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.
Writing in Foreign Policy, Lt. General James Dubik (USA, Ret.) says get ready: “The way the United States and its allies have intervened in Libya has placed them on a dangerously slippery slope. Air power alone has not protected Libyan
And remember, we give the Palestinian Authority taxpayer dollars. “The Palestinian Authority is happy to boast that it operates according to the values of democracy but when it comes to freedom of the press they seem to have followed the
Accused drug trafficker Walid Makled, a.k.a The King of Kingpins, is currently being held by Colombian authorities and is apparently singing like a canary about the deep connections between Hugo Chavez’s military generals, Hezbollah, and the narco-trade in Venezuela. The
[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
It’s not often you get nearly an entire tv program dedicated to the dangers of Shariah, much less Shariah Compliant Finance. Last week, Glenn Beck did an amazing job of it, joined by the Center for Security Policy’s Christopher Holton
Haven’t we seen this before? We move in, clear an area, turn it over or depart, only to see al Qaeda fighters comeback like so many cockroaches. We have over 100,000 troops in Afghanistan as we speak fighting under a
With the government shutdown looming, President Obama risks becoming the first Commander in Chief to put soldiers in combat and….not pay them. From Foreign Policy: One consequence of a government shutdown — which will occur on April 8 unless Congress
When Pastor Terry Jones, 59, announced an intent to burn a Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 in 2010, the U.S. government, fearing attacks on American troops abroad, put intense pressure on him to desist and eventually he called off
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How bad is America’s standing among our “friends” in the Middle East? Defense Secretary Robert Gates is in Saudi Arabia and the Obama Administration is just happy to just get a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah. Things have apparently improved
Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin is denying a report that his recent hearing on anti-Muslim bigotry was triggered by a request from a radical mosque outside of Chicago. The Daily Caller reports that people associated with the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview,
Paul Krugman may be a Princeton poster child for Keynesian economics, but I am not sure how being a numbers wonk qualifies this man to comment on U.S. foreign policy that does not involve trade. One cannot deny his academic
On March 9, al-Jazeera broadcast a show that interviewed several Bahraini protesters. Since then, all those interviewed have been arrested, or beaten or are in hiding, according to al-Jazeera. That shows how thorough Barain’s officials have been. Protester allegedly beaten
“You give it an inch, they take the whole shabang!” – Brigitte Gabriel of Act! for America and author of her newest book They Must Be Stopped goes into great detail of the cultural oppression involved in radical Islam. In
According to South Korean media sources, a North Korean economic delegation paid a visit a couple of days ago to Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. No transcripts of their conversation is available. So what did they talk about? How
The invaluable Stanley Kurtz has the goods on Samantha Power who serves on President Obama’s National Security Council. Writing in National Review: A member of the president’s National Security Council who shares Noam Chomsky’s foreign-policy goals? An influential presidential adviser
Former President Jimmy Carter recently paid a visit to Cuba where he was treated more as a friend than as a former head of state. The Cuban government has now released a translation of his appearance on Cuban television. His
If a person went on a safari in Africa and the tour guide stated, “when the jackal tries to take the lion’s babies, the lion will kill the jackal” what would most people say? “Duh, really, what else is new?”
This should come as pleasant news to freedom lovers everywhere, but especially to the red, white and blue thumb-suckers at Commentary and The Weekly Standard. Just as they predicted, democracy is beginning to flourish in “liberated” Egypt. For one thing,
Editor’s note: The following is a speech on freedom of expression given in Copenhagen at the Sappho Award ceremony of the International Free Press Society on April 2, 2011. Congratulations to Rachel for this well deserved award. She is fighting
Remarkable. That’s the only word for this story. His buddies have now nick-named him “Headshot.” From the Marine Corps Times: “Manning the top of a compound south of Sangin, Afghanistan, Sgt. Paul Boothroyd III took a sniper round to the
There have been many times over the past three years I have truly wondered if when that General handed me the folded flag from my son’s coffin and said “On Behalf of a grateful nation” if this nation is truly
In a sharp about-face of policy, the Obama administration is backing away from President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen, America’s long-time ally in the war against terror. The administration had fully supported Saleh until news leaked out this weekend, confirmed
“The controversial Republican representative who chaired a hearing into the ‘radicalization’ of American Muslims has been sent a parcel containing a severed pig’s trotter and an anti-Semitic note. The parcel and it’s gore-spattered contents were sent to Peter King at
