By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor This screenshot from a video clip shows Anne Bayefsky speaking at the stakeout microphone at the U.N. on November 5, 2009. A U.N. security guard hovers behind her. (Image: Eye on the UN video clip) (CNSNews.com) – After being denied access to United Nations headquarters for two weeks, one of […]
By Christopher Neefus and Karen Schuberg Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about health care reform at Chinese Hospital in San Francisco on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas) (CNSNews.com) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-Calif.) declined to say Thursday whether Osama bin Laden, when captured by the United States, should be told […]
by Daniel Pipes The title page of Nidal Hasan’s PowerPoint demonstration for a medical lecture in June 2007, indicates how little interest he took in medicine and how much in the perceived contradiction between being a Muslim and an American soldier. As the Pentagon and Senate launch what one analyst dubs “dueling Fort Hood […]
From VirtualJerusalem.com: Responding to a rocket attack on southern Israel on Wednesday, the Israeli air force struck deep in Gaza during the night. The IAF targets included factories used in the production of arms near Khan Younis and two tunnels used for weapons smuggling. The tunnels were located in the south of the Gaza region, […]
From VirtualJerusalem.com: President Obama’s efforts to persuade China to countenance sanctions against Iran appear inconclusive. A joint statement issued by both nations after Obama met Tuesday with Chinese President Hu Jintao spoke only of “concern” at recent revelations that Iran has accelerated its efforts to enrich uranium and urged “engagement” and “confidence-building steps.” Absent was […]
Posted by Erick Erickson It has been almost 90 days since General McChrystal asked Barack Obama for more troops. No decision has been made. The General still waits as our soldiers keep dying. But that might actually be a better alternative to any decision Obama might make. As awful as that sounds, new information is […]
by Cinnamon Stillwell In the wake of the horrific attack at the Fort Hood military base in Texas earlier this month, and the mounting evidence that the shooter, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, was motivated by Islamist beliefs, the media has turned to Middle East studies “experts” for enlightenment. Instead, what the media, and, by extension, […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted the Obama administration on Friday for its decision to try five Sept. 11 suspects in New York, saying that such a trial would only encourage terrorists to target the city once again. Earlier Friday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that self-proclaimed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and […]
Posted by Erick Erickson Today Barack Obama is going to announce that the terrorist mastermind of September 11th, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be sent to New York City for a criminal trial in a civilian court. In that trial, the terrorist will get all the rights afforded an American citizen in a criminal trial, including […]
