National Security

According to a U.S. defense official speaking on the condition of anonymity, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government is moving chemical weapons components for what some fear may be a strike against the Syrian opposition.  Apparently, the movement of the components

China urged North Korea on Monday not to go ahead with a plan for its second rocket launch of 2012, with Moscow saying any such move would violate restrictions imposed by the U.N. Security Council. North Korea’s state news agency

The French economy is struggling, data showed on Monday, with manufacturing still contracting in November and auto sales down by a fifth. The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a leading indicator compiled by the Markit research firm, put the French manufacturing

(Reuters) – Suspected Islamist fighters went on the rampage in northeast Nigeria overnight, killing 10 Christians with guns and machetes and burning down their houses, witnesses said on Sunday. The attack happened in a village called Chibok, in a remote

(AP) British government challenges Abu Qatada rulingLONDONThe British government is challenging a court ruling that it cannot deport to Jordan the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, who has been described by prosecutors as a key al-Qaida operative in Europe. Britain’s

Pope Benedict XVI will join Twitter from December 12, with regular tweets in eight languages from the account @pontifex just in time for Christmas, the Vatican said on Monday. The account already has 2,435 followers, with numbers rising quickly immediately

Following last week’s U.N. vote to recognize Palestinian statehood, Obama seems to have taken the position that it’s somebody else’s problem to deal with going forward.  Thus the White House not only shrugs off any desire to punish the Palestinian

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com High police support for Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party Failure of America’s global anti-nuclear policies Israel withholds tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority High police support for Greece’s neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party The Golden

(AP) AP IMPACT: China overtaking US as global traderBy JOE McDONALD and YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business WritersSEOUL, South KoreaShin Cheol-soo no longer sees his future in the United States. The South Korean businessman supplied components to American automakers for a decade.

As protesters continue to gather in Cairo’s Tahrir square to oppose Mohamed Morsi’s power grab, reports allege the Muslim Brotherhood is paying thugs to break up the protests by “beating up” male protesters and “sexually assault women.” Protesters claim there

The Arab Spring is bearing more bitter fruit in Tunisia, as fanatical Islamic Salafists prepare to take over the country. It has been almost two years since the Jasmine Revolution brought down the government, and last week there were more

Finally, those in the West can take their blinders off. Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas has taken off the veil and articulated what the real war is between Islam and the West: not a war over the land of Israel

Suspected members of the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram set fire to churches and border posts in northeastern Nigeria on Sunday, residents said, but it was not immediately known if there were casualties. Around 50 gunmen in cars and on

The UN is now echoing noted libertine-turned-martyr Sandra Fluke: the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) recent State of World Population report states that access to contraception is a “universal human right.” Where do you start in attacking this tripe from

Yesterday, Obama-approved Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood president Mohammed Morsi declared that he would have a referendum on December 15 to greenlight the newly rammed-through draft constitution that enshrines Shariah law in Egypt. Morsi has bought the support of the military via

(Reuters) – Protests by Islamists allied to President Mohamed Mursi forced Egypt’s highest court to adjourn its work indefinitely on Sunday, intensifying a conflict between some of the country’s top judges and the head of state. The Supreme Constitutional Court

European finance ministers regroup in Brussels on Monday for two-day talks focused as much on EU-wide problems installing cross-border banking supervision as on eurozone bailouts. After a string of emergency Eurogroup gatherings that finally resulted in a deal last week

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Sunday urged Israel to annul plans to build 3,000 new settler homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, saying it would be “an obstacle to peace”. Israel revealed plans to build the

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 2 (UPI) —Three Afghan soldiers and two civilians were killed Sunday when Taliban suicide bombers attacked a military base in eastern Afghanistan, the military said. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China’s neighbors express alarm over militant new South China Sea policy China conducts drills to prepare for new military policy in South China Sea Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians rally to support Morsi and

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has never been a friend to Israel. Today, speaking at the 2012 Saban Forum on US-Israel Relations, a liberal organization, she railed against Israel for supposed insensitivity, lack of empathy, and lack of generosity with

The Iranian military recently announced that its “scientists” had created a drone program that successfully built the first Iranian drone capable of vertical takeoff and landings. The Mullahs also released a photo to prove to the world that they had

Speaking to an audience at Oxford University on Friday, the Pentagon’s top lawyer Jeh Johnson signaled the Obama administration may soon transition from handling terrorism as an act of war to handling it as a criminal matter. Johnson broached this

On November 20, during a summit meeting at Phnom Penh where President Obama intended to push a Trans-Pacific partnership excluding China, the tables were turned and China, India, Japan, South Korea, and others announced a partnership that excludes the U.S.

By JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONThe war on terror is not an endless conflict and the U.S. is approaching a “tipping point” after which the military fight against al-Qaida will be replaced by a law enforcement and intelligence operation, the Pentagon’s top