Iran has exploited a loophole in international sanctions to import tons of alumina – a refined version of raw bauxite ore. In its high purity or ‘chemical grade’ form, the refined ore can be used for sensitive military applications, such as the production of armor parts and missile components. Although the United States and European […]
by Daniel Pipes July 3, 2013 updated Jul 4, 2013 Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble made a statement not often heard from high-up Europeans concerning Turkey’s bid to join the European Union: “We should not accept Turkey as a full member … Turkey is not part of Europe.” […]
The Untold Truth: 150 Million Europeans Hate Israel – Part 2 July 11, 2013 11:16 by Simon Plosker In the first part of our exclusive interview, Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld posited that today, well over 150 million Europeans believe that Israel is exterminating the Palestinians. Since the interview was published, Gerstenfeld’s views have been featured in The […]
Uli Deck/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom American regulators yesterday agreed, both internally and with the European Union, on how to deal with the trading of financial derivatives beyond U.S. shores. The EU and U.S. essentially decided to treat each other’s rules as “close enough.” While the decision has some value, it continues to miss the point. No set of […]
ROME, ITALIA (LifeSiteNews.com) – In his first encyclical letter, released this morning, Pope Francis has reiterated that marriage is a union of one man and one woman for the procreation and nurturing of children. This lifelong pledge is possible only in the light of a greater plan for marriage, he said: “Promising love for ever is […]
In 2010 the National Security Agency (NSA) taught Edward Snowden how to turn the world’s largest spy agency inside out. Snowden, through a NSA course that trains security professionals to think like hackers, acquired the skills he needed to quietly slip into NSA computer systems and gather the highly classified surveillance documents he leaked last month, Christopher Drew […]
The Untold Truth: 150 Million Europeans Hate Israel July 1, 2013 14:37 by Simon Plosker In a thought-provoking new book, Demonizing Israel and the Jews, Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld, a board member of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, posits that today, well over 150 million Europeans believe that Israel is exterminating the Palestinians. This current widespread […]
BERLIN (Reuters) – The United States taps half a billion phone calls, emails and text messages in Germany in a typical month and has classed its biggest European ally as a target similar to China, according to secret U.S. documents quoted by a German newsmagazine. The revelations of alleged U.S. surveillance programs based on documents […]
MAZEN MAHDI/EPA/Newscom On June 19, a meeting of European Union countries failed to agree on a United Kingdom–sponsored proposal to list the military wing of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization. Despite the support of the U.K., France, Germany, and the Netherlands, the EU—which requires consensus to list a group as a terrorist organization—unsurprisingly failed to […]
Police in Germany have raided dozens of addresses to foil an Islamist terror plot intending to use remote controlled model aircraft filled with explosives to be flown into targets. Armed officers of the specialist G9G units raided homes in Stuttgart, Munich and Dachau after receiving information that at least one Muslim terrorist attempt was being […]
