http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/10/07/palestinian-goal-charter/ If anyone still thinks the Palestinians seek a state that will live alongside Israel in peace, they should examine the map broadcast by the Palestinian Authority’s official TV station the day after PA President Mahmoud Abbas formally applied for statehood at the UN. The station, as Palestinian Media Watch notes, is directly controlled by Abbas’ […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/10/08/noted-scholar-asks-yemeni-nobel-peace-laureate-al-qaeda-links/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Tatler THIS PRIZE ALSO WENT TO JIMMY CARTER, MOHAMMED EL-BARADEI, AL GORE, YASSER ARAFAT, AND TINY TUTU…SO WHO CARES? Noted Scholar Asks: Yemeni Nobel Peace Laureate & Al Qaeda Links? As feminists here and abroad celebrate the fact that three women won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, Middle East scholar Dr. Michael Rubin of the […]
U.S. State Dept. prevented ban on Qatar charities with terror links http://www.geostrategy-direct.com/geostrategy-direct/secure/2011/10_12/3.asp? LONDON — U.S. government documents revealed the State Department’s role in preventing sanctions on Muslim charities in Qatar for funding groups deemed terrorist. The documents pointed to allegations that the Qatari charities were helping the Palestinian movement Hamas, which since 2007 has controlled […]
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Roger F. Noriega (rnoriega@aei.org), a senior State Department official from 2001 to 2005, is a visiting fellow at AEI and managing director of Vision Americas LLC, which represents foreign and domestic clients. José R. Cárdenas (jrc@visionamericas.com) is a contributor to AEI’s Venezuela-Iran Project and an associate with Vision Americas.
Over the last several years Hezbollah and its patrons in Iran have greatly expanded their operations in Latin America to the detriment of inter-American security and US strategic interests. Today, Hezbollah is using the Western Hemisphere as a staging ground, fundraising center, and operational base to wage asymmetric warfare against the United States. Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and other anti-American governments in the region have facilitated this expansion by rolling out the welcome mats for Hezbollah and Iran. US policymakers must increase their attention to this problem, expand their assets in the region, and develop a comprehensive strategy to combat this threat in a sustained and meaningful way.
