IBD Editorials By CHUCK DEVORE • DeVore served in the California Legislature from 2004 to 2010. He is a lieutenant colonel (retired) in the U.S. Army Reserve and served as a special assistant for foreign affairs in the Reagan-era Pentagon. He studied abroad at the American University in Cairo in 1984-85. 03/24/2011First in a series […]
WILL MEDEAST’S UPHEAVALS PUT EXTREMISTS IN POWER? Read More »
NEW YORK TIMES March 24, 2011 By MICHAEL SLACKMAN CAIRO — In post-revolutionary Egypt, where hope and confusion collide in the daily struggle to build a new nation, religion has emerged as a powerful political force, following an uprising that was based on secular ideals. The Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group once banned by the
ISLAMIST GROUP IS RISING FORCE IN A NEW EGYPT Read More »
MARCH 25, 2011 The Speech Obama Hasn’t Given What are we doing in Libya? Americans deserve an explanation. By PEGGY NOONAN It all seems rather mad, doesn’t it? The decision to become involved militarily in the Libyan civil war couldn’t take place within a less hospitable context. The U.S. is reeling from spending and deficits,
LIBYA – WHAT WAS OBAMA THINKING? Read More »
DAILY MAIL By Daily Mail Reporter 23rd March 2011 Tensions with Britain as Gates rebukes UK government over suggestion Gaddafi could be assassinated French propose a new political ‘committee’ to oversee operations Germany pulls equipment out of NATO coalition over disagreement over campaign’s direction Italians accuse French of backing NATO in exchange for oil contracts
WHO’S IN CHARGE? GERMANS PULL FORCES OUT OF NATO AS LIBYAN COALITION FALLS APART Read More »
MARCH 22, 2011 Time to engage Syria’s opposition, not its dictator. Every Arab country is unhappy in its own way, and it turns out Syria is no different. A wave of protests the past four days, starting in the city of Deraa on Friday and spreading, makes Iran’s chief Arab ally a latecomer to the
SYRIA – THE SHAKY HOUSE OF ASSAD Read More »
THE ROCHE RECORD March 21, 2011 Frank Roche A RUDDERLESS WHITE HOUSE MISUSING THE MILITARY? Was the US military issued orders to play third fiddle to the French & the UK and join in on the attack of another sovereign nation involved in civil war? Isn’t one of our allies still taking toll of the
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MARCH 22, 2011 Generals Revolt in Yemen By MARGARET COKER Associated PressA Yemeni army officer reacts holding up his AK-47 as he and other officers join anti-government protestors demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa,Yemen, Monday. A contingent of Yemen’s key military commanders defected to the political opposition Monday, the most
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WASHINGTON TIMES Pentagon study sees element By Bill Gertz– The Washington Times February 28, 2011 Evidence outlined in a Pentagon contractor report suggests that financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations, contributed to the 2008 economic crash by covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system. The unclassified 2009
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