Terrorism
Israeli Military Cancels Traditional Passover Break
Rough going this Passover, courtesy of the Washington Times: The Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz announced on Wednesday that all units must be on full alert during the traditional Passover holidays, though officials dismissed the idea that the decision is linked to planned military operations, Xinhua reported. IDF officials said [...]
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites
If one doesn’t bother trying to put the pieces of the puzzle that is the Middle East together, one would find the headline counterintuitive. One should read history and learn the theological ties that bind the region. Saudi Arabia considers Israel little more than an irritant and a tool they can use to whip their [...]
Exclusive footage gives rare insight into life in al Qaeda insurgency
Given how grotesquely liberal and crappy the BBC News was when I lived overseas, I wasn’t feeling too keen on giving France24 the time of day. Let’s face it; thanks to toads like Jacques Chirac, a lot of my fellow Americans, expatriates included, considered the French to be, as that lovely sorbiquet goes… ‘Cheese-eating surrender [...]
Article Roundup for June 11, 2010
Much to catch up on! Iran and the ‘Freedom Recession’ – Fouad Ajami of the Wall Street Journal comments on the wretched response of the current president to the plight of Iranian dissidents being crushed by the mullahs. The Cuckoo’s Nest – David Harsanyi of the Denver Post mocks the bitching and moaning of leftists [...]
A shocking story of Israeli survival
Wesley Pruden of the Washington Times nails it today, calling the phony anti-Semitic governments in Europe out for their “shock.” They are, at the very least, so naive as to not be worthy of their government posts, or at worst (such as in Turkey’s case) complicit in helping Hamas try to smuggle weapons into Gaza, [...]
Setting the Record Straight on Grassroots Jihadism
Scott Stewart of STRATFOR analyzes trends stemming from the failed carbomb attack perpetrated by Faisal Shahzad and possibly others.
Oliver North Confirms Big Government Report ** Intelligence Sources in U.S. & Afghanistan: Mullah Omar in Hands of Pakistan’s ISI
Charging Elephant put up this blog post and made my day. I can only hope that it’s true.
The Long and Foggy War
Liberals continue to prove what a clueless lot they are. It is as if the concept that a supporter of Al Qaeda would want to actually kill Americans indiscriminately is too mind-bogglingly unbelievable for these people to grasp. Cliff May at TownHall.com writes on The Long and Foggy War, an apt title for the left’s [...]
Che on May Day
Humberto Fontalva opines on the idiocy of Mexican-Americans who worship at the altar of Che Guevara, a man who utterly loathed them, and on the bravery shown by Tony Chao, a man who faced a martyr’s death at the hands of the cold-blooded coward who would die whimpering for his life years later.