Bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims (Daily Telegraph) Islamic extremists have created "no-go" areas across Britain where it is too dangerous for non-Muslims to enter, one of the Church of England's most senior bishops warns....more...ALLEGED MILITANT KILLS SELF, POLICEMAN IN KARACHAYEVO-CHERKESSIA (Radio Free Europe: Radio Library) A young man identified as an Islamic militant detonated a hand grenade during a shoot-out with police in Cherkessk, the capital of the Karachayevo-Cherkessia Republic (KChR), on December 26, killing himself and one police officer, kavkaz-uzel.ru reported....more... Bhutto's Jihadist Enemies (Time.com via Yahoo! News) Pakistan has accused a radical group and a Taliban leader. Did they act on their own, on al Qaeda's orders or with elements of the government?...more... 'War' of the words (Daily Herald) Mike Nichols' snappy, stiletto-sharp political comedy "Charlie Wilson's War" tells how three American loose cannons joined forces to do what the U.S. military couldn't do with a zillion real cannons: bring down the Soviet Union....more... |