COMEDY CENTRAL CAVES TO TERRORISM

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/26/comedy-central-caves-to-terrorism/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_must-read-stories-today EDITORIAL: Comedy Central caves to terrorismTHE WASHINGTON TIMES If the war against Islamic extremism were left to Comedy Central, it would have been lost by now. The network’s decision to censor last week’s episode of “South Park” depicting Muhammad was an act of unilateral surrender in the face of violent jihadist threats. “South Park” […]

NY MAN WITH CAB LICENSE ZAREIN AHMEDZAY PLEADS GUILTY TO SUBWAY PLOT

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/23/ny-man-pleads-guilty-plot-bomb-nyc-subway/print/   N.Y. man pleads guilty in subway plot     Tom Hays ASSOCIATED PRESS    NEW YORK (AP) — A man said Friday that a plan to attack the New York City subway system was ordered by al Qaeda leaders two years ago while he was in Pakistan with a friend, a former airport […]

THE “SURGE” IN IRAQ: DEADLIEST BLAST OF THE YEAR

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/apr/23/bombs-target-anti-us-clerics-office-killing-25/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_must-read-stories-today   BAGHDAD (AP) — The bloodiest day of the year in Iraq left at least 69 people dead in a series of bombings in mainly Shiite areas Friday — concerted attacks seen as demonstrating the resilience of the Sunni-led insurgency after the slaying of two al-Qaida leaders last weekend. No one has taken responsibility […]

COMMANDER ON THE GROUND VS REALITY ON THE GROUND….PLEASE READ

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1370/-Commander-on-the-Ground-vs-Reality-on-the-Ground.aspx         “Commander on the Ground” vs. Reality on the Ground Apr 23 Written by: Diana West Friday, April 23, 2010 7:15 AM  John Bernard, a 26-year veteran of the US Marine Corps who blogs at Let Them Fight or Bring Them Home, has posted an extremely important report from Afghanistan, which […]

US “CONCERNED” AS IRAN ROLLS OUT SURVEILLANCE AND ATTACK UAV’S

NO URL…..APRIL 28TH MILITARY NEWS NICOSIA — Iran’s Defense Ministry has overseen the development and production of both reconnaissance and combat UAVs over the last year. Officials said the UAVs also include rotary-wing vehicles that could be deployed in urban warfare missions.  “These aircraft would be used for operations as well as surveillance, which means […]

STEPHEN WALT: “IT’S NOT DUAL LOYALTY…IT’S A CONFLICT OF INTEREST”

http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/04/02/on_dual_loyalty   On “dual loyalty” Posted By Stephen M. Walt Friday, April 2, 2010 – 1:05 PM Share Last week, the online journal Politico published a story by reporter Laura Rozen on certain divisions within the Obama administration on Middle East policy. What made the story especially explosive was a quotation from an unnamed administration […]

NEWT GINGRICH; HOW AMERICA BECAME A “SECULAR-SOCIALIST”MACHINE

http://www.aei.org/article/101958   Articles & Commentary   How America Became a “Secular-Socialist Machine”   By Newt Gingrich   Washington Post Friday, April 23, 2010   An April 14 op-ed by Norman J. Ornstein, “The great ‘socialist’ smear,” argued that to those “outside the partisan and ideological wars,” it is “bizarre” to accuse the Obama administration of […]

12 YEAR OLD SAUDI GIRL WINS DIVORCE FROM 80 YEAR OLD MAN

“Part of the difficulty in imposing marriage age restrictions in this strictly religious society is attributable to the fact that Islam’s most revered figure, the Prophet Muhammad, himself wed a 9-year-old girl.” http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/12-year-old-saudi-girl-wins-divorce-from-80-year-old-husband/19450389 12-Year-Old Saudi Girl Wins Divorce From Husband, 80  David Knowles Writer AOL News (April 22) — In a case that could spur […]

TALKING FROM THE WALL: MARILYN PENN

http://politicalmavens.com/index.php/2010/04/22/talking-from-the-wall/ Talking From The Wall By Marilyn Penn (bio) The exhibition on Henri Cartier-Bresson currently at MOMA is a vast retrospective of the photographer’s work as he traveled around the world documenting pivotal and marginal events with equal attention and artistry. As most people are aware by now, Cartier-Bresson formulated the concept of seizing the […]

WHAT COMES AFTER THE DEATH OF THE MIDEAST PEACE PROCESS? YOUSSEF IBRAHIM

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.6052/pub_detail.asp   What’s Comes after Death of Mideast Peace? Youssef M. Ibrahim It is not easy to belittle Aaron David Miller’s renunciation of what he described as ‘’False Religion of the Mideast Peace’’ in his essay published in Foreign Policy. Framed in impeccable logic with unchallenged knowledge from a man who more than any other […]