Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) January 31, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 19 It’s often forgotten—although The Scrapbook certainly remembers—that Stephen Colbert’s famous excoriation of President Bush at the 2006 White House Correspondents Dinner was only briefly about George W. Bush. It was actually part of an extended tribute to Helen Thomas, who was still […]
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Egyptian in reform forefront By Eli Lake The Washington Times January 31, 2011 Mohamed ElBaradei, who has become a leading symbol for democratic change in Egypt, emerged as a bitter foe of the United States when he led the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between 1997 and 2009. In 2005, the State Department launched a
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FEBRUARY 15, 2011 From Tunis to Cairo to Riyadh? The Saudi royal family is corrupt, infirm, increasingly criticized in social media—and about to face a delicate, perhaps divisive succession process. By KAREN ELLIOTT HOUSE Riyadh, Saudi Arabia In any authoritarian regime, instability seems unthinkable up to the moment of upheaval, and that is true now
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FEBRUARY 14, 2011 Will its new government come to resemble Pakistan? Indonesia? Turkey? Or something entirely different? By MATTHEW KAMINSKI Washington So what’s next for Egypt? When people talk about possible outcomes after the collapse of the Mubarak regime, they usually have other Muslim countries in mind. This crisis has been so unexpected that something
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This has the potential of becoming a huge human tidal wave and it is headed straight for Europe! EUROPE NEWS FEBRUARY 14, 2011 Tunisian Influx Taxes Italy By STACY MEICHTRY ROME—Political instability in Tunisia has unleashed a wave of migrants toward Italian shores, igniting a crisis that has exposed the pitfalls of Italy’s reliance on
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David Horowitz speaks of the dangers of the Muslim Brotherhood
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Newsmax Rumsfeld Warns of Iran, N. Korea Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Sunday, February 13, 2011 09:23 AM By: Ken Timmerman EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Rumsfeld said he is worried about the threat from an electromagnetic pulse attack from countries such as Iran and North Korea. “We’ve thrown away the shoeboxes with the 3-by-5 cards,” he
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FEBRUARY 8, 2011 In an interview, the former secretary of defense explains how Washington feuds harmed Iraq policy, and why the surge was less vital than you think. By KIMBERLEY A. STRASSEL ‘I’d read other folks’ books about things I’d been involved in . . . and I’d think, ‘My goodness, that’s not my perspective,’”
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Published February 11, 2011 | FoxNews.com AP2011 Feb. 11: Egyptians celebrate the news of the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak, who handed control of the country to the military, at night in Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo, Egypt. DEVELOPING: CAIRO — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has stepped down and handed control to the military, Vice
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