Three-wheeler autos in the capital have come under the after the terror siege of Mumbai.
According to highly placed government sources, there are intelligence inputs on
the possible use of autos for triggering a blast in a crowded area of
Delhi.
The Intelligence Bureau has also sounded a fresh alert to
Delhi Police asking them to step up at vital installations in the
capital after an email, which police sources said was signed by the "Deccan
Mujahideen", warned of a repeat of the Mumbai terror attack at Indira Gandhi
International Airport and the three major railway stations.
Intelligence warnings of an Islamic terror attack on Mumbai were 'lost in the system', it was revealed yesterday.
Nine
days before terrorists arrived by boat to launch a three day assault on
the Indian city, security services received information that it was to
be targeted.
The intelligence even warned that the strike would
come from the sea. In total, 172 people, including a British
millionaire, died in last week's attacks. Almost 400 were injured.
If there has been one inexplicable angle in the terror
plot it has been the two blasts in taxis at Wadi Bunder and at Vile
Parle on Wednesday night. The two powerful blasts which reduced the two
cabs to merely axle and wheel did not tie in with the terrorist
operations which were limited to major hubs in south Mumbai.
Now
it appears that the explosive-laden taxis were not meant to carry death
to other parts of Mumbai, rather the terrorists wanted to eliminate any
trail that might lead the investigators to them early on.
I'm telling you I was feeling that way at our hotel in London.
Around the world, people have reacted with horror to the vile atrocities in Mumbai.
For
three days, our TV screens transmitted images of carnage and chaos as
the toll of murder victims climbed to upwards of 190 people, with many
hundreds more injured.
Despite the fact that British citizens
were caught up in the attacks, there is nevertheless a sense in Britain
that this was nothing to do with us - a horrible event happening in a
faraway place.
One thousand Christians were today trapped inside the Coptic Orthodox
Church of the Virgin Mary in West Ain Shams,Cairo, after more than
twenty thousand Muslims attacked them with stones and butane gas
cylinders. The Church's priest Father Antonious said that the situation
is extremely dangerous.
The Muslim mob that attacked the church
blocked both sides of the street and encircled the church building,
broke its doors and demolished its entire first floor. The mob were
chanting Jihad verses as well as slogans saying "we will demolish the
church" and "We sacrifice our blood and souls, we sacrifice ourselves
for you, Islam", while the entrapped Christians chanted "Lord have
mercy".
Iraq is finding that it can't even pay Christians to return to the troubled city of Mosul. The government is offering displaced Christian families up to $1,300
if they return to their homes. The government has also boosted the
number of security forces in the city by 35,000 and pledged to make
additional resources available if members of the Christian community
come back.
But for many of the 2,000 families - about half the city's Christian
population - who fled Mosul after the killing of two Christian women
last month, it's simply not enough. They fear that they will become the
next targets of Muslim extremists in the area.
Greetings possums. Back in the USA after our trip to London. Having a hard time getting the old motor rolling per usual. Coming back to my real world after a week living the high life at the Dorchester always provides a jolt. 48 hours ago I was dressed to the nines and sitting in one of London's swankiest bars with Ringo Starr (yes, possums-he was there). I was sipping fine champagne, nibbling on almond stuffed olives (adore them) and being waited on hand and foot by their charming and attentive staff. The piano man was playing my favorite piano man song.
Today, I am in my sweats and getting ready to shovel the driveway for the second time since we arrived home. I'd be out there now but it's still snowing. If I'm lucky it will be dinner at Red Robin.
Some impressions from our trip:
Princess Diana's monument in Hyde Park. Some monument. She got screwed on this one and I'm thinking Camilla must have had input on the design. It was stuck off in a far corner of the park and it was not only smaller than I expected, it was also more sewer than fountain. Color me unimpressed.
Celebrity central - Madagascar 2 and Four Christmases were holding their pr junkets at the hotel and were located in suites on our floor. Not only did I see Ringo Starr (ooh, he's tiny), I also saw Ben Stiller (hey - he's tiny too!). Missed seeing Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughan, darn it. Also not making the trip - Michael Jackson. Until his last minute out of court settlement with the Bahraini sheikh he was scheduled to be a guest of the hotel, too.
The name Londonistan appears to be getting more appropriate by the
day. While I didn't see as many hijabs-niqabs-burkas wandering the
streets as the last time I was there, (they must have been home watching the
telly and cheering on the Mumbai bombers) I still saw plenty. I also noted a marked increase
in storefronts with arabic signage and halal food. It was also
interesting to note that there were more Arabic language stations on
the television at the hotel - almost more than the English language
stations. Up from 2 channels the last time I was there to 13! You
could listen to al Jazeera but not Fox News...
Which brings me back to the Mumbai Bombings. You can bet that 48 hours ago I was sitting at that swanky bar taking the scene in, but my mind was full of thoughts about Muslim terrorists taking over the joint. We were big, fat, sitting ducks just like those poor souls in Mumbai.
Well possums, Dinah's strapping on her traveling shoes again. This afternoon I will be leaving for a week in London. The L&M has a couple of board meetings and will be presenting at a conference across the pond. Your humble correspondent will be tagging along, enjoying high tea every afternoon, haunting Harrods and raiding F&M. Oh, and giving the hairy eyeball to every Islamist I see.
Cue the Moonbat chorus, replete with wailing and the gnashing of teeth and tearing of clothes while they mourn the fate of the poor, widdle captured Somali pirates.
Will the Somali Pirates become the moonbat's New Gitmo? Count on it.
This WSJ Opinion piece puts their finger on the crux of the pirate problem.
The key problem is that America's NATO allies have effectively abandoned the historical legal rules permitting irregular fighters to be tried in special military courts (or, in the case of pirates, admiralty courts) in favor of a straightforward criminal-justice model. Although piracy is certainly a criminal offense, treating it like bank robbery or an ordinary murder case presents certain problems for Western states.
To begin with, common criminals cannot be targeted with military force. There are other issues as well. Last April the British Foreign Office reportedly warned the Royal Navy not to detain pirates, since this might violate their "human rights" and could even lead to claims of asylum in Britain. Turning the captives over to Somali authorities is also problematic -- since they might face the head- and hand-chopping rigors of Shariah law.
Similar considerations have confounded U.S. government officials in their discussions of how to confront this new problem of an old terror at sea.
In the last few years, France determined to return its pirate prisoners to Somalia based on assurances of humanitarian treatment. The U.S. has, of course, rendered terror prisoners to foreign governments based on similar assurances, and only time will tell whether they are genuine.
An equally important question is whether the transfer of captured pirates to local authorities will result in prosecution at all. In many areas, local governments may be subject to corruption or intimidation by strong pirate gangs.
One thing is certain: As in the war on terror, the new campaign against piracy will test the mettle of Western governments. It will also require them to balance the rights of lawbreakers against the indisputable rights of the law-abiding to not live their lives in danger and fear.
"Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country and hijacking its ship is a bigger crime than other ships..."
Islamist leaders deny allegations they collude with pirates and insist
they will stamp down on them if they win power, citing a crackdown when
they ruled the south briefly in 2006.
Some analysts, however, say Islamist militants are benefiting from the
spoils of piracy and arms shipments facilitated by the sea gangs.
Analysts also accuse government figures of collaboration with pirates.
The elder in Haradheere port told Reuters the Islamists arrived wanting to find out immediately about the Sirius Star, which was captured on Saturday about 450 nautical miles off Kenya in the pirates' furthest strike to date.
"The Islamists arrived searching for the pirates and the whereabouts of
the Saudi ship," said the elder, who declined to be named. "I saw four
cars full of Islamists driving in the town from corner to corner."
"The Islamists say they will attack the pirates for hijacking a Muslim ship," he said.
Hmmm. They didn't get all ripped up about the Iranian Muslim ship that was hijacked. Maybe because it didn't have $100 million worth of oil as cargo.
...so unstable that he believes his bed shakes and noxious odours are pumped into his cell.
In a phone interview on Wednesday from Guantanamo, Lachelier said she
and co-counsel Lt Richard Federico viewed the cell of Binalshibh, the
adjacent cells, medical facilities and a room where detainees can watch
movies.
Pakistan summoned US Ambassador Anne W Patterson to the Foreign Office
on Thursday and lodged a protest against Wednesday’s drone strike in
Bannu, a settled area of the NWFP.
“A strong protest was lodged by Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir on the
two missiles fired by US drones on a residential compound in Bannu
district,” Foreign Office Spokesman Mohammad Sadiq said at his weekly
briefing.
Calling for an immediate halt to drone strikes, the foreign secretary
told the ambassador that such attacks violated Pakistan’s sovereignty
and territorial integrity.
The spokesman referred to what he called ‘doublespeak’ and said there
appeared to be an institutional disconnect in the US. Besides, its
European allies also differed on these attacks.
The ambassador, who was called to the Foreign Office for the third time
in a few months, said she would convey Islamabad’s concerns to
Washington.
Evil Zia Ul Haq was enrolled on an eight-day “comedy workshop” at Whitemoor
jail, along with murderers and rapists. The 18 cons were given lessons in stand-up, comic drama, improvisation and
scriptwriting.
Once they “graduated” they were due to get a certificate and display their new
talents with a comedy show for fellow lags and guards.
Last night Justice Secretary Jack Straw canned the “totally unacceptable”
course after The Sun alerted him. He also vetoed a plan by the Category A
Cambridgeshire prison to set up its own comedy club.
Ul Haq, 29, was given an 18-year stretch last year for his part in a plot to
bomb buildings in London and the rest of the UK. He was a member of a sleeper cell controlled by British al-Qaeda “general”
Dhiren Barot, 35, who is serving a minimum of 30 years.
Ul Haq, of Paddington, West London, has a degree in construction management.
And he was recruited to advise on locating bombs so buildings would collapse
when they exploded.
Prison sounds kinda fun over there in the UK what with the prison comedy clubs and Halloween parties paid for by the taxpayer.
That Movie: How The Innocence of Muslims Was Made When struggling actor Tim Dax was hired to star in a swords-and-sandals movie titled Desert Warrior, he was just happy to have the job. One year later, Dax and the rest of the film’s cast and crew would look on in horror as The Innocence of Muslims—a crudely dubbed version of the movie they thought they were making—ignited protests across the Arab world and controversy at home. Speaking with many of the film’s principals, Michael Joseph Gross reports on a story as old as Hollywood itself: a pursuit of fame and fortune that ended in tears.
Pravda to Americans: Never Give Up Your Guns "These days, there are few few things to admire about the socialist, bankrupt and culturally degenerating USA, but at least so far, one thing remains: the right to bare arms and use deadly force to defend one's self and possessions."
