The Waterboarding Trail to bin Laden Former CIA Director Michael Hayden said that as late as 2006 fully half of the government’s knowledge about the structure and activities of al Qaeda came from harsh interrogations. By MICHAEL B. MUKASEY Mr. Mukasey was attorney general of the United States from 2007 to 2009. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703859304576305023876506348.html Osama bin […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/266446 Hamas Mourns Osama So do the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. But that can’t be an obstacle to the peace process! It requires a keen sense of irony to write the headline that Newsweek ran last week: “The Wrath of Abbas: Fed up with stalled peace talks, the Palestinian leader defies Israel and vents about Obama.” […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6921095/an-open-letter-to-the-rt-hon-david-cameron-mp.thtml Dear Prime Minister, I was interested to read that, when you met Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, you said: ‘Britain is a good friend of Israel and our support for Israel and Israel’s security is something I have described in the past, and will do so again, as unshakeable.’ I wonder, therefore, […]
Obama’s Old Senate Seat Is Haunting Him Posted By Seth Mandel http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/06/obama%e2%80%99s-old-senate-seat-is-haunting-him-2/print/ Republicans frustrated on Election Night 2010 that the GOP was unable to win Vice President Joe Biden’s old Senate seat in Delaware were heartened later in the night when they won a more symbolic and consequential seat: President Barack Obama’s seat in Illinois. […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/06/castro-and-che%e2%80%99s-foiled-and-forgotten-911/print/ Castro and Che’s Foiled (and Forgotten) 9/11 Posted By Humberto Fontova “I’m proud of the path of Osama bin Laden,” gushed Ilich Ramírez Sánchez from a French prison in 2002. Ramirez was also known during the 1970’s as “Carlos the Jackal,” and “The World’s Most Wanted Terrorist.” In 1967, Ramirez-Sanchez was an eager recruit […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/06/a-voice-of-reason-from-an-arab-dissident/print/ A Voice of Reason from an Arab Dissident Posted By Yoel Meltzer On May 6, 2011 @ 12:05 am In Daily Mailer,FrontPage | No Comments Introduction: The following is an interview with Mudar Zahran, a Palestinian Jordanian and former political insider who fled Jordan and currently resides in England. In an open and honest […]
No Honorary Degree for Israel-Hater Tony Kushner Posted By Arnold Ahlert http://frontpagemag.com/2011/05/06/no-honorary-degree-for-israel-hater-tony-kushner-2/print/ For the first time since 1961, the City University of New York (CUNY) has rejected a candidate for an honorary degree. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner’s nomination was tabled at a meeting of the board of trustees at member college John Jay on Monday, when […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/time-for-daylight-u-s-weapons-reaching-cartel-hands-a-huge-scandal/ Time for Daylight: U.S. Weapons Reaching Cartel Hands a Huge Scandal The U.S. government has effectively allowed weaponry to reach cartels, and now uses the violence they helped cause as a gun control argument. The U.S. government is the top supplier of the most effective weapons in the narco-terrorist arsenal, a story that much […]
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/some-good-news-on-the-death-of-osama-bin-laden/ Much ink has been spilled, along with the blood of Osama bin Laden, over the last few days following the targeted killing of the arch-terrorist. Has al-Qaeda been decapitated or will it simply grow another head, or crop of heads, like the Hydra of Greek myth? Will the Islamic world react by mounting revenge […]
http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2011/05/germanys_merkel_in_hot_water_o.html Germany’s Merkel in hot water over her comment on OBL’s death Rick Moran German Chancellor Angela Merkel said when asked about the death of bin Laden, “I am glad that it was successful, the killing of bin Laden,” she said. The entire German political establishment – including the leadership of her own party – […]