National Security

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama approved Monday the resumption of military trials for detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a two-year ban. It was the latest acknowledgement that the detention facility Obama had vowed to

On Saturday there was an “Islamic-Iranian fashion show” in Tehran, which was attended by the government’s “director of the committee for organizing costume and fashion” and the “Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance.” Here are the hits of the season

On Thursday, Chairman Peter King of New York will convene in his House Homeland Security Committee one of the most anticipated – and controversial – hearings in memory. The subject? “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and

The following information came from Tim Sumner of the new website Liberty Rocks and 911 Families for a Safe and Strong America. He’s done some great research looking into the sponsors of the ‘Today, I am a Muslim, too’ rally

The spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, triumphantly entered Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, February 18, just days after former president Hosni Mubarak, the man Qaradawi had disparagingly referred to as ‘Pharaoh’, stepped down and relinquished power.

It is being reported that on Sunday, March 6th, Denis McDonough, the Deputy National Security Advisor to the President of the United States attended the ADAMS Interfaith/Government Summit in Sterling, Virginia. The implications of this are frightening and shocking –

Nabil Elaraby Two new appointments in Egypt don’t bode well for those who believe that the country is headed toward a peaceful democracy. On Sunday Nabil Elaraby was appointed foreign minister. During an August 2001 interview with an Egyptian newspaper,

The conflict in the North Caucasus (Russia’s mostly Muslim southern provinces) has taken a dangerous turn, as a group of grass-root vigilantes threaten, with apparent Kremlin approval, to retaliate against the families of suspected terrorists. Leader of ‘Black Hawks’ The

Short memo to the Tea Party, Libertarians, Policy Wonks, et al…. Friends, you’re about to have the rug pulled out from under you and the rest of us to the right of center are going to be tripped up too.

Congressmen Jack Kingston, R-GA, makes a good point. As he recently told Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a hearing, when you are 18: “You can buy a house. You can go to jail. You can get married. You can go

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With the situation fluid on the ground and defections from the Gaddafi regime continuing, the fate of Libya may be in the hands of the Libyan Air Force. The Air Force is the elite branch of the Libyan Armed Forces

South of the Border Jalisco Govenror Emilio Gonzalez is accusing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) of collaborating with the drug cartels because they refuse to support a security-bill. He asked members of the State Congress: “What did you receive? Did

This is the second in a 10+ 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 review Part I –

Amnesty International, an organization lauded for promoting human rights worldwide, has a strong and consistent track record of calling for UN arms embargoes on governments that violate human rights abuse. As protector of human rights, Amnesty understand the merits of

As the Middle East is flush with dramatic change, the assumption of many is that this might bring us the era of democracy is the region. But the most powerful political and cultural force in the region is Islam. Is

Albert Memmi The unaddressed questions (from November, 1973) of Albert Memmi still address the unworthiness [2] of Libya ** The most predictable outcome of Libya’s violent internecine struggle-cum-latest-Arab- “democracy movement” was aptly characterized by Andrew McCarthy [3]: “The Libyan people

As the Chinese government has become more assertive in economic affairs, it is continuing to expand it’s military base. The Chinese government has announced that they are increasing defense spending by 12.7% this year. These “official statistics” are assumed by

Whew! Good thing he wasn’t a Tea-partier caught on camera saying he wants to vote for Benito Mussolini and clone Augusto Pinochet! Instead he was a union protestor in Madison Wisconsin caught on camera saying he wants to vote for

On the heels of allegations that Gaddafi is secretly a Jew, which has become a huge story all over Arab press, comes this accusation from a Saudi cleric that Gaddafi is not a Muslim. (link to original Arabic) Saudi Religious

Georgians are infuriated by the accusation by Alexander Torshin, a senior senator in Russia’s government, that the “ruling regime” of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili perpetrated the suicide terrorist bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on January 24, killing 37 people, according

Want to settle a dispute and a disagreement? Islamists at Shariah4America are proposing a Sharia Court at the United Nations. From their website: “Thankfully there is a unique facility in the Shari’ah to deal with the corruption, oppression and tyranny

A new Middle East is upon us and its primary beneficiary couldn’t be happier. In a speech Monday in the Iranian city of Kermanshah, Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ Politburo Chief General Yadollah Javani crowed, “Iran’s pivotal role in the New Middle

Fellow contributer here, Jim Hanson, beat me to the punch on Russia’s military buildup. While true they are making efforts to modernize their military, mostly comprised of old Soviet era equipment, they still have a lot of making up to

The spiritual and psychological black hole that is life in North Korea has led to widespread drug use, particularly crystal meth. According to North Korean defectors, the regime started making the stuff a few years ago to earn foreign currency.