ALMOST 50% OF GERMANS AND FRENCH SEE ISLAM AS A THREAT TO NATIONAL IDENTITY

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344624/Islam-seen-threat-national-identity-half-French-Germans.html Islam now considered ‘a threat’ to national identity by almost half of French and Germans, according to new poll By Peter Allen Islam is considered a ‘threat’ by millions of French and Germans to their national identity. A poll by France’s Le Monde newspaper also found a majority in both countries believe Muslims have […]

ANOTHER LIBELOUS ARAB HOAX EXPOSED IN ISRAEL

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141524 Story about Woman Killed by Tear Gas is a Hoax, Says IDF by Gil Ronen The IDF shot down an ugly Arab hoax Monday, after it had already been propagated worldwide. The Nana-Channel 10 website reported that  a military investigation found that the woman who supposedly died when she inhaled tear gas at a […]

SUSHI ON THE SEINE: NIDRA POLLER…HOW NICE INSTEAD OF HUMMUS AND PITA AU JIHAD

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703909904576052070657400378.html?mod=WSJ_EUROPE_LnS_FoodnWine_Top Exploring Sushi on the Seine From the regularly sublime to the occasionally shameful, Japanese cuisine is making its mark on Paris By NIDRA POLLER Jiro Mochizuki, Agence Shot for The Wall Street JournalChef Koji Aida, left, and his assistant put the finishing touches on portions of pressed mackerel sushi flambé. The universal sushi/yakitori craze […]

$279,950,956,705.59 LEFT TO SPEND…IT’S TIME TO CUT THE NATIONAL CREDIT CARD

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/6/only-27995095670559-left-to-spend-554131835/ EDITORIAL: Only $279,950,956,705.59 left to spend Obama administration wants to extend the national credit line “Hard choices have to be made to save the nation. Any deal over the debt ceiling must include reform of an entitlement system that places $2.1 trillion in spending on autopilot. Unnecessary cabinet departments and programs need to be […]

TALIBAN RE”SURGE”ENT IN AFGHANISTAN

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/6/surge-fails-to-reduce-number-of-taliban-fighters/ Surge fails to reduce number of Taliban fighters By Slobodan Lekic BRUSSELS | A massive effort by U.S. and NATO forces — including offensives in the insurgent heartland and targeted assassinations of rebel leaders — has failed to dent Taliban numerical strength over the past year, according to military and diplomatic officials. A senior […]

EGYPT: WHY MUSLIM TERRORISTS SHOULD NOT BE WORRIED

Egypt: Why Muslim Terrorists Should Not Be Worried by Khaled Abu Toameh http://www.hudson-ny.org/1783/egypt-muslim-terrorists The Muslim terrorists behind the New Year church massacre in Alexandria, Egypt, must be laughing their heads off as they see and hear an increasing number of Egyptians and Arabs point an accusing finger at the Mossad and Jews. What is disturbing […]

FOREIGN POLICY: OBAMA’S ARAB SPRING? SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/06/obamas_arab_spring  Marc Lynch THESE PROTESTS ARE INCREASINGLY VIOLENT AND DRIVEN BY ISLAM….OBAMA’S ARAB SPRING MAY WELL BE LIKE JHIMMI CARTER’S IRAN SPRING…..RSK Yesterday I noted the spread of seemingly unrelated protests and clashes through a diverse array of Arab states — Tunisia, Jordan, Kuwait, Egypt. Last night, protests spread to Algeria, partly in response to […]

PENTAGON SEEKS BIGGEST CUTS SINCE 9/11

By THOM SHANKER and CHRISTOPHER DREW New York Times January 7, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/us/07military.html?hpWASHINGTON — The White House has ordered the Pentagon to squeeze almost all growth from its spending over the next five years, which will require eventually shrinking the Army and Marine Corps and seeking controversial increases in the fees paid by for retired, […]

ISRAEL’S AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN TALKS TURKEY TO ERDOGAN…GOOD FOR HIM

Lieberman op-ed: We will not be Turkey’s punching bag http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-EdContributors/Article.aspx?id=202380 “Recent outrageous remarks and events emanating from the country make it extremely hard for us to show restraint. We will react, as any other sovereign nation, to such insults and abuse.” Contrary to popular assertions, the current crisis with Turkey did not begin yesterday and […]

WHO IS RENE STADTKEWITZ? A GERMAN GEERT WILDERS?

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,737676,00.html Riding the Wave of Islamophobia The German Geert Wilders By Jochen-Martin Gutsch A former member of Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democrats has formed a party to attract voters enthralled by Thilo Sarrazin and disappointed by Germany’s existing parties. Berlin politician René Stadkewitz’s new Freedom Party aims to leverage fear of Islam for political ends. The 52 men and women meeting […]