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.
PAKISTAN (AP) — Associated Press reporter, photographer and videographer Ishtiaq Mahsud spent six days with fighters from the Pakistani Taliban close to the Afghan border. His account of their travels through South Waziristan offers a look at an area that
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Wukan village in southeast China under siege, running out of food Euro, gold, copper, oil all fall on worries about Europe’s economy IMF demands that Greece break the ‘taboo’ of dismissing civil servants Palestinians
Today, on the floor of the Senate, John McCain (R-AZ), Obama’s rival for the presidency in 2008, pointed out that President Obama had opposed the surge in Iraq that brought victory, and had likely turned that victory into defeat by
BRUSSELS (AP) — A Belgian nurse who saved the lives of hundreds of American soldiers during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of World War II was given a U.S. award for valor Monday – 67 years late.
Author David Wise spends time with Frank to explain a recent article of his pertaining to Chinese spies. China has been scarily successful in their intelligence operations against the United States. China has been able to gather the blue prints
Republican Presidential candidate and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich made international headlines last week when he referred to “an enormous desire to destroy Israel.” Palestinian Authority (PA) officials immediately condemned the remarks with the always talkative Saeb Erakat
The Air Force will receive an F-22 Raptor, tail number 4195, and it will be the last of the stealthy, 5th generation air superiority fighter jet produced. At least for now. In total, the Air Force will have 185 operational
Professor Kori Schake at West Point has a devastating piece on President Obama’s declaration of “victory” in Iraq. As she points out, much of the heavy lifting was done by President Bush, not by Obama. And since he has become
The Tehran Times reports: TEHRAN – The director of Iran’s Passive Defense Organization said on Wednesday that security considerations may necessitate the relocation of the uranium enrichment facilities. “Our vulnerability in the nuclear area has reached the minimum level,” Gholam
Egypt’s recent parlimentary elections were a clear-cut victory for Islamist parties. The Muslim Brotherhood one the most votes in the first road. But second place went to an even more hardline Islamist Salafist group, al-Nour. This group is better funded
From the Associated Press: HONOLULU — A group of Pearl Harbor survivors say they were disrespected by the crew of the CBS drama “Hawaii Five-O” during a visit to Honolulu’s National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. The Denver-based Greatest Generations
From the Associated Press: Lynch with her daughter, Dakota MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Jessica Lynch was just 19 when the world first saw her — a broken, blond soldier caught on combat video in Iraq, her face wearing something between a
Representative Trent Franks of Arizona joins Frank to offer his opinion as to Newt Gingrich’s claim that America is susceptible to an Electro Magnetic Pulse attack. As a result of America’s growing reliance on technology, the risk of an EMP
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. It’s as if last week’s Euro Zone summit had never happened Lone gunman kills four people, wounds dozens in Liège, Belgium American troops said to be massing in Jordan on Syria’s border Iran threatens
Many people remember Command Sergeant Major Robb Prosser. Robb is the man who shot the man who shot Erik Kurilla. This firefight is described in Gates of Fire. I spent about five months with his unit in Iraq, and so
Great Britain is fighting hard for its place in an increasingly troublesome European Union (EU) by standing for sovereignty and national independence. How to fix it? Economist Clyde Prestowitz makes this brilliant proposal in Foreign Policy: invite the Brits to
From Der Spiegel: Life expectancy for people on a low income is shorter than it was a decade ago, a report in the regional German daily Saarbrücker Zeitung said on Monday. The report, which cited the German government’s response to
If I were a psychiatrist, I could find the perfect label for the depths of denial or heights of delusion that manifest themselves in Frederick and Kimberly Kagan’s latest declarations on Iraq published in the Washington Post as “opinion.” “Fantasy”
From the National Post: Give Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney credit for at least this much: On Monday, when he announced that the citizenship oath must now be taken with an uncovered face, he did not pretend that it
From Reuters: A Congressional panel has frozen $700 million in aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of homemade bombs in the region, a move one Pakistani senator called unwise and likely to strain
U.S. Senator John Kerry met with leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political party in Egypt this weekend, and told Egypt’s interim government that the U.S. welcomed the results of Egypt’s first democratic elections. Voters gave the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and
Hey, soldier, give those back! College Republicans at Iowa State University encouraged students to send gifts to American men and women in uniform serving overseas. Bad idea, says one faculty member. Do I really need to say anything about these
Representative Louie Gohmert spends time with Frank to try and clarify what Eric Holder and the DOJ are trying to do with respect to the Fast and Furious debacle. Eric Holder testified on May 3 that he only heard about
Clearly Putin remembers some of the techniques from his old days in the KGB: Readin’, writin’, and repression? The last-minute test thousands of Russian children were suddenly required to take on the day of the biggest anti-government rallies in years
If you worry about the growing influence of Iran in neighboring Iraq, look no further than the delegation that visited the White House to proclaim the end of the Iraq War. Standing with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during the
