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.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Israel strikes Gaza targets, after terrorist attack on southern Israel The Sinai is the easternmost region of Egypt, along the border with Israel As we reported yesterday, Egypt’s Sinai region has become almost completely
China sent its first aircraft carrier Varyag out for sea trials. But another Soviet carrier, Kiev, sits in another Chinese harbor, ready for its mission. In 1996 a Chinese company bought it and has now converted it into a floating
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Jim Hanson laments the “armchair quarterbacking” that has followed the Osama Bin Laden raid and the failed helicopter mission, in which large amounts of operationally secure information has leaked to the press. “I
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Southern Israel was attacked by four different terrorist cells today resulting in at least seven dead six were civilians (two young children aged 6 and 4) and one was a soldier. At least another 40 have been injured. The coordinated
President Bush’s foreign policy has often been reduced to unkind terms by his detractors. He was considered a reckless cowboy, a hick, an idiot that lucked his way into office and benefited from his father’s life time in politics. His
[Content warning: Extremely graphic images below the jump.] The Later meeting 18 August 2011 Task Force Spartan, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan During a planning session at a sand table, numerous firefights broke out. We were at safe distance but close enough
Apparently their are “trust and confidence” issues when it comes to allowing robots to be used freely and frequently in the armed services. Some now want to fix that by giving robots a base of their own, so they can
Australian Federal Police officer Narelle Jensz, right, with Wylie, while he was being operated on at the Kandahar base in Afghanistan. The Australian (hat tip Religion of Peace). has a moving report on the humane efforts of Australian Federal Police
From the Associated Press: NEW YORK — A frequent contributor to a jihadist website has threatened David Letterman, urging Muslim followers to “cut the tongue” of the late-night host because of a joke the comic made on his CBS show.
From the Associated Press: WASHINGTON — The Army improperly tested new bullet-blocking plates for body armor and cannot be certain that 5 million pieces of the critical battlefield equipment meet the standards to protect U.S. troops, the Defense Department’s inspector
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. 2,000 Egyptian troops take on al-Qaeda in the Sinai Flames rise over gas pipeline targeted by Bedouin militants When Egypt’s pro-democracy protests began in January, they were relatively peaceful in Cairo, but the one
The United States sits inside its own self-made dungeon arguably tied to iron shackles with little sight of freedom forecasted. Our nation is in shambles economically, militarily, and politically. Many nation states have been sitting quietly watching our crippling country
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Christopher Holton of the Center for Security Policy concludes today’s show by enlightening us about what he refers to as the “symbolic” sanctions placed on Syria. According to Holton, in 2004, 2006, and
Bat Ye’or’s 2005 Eurabia: the Euro-Arab Axis portrayed Western Europe’s recrudescent dhimmitude, chronicled in real time, by our most informed contemporary scholar of the dhimmi condition. Living as an eyewitness in Geneva–a major European center, with its United Nations, NGOs
This is not your typical exchange program. Members of the Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command will soon be embedded with operators from other branches Marine special operators are going to begin spending three-year tours with the Navy SEALs, Green
Gen. David Petraeus, June 23, 2011, in confirmation hearings before the Senate Select Intelligence Committee — In an April 2011 column, I argued that both Barack Obama and the COINdinista Right had good (for them) reasons to perpetuate wars in
New GDP reports put European economy at near standstill Sarko and Merkel discuss euro bonds (PressEurop) The momentum with which the German economy started into 2011 has slowed down considerably, according to the Germany’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In the
I explained in a column last week that the Democratic Party and other leftists are a national security threat. I noted that they have rapidly increased their demonization of the Tea Party and conservatives in general. They have called for
Iraq and Iran are moving closer, having recently signed an agreement to develop and build a $10 billion “Islamic Gas Pipeline” to move natural gas from Iran to Europe. The pipeline will be thousands of miles long, extending from Iran’s
How is that relationship working out for you? Does it have you bummed? Has the dip in the market hurt your 401K and other investments? Feeling at a loss? Is life just sometimes too fast? Leaving you feeling alone and
When I was in the seventh grade, I had this huge crush on one of the basketball players at school. He was a little older than me, but I didn’t really care. I told my best friend at the time
Allen West sends a short letter to the Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Obviously these people don’t know their history if they are confused at all by this (very brief) letter. As most BigPeace readers could tell them, the
The charge comes from Egypt’s official state paper, Al-Ahram. Question: Does this mean the Mossad is working with…..Planned Parenthood? Another question: was Zohan secretly involved? Here is a summary of the “charges”: According to the Egyptian government, Zohan may be
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. The failed Russian coup, 20 years later Mikhail Gorbachev returns to Moscow from the Crimea in August, 1991, after attempted coup (Reuters) August 16 is the 20th anniversary of the attempted coup by Soviet
