Posted on Wed, February 6, 2013 at 02:39 am CET
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Why Obama Should Postpone Giving Advanced Weapons to Egypt: A Guide for Congress

Obama should have to pay for his pro-Islamist behavior in public opinion and the loss of congressional support… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, February 2, 2013 at 17:07 pm CET
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On Mistaking Mohamed Mursi For His Mask

2012 will likely be remembered as the year that Islamists made the greatest gains in their quest for a new caliphate in the region… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Diplomacy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • Religion • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, January 31, 2013 at 00:25 am CET
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Why Israel Attacked A Syrian Base

Israel forces carried out a strike overnight on a convoy coming from Syria in the Lebanon-Syria border area… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Syria 
Posted on Wed, January 30, 2013 at 21:52 pm CET
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U.S. Military Leaders Oppose Chuck Hagel Nomination

Former U.S. Generals and Admirals oppose Obama’s pick for secretary of defence… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 16:39 pm CET
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Algerian Hostage Crisis Ends with Military Assault: So How is Al-Qaida Dead?

An organization that can seize about 1,000 hostages in the middle of Algeria, a country whose regime has been so tough on radical Islamists, is not dead… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Algeria • Islamic Terrorism • Maghreb • Religion • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 15:58 pm CET
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What Difference Does It Make that Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Care Why Terrorists Killed Americans in Libya?

Clinton’s show of indifference isn’t just a question of distracting attention or callousness, it is a clear symptom of exactly what is wrong with the Obama Administration’s handling of this and other issues… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Libya • Obamaism • Security and Defense • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, January 16, 2013 at 19:58 pm CET
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Murdered Diplomacy: How the Israel-Palestinian Conflict Has Been Totally Transformed

If the Israel-Palestinian situation were to be considered to be like a hand grenade, the “international community” has just pulled the pin and thrown it away… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Diplomacy • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, January 16, 2013 at 18:08 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Malian President Addresses Diplomatic Corps on Northern Mali

Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure followed his annual formal New Year,s greeting to the diplomatic corps with a lengthy private discourse on the problems he is facing in the north of Mali… Continue reading

Topics: Maghreb • Mali • Security and Defense • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, January 16, 2013 at 17:33 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Mali Government Released “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” Detainees

Malian newspaper l’Independant carried a front page news story stating that Mali’s Government released four AQIM detainees… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • France • Maghreb • Mali • Security and Defense • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, January 16, 2013 at 17:08 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Malian Security Service Arrests Cheibani Ould Hama

Cheibani has been accused of various kidnappings and terrorist killings… Continue reading

Topics: Maghreb • Mali • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:43 pm CET
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Hezbollah: Portrait of a Terrorist Organization

Hezbollah has a 30-year history of terrorist activity in Lebanon, the Middle East and around the globe, directed against Israel, the Jewish people, the United States and the West, pro-Western Arab states and Hezbollah’s enemies in Lebanon… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:42 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activity, 2000-2012

Hezbollah has actively participated in the worldwide anti-Israeli campaign of terrorism led by Iran’s Qods Force, attempting to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli diplomats and tourists… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:41 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1990s

In the 1990s Hezbollah combined terrorist attacks in Israeli territory and overseas with guerilla warfare against the IDF in the Lebanese security zone and sporadic rocket fire at Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Argentina • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:40 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1980s

Hezbollah’s terrorist activity during the first years of its existence focused on the United States and France, the main targets of a wave of terrorist attacks in Lebanon and elsewhere… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • France • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Kuwait • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, January 10, 2013 at 20:44 pm CET
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Why the Current U.S. Foreign Policy Debate Doesn’t Make Sense and How to Fix It

Something very bad is happening with the U.S. foreign policy debate… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Liberalism • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, January 1, 2013 at 03:50 am CET
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Spearheads Iran’s Global Terrorist Campaign

The Qods Force, an elite unit of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, spearheads Iran’s global terrorist campaign… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Security and Defense • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, December 30, 2012 at 14:06 pm CET
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A Paradox of U.S. Middle East Policy: The Friend Who Acts like an Enemy is an Enemy

What’s the major problem for U.S. foreign policy during Obama’s second term… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Human Rights • India • Islamic Terrorism • Obamaism • Pakistan • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, December 25, 2012 at 17:27 pm CET
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American Journalists Decry Israel’s Ability to Defend Itself as Blocking Peace

It should be clear by now that U.S. media coverage of Israel is not very good, balanced, accurate, or fair… Continue reading

Topics: Liberalism • Media Bias • Peace Process • Political Correctness • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, December 20, 2012 at 20:55 pm CET
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Fighting Blind: The AKP’s Increasingly Hardline Kurdish Policy

Even if the Turkish military wins every battle against the PKK, an even more dangerous war is being lost… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • PKK • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Sat, December 15, 2012 at 15:11 pm CET
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Turkey to Deploy Patriot Missiles

Turkey’s membership in NATO has many unique dimensions, including in the number of missile-related crises the country has experienced… Continue reading

Topics: NATO • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, November 24, 2012 at 11:04 am CET
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The trap that Arik built

The cease-fire agreement that Israel accepted Wednesday night to end the current round of Palestinian rocket and missile attacks is not a good deal for Israel by any stretch of the imagination… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Peace Process • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 16:27 pm CET
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Operation Pillar of Defense not Politically Motivated: Why Israel and Hamas Are Fighting Again

From day one, Operation Pillar of Defense has been casually portrayed by the Western media as politically motivated due to the upcoming Israeli elections in January 2013. Barry Rubin explains why this claim isn’t an accurate analysis of the current situation… Continue reading

Topics: Barry Rubin • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 15:26 pm CET
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The Middle East Crises of 2013 Are Already In Dress Rehearsal

If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, 2013 looks to be the year of the Arab Fall… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamic Fundamentalism • Politics • Security and Defense • The Middle East 
Posted on Tue, November 20, 2012 at 20:47 pm CET
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Operation Pillar of Defense: In Support of a Ground Offensive

For nearly a week, Israel has been under attack from terrorist elements in Gaza, primarily Hamas… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Mon, November 19, 2012 at 18:53 pm CET
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The Israel-Hamas War and the Suicide Strategy: How Arab Forces Expect to Launch Losing Wars and Still Win

One of the most important things to understand about how the Middle East works is what I’ll call the suicide strategy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Security and Defense