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.
Sunrise over Farah 07 April 2011 Afghanistan contains many treasures of ancient history. Climate conditions here preserve old structures whose origins often remain a mystery. Alexander stormed through here a thousand years before the Arabs introduced Islam. Today, after traveling
The following is a statement released by General David Petraeus and and NATO Ambassador Mark Sedwill: KABUL, Afghanistan (April 3, 2011) – In view of the events of recent days, we feel it is important on behalf of ISAF [i.e.,
He says that he didn’t want his daughter living a “western life.” Then why on earth was his family living in Italy? [youtube MQha05yV5XQ nolink]
As the Presidential campaign season begins, it is important to reflect on President Obama accomplishments after his first two years. Rather than rehash all his achievements and failures, a simple chart can be more effective in telling the story. Compared
This week, arrested Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled claimed to have materials proving that Hugo Chavez, his close associates, and Hezb’allah is deeply involved in global cocaine trafficking. He was arrested in Colombia, and US ally President Juan Manuel Santos
Former DEA Operations Chief, Michael Braun, gives quite a picture of the rise of Hezbollah in the drug trade and particularly in their ability to make big money moving cocaine through Africa to Europe. The numbers are huge, the intel
A recent survey showed 1/3 of Palestinians support the attack in Itamar in March, in which an Israeli family of five was murdered while sleeping. The fact that such hateful act is supported by 1/3 of the people is a
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What happens when Everyguy Icon Bill O’Reilly pushes the calamitous absurdity that Pastor Terry Jones “has blood on his hands,” and Hezbollah puts a $2.4 million bounty on Jones’ head? We don’t know. We do know the epic scale of
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Mexico, which is often highly critical of America’s immigration policies, has some of the toughest in the world. You must be able to speak Spanish and have a detailed working knowledge of Mexican history. The Guadalajara Reporter has sample questions
A telephone poll of a random sample of 615 Egyptians, conducted from March 9-20, indicates that there’s very little reason for the West to be concerned about Egypt becoming a hardline Muslim country. In particular, there’s absolutely nothing that supports
I agree with Pete King that Eric Holder must resign. This should not be a revelation to anyone who has paid attention to Holder’s record. Holder should never have been confirmed as AG in the first place. As I testified
The latest episode of the Stakelbeck on Terror show is a special featuring an extended version of my recent, wide-ranging interview with Israel’s Vice Prime Minister, Moshe Yaalon–the second highest ranking member of the Israeli government. Some highlights from our
[Editor’s Note: The following excerpt is from Michael Totten’s just-released book The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel. The excerpt is from chapter eight and picks up with Totten’s
The Obama Administration pushed hard to make sure that unemployment compensation was extended a few months back. But thus far they have resisted attempts to make sure that our soldiers get paid in the event of a government shutdown. As
The UN’s blatant disregard for state sovereignty and its decision to choose a winner is outrageous. With the advance of rebel forces, on Monday U.N. peacekeepers and French troops launched it’s own military offensive against Ivory Coast President, Laurent Gbagbo.
Yesterday, Grover Norquist’s weekly Americans for Tax Reform conclave was the venue for an announcement by Suhail Khan that he was becoming director for external affairs for Microsoft. Khan’s transformation into a corporate lobbyist comes amidst rising concerns in conservative
Because as they put it here, the Bible was written by men, and the Koran was written “by God.” Yikes. [youtube lrNx94Y8TzA nolink]
As late as Wednesday morning, Portugal’s finance ministry was saying that the country can meet all its financing needs without any aid from the European Union, and that there were no plans to ask for a bailout, according to the
A priest in Finland faces being defrocked after describing one of the world’s most-wanted criminals as a ‘terrorist’. He was referring to Doku Umarov – the man behind the Moscow metro and airport bombings, among other crimes. [youtube 6b2vXNVYZwM nolink]
In my twenty-six years as a “street agent” with the FBI, I worked with some of the most dedicated state and local law enforcement officials in the nation. As we prepared the various operations, the question always came down to,
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French Interior Minister Claude Gueant made comments in Nantes that has set off a storm in France. It was during a debate about the role of Islam in France that Gueant declared that the growing population of Muslims in France
As the American media debates whether a small Florida pastor’s actions have enflamed the Muslim world, a member of the Obama administration may have done far more damage when he spoke in Kabul, Afghanistan recently. Yet, Obama’s envoy to the
