As Gazans are trying to find the courage to stand up to Hamas and demand freedom and basic human rights Hamas is responding with more violence. On Saturday a gathering of students in Gaza held a protest calling for unity
New protests erupted in Syria, while violence by the Yemeni government against protestors reached unprecedented levels. Elsewhere, Saudi Arabia’s monarch combined handouts and threats to insulate his kingdom from regional unrest. The emerging pattern of bullets and bribes has characterized
From Reuters: House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Sunday called on President Barack Obama to explain the U.S. mission in Libya and how his administration intends to achieve its goals. “The president is the commander-in-chief. But the administration has
Burnt out vehicles and bodies are strewn across a strategic road on the outskirts of Benghazi after Western powers use air strikes to target Gaddafi’s forces.
A week ago, the Obama administration had no position on a no-fly zone over Libya. The situation changed rapidly, and by Thursday the administration was in favor, but was working behind the scenes, allowing Britain and France to take the
In the words of that timeless philosopher Axl Rose. “What’s so civil about war anyway?” [youtube E9VhD4SccSE] My hands are tied For all I’ve seen has changed my mind But still the wars go on as the years go by
Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, explains in his book “Al-Din wal-Siyasa” (Religion and Politics) that religion and politics in Islam are inseparable: “The Islam which was initiated by Allah did not set aside any of
UPDATE: News reports indicate that Libyan forces continue to shell the rebels. Now that the international community has decided to get tough with Gaddafi, suddenly the Crazy Colonel has announced a cease-fire. Military operations are said to have stopped. “[Libya]
Libya’s leader Mummar Gaddafi’s televised speech on Thursday, threatening that “the moment of truth had come” for Benghazi, motivated the United Nations Security Council to quickly approve a resolution permitting “all necessary means” to be used to prevent the “slaughter
Muammar Gaddafi’s forces bombarded Benghazi, the stronghold of Libya’s opposition, on Wednesday, and spread leaflets around the city suggesting to residents that they give up the fight against Gaddafi now, according to Reuters. Pro-Gaddafi forces celebrating victory in Ajdabiyah on
If you don’t believe that Obama and his administration’s over-reach on so-called climate change costs America jobs, then how to explain even Labor bailing on Obama and the Democrats? Unable to pay off the Environmental lobby through legislation, Obama’s EPA
There are a few very interesting points below headlines today claiming California residents strongly support extending the state’s once temporary tax increases via special election. Survey finds Californians back tax extensions Californians would overwhelmingly back extending temporary tax increases to
Saturday’s massive attack by Yemen’s security forces on unarmed protesters in Sanaa (see “13-Mar-11 News — Police in Yemen fire live bullets on protesters, killing three”), killing two protesters and injuring over 100, is having repercussions in the form of
Now that the west has refused to take any military action to help the rebels fighting Gaddafi, the Crazy Colonel has been emboldened. “Strike Libya?” he said in a speech yesterday. “We’ll be the ones who strikes you! We struck
The Bahrain uprising dramatically escalated on Monday, when 1,000 Saudi troops poured across the King Fahd Causeway into Bahrain to help quell protests by mainly Shia demonstrators, according to Reuters. Bahrain’s population is 2/3 Shia, but the government is led
On Thursday, Libyan authorities sent a Chinese oil tanker back to China without its intended cargo of 2 million barrels of oil, according to Reuters. The ship will go to Algeria instead, to purchase oil there. South China Sea, with
Alternate headline: “Paul Krugman Will Not Read This Article” Second alternate headline: “Paul Krugman: Lolcats > Conservatives” Over the weekend a prominent figure in the art world, a liberal, came up to a group of us from Team Breitbart following
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi, said in a television interview by Reuters that the Libyan army has been patient enough with the rebels, and implied that a full-scale assault on the rebels is at hand.
Chalk this up as one more demonstration of the competence and smart diplomacy we were told Obama was going to bring to the table. Funny how we’re so quick to offend democratic, capitalist allies, while going out of our way
Last week, the Volt, GM’s signature hybrid vehicle, turned in a lackluster performance in its first series of road tests by Consumer Reports. CR told Reuters on Monday that “when you look at the finances, [the Volt] doesn’t make any
While the world has been transfixed by the drama in Libya, a violent massacre took place in Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) last week. Laurent Gbagbo, right, and Alassane Ouattara in 2000, before they became bloody enemies. (Reuters) A group of
The Middle East is in flames, China will shortly rival our military power, trade deals needed to help our limping economy continue to lag, and the Washington Post reports the Administration is now engaged in a major diplomatic effort to
So Al Gore has come around on the policy cancer that is ethanol, even as Newt Gingrich decides that telling the truth on this would be politically inconvenient. Yet the great strategist Mr. Gingrich does not see that support for
Georgians are infuriated by the accusation by Alexander Torshin, a senior senator in Russia’s government, that the “ruling regime” of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili perpetrated the suicide terrorist bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport on January 24, killing 37 people, according
World food prices once again rose to fresh historic highs, for the eigth consecutive month. Prices rose 2.2% in one month from January to February, according to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). FAO Food Price Index – 1991
