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What If Obama's Wrong?

Over the weekend, President Obama repeated in connection with the 9/11 observances a now-familiar incantation: “We are not at war against Islam. We are at war against terrorist organizations that have distorted Islam or falsely used the banner of Islam.”

WH Spokesman: Obama is 'Committed Mainstream Christian'

Here is a sampling of President Obama’s pastor of twenty years, and the “Mainstream Christianity” he professed: Bill Press, the man who recently likened Glenn Beck and his followers to Al Qaeda, asked White House Spokesman Joe Gibbs whether President

A Few Lines for Obama's Iraq Speech

Tonight President Obama will be giving a speech with Iraq as a major theme and I have just two words that he really ought to include. Thank You. And that ought to be addressed to George W. Bush. He should

Arab Opinion on the Ground Zero Mosque

Our expatriate Russian correspondent Russkiy has translated some reader input from the website of the BBC’s Arabic-language service. He says: The BBC has questioned Arab readers on their views with regard to the Cordoba Initiative and the noise it has

Yemen New Target in Terror War

U.S. officials believe al Qaeda in Yemen is now collaborating more closely with allies in Pakistan and Somalia to plot attacks against the U.S., spurring the prospect that the administration will mount a more intense targeted killing program in Yemen.

Al Qaeda Interrogation Tapes Found

The CIA has tapes of 9/11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh being interrogated in a secret overseas prison. Discovered under a desk, the recordings could provide an unparalleled look at how foreign governments aided the U.S. in holding and questioning suspected terrorists.

America's Untapped Resource

Former head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yasser Arafat was caught on more than one occasion speaking peacefully in English while preaching hate in Arabic. As a former member of the PLO, Walid Shoebat insists that such tactics are

The Islamic Enemy We Won't Identify

After Pearl Harbor was attacked, the United States declared war on Japan within hours. The enemy was demonized and vilified; it served to channel this nation’s collective anger in the most productive direction. Ultimately, it paid off in victory. Another

France 'Declares War on Al Qaeda'

Thus reports the Christian Science Monitor. Question: Aren’t they about nine years late? “Prime Minister Francois Fillon said France is ‘at war with Al Qaeda’ after the announced killing of a French hostage by an Al Qaeda affiliate in Mali.

France Declares War on Al Qaeda

President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed on Monday to punish al Qaeda’s north African wing after confirming the death of a 78-year-old French hostage kidnapped in Niger.

The Ground Zero Mosque's Dubious Champions

By now, a growing number of Americans have heard about the 13-story, $100 million megamosque planned for the immediate proximity of Ground Zero, thanks in part to recent appeals by Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, the Southern Baptists’ Richard Land and

The Hit List: Nine Infidels in the Crosshairs

A few weeks ago Al Qaeda published the first issue of a glossy magazine called Inspire. Anwar al-Awlaki — the fugitive Yemeni-American imam who provided spiritual guidance to the Lap Bomber and the Killer Shrink of Fort Hood, among others

WaPo's William Arkin Blamed America for 9/11 Attacks

The Washington Post has published massive amounts of secret intelligence material in the interests, they say, of improving US national security. The two authors, Dana Priest and William Arkin, complain about a national security enterprise that has grown by leaps

WaPo: What's Really Behind the Story

The Washington Post has published massive amounts of secret intelligence material in the interests, they say, of improving US national security. The two authors, Dana Priest and William Arkin, complain about a national security enterprise that has grown by leaps