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.
From the Daily Mail: First it emerged Osama Bin Laden spent hours watching videos of himself as he callously planned new terror attacks against the ‘decadent’ West But now it appears the Al Qaeda mastermind may have watched something else
When (if) future historians look back to early 21st-century America, they should examine two cultural controversies of May 2011 for a quick read on Establishment sensibilities. One involves the bestowal, revocation and re-bestowal of an honorary degree on playwright Tony
According to Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, not only has Guantanamo Bay been one of the wisest purchases America has ever made, but also one of our best strategic decisions in fighting terrorism. Without Gitmo, where would America send suspected
From the Associated Press: Syrian security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters Friday, killing at least six people as soldiers tried to head off demonstrations by occupying mosques and blocking public squares.
As the United States tries to deal with its own immigration problems on the border with Mexico, the growth of right-wing nationalism in Europe is creating a crisis that strikes at the very heart of the EU project. A highly
In an interview with Fox News yesterday, Senator James Inhofe spoke about pictures of a dead Osama Bin Laden that he viewed at CIA headquarters. While describing some of the photos as “gruesome,” Inhofe insisted that Bin Laden is recognizable
My group, Americans for Peace and Tolerance, in collaboration with the Tennessee Freedom Coalition, today released a 15 minute video exposing radical Islamist preachers who were embraced by Nashville’s civic and religious leaders and the media. The video shows a
As the largest state sponsor of terror, no one expects Iran to applaud the killing of Bin Laden but as usual Iran supplies us with imaginative headlines. “Bin Laden died well before US’ raid” Iranian Intelligence Minister claimed. Countered terrorism
Well that would sure be a pleasant surprise. Jim Hake and the folks at Spirit of America are testing the concept and it seems to have legs. As the US was zeroing in on Bin Laden, we were organizing a
From the Associated Press: Protests in Pakistan draw masses upset over the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, with some vowing a revolution to avenge his death. This comes as a military center is bombed, in apparent retaliation for
It’s often useful to read Robert Creamer’s posts over at HuffPo. Creamer composed the political strategy “blueprint” for ObamaCare from federal prison, and was hired by the Obama campaign after his release, training volunteers at Camp Obama and running the
From the Daily Mail (UK): It is a lonely job being the Vice President – always second in command, a weak constitutional mandate and no real power. But now Joe Biden’s disappointing job description just got that little bit worse
From the Associated Press: Osama bin Laden built a painstaking email system that kept him one step ahead of the US government’s best eavesdroppers despite having no Internet access in his hideout. Now, intelligence officials are mining through the archives
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. U.S. was prepared to fight Pakistani forces The Obama administration had “very detailed contingency plans” for military action against Pakistani forces if they had tried to stop the U.S. attack on Osama bin Laden’s
Osama Bin Laden’s putative sea burial ceremony aboard the USS Carl Vinson was performed “in strict conformance with Islamic precepts and practices” according to repeated assertions by chief counterterrorism adviser John Brennan. Indeed, there is more than ample reason to
In the small newspapers and TV stations around the country, in what are known as “local interest” stories, the national scandal of Afghanistan is being documented, article by article, segment by segment. These are the stories of our returning heroes,
For inviting the rapper-“poet” named “Common,” to the White House, our First Lady is currently taking some heat. Common’s lyric, it appears, are a trifle “racy,” plus in his “poetry,” he hails Black-Panther/Cop-killer Joanne “Assata Shakur” Chesimard. But for inviting
Strangely, in this report from the Associated Press, the names of the suspects are not revealed. We repeat, their names are Mohammad Mamdouh and Ahmed Serhani. Strange that AP did not mention this in the report. Here is the entire
I have been meaning to write about the storm raging in New York following CUNY’s board of trustees decision not to present an honorary degree to anti-Israel propagandist/faux artiste Tony Kushner but due to travels and other time killers, haven’t
Billionaire hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam was convicted on Wednesday of 14 counts of insider trading, according to Bloomberg. Raj Rajaratnam leaving court after being found guilty (AFP) He had a network of insiders at companies like Intel, Goldman Sachs,
Hudna is an Arabic term meaning a temporary “truce” or “armistice” as well as “calm” or “quiet”, coming from a verbal root meaning “calm”. It is sometimes translated as “cease-fire”. Hudna has a distinct meaning to Islamic fundamentalists, the prophet
The Army Times explores how new powerful munitions and weapons are making our combat forces deadlier than ever. The best improvements in combat performance don’t always come from flashy new platforms but from simply having deadlier bullets. An excerpt: Recall
Crude oil production and revenue are essential elements to a stable Mexico. The Rice University James A Baker Institute for Public Policy Energy Forum has just presented a compressive study on “The Future of Oil in Mexico.” It was financed
Forbes columnist Claudia Rosett, journalist-in-residence at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, addressed the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group on Capitol Hill. She discussed the nexus between North Korea and Iran, and their partnership in military technology and
With Osama bin Laden dead and buried thanks to the Navy SEALs, the Obama Administration needs to reevaluate America’s relationship with Pakistan. As Jay Leno joked last week, Osama bin Laden was not “hiding out” in Pakistan – he was
