What happens when Gitmo detainees are released February 6, 2009

Last October, a young Yemeni-American and Muslim teenager by the name of Susan Elbaneh who had returned to Yemen for her arranged marriage was killed during a blast at the USA embassy in Sana, Yemen. This rather beautiful young woman and her husband were amongst the victims of an attack on the USA embassy that was led by a former Gitmo inmate.

This story has received very little attention from the MSM, and what is worse, is that journalists who are pro-closing of Guantanamo Bay without consideration as to what will happen to the present detainees have glossed over the fact that this girl is a Muslim who was killed in the attack – ditto for the civilians who were waiting to enter the gates of the embassy when the attack took place.

What is really intriguing about the story is that this girl’s family are involved in Jihad. Her father and an uncle were charged with supply material support to jihadists and her cousin is a man on the run from the USA because of his jihad activities. It seems that having family members who are involved is no guarantee that jihad will not strike in the family.

A more serious thing to consider though, is the role of Yemen in the ultra-right wing jihad attacks all over the world. Yemen might be a very poor country but it has spawned a large number of Jihadis. Some of Yemen’s jihadis have spent time in Gitmo, were rehabilitated and sent to Saudi Arabia for re-education, and from there they escaped and returned to their further activities. In attempting to deny this fact (that former Gitmo detainees have returned to the field) at least one journalist has attempted to cover up the story about the death of Susan Elbaneh. Yemen has also spawned a number of extremely hardline mufti (do not dare call these people clerics) such as Abu Bakr Bashir in Indonesia. From what I understand Al Qaeda got its beginnings in Yemen.

What happens if there is “Not in my backyard syndrome” for Gitmo detainees January 24, 2009

A Saudi national released from U.S. detention centre at Guantanomo Bay, Cuba in September 2007 has retruned to previous activities and is believed to be a key leader of Al Qaeda operations in Yemen. What does that say about a foolhardy decision – foolhardy from the point of view that it has been orderd too quickly without thinking about the consequences of the new mealy-mouthed president of the United States?

Mr “smooth” Obama who is so careful about what he says, disguising his real agenda at the same time, has made a decision without thinking through all of the consequences. Surely he could have waited until he had done everything possible to ensure that these detainees, who are not political prisoners, but who have been actively engaged in an act of war, are located to some other secure location.

Ali al-Shiri is a Saudi national, and he was released from Guantanamo for rehabilitation in Saudi Arabia. That did not last long, because he escaped and returned to Yemen where he has continued with his illegal terrorist activity.

One of the major problems that has to be confronted right now is the “not in my backyard syndrome.” From an Australian point of view I agree, we do not want this scum in our country. It is bad enough having David Hicks return to this country, and ditto Mahmoudo Habib. Both are traitors to Australia. They are not heroes. They should not be given a free ride by allowing them access to sue anybody for their detention. Hicks was discovered in Afghanistan, working with the Taliban. Habib was with similar types in Pakistan.

These detainees do not merit special attention since they have murdereous intent against westerners.

Al Qaeda leader demands terror war for Britain and the USA January 23, 2009

As is typical of the Al Qaeda leadership, Abu Yahya al-Libi called for a new round of terror for western nations. Now this should not come as a surprise to anyone (except of course for the poor besotted Barack Obama fools who think that it will all go away now that Obama is the president of the USA).

The Al Qaeda leader urged the terror network followers to “rise up like angered lions” whilst declaring: “It is high time that this criminal country, I mean Britain, paid the price of its history”.

The illogic of the statement is that this person is blaming Great Britain because Hamas use civilians as human shields. You see women and children in Islam are really quite dispensable commodities as far as Hamas are concerned. Even so, yes there were many innocent victims, like the daughters of the Palestinian doctor who has always worked for peace. Could it be that his daughters were just in the wrong place at the wrong time, or were they targeted by Hamas so that they would be in the way of any retaliating fire – after all the doctor is a friend to Israel and speaks Hebrew. (and yes I am being very cynical in the way I am writing this comment)

My heart goes out to Dr. Abuelaish over the loss of his children in such distressing circumstances:

A distraught Dr Abuelaish said the events were the antithesis of everything he had brought up his dead daughters to believe. "I raised my children to work and be soldiers of peace," he said. "I believed medicine could be a bridge for peace between Israelis and Palestinians."

An army spokesman said a preliminary investigation into the incident had found that soldiers in the area of the doctor’s house in the Jabalia Refugee Camp had been returning fire from the source of shooting towards them. The spokesman also noted the Israeli army did its best to avoid civilian casualties, a task made difficult by what he described as an enemy that took shelter in civilian areas.

If anyone is to blame for this man’s loss, then it is the members of Hamas who were using the area as a shield for their terror activities against the state of Israel.

It is not over – Al Qaeda makes noises January 23, 2009

Abu Yahya al-Libi is urging Islamist militants to launch attacks in the West, specifically the USA and Great Britain.

Anyone who thinks that a change in the US Presidency is going to stop these attacks and the threat of attacks have rocks in their heads.

They say it is unIslamic to hit your wife – but… January 22, 2009

Imam Samir Abu Hamza in a lecture given in 2003 stated that under Islamic law men could demand sex with their wives. This is despite an Australian law requiring consent. In a cover up of what is preached within Islam i is now claimed that Islam does not condone either the hitting or raping of their wives. Now it seems that the Imam is trying to cover up his faux pas by claiming what he said was metaphorical.

A statement by the current Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, on this subject is in my opinion very unhelpful. It seems to me that he is extremely ignorant about the real Islam.

Now I will give the benefit of the doubt to Islamics in Australia, that the majority prefer a reformed version of Islam – that is there is an effort to clean up the violence that is allowed in some Islamic countries. However, I cannot accept that Mr. Haset Seli is telling the truth about Islam as it is practiced elsewhere when he says of the Imam:

“His lecture was absolutely ludicrous, unIslamic and highlighted the ignorance of the man”.

On the other hand, in this story I do see some hope for Islamic women in Australia, that they will be subjected to less violence in the future. The hope comes from comments by Sharene Hassan, vice president of the ICV because she is organizing a series of workshops for Victorian imams on the issue of domestic violence.

She says:

“There may be individuals who have interpreted this lecture as condoning violence against women – it’s not the first time we have had this problem, ” she said.

The good news is that imams are meeting to plan workshops to find ways of discouraging domestic violence among their followers.

It seems that there is a discrepancy between the two views expressed – the male says that the women are not treated with violence; the woman says that there have been problems in the past. I prefer to believe sherene Hassan, not the staff member from the mosque in Coburg.

Militant arrested over London attacks January 22, 2009

Pakistani forces have arrested 7 militants, including a senior Al-Qaeda operative allegedly wanted for questioning in connection with the 2005 London attacks.

The militant has been named as Zabi ul Taifi, and he is an Arab national. It is not know what role he played in the London bombings.

The Celebration of Hannukah in Mumbai December 26, 2008

I did not blog on the murder and mayhem in Mumbai. What happened there was yet another shameful episode where the finger is once again pointed at Muslim extremists – this time they are associated with a group that has been outlawed in Pakistan – a group with links to Osama Bin Laden.

One of the targets in that attack was Chabad house which was the centre run by a Jewish group. The rabbi and his wife Ritvka were amongst the dead on that dreadful day. However, their 2 year old son survived and was rescued by his nanny. He is now safe in Israel.

So now we come to the Christian celebration of Christmas that coincides with the Jewish festival of Hannukah – a festival of lights that commemorates the cleansing and rededication of the Temple after it was defiled by the pagan Greeks.

In Mumbai the fathers of those slain have lit the mennorah:

The rabbi, Gavriel Holtzberg, and his wife, Rivka, were among six people killed when attackers assaulted the Chabad House, one of several targets hit in the coordinated terrorist strike.

Holtzberg, who was affiliated with the Orthodox Chabad-Lubavitch movement, in past years was the one to light the Hanukkah candles at those same places.

In addition to commemorating the slain, the ceremonies underscored the religious movement’s determination to rebuild the center, continue its activities and impart its spirit in Mumbai, where it has served the Jewish community for many years.

The Chabad Web site said Rabbi Shimon Rosenberg, Rivka’s father, lit the menorah at the Gateway to India, a stone arch near the Taj Mahal Hotel that was the entry point for the people who launched the attack.

This is a people who have not given up hope despite the terrible deed that was done to them. The lighting of the mennorah on the 5th day of the festival is a sign of hope, a symbol of peace.

I guess they failed the bomb making course given at this madrassa December 5, 2007

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Fatal blast at Pakistan madrassa

The bomb at an Islamic madrassa has killed at least 6 people, whilst several others were injured in the blast at Qila Saifullah in the Balochistan province near the Afghan border. All of the casualties were students attending the madrassa.

Since no one admitted carrying out an attack it might be fair to question whether or not this is a case of the students failing their bomb making course (or perhaps even passing the course with flying colours).

However, the officials in the area report that the bomb was concealed in clothing that had been left by an Afghan refugee who had spent the night at the Imdadul Uloom madrassa. The Afghan spent only one night on the premises, so this begs the question, did he leave his hosts a little present, or was he supposed to pick up this little present and take it with him?

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Mrs Gibbons is pardoned and sent home in Mohammed the Teddy Bear case December 5, 2007

Gillian Gibbons is now safely back in the U.K. after her ordeal of being arrested and then sentenced to jail for allowing her class to name a teddy bear Mohammed, which is a common name for boys within Islam. She was charged with “insulting Islam”.

Teacher speaks of Sudan ‘ordeal’

Gillian Gibbons was met by her son and daughter at the airport News briefing A British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her class name a teddy bear Muhammad has spoken of her “ordeal”, after returning to the UK. Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, had spent eight days in custody for insulting Islam before eventually being pardoned by President Omar al-Bashir. Mrs Gibbons said she was in “total shock” but was “well treated in prison and everyone was very kind to me”. After speaking at Heathrow, she was taken by police to an unnamed location. The teacher and her family were expected to return to Mrs Gibbons’ son’s home in Wavertree, Liverpool, but reporters from around the world have been left waiting there for hours. Mrs Gibbons’ son, John, and, daughter, Jessica met her at Heathrow Airport, and the BBC’s Matt Prodger said a homecoming party would be held in Liverpool later. ‘Fabulous time’ Mrs Gibbons, a mother-of-two, was arrested on 25 November and later given a 15-day sentence after allowing her pupils to hold a vote and choose the name Muhammad, the same name as the Islamic Prophet, for a teddy bear. She arrived back to London accompanied by British Muslim peers Baroness Warsi and Lord Ahmed, who had mediated for her release. After a meeting with Baroness Warsi and Lord Ahmed, the press office of President al-Bashir announced that Mrs Gibbons had been pardoned and released after “mediation”. On her arrival at Heathrow, Mrs Gibbons looked tired but relieved as she was whisked to a private room to speak to reporters for the first time since her ordeal began, our correspondent said. He understands that when Mrs Gibbons was first arrested, she asked a British consular official not to tell her family for fear it might worry them. Only then was she told that her case had become an international media story. Mrs Gibbons said the incident had “all come as a huge shock to me” and that going to prison was “terrifying” although she never actually spent any time in the Omdurman women’s jail. She said: “I was very upset to think that I may have caused offence to people – very, very upset about it. “I’m just an ordinary middle-aged primary school teacher. I went out there to have an adventure and got a lot more adventure than what I was looking for. I never imagined this would happen.” Mrs Gibbons added that she was “very sorry” to leave Sudan, where she had had a “fabulous time”. I wouldn’t like to put anyone off going to Sudan Gillian Gibbons She said: “It is a beautiful place and I had a chance to see some of the countryside. “The Sudanese people I found to be extremely kind and generous and until this happened I only had a good experience.” “I wouldn’t like to put anyone off going to Sudan. “I would like to thank Lord Ahmed and Baroness Warsi and I would like to thank all the people who have worked so hard to secure my release and make my time more bearable.” Mrs Gibbons said she was treated the same as other Sudanese prisoners and that the Ministry of Interior sent her a bed, which was “the best present”. ‘Quite tense’ When asked if she was going to continue as a teacher, Mrs Gibbons said: “I’m looking for a job – I am jobless.” Lady Warsi, who helped negotiate a pardon for Mrs Gibbons, told BBC News 24 that some of the meetings she and Lord Ahmed had with Sudanese officials were “very, very difficult”. She said: “On Sunday we spent most of that day having very difficult meetings, some of them quite tense, some of them were very, very difficult. “And then at the end of Sunday we were presented with some hope that we may be able to see the president on Monday and we may be able to reach a resolution. “We had that meeting on Monday morning… and thankfully we secured a release.” The teacher’s local MP, Louise Ellman, has welcomed Mrs Gibbons’ return but said the jail sentence “should never have happened”. Gillian Gibbons did not want to worry her family over her arrest “The original incident was something very innocent and then what should have been seen as a minor error – and certainly a very innocent one – suddenly became blown up into something extremely important and the whole thing has been very, very worrying and quite horrendous.” Downing Street said Prime Minister Gordon Brown had spoken to Mrs Gibbons upon her arrival in the UK. He is said to be pleased that she had returned, wished her well and had also made clear to her that the government stood ready to provide whatever further assistance she may require. Khalid al Mubarak, media counsellor at the Sudanese embassy in London, said he was very pleased the situation had been resolved. ‘Red faced’ He also suggested that orientation classes for westerners coming to work in Sudan should be reintroduced. They had been standard procedure during the colonial era, he said. He said a short course ending in an exam, perhaps run at local colleges in Sudan, would be “very useful” to help new-comers avoid basic mistakes such as using the left hand to offer something to somebody – the left hand is considered unclean. Mrs Gibbons’ son earlier said his family had been “under a lot of pressure” but added that he was “very pleased” his mother was returning home. Meanwhile, Jonah Fisher, former BBC Khartoum correspondent, said that the arrest of Mrs Gibbons must have seemed like an easy opportunity to give Sudan’s former colonial masters a bloody nose. But in actuality, it appears to be Sudan’s President al-Bashir who has been left with a red face, he added.

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At Least the British Press are taking a stand on this case December 2, 2007

Sudan protesters: Execute teacher – CNN.com

Whilst the foolish follow the hate speech of their imams and took to the streets demanding that Gillian Gibbons be killed because a 7 year old child named a teddy bear Mohammed, not after the false prophet, but after himself, the British government continues its efforts to get her release. What is more encouraging though, is that the British press have not followed the example of N.O.W. but have been willing to criticize the Sudanese government over the stupidity of this case.

It is so totally absurd to claim that Gillian Gibbons was in any way insulting religion. The name Mohammed is extremely common. However, it seems that where there is Sharia law there is also a total lack of common sense, just foolishness from people who do not know that there is another way to live one’s live, without the anger and the fear.

We must remain vigilant with regards to these situations so that people begin to realize that within Islam there is no tolerance towards the ones that they refer to as “Infidels”

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