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.
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi said on Monday that snipers and gunfire remain in Syrian cities and called for an immediate halt to the shootings, in his first remarks since Arab monitors were deployed. “There are still snipers and gunfire.
Iran test fired a new stealth weapon system over the New Year’s holiday. Simultaneously, boasting to the world, Iran announced a breakthrough development — its first nuclear fuel rod. Their rogue aggressiveness has many world leaders concerned. With U.S. elections
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. No birthday party for 10th anniversary of euro currency Syria’s regime makes fools of the Arab League Israelis and Palestinians to resume non-negotiation negotiations Palestinians plan to put Israel under ‘international siege’ Chinese shoppers
Last month, Sen. Rick Santorum schooled CNN’s Candy Crowley on the subject of President Barack Obama’s appeasement of America’s enemies. Today, on NBC’s Meet the Press, it was David Gregory’s turn. Like Crowley, Gregory attempted to “fact-check” Santorum by arguing
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Welcome to 2012 New Year in Sydney (Reuters) The first places to celebrate the arrival of 2012 were the two South Pacific nations of Samoa and Tokelan, the two countries that skipped a day
Former President George W. Bush’s aide Michael Gerson posted a distressingly ignorant column on 12/13/11 which attacked both former speaker and Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, and my colleague Andrew C. McCarthy, for their sober, if frank conceptions of the
Person of the Year: The NAVY SEALS!!! – and our intelligence personnel who make what they do possible. Rock on! “The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday” Commenter of the Year: Cowboy Logic – for all his brilliance. Talk Show Host
Andy McCarthy today points to a terrifying story from the Indian newspaper The Hindu, reporting that the Obama administration has tapped informal Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Yusef al-Qaradawi, the world’s most famous Sunni shariah jurist and thinker, to facilitate negotiations
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Iran to test long-range missiles in Gulf in final phase of war games Danger to Kharg Island tells traders that Iran is bluffing Boko Haram terrorists attack mosque in northern Nigeria Armed clashes with
From Reuters: Iran will fire long-range missiles during a naval drill in the Gulf on Saturday, a semi-official news agency reported, a show of force at a time when Iran has threatened to close shipping lanes if the West imposes
BEIRUT (AP) — In the largest protests Syria has seen in months, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets Friday in a display of defiance to show an Arab League observer mission the strength of the opposition movement.
PARIS (AP) – Just three years ago, the euro was being praised as the can-do currency that had delivered unprecedented prosperity in Europe. Now, it’s widely derided as a hugely flawed experiment in the wake of a debt crisis that’s
The US is currently thoroughly occupied in Afghanistan. The ten year war has brought several achievements in the war on terror but has largely failed in expanding Kabul’s control over the country. The war there has offered great stories of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Arab League monitor mission to Syria said to be failing Arab League monitor team to Syria headed by general in Sudan’s genocide Syria accused of hiding hundreds of prisoners from monitors Egypt’s police conduct
Herschel Smith and I have had some lengthy conversations about this current war, the disposition of the enemy, their relationship with the civilian populations amongst whom they operate, and the substance of the religion they all claim to adhere to.
Without a legal foundation akin to the U.S. Constitution guaranteeing the rights of the minority and a separation of powers (and a predominance of the Western political philosophies that inspired the Constitution), will the results of the “Arab Spring” in
From Reuters: The line dividing Christians from Muslims that runs along a rocky valley in the central Nigerian town of Jos may not be visible to the eye, but it burns in the minds of local people. The mosque lies
Finally, terrorism expert Patrick Poole spends two segments with Frank to go through his 2011 Top Ten list of follies on the part of the American government within the national security arena–incidences such as giving bin Laden a proper Muslim
As Iowa looms and many polls show Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) in the lead or running a close second to Mitt Romney, scrutiny of Paul’s positions has understandably increased. And while some of Paul’s domestic positions have been easy prey
Just in time for the Thatcher biopic “The Iron Lady,” Big Peace contributor Charles C. Johnson has an article in Tablet Magazine discussing why Margaret Thatcher was one of the Jews’ greatest friends. When asked about her most meaningful accomplishment,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. North Korean people cry ‘tears of blood’ in choreographed funeral of Kim Jung-il South Korea sends a military threat message to Kim Jong-Un U.S. Fifth Fleet threatens Iran with retaliation in Strait of Hormuz
From Reuters: Vladimir Putin softened his tone towards the protesters who have staged the biggest political rallies of his 12-year rule, saying on Wednesday he was ready for dialogue with Russia’s opposition but was at a loss for a leader
When the 29-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte’s Army of the Orient arrived on Egyptian soil, it marked the first time since 1250 that a European military force set foot in the Dar-al-Islam. Napoleon fashioned himself after other influential world leaders and state
The Law of the Sea Treaty may be brought to a vote in the Senate by John Kerry sometime in early 2012. Ambassador John Bolton charts the implications for U.S. sovereignty on Secure Freedom Radio. Listen to the interview in
From the Washington Post: Lake Forest, Calif. — In 1980, Abraham Karem, an engineer who had emigrated from Israel, retreated into his three-car garage in Hacienda Heights outside Los Angeles and, to the bemusement of his tolerant wife, began to
