MARCH 15, 2011 By ANGUS MCDOWALL, ALEX DELMAR-MORGAN And ADAM ENTOUS ReutersAnti-government protesters block the roads from riot police at the junction of Bahrain Financial Harbour in Manama March 14. MANAMA, Bahrain—Saudi military forces in tanks and armored personnel carriers crossed the 16-mile causeway into the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain to defend the Sunni […]
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BRIAN T. KENNEDY is president of the Claremont Institute and publisher of the Claremont Review of Books. He has written on national security affairs and California public policy issues in National Review, the Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, and other national newspapers. He sits on the Independent Working Group on Missile Defense and is
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February 24, 2011 China and Russia are developing and fielding sophisticated air defenses and advanced stealth fighters. The Raptor is the only plane that can meet these challenges. By MICHAEL AUSLIN As Congress begins to take up the Obama administration’s defense budget, one item not even under discussion needs to be considered. Events of the
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FEBRUARY 23, 2011 Few protesters in the Middle East connect rising food prices to U.S. monetary policy. But central bankers do. By GEORGE MELLOAN In accounts of the political unrest sweeping through the Middle East, one factor, inflation, deserves more attention. Nothing can be more demoralizing to people at the low end of the income
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February 16, 2011 Ann Coulter The Middle East is on fire again, and crazy Muslims with funny names aren’t helping things — Mahmoud, ElBaradei, al-Banna, Barack … The major new development is that NOW liberals want to get rid of a dictator in the Middle East! Where were they when we were taking out the
FEBRUARY 19, 2011 By AMIR TAHERI ‘Hang them! Hang them!” the mob shouted while goose-stepping towards the podium. Some beat their chests and others raised clenched fists. “Allah is the greatest!” chanted the turbaned clerics. This was the scene Tuesday in the Islamic Majlis, Iran’s ersatz parliament. Members raged against the “heads of sedition,” calling
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Supporting the nation’s restive people is the key By Thomas Joscelyn and Michael Ledeen – The Washington Times January 28, 2011 “How do you deal with al Qaeda?” former British Prime Minister Tony Blair asked rhetorically during a public hearing in London earlier this month. Mr. Blair quickly answered his own question: “You can’t deal
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WASHINGTON TIMES Sol Sanders Archive Tuesday, February 1, 2011 INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING World gone mad: Where’s Uncle Sam just when he’s needed the most? Picture a barred door. On one side is Uncle Sam holding it with bracing shoulder. On the other side are smaller figures pushing, but not too hard, and looking back over
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FEBRUARY 16, 2011 Iran’s Leadership Cracks Down In Aftermath of Protests, State Makes More Arrests, as White House Sharpens Support of the Opposition By FARNAZ FASSIHI The Iranian government threatened opposition leaders with execution and made a fresh wave of arrests, a day after the largest protests in a year prompted clashes in which at
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January 31, 2011The Scrapbook intends no disrespect to British prime minister David Cameron. But the more we hear from his predecessor Tony Blair, the more we’d like him back in office, if only to explain the world to Barack Obama. Last week, Blair testified once again before Britain’s Iraq Inquiry commission, which is examining the
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