Category Archives: Terrorism

Three questions about jihadism

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

After the Ft. Hood attack, President Barack Obama voiced the concerns of the mustn’t-tar-all-Muslims-with-the-terrorist-brush-and-we-need-to-reach-out-to-moderate-Muslims, etc, etc, crowd. “I think it is very important for us to recognize that we have a battle or a war against some terrorist organizations, but … Continue reading →

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Americans All!

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

I just had a look at the names and pictures of the 13 victims of Major Hasan’s attack of Sudden Jihad Syndrome, which brought back a memory from my childhood. In Newport, Rhode Island, tucked away on a side street … Continue reading →

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Allahu akbar!

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Well lo and behold, it seems Major Hassan had links to at least two of the 9/11 hijackers. He evidently attended the same jihadist-friendly mosque at the same time. Coincidence of course. More worth reading on the Fort Hood massacre … Continue reading →

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Mediations on Fort Hood

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

First of all, let me refer you to Mark Steyn’s post  on the Fort Hood murders. “When it emerged early on Thursday afternoon that the shooter was Nidal Malik Hasan, there appeared shortly thereafter on Twitter a flurry of posts … Continue reading →

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The good news and the bad news about the Zazi arrest

Posted on October 1, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This is my weekend op-ed for the newspaper. There’s some good news and some bad news about the arrest of Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi last week for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks on New York public transportation. The good news … Continue reading →

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Here’s my favorite cartoon

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Yale University Press is publishing a book by Jytte Klausen, entitled The Cartoons that Shook the World. Among other things, the book is of course about the cartoons of Mohammed published in the Danish newspaper Jylland- Posten in September, 2005, … Continue reading →

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The administration and those photos

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Note: This appeared as an op-ed in the weekend edition of the Valley City Times-Record. “There were young knights among them who had never been present at a stricken field. Some could not look upon it and some could not … Continue reading →

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Olson, Ayers, Dorhn: America’s aging terrorists

Posted on March 20, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

“What matter the victims, so long as the gesture is beautiful?” – Laurent Tailhade, 1854-1919 A couple of news items caught my attention last week, and apparently almost nobody else’s. On March 17, Sara Jane Olson, nee Kathleen Soliah, was … Continue reading →

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Israel and anti-Semitism, decision time

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

In a discussion group I sit in on, the following was contributed by an elderly English gentleman, who is sort of the “odd man out” in the group. He was invited in under circumstances I’m not up on, to contribute … Continue reading →

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Mumbai analyzed

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Stephen W. Browne

Following a lead from Mark Steyn here: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZjkwNjVlNmE5MWUyOTVhMWIyODkzNWNlZGM1YjU2Zjc= “The Oldest Hatred,” I found in the online site of the Indian daily newspaper The Hindu here: http://rantsand.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-year-new-administration.html the scanned 69 pages of the dossier of evidence from the ongoing investigation by … Continue reading →

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