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Obama Labels Turkey a 'Responsible' Nation

Obama Labels Turkey a 'Responsible' Nation

Today, President Obama unilaterally labeled Turkey – yes, Islamist, Israel-hating Turkey – a beacon of democracy and human rights. Here’s the full context: Nations in every part of the world have travelled this hard path. Europe – the bloodiest battlefield

Obama's 9/11/2001 Reaction Repeated in UN Speech

Obama's 9/11/2001 Reaction Repeated in UN Speech

President Barack Obama told the United Nations today that the world should respond to the wave of anti-American attacks and outrage across the Middle East by looking at the “deeper causes,” not security, and fight anti-Islamic rhetoric. It was similar

Obama on Iran: Time Not Unlimited, But No Deadlines

Obama on Iran: Time Not Unlimited, But No Deadlines

President Obama leveled yet another empty threat at Iran today at the United Nations, explaining that their “time is not unlimited.” However, Obama refused to set any red lines, and instead proclaimed that America still wanted to pursue diplomacy with

Obama: Anti-Islam Rhetoric Must Be Rejected

Obama: Anti-Islam Rhetoric Must Be Rejected

Today, President Barack Obama stated that negativity about Islam was a message that had to be rejected “by all who respect our common humanity.” Even as our ambassador in Libya is murdered by Islamists; even as Islamists in Egypt threaten

Obama to UN: It's Not My Fault Stevens is Dead

Obama to UN: It's Not My Fault Stevens is Dead

Passing the buck in dramatic fashion on the world stage, President Barack Obama told the UN General Assembly this morning that the U.S. government was not responsible for the anti-Islam video that he once again blamed for recent attacks on

Iran Ayatollah is Poster Boy for Influence in Iraq

Iran Ayatollah is Poster Boy for Influence in Iraq

(AP) Iran ayatollah is poster boy for influence in IraqBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and LARA JAKESAssociated PressBAGHDADAfter years of growing influence, a new sign of Iran’s presence in Iraq has hit the streets. Thousands of signs, that is, depicting Iran’s supreme

Afghans Hail Action over US Marines Abuse

Afghans Hail Action over US Marines Abuse

Afghanistan on Tuesday welcomed a Pentagon decision to put two US Marines on trial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters and posing for photographs with them. The Pentagon announced that Staff Sergeants Joseph Chamblin and Edward Deptola

Seven Dead as Militants Attack Iraq Security Forces

Seven Dead as Militants Attack Iraq Security Forces

Militants carried out a series of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Tuesday, killing seven police and soldiers and wounding 11, security and medical officials said. In Tarmiyah, north of the capital, militants attacked a police station with two car

Obama Vows to Keep Iran from Nuclear Weapon

Obama Vows to Keep Iran from Nuclear Weapon

President Barack Obama will tell the United Nations Tuesday that the United States will “do what we must” to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, according to excerpts from his speech. Obama was also expected to lead calls for

IRGC: We Will Attack U.S. Bases If Israel Attacks Iran

IRGC: We Will Attack U.S. Bases If Israel Attacks Iran

Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh claims an Israeli attack on Iran will lead to attacks on U.S. bases and will result in World War III. In a segment that aired on Al-Alam TV September

Obama to Address Foreign Policy Troubles in U.N. Address

Obama to Address Foreign Policy Troubles in U.N. Address

President Barack Obama will attempt to answer critics of his foreign policy in his Tuesday address to the United Nations General Assembly. White House press secretary Jay Carney on Monday said Obama would “send a clear message the United States will

Mexico legislator killed by political rival

(AP) Mexico legislator killed by political rivalMEXICO CITYProsecutors in northern Mexico say the killing a state legislator-elect earlier this month was organized by his designated substitute. The Attorney General of Sonora state says substitute state congressman Manuel Fernandez Felix hired

Report: Mexican Gangs Control Majority of Prison

Report: Mexican Gangs Control Majority of Prison

Mexican gangs control 60 percent of the country’s prisons, where they hold cell keys, punish inmates and charge for protection, a human rights report said in the wake of a mass escape. The government’s National Human Rights Commission issued the

Morsi to Address United Nations

Morsi to Address United Nations

CAIRO, Sept. 24 (UPI) —The Egyptian president is expected to discuss his country’s political transition and regional unrest during his address to the United Nations, Cairo announced. Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the first democratically elected president in Egyptian history, left

Giuliani Blasts Obama Over Israel

Giuliani Blasts Obama Over Israel

Tonight, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted President Obama’s lack of care on Israel, with special attention to Obama’s statements that Israel’s concerns about Iranian nuclear weapons were “noise”: “Relations between the U.S. and Israel under Barack Obama