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2011

DIANA WEST: GLOBAL DHIMMITUDE

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1695/Global-Dhimmitude.aspx Global Dhimmitude Written by: Diana West Caroline Glick wrote a column this month to explain what she calls “Israeli indifference to democratic currents in Arab societies” — an apparent paradox, it seems, to American naifs who believe that a functioning ballot box is all a society needs to join the fraternity of enlightened nations […]

ARABIAN CHUTZPAH? IRAQ WANTS COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGES

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110217/wl_nm/us_iraq_usa_damages Baghdad wants U.S. to pay $1 billion for damage to city BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s capital wants the United States to apologize and pay $1 billion for the damage done to the city not by bombs but by blast walls and Humvees since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein. The city’s government issued […]

A FEW MORE POINTS ABOUT TEAPARITES AND THE PATRIOT ACT: ANDREW McCARTHY

One Last Patriot Point[1] February 17, 2011 10:05 A.M. By Andrew C. McCarthy Some reader responses and emailers argue that the GOP defectors should be cut slack because they voted against reauthorization not because they opposed the Patriot Act provisions at issue but to defend the principle that all bills should make time for debate […]

IS OBAMA IGNORING ISLAMIST DANGER? DANIEL MANDEL AND MORTON KLEIN

http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/22891/ Opinion: Obama’s Egypt Response: Is He Ignoring Islamist Danger Morton A. Klein and Daniel MandelIt is a shocking contrast: When Iranians protested an American enemy — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s regime — President Barack Obama said nothing for days and refused to intervene. Now, when Egyptians protested an American ally — Hosni Mubarak’s regime — Obama […]

MOSLEM STUDENTS ASSOCIATION PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO…..READ THE WORDS

http://pajamasmedia.com/tatler/2011/02/16/video-muslim-student-association-pledges-allegiance-to-the-muslim-brotherhood/ Video: Muslim Student Association pledges allegiance to the Muslim Brotherhood Last August I reported here at Pajamas Media about the long line of Muslim Student Association (MSA) leaders who have been involved and convicted in terrorist plots directed at the United States (“The Muslim Student Association’s Terror Problem“). The MSA’s connection to the international […]

IN MANAMA, CAPITAL OF BAHRAIN ARMY LOCKS DOWN ATER POLICE BEAT DEMONSTRATORS

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110217/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_bahrain_protests MANAMA, Bahrain – Army patrols and tanks locked down the capital of this tiny Gulf kingdom after riot police swinging clubs and firing tear gas smashed into demonstrators, many of them sleeping, in a pre-dawn assault Thursday that uprooted their protest camp demanding political change. Medical officials said four people were killed. Hours after […]

MELANIE PHILLIPS: THE IMBECILE MEDIA AND DOUBLE STANDARDS

http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6705459/double-standards-and-an-imbecile-media.thtml Egypt is now under a military dictatorship once again with precious little prospect of true democratic reform or human rights. It has also been reported that an Islamist theocratic fanatic has been appointed to head Egypt’s Constitutional Committee. So much for all those hailing the fall of Mubarak as the brave new dawn of […]

RALPH PETERS: THE GYPPER AND THE GIPPER….SEE NOTE PLEASE

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.8748/pub_detail.asp PETERS WROTE THE FOLLOWING BLURB FOR MICHAEL SCHEUER’S NEW BOOK? “Avoiding sensationalism, this definitive, courageous, and clear-headed book allows the facts and expert analysis to do the job of educating intelligence professionals, decision-makers, and lay readers alike on the most-accomplished terrorist of modern times. Not just recommended – indispensible!” [Ralph Peters, author of Beyond […]

NEW BOOK: THE ROAD TO FATIMA…AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR MICHAEL TOTTEN

http://pajamasmedia.com/michaeltotten/ Here is a preview of the opening pages of my new book, The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel. Introduction: The Beirut Spring “We don’t want the great Syrian prison.” — Kamal Jumblatt “Rafik Hariri is the person who made Lebanon into a […]

WHEN IN DOUBT, SLAM ISRAEL: CLAUDIA ROSETT

http://pajamasmedia.com/claudiarosett/ For the Islamic despotisms of the Middle East, it’s an old rule of thumb. When things get tough, or confusing, or frustrating, or when you simply want to deflect anger in the direction of a communal scapegoat, go on the offensive and blame the Jews. In the United Nations Assembly, where the 56 states […]