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Burkina Faso: The New Land of Islamic Jihad and Christian Slaughter "The assailants asked the Christians to convert to Islam, but the pastor and the others refused. They ordered them to gather under a tree and took their Bibles and mobile phones. Then they called them, one after the other, behind the church building where they shot them dead." — Local Christian, reported by World Watch Monitor, May 2, 2019. "Much of the Islamic anger in Burkina Faso has to do with the teaching of so-called Western thoughts and ideals. Besides churches, schools are also a favorite target of the...

A bomb attack in a crowded market selling hashish in north-western Pakistan has killed at least 10 people and injured up to 100, officials say. The market had been set up close to a militant recruitment centre, a witness to the bombing told the BBC. The blast occurred in the Khyber tribal region, close to the Afghan border, in an area where the Taliban is known to have a strong presence. Over the past year north-west Pakistan has been hit by numerous attacks. The army recently finished an offensive in the area against the Taliban. The bomb had exploded in...

Intelligence reveals dry runs of new threat to blow up airliners Jason Burke, chief reporter Sunday February 8, 2004 The Observer Islamic militants have conducteddry runs of a devastating new style of bombing on aircraft flying to Europe, intelligence sources believe. The tactics, which aim to evade aviation security systems by placing only components of explosive devices on passenger jets, allowing militants to assemble them in the air, have been tried out on planes flying between the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe, security sources say. Concerns that militants might assemble a bomb or another weapon on board were...

Wahhabism in the WarBy Stephen Schwartz The Weekly Standard | March 31, 2003 ON THE IRAQI WAR FRONT, Sunday, March 23 was a blood-red day for the terrorist Wahhabi movement, funded by "our Saudi allies" and aiming at control over world Islam. First, terrorism struck in the early hours, from within the ranks of the U.S. armed forces. Army captain Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, was killed and 15 servicemen were wounded in an attack on the command area of Camp Pennsylvania, the rear base in Kuwait for the 1st Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division. A second serviceman has now...