Foreign A’Fears Editorial: I Told You So – Yes I Did – Galganov.com The Russians think he’s a Putz. The French think he’s rude. The Germans want him to stop spending. The Indians want him to mix his nose out of their environmental business. The North Koreans think he’s a joke. The Iranians won’t acknowledge [...]
Quasi… Iraqi School Books Criticised for Sectarian Bias – IWPR Institute for War & Peace Reporting “When I study that we have to fight the unbelievers in the name of jihad, I think, ‘Will I kill Zuhair one day?’ …. Our teacher tells us it is forbidden in Islam to make friends with unbelievers,” he [...]
Busy Beez NORAD praises results of joint air defense drills with Russia | Defense | RIA Novosti "This exercise is one milestone in working together in other future efforts. Our folks are proud to be a part of such an important event and are passionate about partaking in efforts to protect our borders," Air Force [...]
Hangin' Over US AFP: Rights group fears Iran woman's execution imminent Mohammadi-Ashtiani's lawyer, Javid Kian, told HRW that the televised confession was coerced by authorities in the Islamic republic. More Depredation Of Rights In Iran | Middle East | Editorial "We… have long-standing concerns about the persecution of minorities inside Iran. It is not a [...]
Two Step SpyTalk – Ex-spies ponder N. Korean missile sale to Taliban As one former senior CIA officer put it, “You are right to distrust information on this topic, since every serious intelligence organization in the world, and certainly our own, is probably engaged in disinformation as part of a general psy-ops program.” House Votes [...]
The Collective… The Associated Press: Obama says politics to blame for immigration delay “President Obama is operating under the false assumption that Latinos are natural-born Democrats who will rally behind his policies in lockstep,” said Alfonso Aguilar, executive director of the Latino Partnership for Conservative Principles. “Latinos must not let themselves be deceived by the [...]
Naivete can cost lives – BostonHerald.com no president before has been so hopelessly naive as to telegraph to the nation’s enemies that their complete destruction is no longer an option. News Analysis – Obama’s Nuclear Strategy Intended as a Message – NYTimes.com Nonnuclear states that abide by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty would not be threatened [...]
Counterterrorism Blog: NEFA Foundation: Video of Former Gitmo Detainee-Turned-Al-Qaida Suicide Al-Ajmi was a former detainee at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who was freed from American custody and, undeterred, subsequently joined Al-Qaida’s “Islamic State of Iraq” (ISI) IRIN Asia | PAKISTANPAKISTAN: Swat women fear Taliban return | Asia | PakistanPakistan | Education [...]
Al Qaida assassination planner captured in Iraq “Iraqi forces and U.S. advisers searched two residential buildings with court warrants for an AQI cell leader and associate responsible for numerous assassinations and improvised explosive device attacks in the region,” the U.S. military said on Feb. 15. One year later, stimulus has mixed record – Washington Times [...]
EDITORIAL: Obama’s perpetual campaign mode – Washington Times According to a new Marist College survey, just 44 percent of voters approve of the job the president is doing, and independent voters view Mr. Obama negatively by a margin of 2-1. Americans clearly aren’t happy. Ayatollah: Iran’s military will ‘punch’ West – Washington Times “From a [...]