Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
Two breaking stories this evening cover the legal aftermath of two violent plots motivated by radical Islam–one foiled, and one unfortunately not. The first comes from Germany, where a man who killed U.S. servicemen, claiming Brian de Palma’s “Redacted” motivated
This week, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas informed the U.S. envoy, David Hale, that his new unity deal with Palestinian terror organization Hamas is a “national need,” and explained that Israel should nonetheless engage in peace negotiations. Israeli Prime Minister
As Greece prepares to agree on yet another round of austerity measures on Sunday, socialist and labor union street protests have erupted, six Cabinet members have issued their resignations, and 35 socialist deputies are calling for the spending-cutting plan to
Since U.S. sanctions have dramatically cut the Islamic Republic’s ability to obtain financing via the dollar and euro, Tehran is aiming to use gold to deal in the world market. The republic is seeking to evade sanctions imposed by the
Accusing the state of Israel of displacing and “killing a great many” number of people, the collective of hackers known as ‘Anonymous’ posted a characteristically ominous video message late Thursday evening, vowing to launch a crusade “against [Israel’s] reign of
For years now, we’ve watched an increasingly totalitarian Europe arise in the courtrooms of infamous speech trials in Holland, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, France, England, and elsewhere as dictatorial government authorities use the courts to maintain their political power against political
At last, some good news out of Europe. MADRID (AP) – Spain’s new conservative government approved sweeping labor market reforms on Friday as part of a drive to revive a sick economy and solve Europe’s worst unemployment nightmare. With the
The activists of Occupy Oakland voted 135-1 to support the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Feb. 1, according to a report by the Jewish Week: In a nearly unanimous vote at a general assembly meeting Feb. 1
How does the austere economic climate affect our men and women in uniform? The President of the National Association of Uniformed Services, former Lieutenant General Jack Klimp, covers employment, salary, and healthcare issues from the perspective of our Military Services.
The Obama administration is absolutely furious at Russia and China. The two UN Security Council permanent members’ move on Saturday to veto a resolution on Syria utterly infuriated US President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Ambassador
This week, crowds in Greece protested coming austerity cuts, chanting “There’s no more left to cut.” Meanwhile, Prime Minister Lucas Papdemos was looking for concession from his unity government so he could get more cash from France and Germany for
Reza Khalili reports the latest (ad nauseum) re-statement of the Iranian Shiite theocracy’s Jew-annihilationist jihadism (see my three-parat series, “Jihad and Genocidal Islamic Antisemitism in Shiite Iran” [here, here, and here], and much more extensive material included in “The Legacy
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Austerity negotiators in Greece fail to meet another deadline Greece’s jobless rate rises to a fresh record high China faces mass protests by Tibetans Argentine outrage when Falklands newspaper calls president Cristina Kirchner a
From Reuters: Greek political leaders said they had clinched a deal on economic reforms needed to secure a second EU bailout, but euro zone finance ministers demanded more steps and a parliamentary seal of approval before providing the aid. The
Is the president trying to ignore global events in order to mask the fact he does not want America to be involved, therefore taking away Americans’ chance to be informed and cultivate their own opinion as to whether or not
Israel’s foreign minister told the UN Security Council on Thursday that a new Palestinian unity government including Hamas was a setback to peace attempts, diplomats said. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman briefed the 15 Security Council ambassadors on the Middle East
Former US congressman Robert Wexler is a man worth listening to. Wexler served as then-senator Barack Obama’s chief booster in the American Jewish community during the 2008 presidential campaign. He appeared everywhere and said anything to convince the American Jewish
Historian Robert Kagan is calling out Barack Obama for his reading comprehension skills, telling the President his multilateral foreign policy will actually ensure an America in decline. In private meetings, Obama has reportedly been using Kagan’s new book to rebut
The White House has led from behind on the Arab Spring, and the results show it; instead of U.S.-backed liberal democrats in the Arab world rallying to victory, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia have all turned strongly Islamist (and Iraq is
Encounter Books has just released a remarkably compendious 4-minute video synopsis of Andrew McCarthy’s “The Grand Jihad“, re-issued in a paperback edition, which features captivating–and humorous–animation. embedded by Embedded Video Please also see a very insightful review of “The Grand
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Greece’s bailout talks in Athens deadlocked for another day Turkey rules out military intervention in Syria Tension grows between Egypt and U.S. over arrest of Sam LaHood Greece’s bailout talks in Athens deadlocked for
There’s a new Predator in the skies. The Predator-C Avenger has been flight tested over Southern California by General Atomics, and it looks impressive. The Avenger can fly at more than 400 knots and has an endurance of 16 hours.
Vice President of Unmanned Systems for Qinetiq, Ed Godere, explains how the Dragon Runner family of unmanned systems is helping to improve survivability of our dismounted troops. This lightweight robot helps to detect IEDs as well as enemy positions which
I’ve been following (here and here) the escalating controversy in France over recent remarks made by a conservative French minister, Claude Gueant, to the effect that civilizations that support liberty, fraternity, equality (sounds like France) are superior to civilizations that
If the U.S. economy seems to be inching slowly toward recovery, the real credit should go to the energy sector. That’s where the new jobs and wealth seem to be coming from. As the Wall Street Journal points out today
