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.
Few noticed a disturbing and remarkable comment made by Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton yesterday. While taping a satellite television show for Arab women at Zayed University in Abu Dhabi, Ms. Clinton compared the alleged psychotic killer in the tragic
This is one of those days where there is just to much great content to post just one segment of Secure Freedom Radio. The influence of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah in Lebanon has come to a breaking point in the
Gaza has everything for your next vacation – beaches, kids attractions, fine dining, shopping malls, open markets and more. This is Gaza 2011 – not what you think. [youtube HHBwE0cx5dQ nolink]
[Editor’s note: This article was submitted by Duroy Bennett, Jr., eight year Navy vet and current student.] When I enlisted in our nation’s Armed Services, I did so with the understanding that my personal goals – namely, education – were
Fidel Castro’s latest article in his captive (literally!) press mourns the Tucson shootings, as “An Atrocious Act.” “If only I could have gotten my hands on Loughner in time!” Castro must lament behind his crocodilian woe. “And made an intervention!…Why
Dear friends, On the of the Stakelbeck on Terror Show, we focus on Muslim persecution of Christians and Jews in the Middle East, and much more: An interview with leading Middle East expert Walid Phares about his new book, The
I had an e-mail exchange with an extremely reliable source of mine within the Palestinian Authority government who provided a unique window into how they plan to proceed. According to him, the PA has been going back and forth with
Hackers can’t be all bad, eh? Plump and cocky heir apparent to North Korea’s dictatorial hell-hole, Kim Jong Un, had lavish birthday party planned in the Hermit Kingdom. Things didn’t go as planned. The Register (UK) reports: “Hackers compromised North
The details are here: “The $30-million aircraft has a wingspan almost as long as that of a Boeing 747. AeroVironment Inc., of Monrovia, which built the plane, says it circled Edwards Air Force base at about 5,000 feet in a
The Chinese rolled out a fighter jet designated as the J-20 for a test which is fueling speculation about whether this is their fifth generation stealth fighter. While nobody can answer that definitively, it raises a pretty important question. If
Cut “pork” before military spending. In a recent article in the “Stars and Stripes” Defense Secretary Robert Gates is planning to reduce the strength of Soldiers and Marines by up to 70,000 by 2015 due to “this country’s dire fiscal
It didn’t end with securing the end of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. Activists have their next social experiment for our US military already in sight: allowing openly “transgender” troops in the US armed forces. “There is really no question, it’s
After a Pakistani Governor who opposed strict blasphemy laws was assassinated last week, thousands have rallied in the streets to support the law that he opposed. Popular support for strict Shariah adherence is nothing new in Pakistan according to Diana
In a signed editorial in Cuba’s state-owned Granma, Castro writes: “As is known, the state of Arizona, a territory that was snatched from Mexico by the United States together with many other expanses of land, has been the scene of
No, I’m not kidding..I wish I were. Hillary Clinton was speaking in front of an Arab audience in Abu Dhabi and was asked `why the 9/11 terror attacks, the work of a handful of men, had been allowed to color
Simply by virtue of being married to Bill, being a woman, and being as left-wing and progressive as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton gets a pass on pretty much everything. The media swoon over what a trailblazer she’s been, how brilliant
One of our Slovak readers, who prefers to remain anonymous, sends a translation about recent events in his country’s capital, along with this introductory note: Last week a rally in support of the persecuted Christians took place in Bratislava. Your
In the beginning the United States governed its place in the world by the perception of strategic vulnerability to hostile influences from nations in Europe. George Washington played for time for the nation, initially unsafe at home, to recruit its
Not a veteran. NOT a veteran. *NOT* a veteran. How many times must we go through this? I was contentedly playing World of Warcraft when I got an in-game message from Demophilius: “How much are you hoping the shooter isn’t
“Fidel Castro is one hell of a guy!” Ted Turner gushed to a capacity crowd at Harvard Law School during a speech in 1997. “You people would like him! Most people in Cuba like him.” Within weeks CNN was granted
A disturbing report in the Asia Times about Afghanistan. It speaks to the severe challenges we face in attempting to reform Afghanistan, an Islamist society. Keep in mind, these are our allies. Caution: Reader discretion is advised. “Social scientists attached
In 2011 there will be a continued national debate on US Immigration policy. Should we change the 14th Amendment allowing everyone being born in the United States to become a citizen, even if the parents are illegally here or even
A translation from the website of the Iranian Supreme Leader, Mehr, Iran, January 9, 2011: “In a speech delivered in Tehran to an audience of thousands of visitors from the city of Qom, Iranian Leader Ali Khamenei called upon the
What exactly is the position of the Obama Administration and the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on the Pentagon budget? Are they going to cut? By how much? No one seems to really know. Foreign Policy has a nice summation
