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.
“What we dream of is–Jews strong enough and honest enough to hate their killers …” –Ben Hecht Bin Laden’s One Mistake Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews. By Manhigut
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Austerity protesters clash with police in Athens, Greece, during nationwide strike Exploding petrol bombs during clashes with riot police in Athens on Wednesday Police clashed with protesters in Athens and Thessaloniki in Greece on
Diana West and John Bernard have been among the too few people noting that the American counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy in the Middle East doesn’t work. The Three Cups of Tea embarrassment and the latest Islamic murders of American Servicemen are
Badruddin Haqqani is a terrorist. He is the leader of the Taliban affiliated group known as the Haqqani Network in Afghanistan. This group predominantly operates in Eastern Afghanistan and Western Pakistan. Today, the U.S. State Department released a new Executive
From WTXF Philadelphia: A Muslim woman says she was embarrassed when given a difficult choice at Caesars Atlantic City last weekend: take off the traditional face covering that only shows her eyes or leave the casino. How can a casino
From the Associated Press: Yemeni security forces, including snipers, opened fire on thousands of anti-government protesters marching to the Cabinet building in the capital Sanaa on Wednesday, killing one and injuring at least 40, medical officials and protesters said.
Syria might not be elected to the U.N.’s Human Rights Council after all. Syria has been poised for some time to be elected by the U.N. General Assembly to the “Arab seat” on the Human Rights Council. However, with Syria’s
A top leader of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT), who was designated by the U.S. Treasury Department along with two other Lashkar operatives and an al-Qaida leader in July 2009, is helping the Pakistan terror group obtain biological weapons and anthrax through his
How far have we fallen since the days of Reagan? Here’s a good indication. The “poet” Common has been invited to the White House tonight. This poet has written about killing President Bush, shooting police and even dedicated a poem
Ynet offers some fascinating details of Barack Obama’s half-brother, his political and business activities, as well as the fact that he is in regular contact with President Obama. Some excerpts: While US President Barack Obama was busy orchestrating the assassination
Professor Uriel Heyd (d. 1968), a serious and intellectually honest scholar of both Ottoman and Republican Turkey, described Turkey’s tenuous secularization and aggressive re-Islamization more than 40 years before today’s “learned analysts” have finally come to the same pathetically belated
Over the weekend, the Department of Defense released soundless video clips of what appear to be previously unpublished “outtakes” from Osama Bin Laden video messages. The clips were reportedly discovered among materials seized at the compound in Abottabad, Pakistan, that
This is the latest in a series of exclusive interviews with Dr. Paul Kengor, professor at Grove City College, on his recent work, Dupes: How America’s Adversaries Have Manipulated Progressives for a Century, which is based on a remarkable volume
Update: The Navy has reversed itself, for now, on this issue, pending a legal review. When the Massachusetts Supreme Court imposed same-sex marriage on that state in 2003, leftist groups around the country rejoiced in the so-called “equality” that had
From AFP: Iraq has held its first book fair in 20 years, with organizers and attendees hailing it as a return for the violence-wracked country to the global literary scene.
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The Navy SEALs who dropped in on Osama bin Laden’s hideout on May 1st did not just rid the planet of its most notorious oxygen thief. Recognizing that the compound’s papers and computer files would provide a bonanza of intelligence,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Independence day versus al-Naqba On May 10, Israel celebrated the 63rd anniversary of the creation of Israel, with parties, fireworks and barbeques. On May 14, the Palestinians will also commemorate the 63rd anniversary of
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in Istanbul for a conference put together by the United Nations called “the Fourth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries.” No, it’s not a discussion on how to grow the economies of the
One of the world’s top cocaine dealers, Walid Makled, was arrested in Colombia last August in a joint operation with the D.E.A. He then revealed information including high level and pervasive involvement of the Venezuelan military not only in the
This title is probably the only fact we have heard about the death of Osama bin Laden (OBL). There has been so much misinformation out there it’s like an Oliver Stone movie. Does any of it matter? The only thing
“The assassination of an unarmed human being while surrounded by his own relatives is something abhorrent. Assassinating him and sending him to the depths of the sea shows fear and insecurity, (and) turns him into a much more dangerous figure.”
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For the last four years, politicians, journalists and analysts have been saying, almost on a daily basis, “housing prices have bottomed out,” even though that’s mathematically impossible in view of the 7-10 million homes that are in foreclosure or close
On May 7th, two Muslim Imams, Masudur Rahman and Mohamed Zaghloul, were taken off a Memphis flight. “It’s racism and bias because of our religion and appearance and because of misinformation about our religion,” one of the imams, Masudur Rahman
