http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/01/2011128125157509196.html Thousands of people in Jordan have taken to the streets in protests, demanding the country’s prime minister step down, and the government curb rising prices, inflation and unemployment. In the third consecutive Friday of protests, about 3,500 opposition activists from Jordan’s main Islamist opposition group, trade unions and leftist organisations gathered in the capital, waving […]
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/anti-government-protest-in-albania/story-fn6s850w-1225996491961 Anti-government protest in Albania TENS of thousands of demonstrators have started a silent protest in the Albanian capital Tirana, a week to the day after clashes during an opposition rally killed three. The demonstrators, headed by the leadership of the opposition Socialists and the families of the victims, started a march on the government […]
GOP senator favors cutting US aid to Israel http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/28/AR2011012803373.html By DONNA CASSATA WASHINGTON — Tea party-backed Republican Sen. Rand Paul favors cutting U.S. aid to Israel as part of a deficit-driven effort to slash government spending by $500 billion this year, drawing criticism from Democrats and Republicans who argue the U.S. must be unwavering in […]
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/28/a-un-appointment-exposed/ A U.N. Appointment Exposed Posted By Arlene Kushner John Ging has been serving since 2006 as Director of Operations in Gaza for UNRWA, the agency responsible for the Palestinian refugees. He will move shortly to New York, as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has tapped him for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian […]
URL to article: http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/28/the-muslim-brotherhood-on-the-march/ The Muslim Brotherhood on the March Posted By Rich Trzupek It took the opposition in Tunisia only a month to get rid of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled the country two weeks ago after twenty-three years of control. Inspired and emboldened by that success, Egyptian opposition forces have amassed […]
Khomeini’s Return? Posted By Arnold Ahlert http://frontpagemag.com/2011/01/28/khomeinis-return/print/ What happened in Tunisia apparently hasn’t stayed in Tunisia. Reportedly organized via the website Facebook, 90,000 Egyptians agreed to demonstrate in a “National Day of Wrath” on Police Day, an Egyptian national holiday. Demonstrators marched in Alexandria, the Nile Delta cities of Mansura and Tanta, and the southern […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/258201/way-forward-afghanistan-sen-marco-rubio The Way Forward in Afghanistan By Sen. Marco Rubio 2011 is a critical year in Afghanistan that will test America’s resolve in helping that nation establish lasting security and a viable state. Recently, I visited Afghanistan and Pakistan, where I saw firsthand how our military and diplomatic efforts are contributing to long-term stability for […]
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/print/258231 Proteus-in-Chief Obama’s rhetoric has swung from hard-left to moderate to hard-left to conciliatory. The problem is, his policies were real, not rhetorical. Barack Obama 1.0 had a solid record of hard-left governance as an Illinois state representative and U.S. senator. He voted for partial-birth abortion, wanted all troops out of Iraq by March 2008, […]
Guardian gives platform to representative of Holocaust denying, Protocols of Zion supporting Palestinian terror group http://www.robinshepherdonline.com/guardian-gives-platform-to-representative-of-holocaust-denying-protocols-of-zion-supporting-palestinian-terror-group/#more-3747 “There is not a single neo-Nazi group anywhere in Europe or the United States that comes within a million miles of this level of bestiality. And yet there he is, Osama Hamdan, a leading international representative of that very […]
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/right-turn/2011/01/the_us_commission_on_civil.html New Black Panther Party case: The facts are in By Jennifer Rubin The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights came out in December with a draft of its interim report on the New Black Panthers Party scandal. Earlier today a final report was posted on the commission’s website, and with it, a flurry of rebuttals […]