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.
The “Islam is a religion of peace” and the “world peace” crowds have been spouting about the beauty and hope of the “Arab Spring” phenomenon for months now. Even after the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt went back on their word
Can Muslims live in a democratic country that is tolerant of others’ views? Or are there fundamental and philosophical differences that will forever divide the West and Islam? For many, 9/11 represents how incompatible these two systems really are. Dr.
From wire reports: Residents in northeast Georgia have rallied to send cases of shaving cream to Marines downrange, and it’s not to help the first sergeant enforce grooming standards. Members of Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, now deployed
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Apparently its Muslim outreach program didn’t go so well, because now the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has joined the lunatic fringe in a speculative report about Earth’s potential “first contact.” In a joint study with Pennsylvania State University, a
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Libya’s rebels claim that victory over Gaddafi is near A rebel fighter destroys a Gaddafi poster (Reuters) Rebel commanders have indicated that the final attack on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s main stronghold in Tripoli
Margaret Thatcher redefined what it meant to be “conservative” in Britain during the 1980s. Horrified by the fear that her county was going downhill, Thatcher tackled some of Britain’s biggest challenges head on – from trade unions to high inflation
Written with Bob Morrison Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was speaking for the Obama administration this week when she issued a sharp demand: Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad should step down and now. The Obama administration is putting its Syria policy
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Air Force Col. Ed Walby (Ret.), a distinguished pilot and current Director of Business Operations for Northrop Grumman, joins Frank for a special segment spotlighting the Block 30 Global Hawk UAV. The superior
From the AP: Two American men already held for two years in Tehran have been sentenced to 8 years each in prison on charges of espionage and illegal entry into Iran, state TV reported Saturday.
For over 28 years the Armed Forces Museum has existed in the St.Louis region. It has had many different homes during its long history starting at St.Louis’ Lambert Airport to various locations including Granite City, and more recently, Alton, Illinois.
Are we ever going to see drug cartels operating in this country the way they do in Mexico? Insight Crime analyzes organized crime in Latin America and offers this interesting analysis of what lies ahead. (Note: Insight Crime is based
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio Former UN Ambassador and Senior Fellow at AEI, John Bolton expresses his worries that the base line $500 billion in cuts for the upcoming fiscal year will have immediate and staggering consequences for
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Military confrontation between Gaza and Israel spirals up again Violence escalates between Israel and Gaza (WSJ) The exchange of terrorist gunfire and missile attacks that we reported yesterday is triggering an escalation in the
The U.S. State Department released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism earlier this week. This Congressionally mandated report provides an assessment of trends and events in international terrorism that transpired from January 1 to December 31, 2010. Besides fulfilling a
The Space and Missile Defense Conference in Huntsville, Alabama just broke up and the mood was gloomy. The comments by Lt. General Patrick O’Reilly, head of the Missile Defense Agency based on Redstone Arsenal, and Dr. Uzi Rubin, the first
The shootdown of a Chinook helicopter by the Taliban, which killed 30 U.S. troops including 22 Navy SEALs is leading the U.S. Army Special Operations Command to push for faster helicopters. Army Rangers will get a better ride soon “One
4 of the 30 casualties from the Chinook were from the Kansas City region in some fashion. Yesterday, we buried Specialist Spencer Duncan for Fort Leavenworth. Today, CW2 Bryan Nichols will be buried over in Hays, Kansas, his hometown. Bryan
China instituted the one-child policy in 1979 under the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in order to control China’s exploding population rate. Then China was largely rural with a large peasantry class. That still remains the case outside of China’s major
Let the cracks and jokes begin! Svetlana Medvedeva, with her husband From The Moscow Times: A first lady’s ceremonial duties are many and varied, but Svetlana Medvedeva may claim the oddest of all should she accept an invitation to chair
It used to be that any serious discussion about changing Social Security was called the “third rail of politics;” touch it and you die! Deadlier still, was any consideration of reducing military benefits, especially the retirement system. But that taboo
Boris Yeltsin, President of the Russian Federation stands tall… Russia Today reports on the anniversary: [youtube EVg-aVs6aag nolink]
Troubling numbers and facts from Soeren Kern at the Hudson Institute: “Islamic mosques are being built more often in France than Roman Catholic churches, and there now are more practising Muslims in the country than practising Catholics. Nearly 150 new
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It’s summer time and it’s the high season in the beautiful resort town of Eilat. Sadly, the peace and quiet of the southern most city in Israel, was abruptly broken today as a chain of terror attacks claimed the lives
