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UN compound in Somali capital targeted in attack
Before I post the link to this article, I just want to thank the jihadi community and their leftist apologists and comrades in arms for killing my site for a while. To be honest, I was exhausted as I tend to work really hard at this day and night and usually without enough rest or general contact with the non-tard world. So I had a great nights sleep and enjoyed some sunlight and warmth and now, well invigorated, I am ready to go again. Maybe in another few years these people can give me another night off.
Eeyore.
France24:
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Islamist militants attacked a United Nations compound in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Wednesday, blasting their way into the site before opening fire on security guards.
By News Wires (text)
Islamist militants carried out their first major assault for years on a U.N. compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Wednesday, dealing a blow to fragile security gains that have allowed a slow return of foreign aid workers and diplomats.
Bomb found under Italian embassy car in Libya
BBC:
11 June 2013 Last updated at 16:51 ET
Bomb found under Italian embassy car in Libya
Diplomats had parked the car to go shopping
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A bomb has been found under an Italian embassy car in Libya’s capital Tripoli.
Diplomats had parked the car and gone shopping in the central Zawiyat Dahmani area when the driver noticed the device, officials said.
Police cordoned the area off and the bomb exploded, causing damage mainly to the back of the car. No-one was killed or injured.
A foreign ministry spokesman in Rome said two embassy officials had been travelling in the car.
New Report Highlights Secretive EU Funding of Anti-Israel NGOs
H/T Fjordman
Israel National News:
n new report presented to European Parliament, NGO Monitor highlights secretive EU funding of radical political advocacy NGOs.
By Rina Tzvi
First Publish: 6/9/2013, 1:40 PM
Arab demonstration
In a new report presented to members of the European Parliament, NGO Monitor details the damaging impact of highly secretive European Union funding for radical political advocacy Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
According to the Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor, EU funds are going to organizations involved in anti-Israel boycotts and violent demonstrations, which undermine the EU’s efforts to secure peace in the Middle East.
The report, Lack of Due Diligence and Transparency in European Union Funding for Radical NGOs, shows how EU-funded NGOs lead the campaigns to demonize Israel through the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) – actions that entirely contradict the EU’s proclaimed objectives of supporting peace and democratic development.
3 Arrested in Plot to Bomb Egyptian Cities and Embassy
What this article fails to acknowledge is that the Muslim Brotherhood IS Al-Qaeda. Knowing that makes this story a lot less confusing.
H/T M
New York Times:
By BEN HUBBARD
Published: May 11, 2013
CAIRO — Egyptian security forces have arrested three militants with ties to Al Qaeda who were planning terrorist attacks in Egyptian cities and against a foreign embassy, the interior minister said Saturday.
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A Western official said the Egyptians had privately identified the embassy as the United States Embassy in Cairo.
Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim said at a news conference that the suspects had been arrested with 22 pounds of explosive materials and instructions on how to make bombs and build rockets and model airplanes to use in the attacks.
He said the suspects were “on the verge” of attacking an embassy when they were arrested.
He did not identify the embassy, but Egyptian officials have told their American counterparts that the United States Embassy was a target, a Western diplomat said.
The State Department would not comment on the Egyptian allegations. “We don’t discuss the specifics of our operations nor the exchanges we have with foreign officials,” said Jennifer R. Psaki, a department spokeswoman.
Mr. Ibrahim denied that Al Qaeda was active in Egypt, but said the three men had communicated online with a Qaeda figure in Pakistan and that one of them had traveled to Iran and Pakistan to receive military training.
Egypt ‘al-Qaeda linked plot on Western embassy’ foiled
BBC:
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tory_continues_1″>Egyptian police have arrested three al-Qaeda militants planning a suicide attack on a Western embassy, the country’s interior minister says.
Mohammed Ibrahim did not specify which embassy had been targeted, but said a quantity of chemicals had been found.
Mr Ibrahim gave the names of three men and said they were planning attacks in both Cairo and Alexandria.
The plot was said to be in its final stages, he said.
A lawyer for the three men told al-Ahram website they denied all the accusations and he condemned the case as “fabricated”.
At a news conference, the minister gave details of the discovery of 10kg (22lbs) of ammonium nitrate – which can be used in improvised explosives – a computer with files containing information on bomb-making and a flash memory with instructions on how to build rockets.
Egyptian man who stabbed Stone in Cairo: I hate America
A bucket load of irony here. The American that Mahmoud stabbed actually was a pro Palestinian, Islam apologist who had a major role in promoting Arabic, (and presumably Islamic) culture in the US.
H/T M
AHRAM Online:
Mahmoud Badr says he stabbed Chris Stone outside US Embassy in Cairo because he hates the United States
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US. embassy in cairo (Photo: guardian.co.uk)
Mahmoud Badr, 30, who holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce, was arrested on Thursday after stabbing American academic Chris Stone in the neck outside the US embassy in Cairo.
Badr told interrogators that he took his mother’s knife, travelled to Cairo by train from Kafr El-Sheikh, and went to the US embassy in search of an American citizen to kill, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported on Friday.
Badr attempted to enter the embassy by pretending to be seeking a visa.
Muslim states maneuver the UN to bully/blackmail Canada into losing agency for supporting Israel
Muslim states loathing of Israel so strong they seek to strip Canada of its role in civil aviation
OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail
Disgruntled Arab states look to strip Canada of UN agency
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Growing discontent among Arab nations over the Harper government’s pro-Israel stand is prompting joint talks on retaliation, with some eyeing a campaign to strip Canada of a major UN agency, the ICAO.
Clip from French News on the car bomb at the French Embassy in Libya today
Rocks hurled in Stone town Tanzenia
It’s like the Muslim episode of the Flintstones that never got made.
From the US Dept. of state:
Emergency Message for U.S. Citizens: Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Unrest in Stone Town (Zanzibar) and Dar es Salaam
Religious Violence; Political Violence
Africa > Tanzania > Dar es Salaam
10/17/2012
Stone Town: The U.S. Embassy alerts U.S. citizens that Tanzanian authorities and local media report demonstrations, roadblocks, tire burning, rock throwing, and rioting in the Darajani, Mbuyuni, and Kisonge districts of Stone Town, Zanzibar this afternoon. Demonstrators are upset due to the apparent disappearance of a Muslim cleric in Stone Town.
Dar es Salaam: Police report a crowd is gathering at Police Headquarters on Ohio Street in central Dar es Salaam, demanding the release of a radical cleric who was arrested with 38 other Muslim clerics this morning. There is also a report of unrest in Mbagala, south of Dar es Salaam
These are fluid situations that may change rapidly. Avoid these areas until the situation has returned to normal and continue to monitor local media for updates.
Click this link for a map of the Stone Town area.
Click this link for a map of downtown Dar es Salaam.
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You can stay in touch and get updates by checking the U.S. Embassy Dar es Salaam website. You can also get global updates at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs website, where you can find the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information. Follow us on Twitter and the Bureau of Consular Affairs page on Facebook as well, or you can download our free Smart Traveler iPhone App for travel information at your fingertips.
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US Embassy in Yemen employee murdered by AQAP
Obama. Jimmy Carter X 20
Video of attack on US Embassy in Tunisia uploaded to YT and grabbed by me, Sept 19 2012
No idea when this took place but one suspects a few hours ago. I believe that the Americans emptied their embassy in Tunisia a few days ago so this may be an attack on the empty building, I have no idea but its certainly interesting in any case.
H/T Martin