Annals of the Arab Spring: al Qaeda Launches from Egypt to Attack Israel By Andrew C. McCarthy http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/275131 Tension is mounting as Israel comes to grips with the new reality of Islamist Egypt. On Thursday, a team of 15 to 20 armed al Qaeda terrorists (members of the Palestinian Popular Committees, an al Qaeda affiliate) snaked […]
http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ But after the decline and fall of the Arab Spring into tyranny and brutality, there are no other arguments to make. None that can avoid the central issue of Islam. And none that can shift the blame to us. It was only three months ago that you could hardly open a newspaper without encountering […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2011/08/israels.html Islam divides the world into the Dar al Harb (the land of war) and Dar al Salaam (the land of peace). n Israel the great divide is between the “Peace” Camp (PC) and “War” Camp (WC). Of course there are many people who are not part of either camp. Let’s call them the uncommitted. […]
Page Printed from: http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2011/08/lies_lead_to_murder_the_new_york_times_and_the_crown_heights_riots.htm The riots in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in the summer of 1991, started after a Hasidic Jewish man accidentally swerved his car onto a sidewalk and fatally injured a black youngster named Gavin Cato. Claiming that the Jews were receiving preferential medical treatment at the scene of the accident, residents of the […]
Why Hasn’t the Economic Recovery that Obama Promised Happened? Posted By Roger Kimball URL to article: http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerkimball/2011/08/20/why-hasnt-the-economic-recovery-that-obama-promised-happened/ Part of the answer came in the mail yesterday. Something called “Quicken Loans” (“Engineered,” the letter promised, “to Amaze™”) arrived with the rest of the junk mail offering me an “excellent refinance opportunity.” It turns out that I’m […]
At noon on August 15,Emperor Hirohito on a record reading the Imperial Rescript on the Termination of the War, was broadcast: … Despite the best that has been done by everyone—the gallant fighting of the military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of Our servants of the State, and the devoted service of Our […]
A VERSION OF THIS APPEARS IN THE WASHINGTON TIMES AUGUST 22 Daddy’s sugar bowl empties It’s our tradition to control, like Erich Honecker and Helmut Kohl, remember him from the Ukraine to the Rhone. Sweet home uber alles, Lord, I’m coming home.yah Come on, Sugar Daddy, bring me home. — ‘Hedwig and the Angry […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/19/obama-made-them-hate-us/ A new Zogby poll, “Arab Attitudes, 2011,” has revealed that President Obama’s charm offensive in the Arab world has failed. After he promised to restore America’s international reputation, not only does the Arab world hate America more under Mr. Obama than it did under President George W. Bush, it even hates Mr. Obama – […]
http://mobile.thehill.com//news-by-subject/defense-homeland-security/177639-ten-years-after-911-report-details-gaps-in-intelligence-networks Nearly 10 years after the 9/11 attacks U.S. intelligence agencies are still struggling to strengthen the information sharing networks that broke down in 2001, according to the latest report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). “Counterterrorism requires the close coordination of intelligence and law enforcement agencies, but there remain many institutional and procedural issues […]
http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Opinion/Article.aspx?id=234359 The most common question I get asked by Americans and Israelis alike since making aliya one year ago is a uniformly incredulous and perplexed “Why?” Fair question. After all, I’m not remotely religious; had a relatively successful career back in New York City; a luxury apartment on the 26th floor in a whiteglove, marble-floored, […]
