Somalia's deadliest Islamic terrorist attack: 276 dead

An incredibly massive bomb blast, the likes of which have never been seen in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu has killed 276 people and injured around 300 more, the Somali information minister said Monday. This is the deadliest single attack in the Horn of Africa nation and the death toll could rise higher.

Minister of Information, Abdirahman Osman, called the attack "barbaric" and if you consider the word, he isn't totally wrong. 

The Ottoman Corsairs Barbary pirates, from where the word is derived, operated from North Africa and were mainly based in ports of Algiers, Tunis, Tripoli, Salé and Rabat. The area was known as the Barbary Coast, a term derived from the Berber natives. Their predatory behavior extended throughout the Mediterranean.

They seized ships and engaged in Razzias, raids on European coastal towns and villages, mostly in Italy, France, Spain, and Portugal, and they even went as far as the British Isles and the Netherlands.

The main purpose for the attacks was to capture Christian slaves for the Ottoman slave trade and the general Muslim slavery market in North Africa and Middle East.

And although this attack wasn't meant to capture anyone, but meant to kill as many people as possible, the actors in the attack were of the same religion and mindset as their predecessors.  

So yes, it was a barbaric attack. All jihadi attacks are barbaric and done in the name of religion. A truck bomb targeted a crowded street near major government ministries.

According to Osman, Turkey and Kenya have already offered to send medical assistance.

The Somali government blames al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab for the attack that it's now calling a "national disaster." The terror group vowed to increase attacks after President Trump and Somalia's recently elected president said they will introduce new military efforts against them.

"Nearly all of the wounded victims have serious wounds," Samir Abdi, a nurse tending to the wounded said. "Unspeakable horrors." The wounds were horrific.

Rescue workers searched for survivors trapped under rubble of the Safari Hotel--it was mostly destroyed and is close to Somalia's foreign ministry.

Not surprisingly, the United States and the U.N. condemned the bombing. The U.S. sounding a lot like the Obama administration used words and said "such cowardly attacks reinvigorate the commitment of the United States to assist our Somali and African Union partners to combat the scourge of terrorism."

I'm sure John Kerry was happy to hear us use words that he so often used. Only we forgot to add that we condemned it "in the strongest possible terms." That should scare the hell out of al Shabaab.

Spokesman for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned the attack, causing many al-Shabaab jihadis to commit suicide out of fear of being strongly condemned. 

Wait . . . no, they didn't. But at least we're still using the same strong words.


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NY Times and French Muslims Wondering

The New York Times the "paper of leftist record," discussed the backlash the Muslim population of France is feeling since the jihadist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket last week, killing 17 innocent people (Liz Alderman, Jan. 10, 2015).

"Last week's terrorist attacks without doubt set all of France on edge, but the sense of wariness, even siege, has grown increasingly profound among Frances' Muslim population--the largest in Europe--which seems braced for a potential backlash, both political and personal."

Since the barbaric attacks, several mosques across France have been shot at and hit by small explosive devices. Some have even suffered the markings of "racist" graffiti. Nobody died in the process.

If Islam is a race, then being black or Asian or white must be a religion. Islam is an ideology and ideologies should be open to questioning. How else can a person make an informed decision as to whether he or she wants to adopt that belief in their life?

People in the West are marching against the Islamization of Europe. The Times writes: " . . . the firebombing of a mosque in Sweden and warnings by British officials about a rise in Islamophobia."

Islamophobia? Really? 

It is abundantly clear that The New York Times goes along with the word 'Islamophobia,' a word invented as a strategy by the Council on American Islamic Relations to keep people from discussing the problem of Islam in a forthcoming way. But it has worked on the New York Times. 

Islamophobia--is defined as the irrational fear of Islam, therefore an irrational fear of Muslims. Can someone please explain what the irrationality is about this fear? They are killing people around the world. Sure, most Muslims aren't terrorists, but most terrorists are Muslims. If these leftist newspapers weren't afraid, they would have printed the newsworthy photos of the cartoons that sparked the jihadist killing of the cartoonists. 

It isn't a phobia when the fear is real.

Hassen Farsadou, president of the Union of Muslim Associations of Seine-Saint-Denis, called the attacks "a despicable, criminal act, which we condemn utterly. But it's the rest of us who are paying the bill--that's the problem now, and we fear it will be a problem in the future. The Muslim community is very afraid."

So let's get this straight: these terrorist acts were committed by Islamic jihadists who were avenging cartoons about the prophet of Islam, and killing Jews because it says to kill them in the Koran. 

And the Muslims say they are afraid?

Why aren't they coming forward and fingering the mosques where they hear the anti-West preaching by the imams who are looking to spread terror and establish a caliphate? Why aren't Muslims marching against the anti-Semites in France--a group of haters growing larger and larger? It wasn't simply anti-Semites that killed Jews in the kosher supermarket. It was  a Muslim anti-Semite because Islam preaches it. Muslims hate the Jews because they're supposed to hate them. Read the Koran! 

To say you condemn something but do nothing about it is like Obama saying he condemns this act of violence in France, then goes on to talk about free community colleges. Words do nothing; actions do.

It's clear that the New York Times, like the presidents of France and the USA, are refusing to deal with the full truth. In France's case, I believe it's out of fear that Hollande dances around it. In the USA's case, I believe Obama quietly supports Islam.

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Suicide Donkeys of Hamas

The Jerusalem Post reports that fighting in Gaza has gotten to the point where Hamas has become so desperate, they're using suicide donkeys to destroy  IDF forces.

An attack occurred on Friday in the Rafah area near the Gaza-Egypt border where IDF forces located a suspicious, and most likely, nervous donkey approaching their position. They opened fire and the explosives detonated; the donkey never knew what hit him.

The IDF expressed their shock over the tactic of using innocent animals as a method of attacking Israel's forces and stated on their website: "This cruel incident is the most recent attempt by Gaza terror organizations to make such an abominable use of animals as explosives couriers." 

Animals have historically been used to assist military forces in battle. The horse is probably the most widely used animal as a means of transporting troops, but oxen, pigs, rats, dolphins, camels and pigeons were also put into service for various purposes.

But the most horrific use of animals for the purpose of military weaponry is the human animal, or suicide bomber. Islamists have used men, women and children for this purpose. Mothers have tied bombs to their children so they can go and kill Jews and other infidels for their god, Allah.

It can hardly be called a religion of peace--it should be called a religion of pieces.

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And the Beat Goes On in Gaza

The IDF hit 60 targets last night, killed 120 Islamists since the start of the retaliation that began when Hamas rained down hundreds of rockets into Israel's civilian population. 

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) targeted "158 targets linked to Hamas," in the last 24 hours, which included 68 rocket launchers, 21 bases and weapons caches, including one hidden in a mosque--a common strategy Hamas uses because they know Israel is reluctant to strike houses of worship even when Hamas is willing to blow up synagogues and school buses filled with children.

Nurturing hatred

The Health Ministry of Gaza, an oxymoron, said that the dead included a 17 year old whose only goal in life was to finish his study of the Koran in madrassa, join Hamas, and kill Jews for Allah. Young Mohammad al-Akbar will be missed. Okay, Hamas didn't really say all that, but the truth is, the "Palestinians" (a group of Muslims who believe Israel has no right to exist and all the Jews in the world need to be killed) are taught as babies to hate the Jews. It's their religious duty, according to the Koran. But what they don't acknowledge in their "holy" book, or war manual, is that Israel is referred to as the land of the Jews and there is no mention of Palestine. (Check out Suras 9:21 and 26:59 for starters.)

In last night's Israeli retaliatory response to Hamas's rocket attacks, three police officers were killed while innocently beating their wives.

Husam Badran, a spokes-terrorist for Hamas said, while in the safety of Doha, Qatar (some pronounce it "Guitar"): "The bombing of two mosques in Gaza overnight shows how barbaric this enemy is, and how much is it (sic) hostile to Islam." 

Good old victim status.

I suggest Badran look up the origin of the word "barbaric" before he claims that Israel should allow Hamas to fire rockets at them with impunity. Thomas Jefferson knew about barbarism.

This is a war that will never end unless Israel decides to end it. The hatred that Islam holds for Jews and other infidels is palpable. Being politically correct about Islam is foolish and suicidal.


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