Category Archives: Terrorism

9/11, six years later

MSNBC is running the NBC 9/11 original coverage this morning, presumably uncut. The thing that strikes me as most unusual is the way all of the journalists almost completely manage to cover their emotion. Katie Couric actually caught herself about … Continue reading

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FYI

MSNBC is replaying the 9/11 Today Show coverage.

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Monitoring the AP anti-Israel bias

Let’s keep an eye on this story. Here’s the first AP story on the kassam that landed in a military base in the Negev: Rocket Hits Sleeping Israeli Soldiers By ARON HELLER – 59 minutes ago JERUSALEM (AP) — A … Continue reading

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NY Times notices Hamas brutality

Now that it’s journalists being beaten, the Times (and the Times-own IHT) is noticing that Hamas is beating Palestinians when they don’t like what they do. During the first Fatah protest rally at Friday prayers here late last month, a … Continue reading

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Shalit’s kidnapper kidnapped

Jews are wicked funny. We really are. A group of undercover Israeli soldiers disguised as Arabs on Friday kidnapped a senior Hamas member of the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, near the Rafah crossing in the Gaza Strip, … Continue reading

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PA says it’s thwarting terror attacks

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We’ve heard this before. Palestinian Authority officials said they were in a “race against time” to torpedo plans of Hamas and groups affiliated with the organization to carry out a large-scale terror bombing that could sabotage the … Continue reading

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Sderot: one more step towards ghost town

I could be somewhat obsessed about this, but here it goes again: “We have decided to make Sderot a ghost town,” said a spokesman for Hamas who gave his name as Abu Ubeideh. “We are not going to stop launching … Continue reading

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Hamas shows world it believes in freedom for, well, Hamas

Another protest, another beat-down by Hamas, and more reporters wounded and forbidden to report. Just another normal day in Hamastan. A protest by Fatah supporters against Hamas rule turned violent Friday when Hamas men began forcefully dispersing the crowd, firing … Continue reading

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Much ado about Meshaal

It is not to say that journalists shouldn’t pursue an interesting story where they can. And interviewing Khaled Meshaal, the under-assassinated head of Hamas, is a good story. This article, however, is almost totally devoid of anything new, aside of … Continue reading

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Mobile checkpoints

Ehud Barak thinks that mobile checkpoints will do the job that stationary checkpoints are doing. Defense Minister Ehud Barak wants to replace permanent checkpoints in the West Bank with mobile ones, to ease restrictions on Palestinian traffic while still safeguarding … Continue reading

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Hamas’ justice: Torture

Watch for the Hamas Cheerleding Squad to utterly ignore these reports. By “Hamas Cheerleading Squad” I mean “People like Jimmy Carter,” and when they are asked about Hamas’ torture, will doubtless immediately fall into a spittle-flecked rant about Israel and … Continue reading

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Hamas plots more terror

Hard on the heels of a foiled terror plot, Ynet reports that Hamas is gearing up for a major “heavy casualty” attack in Israel. Hamas may carry out a mega-terror attack, the Deputy Shin Bet Chief, known only as Y, … Continue reading

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One dead, three dead, ten dead terrorists

You have to like these numbers. Six in one blow: A missile fired from an Israeli aircraft killed six Hamas operatives travelling in a car in central Gaza on Monday, Palestinian officials said. The military said they had been targeted … Continue reading

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The Fatah false peace

Every day, the IDF and civilians are attacked by Palestinians in the West Bank. Every day. IDF troops which operated in the outskirts of Nablus identified and shot an armed Palestinian, Israel Radio reported on Saturday. An explosive device was … Continue reading

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A positive outcome of the Hamas takeover

This one slipped through the nets, but it’s a great little piece of news. There’s a silver lining to the closure of Gaza: The terrorists are running out of supplies to manufacture their rockets and bombs. Shortages in fertilizers used … Continue reading

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