Another Failed African State

The Nigerian authorities say a faction of the Boko Haram jihadist group .....

Bandit Country

..... teamed up with Nigeria's notorious criminal kidnapping gangs to attack a high-speed train in March 2022. 

Innocents Abroad

Jolie King and Mark Firkin from Australia, were backpacking and were blogging their travels in Asia and the Middle East.

Backpacking For Beginners .....

They had started travelling in 2017, and they were documenting their adventures on Instagram and Youtube as Vloggers (video bloggers), where they reportedly have more than 20,000 followers.

Peace Campaigners or Hostages To Fortune?

Following hot on the murder of the UN workers in Afghanistan ..... last week in the Gaza Strip, some radical Islamists abducted and hung an Italian 'Peace Campaigner' i.e. he was very Pro Palestinian and very Anti Israeli, called Vittorio Arrigoni.  The reason? (as if they needed one), they were in dispute with the ruling Hamas terror group about not being radical enough and wanted to 'bargain with them' .... They posted a video on 'YouTube', showing a beaten Mr Arrigoni with his eyes covered with thick black gaffer tape.

A caption on the video read: "The Italian hostage entered our land only to spread corruption," and the video called Italy "the infidel state".  In the end they didn't bother with negotiations, and he was killed within hours of being abducted. Italy denounced the "barbaric murder", calling it an "act of vile and senseless violence" .... this is the same Italy which urges inaction in Libya. "He came from across the world, left his country and family and his entire life and came here to break the siege, and we kill him? Why?" asked one of his Palestinian friends.

Why indeed? ... You would think such casual violence and barbarism would finally open a few left-wing eyes to the type of regime that would be ushered in, if these radical groups ever seize power outside of Palestine .... but as sure as day follows night, the next 'blockade busting flotilla' will be full of yet more delusional left wing 'peace campaigners'.

More US Women Arrested

Last week I blogged about North American women journalists who display a certain naivety (or stupidity), about owning a western passport and who appear to believe to that this makes them safe no matter what they do.

Two Lucky Idiots Saved From The Consequences ....

And now, a week later, there are headlines about two US women 'facing North Korea trial' for allegedly illegally crossed the North Korean border from China.