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.
Japan’s nuclear crisis may yet get as bad as some have been saying, but, until then, some facts and perspective… The average natural background radiation level is 2,400 microsieverts per year. Human-caused radiation contributes about 5 microsieverts per year, from
A global assortment of radical Islamists held an online conference last weekend, calling for the destruction of the West and the violent implementation of Islamic law. It isn’t clear how many people tuned in to the Rise of Islam Conference
On March 11, a suspected terrorist broke into the home of an Israeli family and committed an unspeakable act, butchering five members of the family, including an infant, while they slept. Fox News Channel had the gruesome details: Five members
In Biden’s own words: “…the president has no Constitutional authority to take this nation to war…unless we’re attacked, or unless there is proof that we are about to be attacked. If he does, I would move to impeach him.” [youtube
I wasn’t even looking for this. I just went to the ISAF website to see whether the grossly underreported weekend murders of two American soldiers (and shootings of four others) by an Afghan security contractor — again — was considered
Shortly after Japan experienced its earthquake and tsunami, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the colorful leader of one of Russia’s opposition parties, called on Japanese citizens to migrate from their “dangerous islands,” and move to the unpopulated territories in Russia’s Far East in
There is good news and bad news about the effectiveness of allied airstrikes against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. On the plus side, U.S. Navy Admiral Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe and Africa, said Tuesday that
First came the assimilated European Jew who sought to blend into the background. Hitler brought that fantasy to an end. Then came “the Zionists” who reasoned Jews could only be secure in a Jewish state of their own that could
Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia: Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood, its “moderate” cousin, are on the verge of a stunning strategic victory in the Middle East. U.S. national interests are on the precipice of suffering the worst
Before Americans took control of Abu Ghraib after invading Iraq, Saddam Hussein had used the prison to torture and murder political detainees. Reports say as many as 4,000 murders were committed there. There are numerous accounts of prisoners being found
It seems that where ever you look in the Arab world you see a revolution these days. The Middle East is changing in front of our eyes. History is in the making. Often in times of change antisemitism raises its
On the Persian New Year, March 21, Iranians gathered at the tomb of Hafez, Iran’s national poet. The crowd quickly started chanting “Death to the Dictator” and denounced Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. [youtube YmPxAdjmoWQ]
[The following was excerpted from Rep. Thaddeus McCotter’s book, Seize Freedom: American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age – used with permission.] Right now, parents suffer sleepless nights worrying that they will lose their jobs, their homes, their health
From Ynet news: Egypt Air, the largest airline in Egypt, has removed Israel from the map – literally. On its website, Ynet has learned, Jordan’s land reaches the Mediterranean Sea. Egypt Air is the first large airline to have omitted
The lack of clear objectives in Libya also means that there is no clear exit strategy. Great Britain’s Armed Forces Minister, Nick Harvey, conveyed that reality when he was asked how long Britain would be involved in Libya. “How long
Ever wonder how the Libya mission got its name “Operation Odyssey Dawn?” Apparently the name has nothing to do with anything. The Washington Post reports: Significant military operations in Libya are expected to wind down in the coming days, marking
Late on Tuesday, France’s president Nicolas Sarkozy announced that he and president Barack Obama had reached an agreement to transfer from the United States to Nato the command of the military campaign in Libya. Libya military action, March 21-22 (BBC)
Nihad Awad, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), asked Muammar Gaddafi to underwrite CAIR’s efforts in the United States during a September 2009 audience with the Libyan dictator. According to an account of the meeting in a
Catherine Herridge of Fox News broke the story yesterday that the 9/11 cases from Gitmo were not going forward in military commission trials. This is after they had announced to the 9/11 families and U.S.S. Cole families that military commissions
Amid talk on Capitol Hill about defunding public broadcasting–and just after NPR was exposed as willing to take money from the Muslim Brotherhood–it turns out that a film produced by PBS already has. At 5:30 p.m. on March 23, a
My friend Marc Thiessen points out in the Washington Post: It tells you everything you need to know about Barack Obama’s worldview that he sought authorization from the United Nations, and not from Congress, before launching military action in Libya.
The Obama administration’s handling of the Libyan crisis has been characterized by complacency, confusion and inaction. While the American public, the international community and the Libyan “rebels” have waited patiently for clear directives, prior to today’s military strike, the administration
President Obama’s visit to South America could help focus attention on Iranian-Venezuelan terror collaboration, according to Roger Noriega, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs under President George W. Bush. Noriega (who also served as U.S. ambassador to
As we continue to stumble, mumble, and bumble into war with Libya, there are huge questions about what our objectives are and should be. And those questions have divided the alliance of countries who are engaging in actions against Gaddafi.
