For Immediate Release: February 1, 2011 Contact: Anne Bayefsky info@eyeontheun.org Egypt Protests: Will the Real Mohammed ElBaradei Please Stand Up? In the name of democratic reform, Mohammed ElBaradei is doing his best to appear as the annointed one to succeed Egyptian President Hosni Mubarek, should the government fall. In reality, ElBaradei has more in common […]
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/02/01/jordans-king-sacks-government-in-wake-of-protests/?icid=main%7Chtmlws-main-n%7Cdl2%7Csec3_lnk1%7C198543 Jordan’s King Fires Cabinet Amid Protests Jamal Halaby AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan’s King Abdullah II, bowing to public pressure, fired his government on Tuesday and tasked a new prime minister with quickly boosting economic opportunities and giving Jordanians a greater say in politics. The country’s powerful Muslim opposition, which had demanded the dismissal of […]
“Non-Extremist” Muslim Brotherhood Warns “Prepare for War with Israel” Posted By Jeff Dunetz http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/01/31/non-extremist-muslim-brotherhood-warns-%e2%80%9cprepare-for-war-with-israel%e2%80%9d-4/print/ According to Egyptian opposition leader Mohamed El Baradei the idea that the Muslim Brotherhood, which gave birth to the terror organizations Hamas, al Qaeda and in the United States CAIR, is in no way an extremist organization and any thought in […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8570/pub_detail.asp Ronald Reagan: The One Man Tea Party Ruth King February 6th, 2011 marks the Centennial of the birth of Ronald Reagan, America’s 40th president (January 20, 1981-January 20 1989). On July 2, 2009 President Obama signed the act which set up a commission to celebrate the 100th anniversary. In the presence of Nancy Reagan, […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8574/pub_detail.asp Abbas Reveals His True Agenda Herbert London In a recent discussion of the anticipated Palestinian state Mahmoud Abbas, leader in the territory, said he “would not tolerate one single Jew in his new country, Palestine.” Speaking before journalists in Ramallah, he clearly and unequivocally noted, “We have already said completely openly, and it will […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/02/01/a-history-lesson-from-andrew-roberts/ A history lesson from Andrew Roberts Posted By Roger Kimball Here’s some food for thought from the English historian Andrew Roberts writing The Daily Beast. Hosni Mubarak might just survive the current assault on his administration. If he does, there won’t be any more invitations to Cairo for American Presidents. Turns out that even […]
http://townhall.com/columnists/CalThomas/2011/02/01/egypt_aflame “The turmoil in Egypt must not be seen in isolation from other events in the world. Neither is it an aberration. It is the next scene in a long-running play whose final act is the domination of the world by radical Islamists.” The Obama administration has been delusional in its belief that dictators and […]
Why Coptic Christians Fear a Revolution Posted By Robert Spencer http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/01/why-coptic-christians-fear-a-revolution/print/ Forgotten in all the excitement over the revolution in Egypt has been the precarious situation of Coptic Christians there. Yet just weeks ago, Copts in Egypt experienced an unprecedented reign of terror. An Islamic jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murdered twenty-two people and wounded eighty more […]
Dictatorships and Revolutions Posted By Nonie Darwish http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/31/egypt-between-dictatorships-and-revolutions/print/ The pressure in Egypt has been building for a long time and has now finally exploded – inspired by the events in Tunisia. The fact that the Egyptian government has been taken by surprise is a sign of how disconnected the regime has become from the reality […]
Middle Eastern Moment of Truth Posted By P. David Hornik http://frontpagemag.com/2011/02/01/middle-eastern-moment-of-truth/print/ Over a quarter-century Israel fought Egypt in the 1948 Independence War, the 1956 Sinai War, the 1967 Six-Day War, the 1967-1970 War of Attrition, and the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Since then, for 37 years, Israel and Egypt have not fought. This may have […]