
I support Sen. Tom Cotton/ the GOP-47, and their March 9, 2015 “Open Letter to the Leaders of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” as a means of clarifying, and then ending the self-destructive “negotiations” (elaborated here; here/here; and here) with a Shiite theocratic regime whose ugly and dangerous ideological pillars are: jihadism, Islamic Jew-hatred, and the active dehumanization of all non-Muslims via “najis”—“uncleanliness of the infidel”—doctrine.
by Andrew G. Bostom11 Mar 2015, 10:30 AM PST0

Venezuelan Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OEA) Roy Chaderton has raised the ire of the nation’s anti-socialist opposition upon remarking during an interview on state television that bullets pass through the heads of the opposition faster and more silently, because their heads are “empty.”
by Frances Martel11 Mar 2015, 10:12 AM PST0

Harvard faculty and the local police were alerted to the activities of an unidentified man allegedly soliciting donations last week for a charity connected to ISIS at the Kennedy School of Government, a graduate division of Harvard University.
by John Hayward11 Mar 2015, 9:59 AM PST0

Kurdish news agency Rudaw tells the poignant story of Teleskof, a Christian town of some 4,000 souls in the Nineveh Plains evacuated last August before the advance of ISIS, save for two elderly women named Sarya Matto and Madi Salim, who adamantly refused to leave their home.
by John Hayward11 Mar 2015, 9:52 AM PST0

As Russian tanks, armored vehicles, heavy artillery and rocket equipment roll across the Ukranian border to back separatists, the U.S. vows to send some drones and Humvees.
by Charlie Spiering11 Mar 2015, 8:57 AM PST0

Former Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) hostage Nicolas Henin, 39, spoke out recently about his ten months with the jihadist group. He told the BBC the militants enjoyed Teletubbies and Game of Thrones. He also claimed there were some who could not come to terms with the blood the group spills on an almost daily basis.
by Mary Chastain11 Mar 2015, 8:55 AM PST0

In a speech Tuesday evening, in which he called American officials “genocidal” and promised that “Yankee boots will never touch our ground,” Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro demanded the nation’s legislature expand his already unconstitutionally developed executive order powers in light of President Obama’s new sanctions against the socialist regime.
by Frances Martel11 Mar 2015, 8:35 AM PST0

Louisiana U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R) says the State Department has reversed its interpretation of a law that would ban Iranian students from studying advanced courses in the United States with content related to the development of nuclear capabilities.
by Dr. Susan Berry11 Mar 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

The Turkish government has announced plans to expand Internet access to the nation’s poorest families. The announcement follows a blanket ban on more than 68,000 websites and years of attempts at Internet censorship under the ruling AK Party, led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
by Frances Martel11 Mar 2015, 7:25 AM PST0

The last pre-election polls in Israel show that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains the overwhelming favorite to lead the country, but show his party slipping to second place, losing ground to its center-left, Obama-backed rival. Bibi’s Likud Party will gain seats, but the rival Zionist Union–an alliance between Isaac Herzog’s Labor Party and Tzipi Livni’s Hatnua Party–could also gain enough to win the Mar. 17 election. Netanyahu says there is a “real danger” he could lose.
by Joel B. Pollak11 Mar 2015, 6:39 AM PST0

(Reuters) – Russia has the right to deploy nuclear arms in the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine last year, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday, adding he knew of no plans to do so.
by Reuters11 Mar 2015, 6:36 AM PST0

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Two men, one armed with a gun, were caught on camera late on Tuesday mugging a South African journalist as he prepared for a live television report on Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s hospital treatment.
by Reuters11 Mar 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

Russian President Vladimir Putin claims he was not involved in the deaths of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko and opposition leader Boris Nemstov. However, in the span of two days, he bestowed special honors on the prime suspect in Litvinenko’s death, Andrei Lugovoi, and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who praised Nemtsov’s murderer.
by Mary Chastain11 Mar 2015, 6:33 AM PST0

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The son of Suriname’s president was sentenced on Tuesday to 16-1/4 years in prison, after pleading guilty last August to U.S. charges that he tried to offer a home base to the Lebanese paramilitary group Hezbollah.
by Reuters11 Mar 2015, 6:27 AM PST0

Democrats and the mainstream media have used the words “traitor” and “treason” to describe a letter to Iranian leaders, drafted by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) and signed by 47 Republican Senators, that warns any nuclear deal President Barack Obama signs may be voided by a future administration or Congress if it is not ratified by the Senate. Since they have brought the “t-words” into the debate, it is worth examining the case against Obama himself, which is far more damning.
by Joel B. Pollak11 Mar 2015, 6:15 AM PST0

Just like the short-lived television program “Kids Say the Darndest Things,” so too does Vice President Joe Biden.
by James Zumwalt11 Mar 2015, 6:11 AM PST0

Pregnant Chinese nationals have reportedly been coming to the United States for decades in order to give birth and claim U.S. citizenship for their children. Many newly-rich Chinese have done so not only to secure the benefits and protections that come with U.S. citizenship, but also, according to court documents and media reports, as a show of wealth and status.
by Michelle Moons11 Mar 2015, 5:48 AM PST0

Iran elects hardliner to head Assembly of Experts; Greece’s deflationary spiral continues with consumer prices down 2.2%; European Central Bank tries desperate measure to fight deflation
by John J. Xenakis11 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

It beggars belief (or would do, if we were not so inured to our leaders’ betrayal of Britain) that a self-styled “Conservative”-led Government is planning to cut our armed forces even further. By any sane rationale, the most urgent task
by Gerald Warner11 Mar 2015, 2:25 AM PST0

NBC News reports the latest ISIS recruitment video features “two deaf and mute fighters communicating in sign language in what analysts said was an attempt to demonstrate ‘normal’ life for everyone under the brutal terrorist group’s domination.”
by John Hayward10 Mar 2015, 9:08 PM PST0

A French Policewoman and four others have been arrested on suspicions that they were linked to Amedy Coulibaly, the jihadi gunman who carried out an attack on a Kosher supermarket in Paris in January.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 8:34 PM PST0

The Saudi Arabian government has responded with fury to suggestions that its jailing and vicious punishment of a liberal activist was in any way unjustified.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 8:08 PM PST0

Military forces from Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon have now encircled Boko Haram forces and are trying to capture the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, alive.
by AWR Hawkins10 Mar 2015, 8:02 PM PST0

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi sat down with Fox News’s Bret Baier on Monday and discussed a variety of issues concerning the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.
by Jordan Schachtel10 Mar 2015, 7:38 PM PST0

WASHINGTON—Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-NC), the chairman of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, released a manual to help Americans prepare for terrorist attacks and cyber crimes.
by Edwin Mora10 Mar 2015, 5:34 PM PST0