Of course they are. So why does our media call them ‘teenagers?’ Because “Poverty Breeds Terrorism?”
Teenager coastguard from Somalia
Piracy. . . Or just the Same Old Jihad? (Pajamas Media)
According to the Qur’an, piracy in financial support of Jihad is Jihad. (Even if you already know the story of Susan Boyle, you’ll want to see the full video).
In Human Events this morning I discuss an almost completely ignored element of the Somali pirates’ identity: they’re jihadists.
This week, we celebrate the Navy SEALs’ rescue of American ship captain Richard Phillips. Their action, from the night airdrop that delivered them to the waiting warships to the split-second action in which three of the pirates were killed, was what we expect from our best special operations troops.But while we praise their skill, let’s not lose sight of who Phillips’ captors were. His Somali pirate captors are Islamic jihadists, dedicated to the same goals as Osama bin Laden and other jihadists around the world.
In August 2008, when the pirates became especially active off the Horn of Africa, Andrew Mwangura, head of the East African Seafarers’ Assistance Programme, declared that Al-Shabaab, a group of jihadists in Somalia, use piracy to fund their jihad: “According to our information, the money they make from piracy and ransoms goes to support al-Shabaab activities onshore.”
Continue reading “Spencer: The Somali Pirates Are Jihadists”
Al-Qaeda to Somalis: “Increase your strikes against the crusaders at sea”
Perhaps al-Qaeda is trying to exploit Somali anger at the recent US-pirate standoff, and redirect it to the jihad? Not really: “interaction between pirate groups and Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked groups was first noticed about nine months ago.”
“Qaeda asks Somalis to attack ‘crusader’ ships,” from the Daily Times/JW
Glenn Beck gives Charles Johnson (Little Green Footballs) his comeuppance (or, how Queeg suddenly became inconsequential)
Backstory: Charles Johnson is not a conservative blogger. After 9/11, he joined ranks with Republicans as a convenience, because that was the right thing to do; he did some good things, most notably dissolving Dan Rather in a vat of acid (Charles got his 15-minute fame boost from that worthy episode) and he helped define the meaning of Islamofascism for many on the right.But things started going downhill at LGF just recently: people started seeing Charles Johnson jump on the anti-religion (oh, but religion is fine; I just hate evil Creationists!) bandwagon. In his zeal to promote the religion of Science (he wants to live forever, and how else to do that unless Science creates some Magic that’ll extend his life? Evil Creationists, with their anti-science anti-evolution agenda might get in the way of Science, and the clock is ticking, don’t you know?)
His LGF blog is tightly controlled; you can’t post a message without having an ‘account’, and ‘accounts’ are given (and maintained) only for people who slavishly agree with…Charles Johnson. Nary a contrary word, or your account is closed, and you are banned. KOS and DU run similar memes in their posting requirements; but you’d expect a more ‘open’ approach on our side, wouldn’t you?
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Somalis have simply graduated from technicals to pirate ships.