Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Lee Smith November 7, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 08 The threat against the life of the American ambassador to Syria comes during a bad streak for the Obama administration. First was the Iranian plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and bomb the Saudi and Israeli […]
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NOVEMBER 1, 2011 When secular politics fail, Islamism is the last big idea standing. By BRET STEPHENS “This is not an Islamic Revolution.” So opined Olivier Roy, arguably Europe’s foremost authority on political Islam, in an essay published days after Hosni Mubarak was forced from power in February. “Look at those involved in the uprisings,
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– Zombie – http://pjmedia.com/zombie – . The 99%: Official list of Occupy Wall Street’s supporters, sponsors and sympathizers Posted By Zombie On October 31, 2011 The Occupy Wall Street movement has received so much media coverage in recent weeks that it’s nearly impossible to keep abreast of all the developments. So many endorsements and criticisms
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OCTOBER 19, 2011 FROM TEHRAN TO TIJUANA Time to notice Iran’s decades-old infiltration of Latin America. By BRET STEPHENS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: policy analysts, military officials and even a few columnists have been warning for years about Iran’s infiltration of Latin America. The story begins with the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in
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The genius of Vladimir Putin By Ralph Peters, Published: September 26 Washington Post There is one incontestably great actor on the world stage today, and he has no interest in following our script. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin — soon to be Russia’s president again — has proven remarkably effective at playing the weak strategic hand
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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011, 7:45 A.M. ET What American ‘Political Prisoners’? An American hiker channels Noam Chomsky after two years in Iranian jail. By JAMES KIRCHICK Imagine you are Shane Bauer, one of two American hikers released from Iranian captivity last week. On July 31, 2009, you’re traversing a mountain trail in Iraqi Kurdistan, near the
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 There’s a reason that hatred of Israel played well on the Arab street. By JOSEF JOFFE I wasn’t alone, but the mea culpa is all mine. Like many, I thought that dawn was finally breaking over the Arab world when those nice, middle-class crowds thronged Cairo’s Tahrir Square chanting “freedom” and “democracy”
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FOXNEWS.COM September 9, 2011 CAIRO – Protesters broke into the Israeli Embassy in Cairo Friday and dumped documents out of the windows as hundreds more demonstrated outside, prompting the ambassador and his family to leave the country. The unrest was a further worsening of already deteriorating ties between Israel and post-Hosni Mubarak Egypt. Egyptian police
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JULY 27, 2011 By CHARLES LEVINSON ZINTAN, Libya—Motorists in Libya’s capital can wait days for fuel, and when they get it they have to spend about $12 a gallon—when they used to pay 60 cents. Bank withdrawals are limited to 1,000 Libyan dinars (about $625) a month. The prices of bread and other food staples
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