JIHAD WATCH 07/15/2015

Muslim screaming “Allahu akbar” holds knife to tourist’s neck at Rome’s Colosseum
By Robert Spencer on Jul 15, 2015 01:05 am

What could be more wonderfully romantic than Ramadan in Rome? “Knifeman shouting ‘Allah is great’ forces tourist to her knees as he holds a blade to her neck at Rome’s Colosseum in terrifying random attack,” by Hannah Roberts, MailOnline, July 14, 2015: A tourist was forced to her knees at knifepoint at Rome’s Colosseum in […]
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Canada jihad plotter motivated by drug addiction, court hears
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 12:09 pm

“In one of the recordings, Jaser was heard saying ‘everyone is a target’ and that he wanted ‘the whole country to burn.'” “A psychologist has described a man convicted of terrorism in a plot to derail a passenger train as a desperate drug addict who conned people to get high but wouldn’t even kill a […]
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Iran’s President crows: “Zionists have tried to block this deal but failed”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 11:21 am

The Obama Administration and the mainstream media are saying that the deal is advantageous to both sides. The Iranians are saying otherwise. Of course, Obama and the mainstream media may not think that a deal that harms Israel is disadvantageous. “Hailing deal, Rouhani slams ‘usurper Zionist regime,’” Times of Israel, July 14, 2015: Toward the […]
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Iran’s Supremo posts photo of himself trampling Israeli flag
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 10:21 am

“The Zionist Regime is Condemned to Vanish” — thanks to Barack Obama’s nuke deal. Flush with victory, Khamenei can’t restrain himself from taking a victory lap and rubbing in how easy it was to get everything he wanted from the post-American President. “Iran’s Supreme Leader Posts Photo of Himself Trampling Israeli Flag: ‘The Zionist Regime […]
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Nuke deal: Iran to gain $100 billion
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 09:32 am

That can finance a great deal of genocidal hatred. “Historic nuclear deal: Iran set to gain $100 billion,” Reuters, July 14, 2015: VIENNA: Iran would get access to more than $100 billion in frozen assets when the Iran nuclear agreement is implemented, which depends on when Tehran has curbed its nuclear program and the UN […]
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Netanyahu: Iran nuclear agreement a “bad mistake of historic proportions”
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 09:18 am

“Cabinet Minister Miri Regev said the agreement gave Iran a ‘license to kill.'” Yes. “Netanyahu calls Iran nuclear agreement a ‘bad mistake of historic proportions,'” Fox News, July 14, 2015: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that a nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers, led by the United States, was “a bad […]
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Robert Spencer in FrontPage: Iran: The Debacle Looms
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 08:46 am

In FrontPage this morning I show how the evidence that the Iran deal is a bad idea is more abundant than ever. A nuclear agreement with Iran appears to be imminent, and it is unlikely to mean anything but disaster for the United States, Israel, and the entire free world. AP reported Monday that “disputes […]
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Boston jihad mass murder plotter was “obsessed” with Islam
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 08:38 am

He was “obsessed” with Islam, but according to the mainstream analysis, he got it terribly, terribly wrong. And of course we are also being told that he “had a long history of mental illness.” That was the favored explanation of the French government for jihad attacks several months ago, raising the ever-unanswered question of why […]
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Idaho: Muslim charged with teaching people to build bombs to target public transportation
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 08:23 am

Where are the people he taught? What are they doing now? “UPDATE: Trial Starts for Uzbek Refugee’s Terrorism Charge,” by Rebecca Boone, Associated Press, July 14, 2015: BOISE (AP) | A federal trial is underway this week for an Uzbek refugee charged with supporting a terrorist organization. Fazliddin Kurbanov, a Russian-speaking truck driver who fled […]
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Iran deal is, predictably, a looming disaster for the free world
By Robert Spencer on Jul 14, 2015 07:53 am

A gift to the Ayatollah, ensuring a future of blood and ruin. “Iran, World Powers Reach Final Nuclear Deal,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, July 14, 2015: Iran and world powers on Tuesday announced they had sealed a final nuclear deal with Tehran that will lift most economic sanctions on the country and permit […]
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The Effect of Liberty on Individuals
By Michael Devolin on Jul 14, 2015 04:51 am

“The effect of liberty on individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.” -Edmund Burke I’ve just read that Omar Khadr is suing the Canadian government for 20 million dollars. As it turns out, the Muslim who travels abroad […]
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