Thursday, 7 January 2010

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

china confidential

 

KSM Trial Cost Estimate Tops $200 million a Year

The obscene civilian court trial of KSM and other Al Qaeda war criminals will cost over $200 million a year--more than double previous estimates--as reported here.

 

Al Qaeda Hails Attack on CIA Base

Al Qaeda says the suicide bombing by a triple agent was a retaliation for CIA drone attacks. Click here.

It is only a matter of time--days or weeks--before Islamist appeasers in the media call for an end to the drone strikes.

 

More Upsetting News About Failure to Stop Islamist Terrorist From Attacking US Airliner on Christmas

Has America gone crazy?

The LA Times
 reports:

Even if U.S. border enforcement officials had learned of the Nigerian's alleged extremist links in time, it is not clear the intelligence was strong enough to cause Dutch officials to search him or block him from flying, officials said. The threshold for requiring a foreign visitor to undergo special scrutiny upon arrival in the United States is considerably lower than criteria for preventing him from getting on the plane overseas, according to current and former law enforcement officials. That is why border enforcement officials rely heavily on terrorism watch lists, officials said.

"The public isn't aware how many people are allowed to travel through the U.S. who are linked, who intersect with bad guys or alleged bad guys," a national security official said. "It makes sense from an intelligence perspective. If they are not considered dangerous, it provides intelligence on where they go, who they meet with."

Read the whole thing 
here.

What "intelligence perspective?"

Every known Islamist--meaning, everyone known to support or sympathize with the global jihad--should be barred from traveling to the United States.

It's Islamism, stupid.

 

Rising China, Declining America: While Washington Talks, Beijing Launches World's Fastest Rail Service

The service links Wuhan and Guangzhou.
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Cuba Still Sponsoring Terrorism

Cuba, which has trained over 40,000 terrorists, still is a haven for those who aim to kill Americans. Click here for the IBD editorial.

 

Poorly Sourced NY Times Article Purportedly Exposes CIA Plan for Penetrating Al Qaeda

An article in The New York Times--over here--purportedly reveals a CIA plan to penetrate Al Qaeda at the highest levels with the aid of an Islamist informant who turned out to be a mass-murdering triple agent. 

The article cites only anonymous sources, which is alright for a newsletter, or a blog (like China Confidential, for example), but unacceptable for a leading national newspaper, especially when reporting on such an important story as a deadly attack on an American intelligence agency. 

At best, the article makes the CIA appear inept and amateurish, and thus emboldens and encourages the enemy; at worst, the story exposes a plan that probably should have remained a secret, even if it went terribly wrong. 

Accurate or not, it is difficult to see what good, if any, can come from publishing the piece, particularly, in the attack's aftermath.

 

Again, China Disappoints US on Iran Issue


China says--no surprise, really--that it is not time for a new round of sanctions on Iran. Click 
here for the report.

Both the Bush and the Obama administrations failed to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons--and to influence China into ending or weakening its troubling alliance with Iran. Driven mainly by an insatiable need for energy, rising China, despite having problems with its own restive Muslim population--and strong trade ties to Israel--has time and again disappointed the United States and its allies regarding
 radical Islam

U.S. support for Muslim Uighur separatists has not helped matters. The Chinese leadership believes that the U.S. still seeks to 
exploit political Islam in order to contain China's economic and political ascent.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

 

A Maze of Tunnels Protects Iran's Nuclear Sites, Making Conventional Military Strikes Impossible

Click here for the story. 

Appeasement has made war inevitable--on Tehran's terms. 

Israel may have to choose between launching preemptive nuclear or conventional attacks, assuming the objective is to destroy Iran's nuclear and missile sites so as to prevent the leveling of Israeli cities and towns by Iranian missiles.

 

Muslim Michigan High School Students Glorify 9/11

Read all about it here. Will President Obama invite them to the White House for coffee or tea?