UK: Britain to pay for outing Bakri's pole dancing daughter.

Double D for Daddy Dearest?

Revelation that his daughter is a pole dancer is an "attack against Islam". Yeah-yeah-yeah. Everything's an attack against Islam to you people, Omar...

There's no word how Big Daddy Omar feels about al-Arabiya outing the fact that he paid for Yasmin's $7000 boob job.

Now there's a Muslim family value I NEVER expected! Read on, my little polecat possums.

“Outspoken preacher Omar Bakri Mohammed paid for his daughter to get a boob job, which led to her becoming an erotic pole dancer, British press reported Saturday.

Syrian-born Bakri, famous for slamming Western women who flaunt their sexuality, paid £4,000 (about $7,000) in cash for 27-year-old Yasmin Fostock to enhance her breasts to a massive DD cup, The Sun tabloid quoted a source as saying.

The source said Yasmin managed to convince her religious dad to fork out the cash, saying it would make her feel like a better mother while she was breastfeeding.

“He went along with it and even went to the top London clinic with her where he paid for the surgery in cash. The rest of the family were set against it, but he insisted she should have her way if it would make her a better mother."

Is this hilarious, or just downright weird? Putting aside for the moment the question as to whether or not you would actually have a boob job. Tell me, would you ask your father to pay for it? This smacks of something icky to me and makes me wonder if there's more than a double d cup that meets the eye here. All useless, idle speculation, of course.

But, there is this to consider.

According to University of Pennsylvania psychiatrist Mary Anne Layden, between 60 and 80 percent of nude dancers were raped or sexually abused as children.

I hope that Yasmin's being outed doesn't jeopardize her safety. These thugs have no problem picking on girls.

Gone fishin'

Grand Lake - photo by Charles Yates.

No jihadis today, possums. Dinah's heading up here today for a little family outing.
Hope to see some MOOSE and ELK and maybe throw a line in the water...

European hostages aren't in Libya after all...

No sign of hostages in Libya...where are they? No one knows. IMO, they should have mounted a rescue operation when they had a bead on them the first time. Thanks a lot, Egypt.

A Libyan official has cast doubt on claims a group of European tourists and their Egyptian guides seized in Egypt last week have been taken to Libya. Searches of the border area had yielded no sign of the 11 tourists and their eight guides, the official said. On Thursday, the Sudanese authorities said the hostages had been moved just over the border into Libyan territory. They were seized last Friday while on a desert safari in south-western Egypt, near the borders with Libya and Sudan.

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Push to close NYC schools for Muslim holidays.

Bottoms up!

From the Staten Island Advance:

Some City Council members are urging the state to add two Muslim holidays to the school calendar, calling it a matter of religious freedom and fairness. But their efforts appeared headed for failure, as long as Mayor Michael Bloomberg is in control of schools and the state legislature continues to stall a bill that would make the holy days official days off.

The debate on the issue continued at a packed meeting of the City Council's Committee on Education today, where several Muslim students testified about their desire to observe their religion without missing valuable classroom instruction.

Estimates of the number of Muslims in New York City range from 600,000 to 850,000. Their children comprise about 10-12 percent of the more than 1 million students in public schools. Though it is unclear how many live on Staten Island, the borough is home to eight mosques and a rapidly growing Muslim population, including tens of thousands of immigrants from Pakistan, Albania and Montenegro.

Current school policy permits students to take off religious holidays as an excused absence after submitting a written request signed by a parent. Public schools are closed on Christian holidays, including Christmas and Good Friday, and Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. The Coalition for Muslim School Holidays is seeking to add two more days off: Eid Ul-Fitr, the final day of the month-long fast of Ramadan (which happens to be this Monday); and Eid Ul-Adha, which marks the culmination of the Hajj, or annual pilgrimage to Mecca (and will be observed on Dec. 8 this year).

Bloomberg has rebuffed the group's efforts on several occasions, saying that students cannot afford any more days off, and adding Muslim holidays could open up the doors for other religions to make the same requests.

Zahida Pirani, a project director for the New York Civic Participation Project, noting how several cities in New Jersey have already made Muslim holidays official days off from school, said the city could do so without hurting classroom instruction. She predicted it would happen if the mayor were not the sole regulator of school policy. "I believe New York City is organized around this in a very powerful way," Ms. Pirani said during the hearing. "If parents had a voice in this process, it would happen."

Slouching toward dhimmitude...

The meaning of Barack Obama's name

From The American Thinker.

Until he was 20 years old, he went by the first name Barry. Then he decided to be called Barack Hussein Obama, his original birth name.

Many people seem to the names "Barack" and "Obama" are African names. They are not.

Baraq [Barack] was the name of the winged horse-like creature that took Mohammed to Paradise in the Night Journey. Baraq can also mean God's blessing. Obama is Swahili for Osama, who was one of Mohammed's chief warriors. Osama also means lion. Hussein reminds some Americans of Saddam Hussein, and Obama's supporters get upset if it is used. Hussein was the name of Mohammed's grandson. So Obama's entire name is based upon Islamic mythology and African conquest. Barack Hussein Obama means [Allah's blessing] [Mohammed's grandson] [One of Mohammed's finest warriors].

Not that he's a Muslim or anything, though. Really. Besides, what's wrong with being a Muslim? It's not like they've declared war on us or anything.

Bosnia: Gays v. Muslims

Gay festival closes after clash with Muslims.

Organisers of the Sarajevo Queer Festival have decided to close the event only a day after its opened, after eight people were injured in violent clashes, local media reported on Friday. Svetlana Djurkovic, one of the organisers, told a media conference late Thursday the festival was closing three days early, because of security concerns. She said a Danish film producer was hospitalised with serious injuries and several people were hurt in clashes. The festival was envisaged as a multi-cultural event aimed at promoting gay rights, but participants from several countries had been attacked by protesters, from the hardline Islamic Wahabi movement, shouting “Allahu Akhbar" (God is great). “May dear Allah give your children to Dutch queers to make porno films,” the demonstrators shouted, beating the participants. The crowd dispersed after police intervention, but other incidents occurred in several places on Thursday, Djurkovic said.

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Almedina Zuko, secretary-general of the Young Muslims Association, said her organisation opposed the event, but condemned the violence. "If these people (gays) have the right to express their views, so do the rest of us," she said. "I have the right to say that these people are immoral and deviant."

Where is the Diversity First crowd now? Cowering in the closet?

Somalia: Now the Pirates have TANKS...

30 tanks part of the cargo seized in Ukrainian hijacking.

Ukraine's foreign ministry said the ship had a crew of 21 and was sailing under a Belize flag to the Kenyan port of Mombasa. A report from Russia's Interfax news agency said earlier that the ship had a cargo of about 30 tanks, as well as spare parts for armoured vehicles.

Germany: Suspects removed from plane

Hmmm. Somalis. Holy war and suicide notes left behind. Who can it be?

German commandos have arrested two men on an aeroplane preparing to take off from Cologne airport.

A Somali, 23, and a Somali-born German, 24, were suspected of planning attacks and were detained after several months of surveillance, police said.

The men had intended to carry out "holy war" and suicide notes had been found at their flat, a police official told German television.

The KLM passenger carrier KL1804 had been bound for Amsterdam.

In other Cologne news...They're starting them young.

It has also been revealed that police this week arrested three teenagers who ambushed two police officers in the city in what was thought to be an Islamic extremist attack. Reports said the youths, aged 15, 16, and 17, had repeatedly referred to "Jihad" during their interrogations.

They also apparently admitted they wanted to kill the officers to send a signal of Islamist terror.

The three had tricked a 26-year-old policewoman and her 38-year-old colleague late on Tuesday by making an emergency call.When the officers approached one who was lying on the ground, the two others came out of hiding with guns. The men fled but opened fire at the officers after they fired two warning shots.

It later emerged the teenagers' firearms had been starting pistols.

UK: Omar Bakri's daughter is a fire-eating, pole dancer

Daddy dearest deeply shocked

The daughter of the radical Islamic cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed is a pole dancer, it emerged last night.

Yasmin Fostok, 27, has admitted rebelling against her father's strict Muslim beliefs by performing semi-naked in London bars and nightclubs. She lives as a single mother in South East London, bringing up her three-year-old son conceived during an arranged marriage to a Turkish man which has since collapsed.

Miss Fostok, who left the Bakri former home in North London four years ago, said: 'I don't get on with my dad. I don't agree with his views - I just get on with my life and that is it.'

It has been reported that Miss Fostok regularly works in bars in the West End and has toured other countries as a podium dancer with a troupe called Ibiza Untouched. She is also thought to work a fire-eating routine into her act and performs semi-naked inside cages. She has dyed her hair blonde, has several tattoos of her name on her ankle and a dragon on her back and changed her Muslim name Youssra to Yasmin to try to conceal her identity.

She said: 'I don't normally do topless work but I'm willing to go topless if the venue is right.'

Last night her father said: 'If this is true I am deeply shocked.'

Sarah America

What you call corn.

From the helicopter you can see it clearly, Republican vice-presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's face in a corn maze (video: MyFoxToledo). Duke Wheeler of Whitehouse, Ohio, who owns the Butterfly House and surrounding farm, said he did it to bring people to the farm this fall. "She created a lot of excitement and we would like to see a lot of excitement out here at the maze," Wheeler said. It wasn't an easy process. "We contracted with an artist in Idaho who drew the picture and entered it into a GPS system, flew in and cut it with a John Deere tractor," Wheeler said. "It took him about 8-10 hours to cut it. We saw it from the helicopter it's just a great image of her. I think she'd be proud." Wheeler expects thousands to come out and check out the corn maze, Butterfly House, and other activities he has planned for the season.

Somalia: Another day, another ship hijacked by Pirates.

This time a Ukrainian vessel.

Pirates on Thursday seized a Ukrainian cargo ship off the coast of Somalia while it was en route to the Kenyan port of Mombasa, a maritime official told AFP.

The hijackers commandeered the Belize-flagged Faina to a yet unknown location, said Andrew Mwngura who runs the Kenya chapter of the Seafarers Assistance Programme. "It was sailing from the Baltics and was expected in Mombasa on September 27," he added. "As usual, the pirates were armed on a speedboat when they seized the ship, but we do not know where they have taken it."

Iran: Barbie still wins Miss Popularity

Beats Islamic version hands down.

Iranian children seem to prefer the popular western dolls, Barbie and Ken, rather than the Islamic Dara and Sara dolls, that were created to instill Islamic values. "This data is a clear sign of a failed policy adopted by the government with the aim of stopping the western cultural invasion," said website 'Tabnak', which is close to Mohsen Rezaii, former commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.

The Dara and Sara dolls are modestly dressed and wear Islamic garments, but have failed to make a name for themselves unlike their 'western' counterparts, Barbie and Ken, which can be found in one out of every two Iranian children's rucksacks and notebooks, claimed Tabnak.

Dara and Sara were marketed by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, a government agency with links to the Ministry of Education.

Egyptian hostages moved to Libya

They're being held by "gangsters" not terrorists or anything like that.

A group of 11 European tourists and eight Egyptian guides kidnapped in Egypt's desert have been moved to Libya, a Sudanese official has said.

The group had previously been taken from Egypt to Sudan. Sudanese foreign ministry official Ali Yusuf Ahmed said the hostages were safe.

Egyptian officials say the kidnappers are gangsters who are demanding several million dollars in ransom money. They are not thought to have made any political demands as yet.

Mr Ahmed said the hostages were being held some 13 km (eight miles) inside Libyan territory.

"The Libyan authorities have been informed," he said. "They are now following the progress of the group."

Mr Ahmed said the language of the kidnappers and the direction they were originally taking indicated that they could be part of a rebel faction from the Sudanese region of Darfur.

Roads into Darfur have been shut as a precautionary measure, he said.

I'm sure this wasn't the sightseeing adventure they had in mind...and it looks likes there are some senior citizens in the crowd.

Elderly travellers in their 70s are among the five Italians, five Germans and a Romanian being held in the desert, where daytime temperatures can hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) even in September.

And if you need any more proof positive that fools abound in this world...

Ahmed Mukhtar, the governor of Wadi el-Gedid province where the tourists were taken, said the kidnapping had not discouraged tourism there and that five groups of European tourists were currently on safari in the area, the state-run MENA news agency reported.

But a manager at Minamar Hotel, which organizes excursions to Gilf el-Kabir, told AFP the hotel had cancelled trips to the region after the kidnapping.

Wouldn't you?

Another reason I love living in Colorado

My representative is Tom Tancredo and he just keeps knocking them out of the park...

Tom Tancredo tells UN - Get Out!

All hail the UN Eviction Act.

U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Littleton) introduced legislation today that would effectively move the United Nations headquarters out of the United States. The legislation is being introduced amid incessant anti-American and anti-Jewish political grandstanding from the podium of the General Assembly.

“The U.N. has coddled brutal dictators, anti-Semites, state sponsors of terrorism, and nuclear proliferators – while excluding democratic countries from membership and turning a blind eye to humanitarian tragedies and gross violations of human rights around the globe,” Tancredo said. “The U.N.’s continued presence in the United States is an embarrassment to our nation, and the time has come for this ineffective organization to pack its bags and hit the road.”

The United Nations is hosting dictators from around the world this week, including President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s brutal dictator. His speech has drawn thousands of protestors in New York City.

Tancredo’s bill, dubbed the U.N. Eviction Act, would direct Attorney General Michael Mukasey to initiate condemnation proceedings against all United Nations properties within the United States, and sell the property to the highest bidder on the open market. The proceeds will be given to the Treasury Department to pay down the national debt. The bill would also bar the future purchase of property in the United States or U.S. territories by the U.N. or any of its agencies, and revokes the diplomatic privileges and immunities that U.N. officials and representatives currently enjoy.

“I refuse to sit idly by while Americans are forced to host Islamofascist dictators, like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, so they can spew anti-American rhetoric just blocks from Ground Zero,” Tancredo continued.

The United Nations, an organization known for its bureaucracy and conciliatory actions, has become a showcase for anti-American dictators like Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro and, of course, Ahmadinejad. The organization has also become little more than a rubber stamp for Chinese and Russian foreign policy initiatives – blocking membership by the democratic nation of Taiwan in the world body, and failing to take any meaningful steps to halt the ongoing genocide in Sudan or the illicit nuclear programs in North Korea and Iran.

“If the U.N. is so keen to accommodate the foreign policy demands of rogue nations and dictatorships, perhaps the world body might be more comfortable relocating to one,” concluded Tancredo. “I’m sure Ban Ki-Moon will have no trouble securing a new location in downtown Pyongyang or Tehran.”

Tell 'em, Tom.

UK: Family barred from Saturday burial - they weren't Muslim.

Get this.

The council will allow Muslims to bury their dead on Saturday, but everybody else has to wait for a Monday-Friday slot. Just one more instance of special accommodation for the Muslim interlopers.

Harold 'Charlie' Lemaire died last week aged 75 from pneumonia. His stepdaughter, Jean Maltby, wanted the funeral to be held this Saturday so family who live outside the city could attend. The retired steel worker's stepson Stephen lives in Dorset while other members of his family live as far away as the Isle of Man. But when her funeral director called Sheffield's City Road Cemetery to arrange a memorial service followed by burial, he was told the funeral would not be allowed on a Saturday because the family was not Muslim. The city's council confirmed it does not offer funerals at the weekend except to Muslims, in line with the rules of the Islamic faith that the dead must be buried as soon as possible.
Even the local Islamic leader realizes what a pr disaster this is for the Muzloons.

Their views were echoed by Abdool Gooljar, president of the Sheffield branch of the Society of Islam, who said the council should try to meet the needs of every resident of the city. The last thing we want to do is cause more upset at the time of bereavement, and I would urge a re-think so everybody has the right to bury their dead when they want,' he said. "I, firstly as a Muslim and secondly as a citizen, do not want preferential treatment. We are living in a multi-faith, multi-cultural society and we should endeavour to meet the needs of every citizen in this city."
But the council has spoken and the policy is being upheld.

But Martin Green, senior bereavement services manager for Sheffield, insisted the council's policy was in line with that of others around Britain. 'The council recognised the specific cultural and religious needs surrounding burial and has been offering an extended burial service to the Muslim community,' he said. This degree of flexibility is in line with services offered by major cities throughout the UK. The service was reviewed and agreed last year in consultation with representatives of other religious communities, a cross-section of elected members, and local funeral directors."

It's dhimmitude, from cradle to toilet to grave, possums.

UK: Toilets to turn away from Mecca out of respect for Muslims

The next sound you hear is the sound of the UK being flushed down the toilet of history...

Toilet facilities are being built at London's Olympic Park so Muslims will not have to face Mecca while sitting on the loo.

The Olympic Delivery Authority has said it wants to produce an ideal venue for people of all cultures, faiths, ages and abilities for the 2012 Games and beyond. The Islamic religion prohibits Muslims from facing the Kiblah - the direction of prayer - when they visit the lavatory.

An ODA spokeswoman confirmed that a 'percentage of general toilets would not face Mecca' out of sensitivity. She could not say how many toilets would turn away from the East. Also as part of the design, special washing facilities will be linked to Islamic prayer rooms.

It is not the first time toilets have changed direction to accommodate Muslims.

Last year, thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money was used to ensure toilets at Brixton prison in London did not offend Islamic law. Muslim prisoners complained of having to sit sideways on toilets so as to not break code.

Faith leaders in the government pressured officials to approve turning the toilets 90 degrees.

Oh, possums. First they came for the toilets ... and I fear this will be next, the oh-so politically correct dhimmis of the UK will start requiring all citizens to engage in Muslim Toilet Etiquette (or as I like to say - The old Diddley Squat):

* Say before entering the toilet: In the name of Allah, O Allah! I seek refuge with You from all offensive and wicked things (Al-Bukhaaree)

* One should enter the toilet with the left foot and leave with the right foot.

* It is not permissible to enter the toilet whilst carrying or wearing anything bearing the name of Allah, such as the Quran, or any book with the name of Allah in it, or jewelry such as bracelets or necklaces engraved with the name of Allah.

* One should remain silent whilst on the toilet. Talking, answering greetings or greeting others is forbidden.

* One should not face nor turn your back on Al-Qiblah whilst relieving yourself.

* One should be out of sight of people when going to the toilet.

* It is considered forbidden to relieve oneself whilst standing up, lying down or if you are completely nude.

* One should avoid going to the toilet anywhere where people may take rest or gather for any purpose.

* Do not raise clothes until you get close to the ground and do not uncover the body any more than is needed.

* One should sit on the feet (e.g. squat) keeping thighs wide apart with the stress on the left foot.

* Do not look to the private parts of the body nor the waste matter passed from the body.

* Do not sit more than needed.

* Do not spit, blow nose, look hither and thither, touch the body unnecessarily nor look towards the sky but relieve oneself with the eyes downcast in modesty.

* After relieving oneself it is essential to perform Istinjaa (washing with water) of the anus and/or genitals with the left hand and water.

The precise mode of performing Istinjaa has also been defined by religious leaders: "At the beginning of Istinja, it is preferable to use toilet paper three times. If Istinjaa is being done on a hot day, then the person should start from the front to the back and then from the back to the front and the third time from the front to the back. If Istinjaa is being done on a cold day, then he should begin from the back to the front. After wiping, he should wash his hand first and then he should cleanse himself with two fingers and three fingers if necessary together with ‘pouring’ water. When using the two fingers, one should keep the middle finger in front and the ring and index finger behind it. After beginning with the fingers in this position, he should bring the ring finger forward and rub with the middle finger and ring finger. Thereafter, he will wipe with the index finger, if necessary. He should continue until all the impurity and smell is removed. The left over water after Istinjaa is paak only if there is no impurity in it." (Mufti Ebrahim Desai) And further: "To wash the orifice with water, even though no filth is stuck to it after relieving oneself, is desirable. If the filth is sticking to it (less than a Dirham or equal to it) then the use of water is 'Sunnah' (optional) and in the case the filth stuck to the orifice is more than a Dirham then its washing with the water is 'Fard'. (obligatory)" Islamic Academy

* Other than toilet paper, water and the left hand Istinjaa can be performed with earth, grit, stones and worn-out cloths provided they are all clean. It is forbidden to perform Istinyaa with bone, any edible item, dry dung, baked brick, potsherd, coal, fodder, writing paper and anything which has even a small value.

* After this process the hands should also be washed.

* When leaving the toilet one should also say a prayer, "Praise be to Allah who relieved me of the filth and gave me relief."

Allah Crapbar.

It's that most wonderful time of the year...

A Pakistani Shiite Muslim beats himself with knives on chains to mourn the death anniversary of Hazrat Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad and the first Imam of the Shi'ite Muslim sect, Monday, Sept 22, 2008 in Karachi, Pakistan (AP)

A Pakistani Shi'ite Muslim flagellates himself during a religious procession in Multan September 22, 2008. Thousands of Pakistani Shi'ite Muslims on Monday observed the death anniversary of Hazrat Ali, the cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad and the first Imam of the Shi'ite Muslim sect. (REUTERS)

For crying out loud, I would have missed this if it weren't for the hardest working zippers in the blog business. Tip of the whirling cutlass to Weasel Zippers.

Pakistan: Want US Intel

so they can pass it on to the Islamist infested ISI, I guess.

The U.S. should provide intelligence to help Pakistan's security forces fight pro- Taliban militants in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan, Information Minister Sherry Rehman said. Pakistan wants "actionable intelligence and we will act upon it,'' the official Associated Press of Pakistan cited Rehman as saying in New York where she is attending the United Nations General Assembly with President Asif Ali Zardari.

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Pakistan's anti-terrorism operations have created tensions with the U.S., which says the government isn't doing enough to combat al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters based on the Pakistani side of the border with Afghanistan. Zardari has made clear Pakistan objects to the U.S. carrying out unilateral military strikes inside Pakistani territory in pursuit of terrorists. Zardari warned in his first speech to Parliament on Sept. 20 that his country won't tolerate the violation of its sovereignty and territory.

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The Pentagon has presidential permission to unilaterally strike Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in Pakistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington yesterday.

Gates said it was "certainly'' his view that the UN charter allows a nation the right of self-defense when a foreign government is either unable or unwilling to take care of international terrorist activity inside its borders. "The fact we are operating under a UN charter in Afghanistan certainly strengthens that,'' Gates said.

Drone, baby, drone.

Yemen: Rounding 'em up left and right.

Yemen rounds up another Qaeda-linked group.

Yemen has arrested six members of an Islamic militant group which claimed an attack on the U.S. embassy that killed 17 people, a state-run website said on Sunday.

Abu al-Ghaith al-Yamani -- who signed the Islamic Jihad group's statements and was thought to be its leader -- was among the six arrested, it said. But the website, in detailing the arrests, did not mention the attack on the U.S. embassy, saying only that the six were detained for threatening to target other foreign embassies including the Saudi and British embassies.

Meanwhile, the British Embassy is closed until further notice and the death toll of the American Embassy attack rises to 18.

In other embassy news, isn't it ironic? Yemen closes it's Mogadishu Embassy due to 'security threat'.

Yemen: It's the new Iraq.

After being set back by the increased US military presence in Iraq, Islamists are focussing on Yemen as a new territory for their operations, according to experts.

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Yemen is attractive to the Islamist militants for a variety of reasons, said Nabil al-Soufi, editor-in-chief of the website NewsYemen.

For al-Qaida, Yemen provides a "fertile environment" with a lack of state control in "the arid and mountainous regions of the country, where Al Qaeda can establish training camps, without anyone noticing," he said.

Yemen's proximity to Saudi Arabia also plays a role, according to Dominique Thomas, an expert in radical Islam at France's Graduate Center for Social Sciences (EHESS).

"If Yemen has become more important for militants, it's also due to ... the fierce repression that took place in Saudi Arabia" from where many of the jihadists spilled over, said Thomas.

Along with other experts in the field, Thomas said the Yemeni government does not view Islamist militants as a vital threat and has on several occasions chosen to enter into agreements with them rather than to fight them face on.

"Yemeni authorities have always priviledged their relations with the Islamists and tribes so as to strenghten their authority against the main threat, people from the south and Shiites from the north," said Thomas.

Johnsen suggested the authorities have in fact prevented even more attacks from taking place. The "government has made several agreements with some individuals within al-Qaida in order to get them not to carry out any attacks in Yemen," he said.

Pakistan: Unfair to target thousands and just get two Americans

I hope this is just a clumsy Joe Biden kind of gaffe on the part of Pakistan's Interior Minister, Rehman Malik. Unfortunately, I kind of doubt it.

“It is unfair to target thousands of people in a hotel to kill two Americans,” Mr Malik said.

Doesn't it sound like he wished there were more killed?