In the current era of ideological polarization, throughout the West, the Right and the Left diverge on almost every issue. One of the few convictions that still unifies national security strategists across the ideological spectrum is that it would be a global calamity of the first order if al-Qaida gets its hands on nuclear...
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By which I mean his books, since obviously Qutb died in an Egyptian jail in 1966.  Via Jihad Watch is this video from the Jacksonville ACT for America chapter. (skip to 4:00 to see Qutb’s book). ACT at Jacksonville CAIR Event Qutb was a Muslim Brotherhood official and theorist in Egypt, and his book,...
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(h/t) The  American Thinker: Yedioth Achronoth, the largest circulation daily in Israel, reports today that President Obama intends to see the two-state solution signed, sealed and delivered during his first term. Rahm Emanuel told an (unnamed) Jewish leader; ”In the next four years there is going to be a permanent status arrangement between Israel and the...
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Foundation for Defense of Democracy scholars Mark Dubowitz and Joshua D. Goodman have a piece in Canada’s National Post today, discussing the need for targeted sanctions to put real pressure on Iran to stop its nuclear weapons program: To do so, the United States and her allies, including Canada, must be willing to peacefully...
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From Frontpage Magazine, a nice round-up of the various studies which point to a fact which those of us who have been studying radical Islam already know, which is that poverty and terrorism do NOT go hand in hand: Several studies have been conducted both before and since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks (some...
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The common, but false notion, that Sunni and Shia Islamist groups are like oil and water, and would “never cooperate together,” is one of those popular notions which, regardless of how many times it is proven utterly untrue, remains popular among a certain segement in the circles of foreign policy thinking regarding terror and...
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Shariah Finance Watch opines on the Somali Jihadi pirates, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates’ response: Gates says that there is basically no solution to the piracy problem because there are too many pirates, too many ships to protect and the ocean is too big. We find it startling that the US Navy, working...
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Following the successful rescue of Captain Phillips by U.S Navy Seals earlier this week, the Somali pirates have vowed revenge, and appear to be stepping up attacks on U.S flagged ships.CNN reports pirates have already opened fire at the Liberty Sun. (H/T) Jules Crittenden : “The pirates fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at...
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(H/T Jihad Watch): AdKronos International, a Greek news service is reporting that Hamas and Fatah have agreed to a “Confederation based on two governments,” to supervise elections and reconstruction issues, and act as a kind of central government. The article notes: Fatah and Hamas have been divided by a serious rift since Hamas took...
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From the NEFA foundation comes This Video of the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), operating a training camp in Pakistan.  As you watch the video keep in mind that the TIP is comprised primarily of Uighur Muslims like the 17 currently being held in Guantanamo Bay, but scheduled to be released, possibly inside the United...
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