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Syria: Al Qaeda thugs terrorize women at wedding party
A squad of self-appointed Sharia cops raided a wedding reception in the al Qaeda controlled area of Syria, and during…
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Soft jihad has a U.S. partner: The federal government’s terrorist ‘hands-off’ list
The patterns go from disturbing, confusing, and challenging to downright frightening. Senator Charles Grassley, reacting to demands for information from…
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CNN’s Jim Clancy’s ‘jaw-droppingly’ biased anti-Israel interview
On Friday, CNN reporter Jim Clancy conducted an eight-minute interview with Palestinian spokesperson Hanan Ashrawi and former Israeli Ambassador Dore…
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Letter by Brandeis faculty demanding invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali be rescinded
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born American women’s rights and atheist activist, writer and politician who is known for her…
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Maldives sighting: A piece of the MH370 puzzle?
More things than are dreamed of in your philosophy.
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Syrian cleric with radical jihadist views granted U.S. visa
A Syrian cleric who called Jews the “worst enemies of God” and Islam and “a hotbed of vices and evils”…
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The crown in the gutter: Saudis, Lebanon, and Middle Eastern realignment
The end of the year is a hard time to write about developing trends. There’s a lot to say, long-term…
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Taqiyya and Hudaybiyyah: The non-deal Iran ‘deal,’ Week 5
When we left our story last time, Iran hadn’t agreed to anything except further negotiation (if she felt like it),…
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U.S. Army classifies Christian ministry as 'domestic hate group'
“Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to denigrate…
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Obama’s Cuban missile crisis
What a coup it would be, for Team Obama to turn two weeks of dithering and squandering American credibility on…
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The unbearable passivity of triangulated policies that require 'slam dunk' intelligence
It’s a percussion symphony out there. The drumbeat of stalwart European readiness to strike Syria has become unsteady – boy,…
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Egypt: This is big
One way to gauge the import of the conflict erupting in Egypt is by looking at the character of media…
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Iran: Woman too sexy for public office
More Twists and Turns than Owen Wilson’s Nose in a Blender… Possibly taking its cue from a recent U.S. state…
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A unified theory of Benghazi
There are several threads that converge in the emerging drama of the Benghazi attack on 9/11/2012. One relates to the…
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Ramadan: Terror toys a big seller at the end of Muslim observance
Usama bin-Laden action figures have been a big seller in the Muslim world. With the end of the Islamic month…
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Guilty: Muslim cleric penned hate letters to families of dead troops
“Why should we call (a) pig a hero?” In what could be coined as a prime example of emotional terrorism,…
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Egypt launches 'Operation Desert Storm' against Muslim Brotherhood, Islamists
While more than a few nations in the Muslim world slide further toward Islamism, Egypt represents the other side of the…
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Morsi down, Saudis up in battle for Syria
Mohammed Morsi’s call for holy war in Syria spooked the Egyptian military, and it alarmed the Saudis too. I suspect…
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Obama's Egypt decision: Side with ousted Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government
Six-plus hours from the moment the Commander of the Egyptian Armed Forces announced to his nation that the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government…
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It’s on: Muslim Brotherhood influence rejected in two nations
It’s a little early to predict the exact outcome of the Morsi-military smackdown underway in Egypt. (Update as this goes…
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Egyptian crisis: It’s the 'holy war,' stupid
It took a couple of weeks for the crisis to come to a head. But the origins of the Morsi…
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