JUNE 14, 2011 Lebanon is a money-laundering haven for the region’s bad guys. By BRET STEPHENS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Following the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a U.N. investigation noted that “it very much seems that fraud, corruption, and money-laundering could also have been motives” in the murder. Hariri, […]
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JUNE 13, 2011 The mask of the Assad regime finally falls, and the world is forced to confront its illusions about Iran’s ally and Hezbollah’s patron. By FOUAD AJAMI Pity the Syrians as they face the Assad regime’s tanks and artillery and snipers. Unlike in Libya, there is no Arab or international “mandate” to protect
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May 17, 2011 By Caroline Glick It is hard to believe, but it appears that in the wake of the Palestinian unity deal that brings Hamas, the genocidal, al-Qaida-aligned, local franchise of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, into a partnership with Fatah, US President Barack Obama has decided to open a new round of pressure on
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THE JERUSALEM POST Photo by: REUTERS ‘Die Welt’: Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JPOST CORRESPONDENT 05/17/2011 01:41 German paper says Iranians paid cash to build mid-range missile launch pads on Paraguana Peninsula; Iranian engineers visited site in Feb. BERLIN – The Iranian government is moving forward with the construction of rocket
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John Guandolo, Vice President for Strategic Planning For The Strategic Engagement Group, will be speaking on The Threat of Terrorism in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on May 20. For more details, contact nancy@conservativewomensforum.com http://bigpeace.com/jguandolo/2011/05/03/bin-laden-is-dead-and-i-dont-feel-so-good-myself/#more-112676 Bin Laden is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Good Myself Posted by John Guandolo May 3rd 2011 at 9:32 am
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Will Muslim Brotherhood succeed where Osama bin Laden failed? By Ayaan Hirsi Ali Ayaan Hirsi Ali Fri May 6, 1:19 pm ET London – Like thousands across the world, I celebrated the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden. He rejoiced in killing. But bin Laden’s murder is not the end of Al
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APRIL 26, 2011 Arab peoples aren’t obsessed with anti-Americanism and anti-Zionism. It’s their rulers who are. By JOSEF JOFFE Mr. Joffe is senior fellow at the Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies and a fellow at the Hoover Institution, both at Stanford. In politics, shoddy theories never die. In the Middle East, one of the oldest
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APRIL 25, 2011 It is unlikely that the Gadhafis and Mubaraks could have entertained thoughts of succession for their sons had they not seen the ease with which Syria became an odd creature—a republican monarchy. By FOUAD AJAMI Mr. Ajami is a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a senior
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APRIL 15, 2011 From nukes to terrorist proxies, Tehran’s power grows—and Washington dithers. By JOHN BOLTON Since the “Arab Spring” began four months ago in Tunisia, U.S. media have focused constantly and generally optimistically on the turmoil in the Middle East. Unfortunately, the rising threat of an Iranian Winter—nuclear or otherwise—is likely to outlast and
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NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com The Corner By Victor Davis Hanson Posted on April 08, 2011 1:10 PM At some point, the Obama administration is going to recognize a simple paradox that has been apparent to almost everyone but them: In theory, those pro-American autocratic regimes that are tottering or gone (the Gulf States, Jordan, Egypt,
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