National Security

By DANICA KIRKAAssociated PressLONDONWith the flame comes the games. After years of preparation and months of buildup, London’s Olympic moment finally arrived Friday night. Royal Marine Martyn Williams carried the Olympic torch as he rappelled down from a Royal Navy

Remember what Sen. John McCain said about Huma Abedin yesterday? “Recently, it has been alleged that Huma, a Muslim American, is part of a nefarious conspiracy to harm the United States by unduly influencing U.S. foreign policy at the Department

(AP) UN fears for safety of Iraqi refugees in SyriaBy JOHN HEILPRINAssociated PressGENEVATens of thousands of Iraqi refugees in Syria are feared to be increasing targets of violence in Syria after the discovery of an Iraqi refugee family of seven

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Violence increases in Damascus Syria, as Assad stays out of sight U.S. threatens to act independently after acrimonious U.N. vote on Syria Capital One fined $150 million for credit card fraud Israel promises retaliation

It was just this Monday that Sec. of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. and Israel are “on the same page at this moment” regarding Iran. It appears that moment has passed. For it has been reported that American and Israeli officials are “striking

In October 2010, Britain unveiled an austerity plan that scaled back the size of government, reduced welfare benefits, shrunk the size of their armed forces, and raised the retirement age for British citizens. As the LA Times reported, the plan

In the wake of the instability that has followed the Syrian opposition’s recent success in Damascus and elsewhere, President Obama reached out to Russia President Putin in an attempt to find some way to avoid a larger war. In commenting on

At a California conference on international crime held earlier this week, Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt relayed details of a visit he’d recently made to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, and of the talks he’d had with civic leaders while there. His

Jordan’s King Abdullah II told CNN on Wednesday that he is worried that Syria would become so destabilized that al-Qaeda could obtain some of the regime’s chemical weapons. Abdullah was one of the first Arab leaders to call upon Syria President,

John McCain has now denounced Michelle Bachmann for requesting that the State, Homeland Security, Defense and Justice Departments, investigate potential “policies and activities that appear to be the result of influence operations conducted by individuals and organizations associated with the

(AP) UK border guards to strike on eve of OlympicsBy JILL LAWLESSAssociated PressLONDONBorder guards at British airports will walk off the job July 26, the day before the London Olympics begin, creating an Olympic-sized logistical headache for British officials. Members

Adam Smith, Democratic representative from Washington State’s 9th district, thinks you should be afraid of a “Romney-Cheney” foreign policy doctrine and took about 900 words on ForeignPolicy.com to tell us all why.  Here is Smith’s opening paragraph. A large majority

Leftists who hate Israel can rejoice; their efforts at securing the release of a Gitmo detainee and their subsequent lionizing of him allowed him to murder five Israelis in the bombing Wednesday in Burgas, Bulgarian. The bomber has been identified

By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated PressUNITED NATIONSRussia and China again vetoed a Western-backed U.N. resolution Thursday threatening sanctions against President Bashar Assad’s government if it didn’t stop using heavy weapons in the escalating 16-month conflict. The 11-2 vote, with two abstentions

(AP) Syrian regime forces strike back after bombingBy BEN HUBBARDAssociated PressBEIRUTSyrian forces struck back against rebels Thursday with attack helicopters and shelling in Damascus, one day after an audacious rebel attack in the capital killed three leaders of the regime

(AP) Top Muslim cleric shot dead in Russia’s TatarstanBy MANSUR MIROVALEVAssociated PressMOSCOWA top Muslim cleric in Russia’s Tatarstan province was shot dead and another was wounded by a car bomb in two attacks that local leaders said were related to

The Geneva-based human rights organization UN Watch has issued a press statement criticizing the UN for failing to describe yesterday’s attack on Israeli tourists in Bulgaria as “terrorism.” The attack, which Israel blamed on Iran and which claimed seven lives,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Bombing in Damascus Syria kills much of Assad’s inner circle Another Syrian general, more army officers defect to Turkey Damascus bombing strikes stunning blow at al-Assad’s Sunni Arab extermination program David Bloom at HSBC

The U.S. Military Judge presiding over the trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his four co-defendants has suspended hearings at Guantanamo Bay “to avoid a conflict with the Muslim holy period of Ramadan.”  The judge, Army Col. James Pohl,

With President Bashar al-Assad’s regime reeling from a bomb attack that killed three top commanders, the United States turned the screw further Wednesday with sanctions against dozens of government ministers. The Treasury Department announced measures against 29 members of the

Yesterday the House reaffirmed its steadfast commitment to Israel by a voice vote on the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, S. 2165, a bill ensuring that the United States will supply Israel with arms so it can defend itself,

Thanks largely to the Laffer Curve, there are some impressive examples of failed tax increases in countries such as the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. But if there was a prize for the people who most vociferously resist

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed Iran for a terror attack on an Israeli tour bus in Bulgaria today that has claimed the lives of seven Israeli civilians, vowing that Israel will respond. The attack comes on the eighteenth anniversary of

By VESELIN TOSHKOV and ARON HELLERSOFIA, Bulgaria A bus carrying Israeli youth in a Bulgarian resort area exploded Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding at least 27 others, police and hospital officials said. Witnesses told Israeli media that

(AP) FRANKFURT, GermanyInvestors are paying for the privilege to lend Germany money as they look for a haven from the financial and economic crisis hitting the rest of Europe. Germany auctioned (EURO)5 billion ($6.14 billion) in two-year treasury notes Wednesday with