Global Terrorism, Inc., In the News

Our terrorist enemies remain proud of their inhumanity. Consider these two items from today's news:

• The Palestinians announced an appropriate memorial for the late Mr. Arafat, according to the Jerusalem Post:

  The Aksa Martyr's Brigades in the Gaza Strip announced that it has developed a new rocket called 'Yasser 1' capable of reaching the Israeli city of Ashkelon, Army Radio reported Sunday.
  
  The group, which is affiliated with Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement, made the announcement during a rally organized by Fatah members in Gaza city in memory of the late Palestinian Authority chairman who died early Thursday.
  
  The group described the new rocket as an improved version of the Kassam with a record firing range of 15 km.

  So much for renewed prospects for middle-East peace.



• Radical Islam again confirms its culture of death, as reported by the Times (London):

  A British-based Saudi dissident has provoked anger by posting a video on his website that apparently shows the killing of three Black Watch soldiers by a suicide bomber.
  
  Muhammad al-Massari defended the contents of the video this weekend and vigorously justified the killing of British soldiers by Iraqi insurgents.
  
  The video, said to have been filmed by one of the bomber’s comrades, appears on a site called Tajdeed, which al-Massari runs from Wembley, north London. It shows a sport-utility vehicle driving along a road before exploding at the three soldiers’ checkpoint. Military vehicles and a helicopter are shown at the site “evacuating the dead and wounded”, says a voiceover on the tape.
  
  The voice says a severed arm being trampled by a militant in front of the camera is among the “remains” of the soldiers. . .
  
  Al-Massari said people were entitled to see the video and Iraqis had a "guaranteed" right to kill soldiers. He also threatened to put more videos on the website. "I am telling you they (British soldiers in Iraq) are legitimate targets for the Iraqi people . . . I don’t know which universe you are living in . . . I am coming from the point of view of a rational human being, let alone a Muslim."

  NRO's Andrew Stuttaford notes that "this delightful man’s resume includes setting up an office for bin Laden and calling for the assassination of Tony Blair. An attempt to deport him failed in 1996 and he now has 'indefinite leave to remain' in Britain."

Remind me why liberals both defend Radical Islam and commend Europe's (ineffectual) response?