pajamasmedia.com - 3/13/2009
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A serious new terrorist threat is on the horizon - but government officials are too politically correct to face it.
Spencer: The Somali Pirates Are Jihadists
jihadwatch.org 4/15/2009 — In Human Events this morning I discuss an almost completely ignored element of the Somali pirates' identity: they're jihadists.
This week, we celebrate the Navy SEALs' rescue of American ship captain Richard Phillips. Their action, from the night ...
Dealing With Somali Piracy
outsidethebeltway.com 4/13/2009 — Although Maersk Alabama captain Richard Phillips has been freed by the U. S. Navy from the Somali pirates who’d held him captive for several days and the issue of piracy off the coast of Somalia has caught the attention of the American people, ...
More than 500 American Somalis go to wage jihad in their homeland
jihadwatch.org 2/19/2009 —
Mixed loyalties?
Surely they would show this same zeal and alacrity if their host country, the U.S.A., needed them to serve in the military -- you know, to fend off, say, another terrorist attack? More on this story ."US-Somali youth join ...
Somalis Leaving U.S. for Jihad
pajamasmedia.com 12/12/2008 — Incredibly, jihadist recruiting events in America have long been ignored by government and media.
Somali “Pirate” Wanted US Protection: He’s 16 Years Old
themoderatevoice.com 4/13/2009 — Of the four Somali terrorists in a life boat holding US Captain Phillips hostage, three are dead. Captain Phillips is alive and free and well.
Prior to the US action to free the Captain with firepower, the fourth “pirate” who for ...
Somali-Americans’ Disappearances Raise Alarm of Terrorism Ties
bloomberg.com 3/7/2009 — March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Seven months ago, Mustafa Salat told his father he was taking his clothes to the laundromat near their apartment in St. Paul, Minnesota. He never returned. Salat, 19, later called from his birthplace, Somalia, and said he was ...
Private Law and Order: Somali Pirate Edition
volokh.com 5/19/2009 — As I discuss at length in The Invisible Hook, those pop-culture phenoms, the pirates of old, had a well-developed system of private law and order. Early 18th-century pirates created rules...
Swedish citizen senior leader of Somali terror alliance
longwarjournal.org 3/17/2009 — A Swedish citizen released by the government last year is currently a senior leader of a Somali Islamist terror alliance currently fighting against the newly formed government.
Swedish police arrested three Swedish citizens in February 2008 on ...
OBAMA PULLS THE TRIGGER: NOW HOW ABOUT SOME FOLLOW THROUGH?
rightwingnuthouse.com 4/13/2009 — So Captain Phillips is free and unharmed and the pirates are killed or captured. Good news all around, although I think Michael Shear of WaPo gave new meaning to the phrase “gushing coverage:”
It was one of the earliest tests of the new ...
First 100 days: Afghan plans next week? —
First Read 3/13/2009
Obama may announce Afghanistan plans as early as next week. Among the goals: "getting rid of terrorist safe havens in Pakistan and adopting a regional approach to reducing the threat of terrorism and extremism in both countries." The plan is expected ...