In his post on Thursday, Bruce noted how Australian Prime Minister John Howard replied to a reporter’s suggestion the war in Iraq had “*increased* the threat of terrorism.” That good man from Down Under reminded the reporter that there had been terrorist attacks before the U.S. military liberated Iraq.
In a post yesterday, Captain Ed noted that Al-Qaeda’s attack in the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheikh proves that Iraq is not the cause of terrorism. While that terror organization claimed it had bombed this city a response against “global evil powers which are spilling the blood of Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Chechnya,” the good Captain notes that Egypt has not stationed its troops in any of those areas.
The terrorists have attacked before the Iraq war and have since attacked nations not involved in the war. Those who might dismiss terrorist actions as responses to this war have blinded themselves to the reality of the terrorist threat. Let me repeat the words of the Australian Prime Minister, words quoted on this blog just a few days ago:

And indeed, all the evidence, as distinct from the suppositions, suggests to me that this is about hatred of a way of life, this is about the perverted use of principles of the great world religion that, at its root, preaches peace and cooperation. And I think we lose sight of the challenge we have if we allow ourselves to see these attacks in the context of particular circumstances rather than the abuse through a perverted ideology of people and their murder.

Captured by cameras in London during yesterday’s terror attack….

-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com

Earlier today, I sent an email to the Human Rights Campaign asking for an official statement on their position on the War on Terror, and specifically on the recent actions in the UK and Iran by Islamists against gay men. (Related story here.)
I received a prompt reply from Matt at HRC (Thanks Matt!) and here it is in full. The letter to Secretary Rice is on the HRC website now here.
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Is Al-Qaeda in “full attack mode” on London? I don’t know and today’s incident is too early to make any conclusions.. but there is certainly a lot more post-7/7 terror activity in London than there was post-9/11 activity in the USA.
Suspected suicide bomber shot dead on Tube – Daily Mail

Breaking news at 12.20am: A suspected suicide bomber has been shot dead by police at Stockwell Tube station in south London.
The man was shot five times by police at close range, a passenger on the Northern Line train said.
There were unconfirmed reports that the suspect was one of the attackers involved in yesterday’s incidents.

More on yesterday’s attempted bombings…. they are going after schoolchildren now….
A sense of deja vu, but these bombs were aimed at tourists, shoppers and school children – TimesOnline

But whereas the bombs on July 7 targeted London?s commuters at the height of morning rush hour, killing 56 people, yesterday?s attacks seemed intended for very different victims: the tourists, shoppers and schoolchildren using the transport system at midday.
The lack of mass casualties seemed to be the result of incompetence rather than restraint on the part of the bombers. Sir Ian Blair, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said that there was little doubt the intention ?must have been to kill?.

-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com

UK Gay Leaders Receive Death Threats from Muslim Fundamentalists – 365gay.com

“Gay venues could be bombed by Islamic terrorists,” OutRage said Monday. “All gay bars and clubs should introduce bag and body searches. Muslim fundamentalists have a violent hatred of lesbians and gay men. They believe we should be killed. Our community could be their next target. This is no time for complacency.”
Peter Tatchell, the leader of OutRage; Brett Lock its campaign coordinator; and Aaron Saeed, the organization’s spokesperson on Muslim affairs, have been warned they will be murdered, Tatchell said Monday.
In a statement Tatchell said that they have been told they are on a “hit list” and are going to be “beheaded” and “chopped up”, in accordance with “Islamic law”.

Now wait just a minute…. the Human Rights Campaign and National Gay & Lesbian Task Force have drilled it into my head that the biggest immediate threat to my safety and security is President Bush, Dick Cheney, Rick Santorum and the lack of gay marriage in the USA!!!
You mean they don’t know that the Islamist terrorists are waging war against Western society? Why haven’t they told me that Islamists hate gay people? What is their position on the War on Terror aside from marching with anti-American, anti-Western, anti-war groups like A.N.S.W.E.R.?
Oh… and has HRC and NGLTF heard about the hanging of two Iranian gay men earlier this week? Or are they too consumed with their pro-abortion agenda and opposition of Supreme Court nominee [INSERT NAME HERE]?

Iranian Gay Youths Hanged – GayOrbit
Someone explain to me why the international gay community has, by their silence and opposition to the efforts to combat the War on Terror, joined in partnership with the Islamists in at least the public relations side of the War?
Will it take a Muslim attack on a gay bar to wake up our so-called leaders? Log Cabin Republicans needs to take some leadership here, step up to the plate and publicly discuss the fact that gay people are targets for the Islamist terrorists whose even ‘moderate’ leaders conduct the hanging of gay people.
At least the UK gay group “OutRage” seems to “get it”!
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I know this is on other blogs (hat tip: The Corner, Instapundit), but since one of the GayPatriot blog’s core missions is to cover the “War on Terror”… I wanted to post it here as well.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard (in London as the latest terror attack occurred) responding to a reporter’s suggestion that the War in Iraq has *increased* the threat of terrorism:

Can I just say very directly, Paul, on the issue of the policies of my government and indeed the policies of the British and American governments on Iraq, that the first point of reference is that once a country allows its foreign policy to be determined by terrorism, it’s given the game away, to use the vernacular.
And no Australian government that I lead will ever have policies determined by terrorism or terrorist threats, and no self-respecting government of any political stripe in Australia would allow that to happen.
Can I remind you that the murder of 88 Australians in Bali took place before the operation in Iraq.
And I remind you that the 11th of September occurred before the operation in Iraq.
Can I also remind you that the very first occasion that bin Laden specifically referred to Australia was in the context of Australia’s involvement in liberating the people of East Timor. Are people by implication suggesting we shouldn’t have done that?
When a group claimed responsibility on the website for the attacks on the 7th of July, they talked about British policy not just in Iraq, but in Afghanistan. Are people suggesting we shouldn’t be in Afghanistan?
When Sergio de Mello was murdered in Iraq — a brave man, a distinguished international diplomat, a person immensely respected for his work in the United Nations — when al Qaeda gloated about that, they referred specifically to the role that de Mello had carried out in East Timor because he was the United Nations administrator in East Timor.
Now I don’t know the mind of the terrorists. By definition, you can’t put yourself in the mind of a successful suicide bomber. I can only look at objective facts, and the objective facts are as I’ve cited. The objective evidence is that Australia was a terrorist target long before the operation in Iraq.
And indeed, all the evidence, as distinct from the suppositions, suggests to me that this is about hatred of a way of life, this is about the perverted use of principles of the great world religion that, at its root, preaches peace and cooperation. And I think we lose sight of the challenge we have if we allow ourselves to see these attacks in the context of particular circumstances rather than the abuse through a perverted ideology of people and their murder.

Maybe I should put my Aussie flag up again????

And check out this: Everything That Came Before the Iraq War – The Anchoress
-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com

Dirty Harry has the scoop….. Did You Get The Memo? (link fixed!)

Call me cynical, but I don’t think CNN, the BBC, the liberal media, or any liberal for that matter gives a hearty hi-ho-damn about the Iraqi people. I think they just hate America and find this a convenient way to blame us, give the enemy a little more propaganda, and pretend they care.

-Bruce (GayPatriot) – gaypatriot2004@aol.com