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 Iranian mouthpiece PressTV reported on a gathering of American Muslims in Washington to mourn rabidly anti-American Shariah advocate Ayatollah Khomeini. A young woman at the event said: “Not only did he start, you know, the Islamic Revolution in Iran,
On Sunday night, May 1st, President Obama put news outlets on alert that a big announcement was imminent. Soon, as reporters gathered to be briefed and waited until late into the night, media personalities across the board predicted the announcement
It turns out that the injuries inflicted on Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh were far more serious than anyone was admitting on Friday. There were injuries to his head and face, and shrapnel has punctured his lungs, near his heart.
How might the teachings of His Holiness apply to public policy? I was surprised to discover that much of what His Holiness spoke of recalled Libertarian philosophies. Self-reliance. Self-confidence. The power of the mind to reject fear, and focus on
The Islamic Center of Toledo Mosque and Minarets Mosques as Barracks in America Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan represents the triumphant Janus-faced approach to the fundamentalist global “Islamic revival.” He and his pious forbears have now completed dismantling Turkey’s secular experiment,
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s attempted last week to reassure Israel that President Obama’s May 19th speech was misconstrued; Mr. Obama’s repeated calls for Israel’s return to the 1967 lines grew out of his concern for the Jewish state, claimed the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Generational Dynamics briefing at Fort Devens On Saturday, I gave a 90-minute briefing at Fort Devens to a unit of about 40 people, US Army and Navy analysts and planners for the US Army
I’m not sure what prompted me to consider this subject on my commute this morning, but it probably has to do with my reflecting on Memorial Day just passed. That and the fact that crude oil continues to trade around
I’ve often written that as bad as America’s economy is, China’s economy is in much more trouble. And now, after a week of extremely bad economic news in U.S. housing, manufacturing, and unemployment, it appears that China’s economy is also
The Florida chapter of the American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI)/Stop Islamization of America (SIOA) is holding a Rally for Justice for Fatima Abdallah at 2:00 PM on June 10, 2011 at Lykes Gaslight Park in front of Tampa Police Headquarters.
In the wake of the successful mission to kill Osama Bin Laden relations with Pakistan are strained. The U.S. is expecting that Pakistan is going to sharply reduce the number of U.S. military trainers allowed in their country. Intelligence sharing
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This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Yemen’s president Saleh wounded in mortar attack TV screen during Saleh’s radio address (Al-Jazeera) As the civil war in Yemen spreads, forces of president Ali Abdullah Saleh are having armed clashes with tribal forces
President Obama’s grand plan to provide U.S. financial aid to emerging democracies in the Middle East, Egypt and Tunisia now, and possibly later a post-Saleh Yemen and post-Assad Syria, may be commendable but could bring catastrophic results. If the billions
“We found that what’s underway here is that you have a virulent ideology which is very heavily financed from both international and domestic sources and executed and spread in an extremely systematic manor with very little organized oposition by Muslims
Today brings (at least) three warnings from veteran observers of Middle East affairs. If even only one of them is half right, the Middle East, and a large swath of the world beyond, are on course for very troubled times.
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Dozens of people have been killed across Yemen on Monday. Previously, fighting had been largely confined to the capital city, Sanaa, but in the last few days, violence has spread to a number of other cities as well, indicating the
Prof. Mark Elchardus has displayed rarely seen European intellectual honesty and moral courage regarding Islamic Jew-hatred in his native Belgium According to Ahlul Bayt New Agency, The Vigilance Musulmane (Muslim Vigilance) advocacy group filed a complaint with the Centre for
In this short audio file, prominent Egyptian Salafi Shaykh Abi-Ishaq al-Huwayni explains that Muslims’ financial difficulties are due to the fact that they have abandoned jihad. The solution? Go on jihadist raids a few times a year, and bring back
I greatly appreciate this blog (below) by British commentator Nile Gardiner on the president’s crummy decision to get in a golf game after fufilling his presidential duties at Arlington on Memorial Day. It’s not that anyone begrudges the president his
Friday night we had a quite a storm in Washington, DC. It knocked out the electricity, so for entertainment we watched lightning and listened to thunder. It was an appropriate opening to the weekend. You may know that every Memorial
More proof that our soldiers are tough as nails and have, well, GUTS. From the Daily Mail: Private Moss was on patrol in Paktika Province in Eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, March 16, when his unit was attacked – likely by
It is the tradition of Secure Freedom Radio to spend the full hour with a service man or woman who represents the very best of all we honor on this sacred day of Memorial Day. Today, Lt. General (Ret.) William
[Greater Hamastan? df] Netanyahu warns Egypt losing control of growing terror groups in Sinai PM says Hamas and international terror groups are strengthening presence in Egypt and that the country’s military government is having trouble ‘realizing its sovereignty’ in Sinai.
