http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1841/Petraeus-Watch.aspx Petraeus Watch Written by:Diana West 7/11/2011 9:08:00 AM Gen David Petraeus: “No country has suffered more from Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida than Afghanistan.” That comment from a June interview with Military Times stopped me cold. Partly, it was the pat sweep of the superlative. But it was also the gratuitousness of […]
http://www.aim.org/guest-column/president-donates-100-billion-to-the-united-nations/ President Donates $100 Billion to the United Nations Posted By Paul L. Williams The U. S. State Department yesterday announced that the Obama Administration has agreed to contribute $4 billion to the United Nations Global Fund to fight AIDs, Tuberculosis, and Malaria from 2011 to 2013. The $4 billion represents a 38% increase over […]
I certainly wish the people of the new nation of South Sudan well. They have been serial victims of the jihads of genocidal Omar al Bashir who came to power in an Islamist coup in 1989. I also regret the shameful indifference of American legislators to the crimes against humanity committed against South Sudan including […]
Another Era of Peace and Justice for Sudan? By David Pryce-Jones http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/271541 A Sudanese novelist by the name of Tayyib Salih has retired to London. I practiced my Arabic by translating his novel Season of Migration to the North. Here is a tragic story of a Sudanese who tries to live up to the standards of […]
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/07/11/authorities-investigate-stun-gun-found-on-jet-blue-plane/ Authorities Investigate Stun Gun Found on JetBlue Plane Officials are investigating how a cell phone-sized stun gun managed to make it through security and onto a flight that landed at Newark Liberty International Airport. Authorities would not identify the passenger assigned to the seat where the gun was found, but said it wasn’t a […]
http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-presidents-half-brother-killed-south-082153548.html Afghan president’s half brother killed in south KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai’s powerful half brother, a lightning rod for criticism of deep-rooted corruption within the Afghan government, was assassinated Tuesday by a bodyguard at his home in southern Afghanistan. Ahmed Wali Karzai, the head of the Kandahar provincial council, was shot twice […]
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,druck-773631,00.html Politicians Criticize Prize for Putin According to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, which obtained internal documents relating to the prize, the Quadriga Prize committee wrote of Putin that he possesses “calculability paired with staying power,” and that he has created stability for Russia “through the interplay of prosperity, economics and identity.”The award, which is given by […]
The Peaceful Palestinian ‘Fly-In’ Lie Posted By Rick Moran URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/11/the-peaceful-palestinian-fly-in-lie/ More than 120 foreign pro-Palestinian activists were detained at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport on Friday and Saturday in connection with a long-planned “Welcome to Palestine” fly-in to protest the government’s policies toward the West Bank. The demonstration, sponsored by 15 Western Palestinian […]
Stop Talking to Wolves Posted By Bruce Thornton http://frontpagemag.com/2011/07/12/stop-talking-to-wolves/ Admiral Michael Mullen’s recent announcement that Iran is sending weapons to our enemies in Iraq, including rockets and explosively formed projectiles designed to penetrate armor, is almost a foreign policy dog-bites-man story. Ever since it declared war on the United States over 30 years ago, […]
Are We Going to Do Anything to Those Who Kill Americans? Posted By Michael Ledeen Article printed from Faster, Please!: http://pajamasmedia.com/michaelledeen At first, I thought all the statements — about Iranian support for terrorists (in both Iraq and Afghanistan) who kill Americans — were parting messages from government officials on their way out, and […]
