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.
Before discussing the next move re Libya, let’s take stock of what we know now. We know, for sure, that the current adventure is far from over. We also know that Gadaffi isn’t going anywhere. We know that NATO is
Today on Frank Gaffney’s Secure Freedom Radio, Gordon Chang catalogs the persecuted people groups of China and the aggregate ill will towards the government is staggering. Combine that with a giant government scheme to manipulate the nation’s water supply that
On Saturday, Icelanders voted 60% to 40% in favor of rejecting a negotiated agreement to repay the UK and Dutch governments for losses incurred by citizens of those countries who had invested in Iceland’s “Icesave” program, according to Bloomberg. Reykjavik,
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A northern Virginia man was sentenced to 23 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to two counts of trying to provide material support to al-Qaida. Farooque Ahmed scouted subway stops along Washington, D.C.’s Metro system and other potential targets
Ever since I exposed the Iranian documentary “The Coming is Upon Us,” which promises the imminent coming of the last 12th Shiite Imam, Imam Mahdi, a heated argument is taking place within the Iranian establishment that is causing panic and
National security is a phenomenon. It is a network of systems, domestic and abroad, comprised around intelligence. Simply put, without intelligence, national security doesn’t exist. Similar to behavior analysis where variables induce perceptions which later invoke behavior; the national security
[Editor’s Note: This post is co-authored by Bob Morrison] Richard Goldstone is a retired justice of South Africa ‘s Constitutional Court. He is Jewish and a Zionist. So, when this distinguished jurist issued a report commissioned by the UN’s Human
[Editor’s Note: The following are excerpts from The Fight of Our Lives: Knowing the Enemy, Speaking the Truth, and Choosing to Win the War Against Radical Islam by Bill Bennett and Seth Liebsohn.] As we were working on final edits,
France’s ban on full veils is official today. Anyone who wears the Muslim niqab or burka will be fined $216. Already at least 59 people have been arrested. France’s 5 million strong Muslim minority is pledging civil disobedience. The problem
The Palestinian Authority has honored the terrorist responsible for the “Passover Massacre,” a 2002 bombing of Netanya’s Park Hotel that killed more than 30 mostly elderly Israelis attending a Seder. The Israeli government is terming the “gift” from its Palestinian
Ann Barnhardt: Fearless, Peerless Warrior Against the Cultural Jihad Once again a mere flicker–in this case burning a copy of the Koran in Florida–has ignited the inferno of deeply seated infidel-hatred that pervades the contemporary Muslim world, precipitating violence, death,
There are unwritten rules of engagement which create the fragile balance between Israel and Hamas. Over the last few weeks, Hamas has intentionally increased the flames. Little by little with longer range Grad rockets on Beer Sheva or Ashkelon, with
Unintended or intended consequences? JPost, 4/10/2011 Arab League plans to ask UN to impose no-fly zone over Gaza The Arab League on Sunday announced during a special meeting in Cairo that it plans to press the UN to impose a
Back in April 2009, I wrote a column, based around an interview with Army Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely (Ret.), called “Let Afghanistan Go.” Almost two years later to the day, here’s another go. Two more American soldiers were killed this
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On March 17, when the United Nations Security Council passed the resolution authorizing military action against Libya, the vote was 10-0, with five abstentions: China, Russia, Brazil, Germany and India. (See “18-Mar-11 News — UN declares war after Gaddafi threatens
Now this sounds like an excellent idea. “Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) has introduced legislation seeking to place six Mexican drug cartels – the Arellano Feliz Organization, Los Zetas, the Beltran Leyva Organization, La Familia Michoacana, the Sinaloa Cartel and the
This is the fourth in a 14 part series at Big Peace which will detail the history, objectives, strategy, operational structure, modus operandi, and influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States. Click here to view previous articles on
The Army Times reports: Lecturer William G. Hillar entranced audiences as a globe-trotting, highly trained, retired Green Beret colonel whose attempt to rescue his daughter from kidnappers inspired the hit movie, “Taken.” But it was not really his life, it
Gen. David Petraeus, ISAF commander, February 11, 2011 (with thanks to an eagle-eyed ex-Marine). I write about David Petraeus now and then — ok, considering him a primary architect and implementer of the Arabist-tilted policy (long denied on the Right)
The chances of a new Israeli war with Gaza are much higher today, a day after a Kornet anti-tank missile launched from Gaza struck a school bus southen Israel, injuring the driver and critically injuring a 16 year old boy.
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No, apparently its not those 72 virgins they are promised. Dreaming about….what?! According to a secret report just released under Canada’s equivalent of the Freedom of Information Act titled “The Role of Dreams In the Justification of Jihad,” the Canadian
