National Security

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com RSS feeds are reinstated Egypt’s opposing camps plan large rival protests on Sunday Political drama over appointment of ElBaradei as Egypt’s PM Mohamed Morsi’s replacement in Egypt may be ‘better’ for Israel Bond yields

(AP) 30 killed in school attack in northeast NigeriaBy ADAMU ADAMU and MICHELLE FAULAssociated PressPOTISKUM, Nigeria Islamic militants attacked a boarding school before dawn Saturday, dousing a dormitory in fuel and lighting it ablaze as students slept, survivors said. At

Kenyan Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi and president of the Kenyan Episcopal Conference, joined other African leaders last week in open dismissal of President Obama’s urging to accept same-sex marriage. “Those people who have already ruined their society…let them

When the Egyptian military removed Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi from Egypt’s highest office, the cry immediately went up internationally that this was a violation of democracy.  Consider this, however: Morsi was elected President of Egypt under promises of moderation

Interim Egyptian President Adly Mansour appointed Mohamed ElBaradei, the former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as the country’s interim Prime Minister on Saturday. ElBaradei, a 2005 Nobel Prize Winner, opposed former Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak in 2011 and joined

(AFP) – The United States is “not aligned” with any political party or group in Egypt following the ouster of Islamist leader Mohamed Morsi, President Barack Obama said Saturday. Obama, who spoke with members of his National Security Council via

With former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi toppled, Egypt is once again seeing a rising tide of anti-Americanism.  As the Los Angeles Times notes, “anti-Americanism, which has long been an undercurrent here, is erupting again” as “each side accuses the United

The toppling of former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi may give rise to more radical Islamic factions in the political realm and more violent groups outside of it.  According to the Los Angeles Times, Ansar al-Shariah in Egypt has formed after

(AP) – The Popocatepetl volcano just east of Mexico City has spit out a cloud of ash and vapor 2 miles (3 kilometers) high over several days of eruptions, and Mexico City residents awoke Saturday to find a fine layer

The rifle used in the ambush that killed Hostotipaquillo police chief Luis Lucio Rosales Astorga on January 29 has been traced back to Lone Wolf Trading Company of Glendale, AZ–which is the store the ATF used to supply guns to

(AFP) – The United States has warned Americans against travel to the southern Philippines just days after Australia and Canada issued similar advice. A “security message” from the US embassy in Manila earlier this week said diplomatic staff had been

(AFP) – Gunmen believed to be Islamists from Nigeria’s Boko Haram insurgent group killed 42 people, mostly students, in an overnight attack on a secondary school in restive Yobe state, a medical worker and residents said Saturday. “We received 42

(AP) By HAMZA HENDAWI – Security forces boosted positions near a protest camp by supporters of ousted leader Mohammed Morsi as authorities Saturday plotted their next moves after violence claimed at least 36 lives across the country and deepened the

(AP) By DAVID SHARP – Nearly two-dozen Egyptians who arrived in Maine last month at a special camp aimed at helping Israeli and Arab teens overcome their differences will return home to a country that ousted its leader following the largest

(AFP) – Syria’s main political opposition on Saturday elected Ahmad Assi Jarba to lead the movement which groups opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, spokesman Khaled Saleh said. Jarba, who represents the faction of veteran secular dissident Michel Kilo and who

(AFP) – Troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad seized several buildings on the edges of rebel-held districts of Homs as they pressed an eight-day assault on the central Syrian city, activists said on Saturday. The army launched its all-out assault

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Angry ‘Day or Rejection’ protests in Egypt lead to dozens killed Egypt’s coup deals a blow to Syria’s Muslim Brotherhood U.S. employment shifts from full-time to part-time Britain’s National Health Service moves in opposite

Much debate surrounds President Barack Obama’s refusal to label the Egyptian coup a “coup.” Doing so would have legal implications for U.S. aid to Egypt, which is one of the administration’s few remaining points of leverage. The Egypt case contrasts

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has reportedly observed to colleagues that Secretary of State John Kerry has no friends, according to a new book about Washington D.C.’s permanent political class.  The Washington Post obtained an advance copy of New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich’s book, This

According to an AP report, Obama met with his national security team for discussions prior to the start of the July 4 fireworks celebration in Washington, DC. The topic–what to do or not do regarding Egypt. The meeting was used

How typical of the French: As they lambast America for its behavior, a report emerges that the French practice the very behavior they condemn in others. At the U.S. ambassador’s July 4 garden party, French Interior Minister Manuel Valls ripped

UPDATE: Reuters reports death toll at 17. (AP) By MAGGIE MICHAEL, SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH – A Health Ministry official says 10 people have been killed and 210 wounded in clashes around the country involving opponents and backers

The U.S. State Department has “quietly” suggested talks with Iran based on “mutual respect.”  According to Fox News, the suggestion came just 24 hours after the Obama administration placed new sanctions on Iran.  State Department spokesman Alan Eyre offered the

Pope Francis’ first encyclical, released on Friday, is actually, as he himself described it, the work of “four hands.” A joint effort by himself and his predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the papal letter, entitled Lumen Fidei which, in Latin,