patrol, the military and Palestinian officials said, AP reported. The Israeli military said its tanks fired on militants after the militants detonated a bomb targeting the Israeli patrol near the border. Militants then fired mortars at the soldiers. Gaza health officials say two of the wounded militants were in serious condition. Islamic Jihad and Hamas militants said they fired mortars at the troops.

European Union: States, NATO Forces Set Up Blockades Against Libyan Refugees
February 23, 2011
The European Union states of the Mediterranean, including Spain, France and Italy, with the help of NATO forces, have set up sea and air blockades against the infiltration of Libyan refugees, Voice of Israel reported Feb. 23.

Libya: Al Qaeda Creates Islamist Emirate In Derna – Interior Ministry
February 23, 2011
According to the Libyan Foreign Ministry, al Qaeda has created an “Islamist Emirate” in Derna, Libya, Al Arabiya reported Feb. 23.

Somalia: Pirates Add Ammunition, Men To Secure Hijacked Vessels
February 23, 2011
Somali pirates are ferrying ammunition and men to 30 hijacked vessels still under their control and threatened to kill more hostages after four U.S. citizens were killed in a standoff on Feb. 22, AP reported Feb. 23, citing a statement by a pirate claiming to be named Adowe Osman Ali. Ali said that about 20 pirates used to guard every ship, but now numbers are ranging between 60 and 70 pirates. Pirates are more alert now than any time before, Ali said, adding that they have warned foreign ships not to get near to hijacked vessels