Not really news to anyone but the Associated Press, but it’s nice of him to say so (From the Jerusalem Post): “It creates an atmosphere of intimidation in the context of the upcoming parliamentary elections. It also undermines the stability of the region, and is incompatible with the objectives of Resolution 1559,” he added,...
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The folks at MEMRI are reporting an Kuwaiti newspaper as reporting that authorities in the Caucus country have seized Hezbollah and Islamic Republic of Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps terrorists in the midst of preparing for some kind of attack: According to the report, the two, Najim Al-Din and Ali Karki, were responsible for overseeing...
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An article from Pakistani columnist Irfan Husain, where he takes the Pakistani army and political leadership to task for failing to successfully fight the Taliban insurgency. (h/t israpundit): One positive outcome of this atrocity  coming to public knowledge is that it has opened many eyes to the reality of the Taliban, and what they...
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From the Jerusalem Post: An Iranian vessel loaded with weapons to transfer to Hamas via Sudan was recently sunk in the Red Sea by an unidentified missile ship believed to be Israeli, according to Arab media. The vessel was attacked by either an Israeli or American ship and destroyed, according to a report Sunday...
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From the Chicago Tribune on Sunday comes the scary, but perhaps predictable story, of Obama administration officials lobbying congress to loosen terror finances rules for Hamas if that Islamist terror group joins a unity government with the Palestinian Authority. (h/t Daily Alert): The Obama administration, already on treacherous domestic political ground with its outreach...
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Daniel Pipes (EMET Advisory Board Member) took a look at recent studies regarding whether or not terrorism actually succeeds in its aims, and finds, perhaps surprisingly, that it usually doesn’t: • Not only is terrorism “an ineffective instrument of coercion, but… its poor success rate is inherent to the tactic of terrorism itself.” This...
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“He would see civilization in danger of perishing under the oppression of a gigantic paradox: he would see multitudes of people starving in the midst of plenty, and nations preparing for war although pledged to peace.” Arthur Henderson With a renewed sense of urgency, the Obama administration is about to take a fresh hand...
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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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