May 06, 2009 -
The Pharaoh Strikes Back
Egypt vs. Hezbollah.
by David Schenker
Anyone who has watched an Arab summit knows that the Middle East is racked with divisions.
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Jul 09, 2009 -
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Obama aide invites head of terrorist-linked org to join administration task force
By Steven Emerson
Group's ‘mainstream’ Islamist convention last weekend featured hate speech and Hezbollah Defense
A top aide to President Barack Obama provided a keynote address at last weekend's 46th Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) national convention (http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/275.pdf), a gathering that attracted thousands of people and also featured anti-Semitic, homophobic rhetoric and defense of the terrorist group Hezbollah.
In her remarks, Senior Advisor for Public Engagement and International Affairs Valerie Jarrett noted she was the first White House official to address ISNA. She spoke in general terms (http://www.isna.net/articles/News/White-House-Senior-Official-Addresses-ISNA-Convention.aspx) about interfaith dialogue and cooperation.
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Sep 29, 2009 -
By Pamela Geller
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/
Much thanks to Lt Colonel Allen West, who sent this to me erev Yom Kippur. Like Sarah Palin, West is a ganser mensch. A leader in the mold of Churchill and Patton.
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Sep 04, 2009 -
A Dangerous Delusion
We go to war to defend our interests, not to encourage democracy.
By Andrew C. McCarthy
Right after 9/11, Pres.
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Jun 03, 2009 -
Obama the Underminer
By addressing the "Muslim world" from Cairo, the president is helping Tehran.
By Lee Smith (Slate)
If President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo on Thursday is designed to hit "reset" on Washington's relations with the Muslim world, the White House may soon find that it is pushing the wrong buttons. Public diplomacy in the lands of Islam is a deeply complicated affair, and Muslims do it much better than U.S.
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Jun 04, 2009 -
Audiotapes attributed to Al Qaeda's two top leaders have sought to discredit President Obama on the eve of his much-heralded speech to the Muslim world in Cairo, declaring that he is no different from his predecessor and follows the same anti-Muslim policies.
Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden accused Obama of "antagonizing Muslims" and of "laying the foundation for long wars," said the Qatar-based TV channel Al Jazeera, which aired excerpts of the tape shortly after the American president arrived in Saudi Arabia.
A day earlier, Mr. bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Muslims not to heed Obama's "elegant" words, arguing that Obama's policies are already clear.
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Feb 08, 2008 -
Hi All,
After some earlier postings today, I thought I'd share with the group this great article from 2003 that analyzes why terrorists are not a result of poverty or lack of education. (As most terrorists are well educated, did not grow up in poverty, speak multiple languages and carry with them more world experience than most Americans, not thus are breed from fundamentalist beliefs.)
http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i39/39b01001.htm
Seeking the Roots of Terrorism
By ALAN B. KRUEGER and JITKA MALECKOVÁ
In the aftermath of September 11, 2001, a consensus quickly emerged that poverty and lack of education were major causes of terrorist acts and support for terrorism.
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Jun 14, 2009 -
Winds of Change?
Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times
Thomas L.
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Jul 17, 2009 -
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533525,00.html
A group committed to establishing an international Islamic empire and reportedly linked to Al Qaeda is stepping up its Western recruitment efforts by holding its first official conference in the U.S.
Hizb ut-Tahrir is a global Sunni network with reported ties to confessed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Al Qaeda in Iraq's onetime leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It has operated discreetly in the U.S.
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Mar 18, 2009 -
The War on Terror has arrived in Latin America, and is headed our way.
By Mario Loyola
Ronald Reagan helped to usher in a hopeful wave of democratization in Latin America. In one country after another, multi-party elections ended decades of single-party rule and military dictatorship.
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