JIHAD WATCH 01/13/2016

Iran confiscates GPS equipment from seized Navy boats, says it will “prove that the American ships were ‘snooping'”
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 07:19 pm

And in a few days, Obama will give them 100 billion dollars. “Iran Holds Two U.S. Navy Boats After Mechanical Problems, Officials Say,” by Helene Cooper, New York Times, January 12, 2016: WASHINGTON — The crews of two small United States Navy patrol boats were picked up by the Iranian authorities in the Persian Gulf […]
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Feds urge schools to shield Muslim students from harassment
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 07:02 pm

Here’s a news item from December 7: “San Bernardino school officials tell KPCC that Syed Rizwan Farook visited eleven school sites to inspect cafeterias through his job as a San Bernardino County health inspector. Officials found out less than a day after the shootings that Farook had been at a high school campus two months […]
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White House spokesman: Iran’s seizure of Navy boats “precisely” why Obama made the nuke deal
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 06:04 pm

“That is why the United States and this president made it a priority to organize the international community, to reach an agreement with Iran that will prevent them from obtaining a nuclear weapon. This agreement is actually the best way for us to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon.” So let’s see. […]
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Iran accused of giving nearly $5.5 million to left-wing populist party in Spain
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 05:54 pm

Back in July 2005, then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said: “The message of the Revolution is global, and is not restricted to a specific place or time. Have no doubt…Allah willing, Islam will conquer what? It will conquer all the mountain tops of the world.” No less an authority than the Ayatollah Khomeini had said from […]
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Islamic Republic of Iran executed 1,084 in 2015, leads world in state-sanctioned executions
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 05:32 pm

“Proponents of the nuclear agreement signed in July declared that it would lead to moderation of the Iranian regime. Instead, just the opposite has ensued—Iran’s conduct has worsened. At the pace it has begun 2016, Iran will once again execute more than 1,000 of its citizens this year.” “Iran Executed 1,084 People In 2015,” by […]
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Iranian military seizes two U.S. Navy boats, holds ten American sailors
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 05:16 pm

A little “Peace In Our Time” and “No Existential Threats” action for the State of the Union Address evening. “We have been in contact with Iran and have received assurances that the crew and the vessels will be returned promptly.” In other words, “We have telegraphed our weakness to the world, but the Iranians are […]
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Obama: “There are no existential threats” to US, not even the Islamic State
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 04:57 pm

These are words that are likely to be recalled bitterly in the coming years. “President Obama: ‘There Are No Existential Threats’ to the United States,” by Alex Griswold, Mediaite, January 12th, 2016: In an interview with NBC’s Today on the morning of his final State of the Union address, President Barack Obama told interviewer Matt […]
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Islamic State jihad suicide bomber murders 10 in Istanbul
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 04:46 pm

Nine of the ten people killed were German tourists. “The bomber who carried out the attack in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet district was a 28-year-old Syrian national.” Here’s a great idea: let’s bring hundreds of thousands of Syrian nationals to Europe and the U.S., without any way to determine if any of them are jihadis. “10 dead, […]
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Robert Spencer in PJ Media: The Migrant Sex Assaults: ‘Uncovered Meat’
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 04:11 pm

In PJ Media today I discuss how the sex assaults in Cologne involved behavior sanctioned in Islamic teachings: Not a single mainstream news outlet has identified the approximately 1,000 men who congregated by the main train station in Cologne, Germany, on New Year’s Eve and raped and sexually assaulted hundreds of women — or their […]
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Democrats invite Hamas-linked terror org CAIR to State of the Union
By Robert Spencer on Jan 12, 2016 07:52 am

CAIR is an unindicted co-conspirator in a Hamas terror funding case — so named by the Justice Department. CAIR operatives have repeatedly refused to denounce Hamas and Hizballah as terrorist groups. Several former CAIR officials have been convicted of various crimes related to jihad terror. CAIR’s cofounder and longtime Board chairman (Omar Ahmad), as well […]
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