Posted on Mon, May 21, 2012 at 00:54 am CEST
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Mexican Jihad

As the United States considers the Islamic jihadi threats confronting it from all sides, it would do well to focus on its southern neighbor, Mexico… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Hezbollah • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Mexico • Security and Defense • Slavery in Islam • Taqiyya 
Posted on Sun, May 20, 2012 at 14:50 pm CEST
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Latin America as an Arena for Iranian-Hezbollah Terrorism

Iran regards Latin America as an arena for terrorist activity, which the Iranian regime considers an instrument for promoting its strategic objectives… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Argentina • Brazil • Chile • Counter-terrorism • Hezbollah • Iran • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Shi'ism • Shia Islam • Venezuela 
Posted on Thu, May 17, 2012 at 19:08 pm CEST
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Two Obama Administration Scandals on Syria?

When a delegation of Syrian Kurdish rebels recently visited Washington DC, the State Department met them to ask for a favor. What was it?… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, May 13, 2012 at 22:12 pm CEST
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The Obama Government Backs the Atrocity-Producing Forces So How Will it Stop Atrocities?

How can one write satire when the Obama Administration has created an Atrocities Prevention Board to prevent mass murder and genocide at the same time as it has been largely supporting the forces most likely to commit mass murder and genocide… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, May 10, 2012 at 21:12 pm CEST
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Values and Identity: The Resurgence of the Kurdish Hizbullah

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered in the center of Diyarbakır for a celebration of the Prophet Muhammad’s birth. The event was organized by a coalition of NGOs affiliated with the radical Sunni Islamist organization known in Turkey as Hizbullah… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Fundamentalism • Kurdish People • PKK • Security and Defense • Sunni Islam • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Sun, May 6, 2012 at 15:26 pm CEST
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U.S. Syrian Policy: A Massacre in Progress; A Disgrace in the Making

U.S. policy toward Syria is turning into a scandal on both strategic and humanitarian grounds… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Diplomacy • Human Rights • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, May 5, 2012 at 16:57 pm CEST
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Palestinians Renege on Security Ties with Israel

For the first time since 2006, the Palestinian Authority’s security services on the West Bank have stopped cooperating with the IDF in operations and intelligence-sharing for countering terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Palestinian Authority • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, May 1, 2012 at 20:58 pm CEST
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Now Anyone Can Understand That Israel Isn’t About to Attack Iran

Or, as Homer Simpson would explain it, “Doh!”… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, April 28, 2012 at 18:50 pm CEST
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Explaining Turkey’s Nuclear Policies

Despite its challenging neighborhood, Turkey has an exemplary nuclear nonproliferation record… Continue reading

Topics: NATO • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, April 24, 2012 at 21:00 pm CEST
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Sinai Bedouin, Palestinian and al Qaeda gangs are plotting Terrorist Attacks to blow up the Egyptian-Israel Peace Accords

Their plans entail sending terrorists across the Egyptian Sinai border for attacks on Israelis to generate Israeli military incursions into Egyptian territory in hot pursuit of the perpetrators… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Israel • Jihadism • Palestinian Terrorism • Religion • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, April 17, 2012 at 20:39 pm CEST
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Obama’s “Secret” Plan on Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Issue and Why It Will Fail

The problem with the Obama administration is that it wants to pursue policies that may be acceptable to the day-dreaming cultural elite, but not to… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, April 17, 2012 at 19:04 pm CEST
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Can Afghanistan Be Rescued?

U.S. president Barack Obama entered office with a bold plan to combat Afghanistan’s escalating insurgency… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Diplomacy • Islamic Terrorism • Pakistan • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, April 15, 2012 at 11:19 am CEST
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Solomon’s Wisdom on Revolutionary Islamism and Terrorism

Hussein Solomon is a South African professor who is the leading expert on revolutionary Islamist terrorism in his own country and Africa generally… Continue reading

Topics: Global Jihad • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Security and Defense • South Africa 
Posted on Sun, April 8, 2012 at 11:48 am CEST
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Reinventing a Broken Wheel: The AKP’s ‘New’ Kurdish Strategy

On 21 March 2012, Turkish government officials began briefing trusted journalists on what they described as the new strategy of the ruling AKP for solving the country’s long-running Kurdish problem… Continue reading

Topics: History • Kurdish People • Kurdistan • PKK • Security and Defense • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, April 7, 2012 at 11:39 am CEST
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Iran Nuclear Talks: What were the six points Obama sent Khamenei through Erdogan?

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan visited Tehran and personally handed Obama’s six-point message to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei… Continue reading

Topics: China • Diplomacy • Iran • Politics • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, April 4, 2012 at 20:02 pm CEST
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The Syrian Uprising: Turkish-Syrian Relations Go Downhill

As Syria sinks deeper and deeper into the throes of civil war, the decade-long honeymoon between Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party and Bashar al-Assad’s regime has all but ended… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Neo-Ottomanism • Politics • Security and Defense • Syria • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
Posted on Thu, March 29, 2012 at 20:51 pm CEST
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The Syrian Uprising: The Muslim Brotherhood Reborn

As Syrian president Bashar al-Assad struggles to contend with a massive popular uprising, the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood is poised to dominate whatever coalition of forces manages to unseat the Baathist regime… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Mon, March 26, 2012 at 20:19 pm CEST
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Obama Hearts Turkish Leader Erdogan As He Oppresses His Own People and Stabs America in the Back

President Barack Obama is continuing his love affair with Turkish Islamist leader Recep Erdogan… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Diplomacy • Islamism • Politics • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, March 22, 2012 at 20:55 pm CET
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Mohammed Merah was a new breed of Iron Man terrorist

The French-born al Qaeda killer, Mohammed Merah, who shocked the world by murdering three Jewish schoolchildren and their teacher in Toulouse by shots to the head… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Semitism • Counter-terrorism • France • Global Jihad • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Religion • Salafism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, March 20, 2012 at 20:58 pm CET
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In 2011, US primacy in the Middle East died; In 2012, The Funeral Will Be Held

In the Middle East, the vultures are coming home to roost… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Diplomacy • Islamism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, March 19, 2012 at 20:52 pm CET
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Why Obama’s Policy Will Probably Bring War with Iran Some Day

President Barack Obama hasn’t changed but the situation has, in part due to his actions… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, March 17, 2012 at 20:40 pm CET
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Egypt is a Volcano, The West Snoozes, But Israel Won’t Play the Role of Pompeii

Those who are, or will soon be, governing Egypt view themselves as being at war with Israel for all practical purposes… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Egypt • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, March 12, 2012 at 22:20 pm CET
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What a War with Iran Really Means

It is quite right to be worried and hesitant about entering a war with Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, March 6, 2012 at 23:39 pm CET
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How the U.S. Army Sees The Arabs, Islam, and Middle Eastern Societies

What do you tell soldiers who are risking their lives on Middle East battlefields about the people they are fighting for and against simultaneously?… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Culture • Global Islam • Islamic Countries • Maghreb • Political Correctness • Religion • Security and Defense • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, March 4, 2012 at 00:02 am CET
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Obama: Please Apologize for Burning American Credibility

It should be obvious by now that President Barack Obama and his administration don’t know some basic things about the conduct of international relations… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Diplomacy • Religion • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy