Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 at 15:31 pm CET
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Mubarak’s Not the One Who Should Resign

This is not a game. This is the fate of the globe. This involves the lives of tens of millions of people. Partisanship and scoring political points is irrelevant… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Saudi Arabia • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, February 9, 2011 at 19:21 pm CET
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Expected Fallout From the Events in Egypt

The Palestinian media reported that since the Egyptian uprising began a significant number of the smuggling tunnels under the Egyptian-Gaza Strip border are… Continue reading

Topics: Army of Islam • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center 
Posted on Tue, February 8, 2011 at 01:05 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Egypt’s Choice Not Just Between Authoritarian or Islamist Extremist Regime

We do not accept the proposition that Egypt’s only choices are a slow-to-reform authoritarian regime or an Islamist extremist one… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, February 8, 2011 at 00:30 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Muslim Brotherhood’s Rise Signals the Need for Greater Democracy and Transparency in Egypt

The Egyptians have a long history of threatening us with the MB bogeyman. Your counterparts may try to suggest that the President’s insistence on greater democracy in Egypt… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, February 7, 2011 at 22:59 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Suleiman on Dangers Posed by Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt

Also discussed were the implications of the Hamas victory in the Palestinian legislative elections, the proliferation of extremist ideologies, and the nebulous nature of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, February 7, 2011 at 02:01 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Turkey, Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In its early and strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Islamic Terrorism • Religious Terrorism • Turkey • United States of America • War on Terrorism • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, February 4, 2011 at 10:14 am CET
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WikiLeaks: Pakistan Committed to Defending Conviction of Omar Saeed Sheikh for Daniel Pearl Murder

A new investigation into the death of the American journalist Daniel Pearl says that the British jihadist jailed for his murder is likely to be released because Pakistani officials used tainted… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Jihad • Islamofascism • Pakistan • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, February 2, 2011 at 22:38 pm CET
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What’s Really Wrong with Western Understanding of the Middle East?

Rarely has a mass media article shaken me up as this one does. It is a rare, intense, view of what the Middle East is really like nowadays, though it is about Pakistan, on the eastern end of the region… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Global Jihad • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Pakistan • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, January 31, 2011 at 23:00 pm CET
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Muslim Brotherhood Declares Jihad on America; America Declares MB is Moderate

The best thing I can do for you to understand the Muslim Brotherhood is to ask you to read what I wrote… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, January 31, 2011 at 20:07 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Israel Discusses Growing Number of Terrorist Attacks

Israel suffered three attacks within the span of one hour in an effort to break the calm (“tahdiya”) and derail the impending disengagement, according to… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Hezbollah • Israel • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, January 25, 2011 at 20:47 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Envoy Discusses Security with Israel

In all of his meetings, General Jones described his mandate as developing a security plan to address the needs that will arise from the establishment of a Palestinian state, factoring in the… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, January 22, 2011 at 21:12 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: VS Zet Nederlandse Banken onder Grote Druk om Geen Zaken te Doen met Iran

De VS zet Nederland en het Nederlandse bedrijfsleven onder grote druk om geen zaken te doen met Iran. Zo dringen de Amerikanen aan op maatregelen tegen Credit Europe bank… Lees verder

Topics: Funding Islamic Terrorism • Iran • Nederlands • Netherlands • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, January 21, 2011 at 17:45 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Jihadist Working at US Embassy in the Hague

A Dutch-Croatian woman, working as a telephonist at the American Embassy in The Hague, attended anti-American jihadist websites and had jihadist friends, according to a… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • English • Global Jihad • Netherlands • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, January 18, 2011 at 01:17 am CET
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UN Special Tribunal Submits Indictment in Hariri’s Assassination

Nearly six years after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, prosecutor Daniel Bellemare has submitted the long-awaited results of an international investigation… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • International Law • Lebanon • The Middle East • United Nations 
Posted on Fri, January 7, 2011 at 19:30 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Requests Sahel Surveillance Flights

Algerian government slow to respond to signals intelligence overflight permission for areas of Mauritania and Mali where al-Qaida operates. The move is part of… Continue reading

Topics: Algeria • Mali • Mauritania • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Fri, January 7, 2011 at 01:26 am CET
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Netanyahu Asked Mubarak to Persuade the Palestinians to Resume Direct Talks with Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday “to persuade the Palestinians to move to direct, intensive and serious negotiations… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Gaza and Westbank • Israel • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Fri, January 7, 2011 at 00:00 am CET
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PA Leader Abbas Releases Hamas Terrorist Just 4 Months After Murdering Four Israelis

PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas decided to release a Hamas terrorist from prison just four months after he and other Hamas gunmen ambushed and killed four Israeli civilians (all residents of Bet Haggai) in their car… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Counter-terrorism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Qatar 
Posted on Thu, January 6, 2011 at 20:08 pm CET
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WikiLeaks on Gaza Shows Israeli Policy and Why it Made Sense

A new Wikileaks document is being spun by some media to imply something critical about Israel’s policy in the Gaza Strip. In fact, the secret cable shows the exact opposite. It also… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, January 3, 2011 at 23:17 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Yemen President Tells U.S. to Keep its Guantánamo Detainees

Yemen’s president Ali ­Abdullah Saleh tells America to keep the 120 Yemeni detainees from Guantánamo unless Yemen gets $11m from the US and Saudi Arabia to build a rehabilitation centre in… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • United States of America • War on Terrorism • WikiLeaks • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, January 3, 2011 at 15:40 pm CET
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Mossad: ‘Hezbollah Can Fire 400-600 Rockets a Day in Next War’

Hezbollah would likely shoot between 400 and 600 missiles a day into Israel during a future war, a senior Mossad official told a congressional delegation to Israel in 2009, according to a US diplomatic cable published on Sunday… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Lebanon • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Mon, January 3, 2011 at 15:15 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Israel Preparing for ‘Large Scale War’

Israel’s army chief told a US Congress delegation in late 2009 he was preparing for a large war in the Middle East, probably against Hamas or Hezbollah, leaked US diplomatic cables showed on Sunday… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Lebanon • The Middle East • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, January 2, 2011 at 22:55 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Lockerbie Bomber Released after Gaddafi’s Threats Against UK

The British government’s deep fears that Libya would take “harsh and immediate” action against UK interests if the convicted Lockerbie bomber died in a Scottish prison are revealed in secret US embassy cables which show London’s full… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Libya • Qatar • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, January 1, 2011 at 20:56 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Pakistan Home to 43 ‘Terrorist Camps’

In June 2009, India’s army chief, General Deepak Kapoor, used a meeting with US national security adviser Jim Jones to claim that Pakistan was home to 43 “terrorist camps”, while rejecting suggestions… Continue reading

Topics: India • Pakistan • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, December 29, 2010 at 22:03 pm CET
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The Asian Convoy Waits at Latakia for Permission to Enter Egypt

As of December 28, the members of the Asian convoy, which left India on December 5, are still in the Syrian port of Latakia. The convoy now has 160 activists, of whom 15 are Lebanese and 35 Jordanian. It is carrying 200 tons of humanitarian assistance and food, including… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Egypt • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Humanitarian Aid • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Syria 
Posted on Wed, December 29, 2010 at 21:06 pm CET
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Hamas Remarks About Its Attack Policy and the Recent Escalation

Senior Hamas figures said they wanted the lull to continue and held Israel responsible for the recent escalation in the Gaza Strip. They accused Israel of plotting new “aggression” and threatening a strong Hamas response should such “aggression” occur… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Hamas • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict