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Why the Sochi Olympics Are an Epic Fail

The Winter Olympics have not lived up to the hype. NBC’s primetime numbers are down dramatically from the Olympics coverage four years ago. That was down 29% from the first Wednesday broadcast in Vancouver. The average of 20.8 million viewers

Why the Sochi Olympics Are an Epic Fail

Who are the Women Fighting in Syria?

For years she was a mother of 10 young children, keeping a good, Muslim home. Now she is a rebel commander with a gun, fighting, she says, for her honor and her religion. Her children battle at her side. Speaking

Who are the Women Fighting in Syria?

Radical Syrian Deletes Suicide Bombing Fatwa

A radical Syrian cleric who spent January on a U.S. fundraising tour has erased a 2001 fatwa endorsing suicide bombings from his website. The Investigative Project on Terrorism (IPT) uncovered Sheikh Mohammad Rateb Nabulsi’s fatwa last month, during his visit

Radical Syrian Deletes Suicide Bombing Fatwa

Why AIPAC is in Trouble–and Why It Matters

Richard Baehr has published a masterful analysis of the decline of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), which recently had to back away from Iran sanctions for the first time in two decades. It did so to preserve the

Why AIPAC is in Trouble–and Why It Matters

Iraqi Pipeline Attacks Raise Fears of Threat to Oil

BAGHDAD, Feb. 12 (UPI) —Fifteen soldiers were killed this week guarding an oil pipeline in northern Iraq, the first assault to involve so many casualties amid concerns an al-Qaida insurgency in western Iraq is spreading to vital oil-producing regions. Iraqi

Iraqi Pipeline Attacks Raise Fears of Threat to Oil

Hoover Institution on the Limits of Drones

The Hoover Institution at Stanford University has devoted its latest edition of Strategika, its online military history journal, to the question of drones. Drones have been important to our national security strategy since the late years of the Bush administration,

Hoover Institution on the Limits of Drones

World View: Market Plunge Revives Fear of 1929

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri picks sides among Syria’s jihadist terrorists Monday’s market plunge continues ‘that 1929 feeling’ Bitterness between U.S. and Israel increases as ‘peace process’ collapses Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri picks sides among Syria’s jihadist terrorists Al-Qaeda’s

World View: Market Plunge Revives Fear of 1929

Senators: John Kerry Suggested Arming Syrian Rebels

Two leading advocates of direct American involvement in Syria’s civil war say the Obama administration may be considering taking a greater role. Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., say Secretary of State John Kerry made blunt remarks during

Senators: John Kerry Suggested Arming Syrian Rebels

Car Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 23 People

BAGHDAD (AP) — A new series of car bombings in and around Baghdad on Monday killed at least 23 people, officials said, as Iraq’s Shiite-led government grapples with a stubborn Sunni extremist-led insurgency in the western Anbar province. In the

Car Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 23 People

Al-Qaida breaks ties with group in Syria

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s central leadership broke off ties with one of the most powerful militant groups in Syria, known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, and distanced itself from the rebel infighting in that country’s civil

Al-Qaida breaks ties with group in Syria

Palestinians Accuse Kerry of Trying to Kill Their Leader

Palestinians are gripped by a new conspiracy theory: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to assassinate their president, Mahmoud Abbas. The theory is being propagated by senior Palestinian officials and media, and one official has threatened to file

Palestinians Accuse Kerry of Trying to Kill Their Leader

Why Does John Kerry Keep Opening His Mouth?

You have to wonder at the latest John Kerry stuff-up. He’s once again offended–and worried–the Israelis by referring to terrible things that might happen to them if they don’t cooperate with his peace deal. Last time, it was terrorism. This

Report: Syria Still Has 96% of Its Chemical Weapons

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad has failed to comply with international agreements that he turn over chemical weapons, and retains some 96% of his original stockpile, hoarding them in regions controlled by his Alawite ethnic group in case the country is

Report: Syria Still Has 96% of Its Chemical Weapons

World View: Syria 'Peace Talks' End in Recriminations and Accusations

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Syria ‘peace talks’ end in recriminations and accusations Eurozone continues spiral into deflation, with 12% unemployment Three bankers commit suicide in one week Syria ‘peace talks’ end in recriminations and accusations The so-called “Geneva

World View: Syria 'Peace Talks' End in Recriminations and Accusations

Cuba's Castro Calls for Integration Free of US

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban President Raul Castro called on Latin American and Caribbean leaders Tuesday to work together on pressing regional problems at a gathering of all Western Hemisphere nations except the U.S. and Canada. In his keynote speech as

Cuba's Castro Calls for Integration Free of US