Tag: Iran

It probably has something to do with the fact that the Iranian mullahs are willing to be as brutal as necessary to stay in power. Reuters is reporting that a Dutch citizen arrested after the Iranian protests of 2009 has

Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami in his Friday Sermon in Iran declared that the social unrest in Egypt and elsewhere is a continuance of the 1979 Iranian revolution and is inspired by Islamists. Here is a translated summary courtesy of MEMRI: “In

Reports that the Obama Administration may be secretly backing the protests in Egypt is troubling on several levels. First, there is the obvious fact that no one can ultimately direct and control social protests. Once they begin, they can quickly

Now that new START has been ratified by the US Senate and is apparently close to ratification by the Russian government, it might be useful to ask “What is the Future of Nuclear Arms Control?” Most Americans would think that

Today the Egyptian regime faces its gravest threat since Anwar Sadat’s assassination 30 years ago. As protesters take to the street for the third day in a row demanding the overthrow of 82-year old President Hosni Mubarak, it is worth

Events are moving rather quickly. Police have arrested leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, five former members of parliament, and they’ve disrupted internet service. The latter is because the evidence is pretty strong that Facebook and Twitter have been very powerful

Catherine Ashton of the European Union paid a visit to Iran. Apparently she was too hot to handle for Iranian censors. Here’s a photo of that visit from Reuters: And here’s same scene, with a different neckline, published in the

We reported earlier that Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, had converted to Islam. Now she is touring Muslim countries with a radical group called Viva Palestina demanding that her in-law by tried for the invasion

South Sudan is posed to become Africa’s newest country following this month’s independence vote. But Sudan’s Islamist government and its Iranian ally may not let the south break away without a fight. Just as it has done in Lebanon, Iraq,

Anti Semitism is on the rise fueled by growing anti Israel rhetoric. Just a few weeks ago, a former European Commissioner and a prominent Dutch politician, Frits Bolkestein, called on orthodox Jews to leave Holland because of “the anti-Semitism among

I recently sat down with Ilan Mizrahi, former Deputy Director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, to discuss the threats gathering against Israel. Mizrahi In Part 2 today, Mizrahi, who was also head of Israel’s National Security Council from 2006-2008, describes

Big Peace contributor Ted Galen Carpenter has an important piece at the National Interest where he assesses Iraq then and now. He argues that however you want to slice it, the war has made us worse off. He makes some

Here’s the full statement released at the close of President Hu’s visit to Washington, along with some snarky editorial comments. It’s long on claims of progress, short on actual solutions to festering problems. I’ve put in bold those passages was

This is still breaking so we anticipate updates later tonight or tomorrow morning. A showing of the documentary on Iran’s nuclear and world domination ambitions, “Iranium,” was planned to be shown tonight at 7 pm at the Free Thinking Film

The word that conservatives most associate with President Barack Obama is “socialism.” But moving up quickly should be “appeasement.” This description of the Obama Administration’s plans for China President Hu’s visit from the AP says it all: “Chinese leader Hu

Church bombings kill scores in Iraq, Nigeria and Egypt. Iran rounds up dozens of Christians for allegedly being “hard-liners” who threaten the Islamic republic. An Egyptian police officer opens fire on a crowded train, targeting only the Christian passengers. For

Several new reports illustrate how Iran and Syria continue to aid terrorist groups that target Israeli civilians by providing weapons and terrorist training to jihadist organizations on Israel’s borders. In Gaza, Hamas and other terror groups have fired thousands of

As President Obama was declaring France as our best and closest ally (doesn’t he read history?), former President George W. Bush was quietly giving thanks to our real friends. Note my emphasis on “quietly” and “real.” While President Obama seems

This is one of those days where there is just to much great content to post just one segment of Secure Freedom Radio. The influence of Iran, Syria, and Hezbollah in Lebanon has come to a breaking point in the

Simply by virtue of being married to Bill, being a woman, and being as left-wing and progressive as Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton gets a pass on pretty much everything. The media swoon over what a trailblazer she’s been, how brilliant

In the beginning the United States governed its place in the world by the perception of strategic vulnerability to hostile influences from nations in Europe. George Washington played for time for the nation, initially unsafe at home, to recruit its