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 Syrian government is executing soldiers who refuse to fire on protestors and preventing doctors from reaching wounded demonstrators, according to local opposition figures. It’s the strongest crackdown on simmering discontentamong pro-democracy activists and ethnic minorities, with more than 200
On April 10th Peru had Presidential elections. No candidate received a 50% majority and there will be a run off June 5th. There were 10 Presidential candidates. The left was led by Ollanta Humala who received 31% of the vote
The plan is to subsidize the building of more mosques and Islamic schools. Goal is the “further integration of Islam into Spanish society.” [youtube vVbLGkoDVFg nolink]
From Reuters: LOS ANGELES – A Chinese man was arrested for creating a fake US Army unit and convincing immigrants that joining the squad was a path to citizenship, authorities said. Yupeng Deng, 51, allegedly gave his recruits military uniforms,
For years those that support Israel have felt that the UN’s treatment of Israel is unjustified. Israeli leaders have complained again and again that the UN is biased against the Jewish state, that it judges almost every action of Israel
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Byron York has a fine piece in the Examiner pointing out that, while Britain has taken a leading role in the Libyan intervention, there is almost nothing left militarily behind the curtain. The entire British stockpile of cruise missiles amounted
A meeting between CIA Director Leon Panetta and Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) head Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha in Washington was cut short on Monday, apparently over disagreements about joint US-Pakistan cooperation on the war on terror within Pakistan
In the beginning, BHO promised to create a “Palestinian” state within two years of his ascendance to the Oval Office. We’ve already passed that point, and thanks to Obama’s Arabophilia the “peace process” is going in reverse. The Arabs no
US security policy in North Africa and the Middle East faces a dramatic test: will we be able to weave a strong tapestry of help for our allies and take down our enemies or will a new stronger coalition or
Where’s Captain Bligh when we need him? — Catch-and-release wrought tragedy and injustice in Iraq; it does the same thing in Afghanistan. Now, it also rules the waves — but first, a halal meal: From the Daily Mail Via Vlad
UPDATE: Audio link fixed. Terry Nichols, the accomplice to Oklahoma City bomber, Timothy McVeigh is starting to talk. In her recent article in American Thinker, Confession of the Oklahoma City Bomber: John Doe 2 Exists, Jayna Davis states, ” The
The tiny Italian island of Lampedusa about 160 miles east of Tunisia and is perhaps the closest outpost of European territory to Africa. It’s always been a point that refugees from Africa try to reach. But in recent weeks the
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Germany is already at odds with the “Club Med” nations, since Greece, Portugal, Spain and Italy are considered to be profligate spenders requiring bailouts, in contrast to the disciplined savers in Germany. And the anger is growing anyway, because it’s
On 31 March, the leftist Center for American Progress (CAP) released a document called Understanding Sharia Law. In that document, the authors asserted that “conservatives’ skewed interpretation” of Sharia law “needs debunking.” It is actually the Center for American Progress
Recon Marine Cpl. Todd Love (above) got a hero’s welcome in his hometown of Acworth, Georgia this week. Love lost both legs and his left arm in an IED explosion in Afghanistan a few months ago. The Washington Examiner story
France, we are right behind you. Go ahead. Lead the way. You got us all into this mess. Voice of America reports: France has criticized NATO for failing to do enough to protect civilians in Libya. French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe
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From the looks of things, the Obama administration is not serious about prosecuting drugs, or terrorism. Last week, a colleague of mine reported that Rep. Diaz Balart (R-FL) claimed that the DOJ denied Colombia’s offer to extradite drug kingpin and
Would Obama veto a bill to continue soldiers’ pay? My daughter called almost in tears Friday morning as the budget fight was still in limbo. My son-in-law, an army Captain and veteran of Afghanistan, is preparing for deployment to Iraq
How is this policy even defensible? We helped the Pakistanis capture this guy, but we don’t want to talk to him? This terror mastermind probably doesn’t have anything of value to tell us. Yeah, right. The Los Angeles Times reports:
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu grandiloquently proclaimed a few days ago that, “If the world is on fire, Turkey is the firefighter. Turkey is assuming the leading role for stability in the Middle East.” Turkey’s President Gül warmly greets Ahmadinejad.
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War (or as some of my friends call it “The War Between the States”). Almost everyone has an opinion on this tragic chapter in American history. But why can’t the political left
Japan Times reports: Japan on Tuesday raised the severity level of the accident at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant to the maximum 7 on an international scale, up from the current 5 and matching that of the 1986 Chernobyl
