http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100224/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iraq_al_sadr_s_comeback Anti-American bloc gains ground ahead of Iraq vote By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, Associated Press Writers Hamza Hendawi And Qassim Abdul-zahra, Associated Press Writers Wed Feb 24, 2:42 pm ET BAGHDAD – The political movement of Iraq’s best-known anti-American cleric has emerged as a major contender in next month’s national elections, raising the […]
He was selected by Princess Diana as her legal representative in her divorce from Prince Charles. He represented Deborah Lipstadt, successfully defending her, with Richard Rampton QC, against a libel suit brought against her by Holocaust denier David Irving. He is a senior consultant for the London law firm Mishcon de Reya. Julius is known […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/5799641/dubai-the-mystery-deepens.thtml A man of rare courage Thursday, 25th February 2010 I have been following for some time the remarkable journey of Mosab Hassan Yousef, about whom I wrote here last year. Yousef, the son of a Hamas leader, renounced not just terrorist violence but his family and his faith to become a Christian and move […]
Republicans: Beware the Trap of ‘Limited’ Reforms Posted By Paul Hsieh President Obama attempted to revive his faltering health care initiative by releasing a revised version of his plan [1] on Monday. But as Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute noted, the president’s basic approach remains to “Tax, Spend, Regulate, Mandate [2] — i.e., to […]
Freedom’s Edge Video Killer Thriller In Dubai Claudia Rosett, 02.25.10, 12:01 AM ET Rarely has Big Brother been so generous with his video clips. Last week Dubai authorities released surveillance camera footage of 11 suspects wanted for the assassination of a top Hamas terrorist, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, found dead in his room on Jan. 20 in […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/25/hillary-clinton-political-fights-hurt-us-image//print/ Clinton: Political fights hurt U.S. image Nicholas Kralev President Obama’s diminished political power as a result of fights between the White House and Congress has damaged both his and the country’s image abroad, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday. Even as she thanked Congress for its bipartisan support for many of the […]
National Review Online Andrew C. McCarthy NR Contributing Editor February 25, 2010 4:00 A.M. http://article.nationalreview.com/426120/going-off-senator-grahams-cliff/andrew-c-mccarthy Going Off Senator Graham’s Cliff Reaching across the aisle to solve the imaginary problem of Gitmo. Closing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay is “the pragmatic thing to do.†So says Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) in remarks reported by […]
Iran: US should stay out of Mideast affairs AP – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and Syrian President Bashar Assad review the honor guard …  By ALBERT AJI, Associated Press Writer Albert Aji, Associated Press Writer – 33 mins ago DAMASCUS, Syria – The United States should pack up and leave the Middle East and stay out of regional […]
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmYzNzM5ZmJiMWQ3N2U1YmU0YzYwZWU2NGFmNDdkOTk= Who Are the Gitmo 9? [Andy McCarthy] The Obama administration, and Holder’s Justice Department in particular, have a knack for making a bad thing worse. Their typical scandal pattern is: (a) make bold pronouncements about unprecedented transparency, (b) show a little leg, and then (c) stonewall, after which (d) White House chief of staff […]
ISRAEL AND “PALESTINE†NOT TRAGEDY, BUT AN ABSURD DRAMA IN MANY ACTS 24 February 2010 Credo quia absurdum. “I believe because it is absurd.†Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains officially on record in favor of a Palestinian state, but only if the new Arab state is “demilitarized.†Naturally, any such notion of demilitarization will […]
