http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/25/chinese-jets-chase-us-surveillance-jet-over-taiwan/ Two Chinese warplanes intercepted an American spy plane over the tense Taiwan Strait last month in China’s most aggressive challenge to U.S. surveillance flights since a 2001 collision that touched off an international crisis. According to defense officials, the intercept took place June 29. The two Chinese jets flew from a base in China […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/25/arab-spring-dreams-dying-amid-violence/ The hopes for democracy that bloomed in the “Arab Spring” are drying up in a long, hot summer of crackdowns, civil war and continuing protests. In Syria, President Bashar Assad’s security forces continue to gun down protesters as his army assaults neighborhoods in Damascus and other cities. Egypt remains under the military’s tight control, […]
http://EconWarfare.org MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA SAUDI ARABIA ITEM 1: FINANCIAL TIMES: Alwaleed backs under-fire Murdochs http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/101b1844-b60d-11e0-8bed-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1T90E3guN ITEM 2: FINANCIAL TIMES: Saudi banks end private lending aversion http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5338f966-b5e5-11e0-8bed-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1T90E3guN ITEM 3: JIHAD WATCH: Saudi King tells youth that “true Islam” is not terrorism http://www.jihadwatch.org/2011/07/saudi-king-tells-youth-that-true-islam-is-not-terrorism.html SOUTH ASIA IRAN ITEM 4: CUTTING EDGE NEWS: Iran’s Double-Talk […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10029/pub_detail.asp Somali People Suffer from Islamist Cruelty and Famine Jim Kouri, CPP Somalia’s terror group Al Shabaab has reneged on lifting its ban on aid agencies and has accused those who speak out about the famine of engaging in “sheer propaganda”. The United Nations in New York on Wednesday said several areas in Somalia are suffering from a deadly famine after the Horn of Africa nations experienced the worst drought in […]
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.10024/pub_detail.asp Decades ago Marshall McLuhan observed, “The medium is the message.” As the print and electronic media penetrate more and more every aspect of life, their influence increases greatly in shaping views and behavior of the public. The power of the media is a mixed blessing. On one hand, it can serve to expose injustices, […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903554904576460753316043800.html The Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness A welfare state that led to permanent austerity would betray the principles that have made American culture exceptional. By ARTHUR C. BROOKS “No one deserves our political support today unless he or she is willing to work for as long as it takes to win the […]
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/07/25/rick_perry_eyes_late_august_campaign_launch_110695.html’; Texas Gov. Rick Perry is all but certain to launch a presidential campaign and is nearing an announcement set for the second half of August, according to sources familiar with his political team’s planning. For months, Republican activists, donors, elected officials, and even voters have dithered about their choices in the 2012 presidential primary […]
http://www.prudenpolitics.com Lost in the sturm and drang, the clanging of the background music, the thunder of approaching doom and the pipsqueakery of the politicians, the wringing of hands and the decrying of partisanship, is the reality that this is exactly how the political system is meant to work. Debate, argument and contention are what […]
A growing Muslim enclave outside of the city is a hotbed of crime and Sharia. Taken together, two seemingly unrelated news stories from Norway paint a grim picture of that city’s future. http://pajamasmedia.com First, you need to know that Oslo is a sprawling, low-lying city, more of a small-scale Los Angeles than a small-scale […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/breaking-iran-we-have-no-option-but-to-destroy-israel/?print=1 (BREAKING) Iran: ‘We Have No Option but to Destroy Israel’ Posted By ‘Reza Kahlili’ In reaction to the recent assassination of Iranian scientist Dariush Rezaiinejad, chief commander of the Basij Brigadier General Mohammad-Reza Naghdi stated [1]: The main plot for this criminal act was conceived by the American government, and since it is scared […]
