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Canadian train plot: RCMP asserts an al-Qaeda connection

Posted by: Phineas on April 23, 2013 at 4:01 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas I mentioned this in yesterday’s post, but there’s a bit more information on the terrorists and their connection with al-Qaeda: Canadian police officials have linked the plotting of two Muslim men to destroy a Toronto passenger train to al Qaeda’s network inside Iran. The two suspects, neither of whom are Canadian citizens, [...]

 

Breaking: Canadians foil Iranian/al Qaeda New York-Toronto train attack

Posted by: Phineas on April 22, 2013 at 4:35 pm » 4 Comments

**Posted by Phineas They love hitting mass transportation. Breaking in The Washington Examiner: Canadian security officials announced today that they thwarted a terrorist attack on a passenger train reportedly traveling from New York City to Toronto, planned by two men allegedly tied to al Qaeda. “I commend our Canadian counterterrorism partners, particularly the Royal Canadian [...]

 

I weep: Syrian rebels attack Hizbullah camps

Posted by: Phineas on February 22, 2013 at 3:28 pm » 12 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Okay, maybe not so much weeping as wishing for popcorn. Syrian rebels have reportedly bombed two compounds operated by the Lebanese terror organization Hezbollah, the main Syrian opposition group announced Thursday. The Free Syrian Army (FSA) claims its forces bombed Hezbollah facilities in Lebanon and Syria, a cross-border raid that indicates the [...]

 

Did an Iranian nuke facility go boom? I think so…

Posted by: Phineas on January 29, 2013 at 1:01 pm » 1 Comment

**Posted by Phineas The key is found not in what governments are saying, so much, but in what they are doing, which in turn lends perspective to their words. Background: A few days ago, a report appeared on World Net Daily that there had been a massive explosion at Fordow, one of Iran’s major nuclear [...]

 

Religion of Misogyny Watch: Iran bans women from college courses

Posted by: Phineas on August 20, 2012 at 4:38 pm » 2 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Can’t have women getting an education; they might get uppity and think they’re men’s equals. In a move that has prompted a demand for a UN investigation by Iran’s most celebrated human rights campaigner, the Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, 36 universities have announced that 77 BA and BSc courses in the coming [...]

 

President “Look at Me!” blows our national secrets — again

Posted by: Phineas on June 1, 2012 at 2:01 pm » 13 Comments

**Posted by Phineas This time about Stuxnet, the super-virus that’s been wreaking havoc with the Iranians’ “peaceful” nuclear program. The New York Times Obama Marketing Department has the story: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems [...]

 

In an honest world, this would mean war

Posted by: Phineas on May 29, 2012 at 1:01 pm » Comments Off

**Posted by Phineas Iran plotting to kill US diplomats? Yeah, I’d call that a casus belli… In November, the tide of daily cable traffic to the U.S. Embassy in Azerbaijan brought a chilling message for Ambassador Matthew Bryza, then the top U.S. diplomat to the small Central Asian country. A plot to kill Americans had [...]

 

Obama White House: Who’s responsible for high gas prices? The JOOOOZ!!

Posted by: Phineas on April 3, 2012 at 1:01 pm » 14 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Oh, honest to Pete! Once again, it’s “hug your enemies and slap your friends:” The Obama administration is blaming Israel for the recent rise in global crude oil prices, according to a Sunday report in The World Tribune. The rise in fuel prices is deemed as harming the U.S. economy and has [...]

 

Saturday Links Fiesta

Posted by: Phineas on March 3, 2012 at 2:19 pm » 5 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Time to clear out some backlogged links; I think you’ll find something worth reading under each category: MEDIA: If you’ve ever doubted that the MSM is full of hypocritical cowards, this should clear things right up: BBC Chief admits Christianity treated worse than other religions. And by “other religions,” I don’t think [...]

 

Iran to US: “Please to sink our navy!”

Posted by: Phineas on December 28, 2011 at 5:31 pm » 14 Comments

**Posted by Phineas Time for more blustering from the millenarian loons who run Iran. This time, it’s yet another threat to close the Straits of Hormuz if the world imposes more sanctions on Iran. It’s not a threat to laugh off; more than 15,000,000 barrels of oil per day from Gulf nations (not just Iran) [...]