The persecution of Christians in the Middle East is accelerating and nobody is paying attention. The rise in Islamic militancy is a byproduct of the Arab Spring and Christian minorities throughout the Islamic world are facing threats that until now, were considered unimaginable. The stories trickle in, of Christian communities ransacked, Christians lynched for some […]
Susan Rice ought to stay off “Meet the Press.” The last time she was on, she misrepresented what led to the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya. On Sunday she was back, this time misrepresenting critics of the Obama administration’s Syria policy. Last time her misrepresentation was unintentional. This time it wasn’t. I prefer […]
The Palestinians, badly treated by the Arab world, must turn to Israel to build a lasting future. As a people, they simple have no friends in the Arab world. They are to some states pawns, to others parasites, and even the “untouchables” of the Arab world in some quarters. Across the Middle East the so […]
History never repeats itself, but it sure does rhyme, it has been said. Now an internationally respected historian is warning that today’s world bears a number of striking similarities with the build-up to the First World War. The newly mechanised armies of the early 20th century produced unprecedented slaughter on the battlefields of the “war […]
As I write, the city of Maaloula in Syria has become a ghost town after being briefly occupied by members of the al Qaeda–linked jihadist group al-Nusra Front. Conflicting reports claim that al-Nusra fighters have desecrated churches and statues in what may be one of the oldest Christian cities in the world, a place where […]
By Onan Coca The problems in the Middle East offer the United States a no win proposition. Yet our government year after year, continues to try and solve the unsolvable. It’s time for us to wash our hands of the problems in the Middle East. The events in Syria are heartbreaking. Over 100,000 people have […]
A source within Iran’s Revolutionary Guard intelligence unit says President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested by forces within his own country, disarmed and interrogated. Stunning details are now emerging … Taken to secret location for 7 hours before released Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was arrested and held for seven hours Monday and warned to keep […]
US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney pens op-ed in WSJ accusing Obama of downgrading bilateral relations, maintaining a weak Middle East policy that could end up pulling US “into the maelstrom.” US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Sunday accused US President Barack Obama of deliberately creating a rift between Jerusalem and Washington, in an […]
It’s the first rule of war; know your enemy. Yet the U.S. government and the mainstream media refuse to use terms like “jihadists” or “radical Islamists” to describe the terrorists who attack us. According to some in the media, the war against Islamic jihadists doesn’t even exist. This week while missile launching terrorist storm embassies […]
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2202441/We-freed-Now-want-destroy-Killing-American-ambassador-written-isolated-incident.html No coincidence attack took place on anniversary of September 11 Radical Libyan groups fiercely hostile to American and the West By John R Bradley PUBLISHED: 01:34, 13 September 2012 | UPDATED: 01:34, 13 September 2012 The murder of Christopher Stevens, pictured, who died alongside three other US embassy officials, cannot be written off as […]
