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. Eurozone government debt continues to be much worse than expected Just as today’s US housing data is much worse than expected (see today’s main article), euro zone government debt is much worse than expected,
Required reading for Libya Hawks — Forget Sun Tzu and von Clauswitz. With tea-meister Mortenson unmasked, US military strategists are now turning to Lewis Carroll for tips on moving effortlessly from war to war, from mess to mess, from Iraq
Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reports: “KARAK, April 25: Provincial Minister for Information Mian Iftikhar Hussain has said that suicide bombers are being sold like a commodity and it has become a profitable business. ‘A suicide bomber can be bought for Rs2
From the Associated Press: Virginia’s prison system did not violate a Muslim inmate’s religious rights when it refused to allow him to grow a 1/8-inch (3-millimeter) beard, which he believes is required by his religion, a federal judge has ruled.
Perhaps the first good thing to come Donald Rumsfeld’s way via the New York Times is his current standing on the bestseller list for his memoir, Known and Unknown, which looks back at his career as Secretary of Defense and
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The South Korean military has deployed multiple rocket launcher systems on two northwestern islands that are near the maritime boundary with North Korea, according to unnamed government sources of the Korea Herald. North Korea launched an artillery attack on one
From a JPost story on Jimmy Carter’s current visit to North Korea: “The outlook for the diplomatic engagement is the best it has been in two years, but the prospects for a satisfactory outcome have never looked worse,” said Douglas
A tremendously important story has gone virtually untold by the media, ignored by our political leaders, and unknown to the American public. Despite the extraordinarily high price they have paid, America’s severely wounded veterans are enduring humiliating financial hardships of
Photo by Paul Avallone — I have struck up some mighty fine e-meetings of the mind through my column over the years; none more appreciated than my military penpals. After last week’s musings and column on the spectacular unravelling of
Hamza: So where is my government check? Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza are who radical Islamist preachers who live in London who are believed to have recruited dozens of extremists to Pakistan and Afghanistan through their mosques. That’s the word
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Kandahar prison escape a ‘disaster’ for Afghanistan war plans Escaped Taliban Militants (from Taliban website) Taliban Mujahideen militants, “with the help of Allah,” broke into the supposedly secure Kandahar prison on early Monday morning
As Egypt lurches into a new era, a look at its complexities and subtleties helps to understand the country’s likely course. Some thoughts on key issues: The spirit of Tahrir Square is real and alive but exceedingly remote from the
An Egyptian blogger is being called the “first prisoner of conscience after the revolution” after being sentenced to three years in prison for “insulting the military establishment” and “spreading false information.” Maikel Nabil Sanad was sentenced last week by Egypt’s
Snipers are getting better range and accuracy with the Army’s XM 2010. There are now 250 in Afghanistan and more on are on the way. The Army Times reports: While the XM2010 is technically an upgraded M24 sniper rifle, the
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Frank enumerates the political battles that lead to the defeat of President Obama’s Gitmo policy. The premise that the facility’s impact on America’s image in the world hurt our national security was central
One of the doctors who was at Stalin’s deathbed recounts in a just-discovered diary his opinion that the Soviet dictator was mentally ill. He wrote :”I would suggest that the cruelty and suspicion of Stalin, his fear of enemies… was
Global wheat prices are “on fire,” according to Barrons, because of a relentless drought in Europe, Oklahoma and Texas. Wheat futures are now approaching $10 per bushel, up from around $4 just a few years ago, and the fear is
He has wished for “the implementation of Sharia [Islamic law] in all areas” of society, said Muslims can never accept homosexuality and predicted God’s wrath on America for its support of Israel. Now, Muzammil Siddiqi is about to be honored
Never letting a crisis go to waste is a core belief of the Obama administration. As the incoming Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel infamously championed the practice: “Things that we had postponed for too long, that were long-term, are now
South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo has a disturbing report about the activities of Kim Jung Il. Apparently he has been spending time at “Building 3” which houses the military commands that plan war on the south. This comes on top of
Whenever I post about Islamization, cultural enrichment, and the suppression of free speech in Europe, commenters are likely to remark on the difference between Europe and the United States. “Europe is lost,” they say. Or: “We’re lucky things aren’t this
Gaining Ground In Europe? Germany’s reliably left-wing Der Spiegel has an article about the rise of “right-wing populist parties” in Europe which they compare with the American Tea Party Movement. Along with the rise of Marine Le Pen in France
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This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. N. Ireland security forces find caches of bombmaking equipment Security forces in Northern Ireland have found three caches of weapons and bombmaking equipment in two days as police on both sides of the Irish
