by Daniel Pipes National Review Online August 30, 2011 The world’s longest ruling head of state, Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the correct transliteration of his name), would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years on Sept. 1. As he leaves the scene, his wretched reign deserves an appraisal. Qaddafi took power at the age of […]
The United States could find itself in a precarious position much worse than the recent D.C. earthquake if attacked by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon. An EMP would cause current and voltage surges and burn out the semi-conductor chips of all electronic devices within the line of sight. A single nuclear weapon detonated at a […]
The laughable propaganda coming out of the Iranian regime aimed at the British authorities’ handling of recent riots has descended to even more embarrassing levels. Not content with publicly criticizing UK police “brutality” and “human rights abuses”, Iran has published photos of the riots to illustrate their point. Or have they? The Guardian reports: Iranian […]
The riots afflicting London and other parts of the UK have made headline news around the world. What has this got to do with coverage of the Middle East however? Often, anti-Israel bias or activism is but one part of an individual’s or even a media outlet’s overall world view or political slant. While reserving […]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the UN Security Council to step in and investigate the recent unrest gripping Britain. The Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as having told reporters after a cabinet meeting, I advise the British statesmen to be aware that the era of colonialism has come to an end. And they […]
Iranian lawmakers blamed Russia for the latest delay in activating its the Bushehr nuclear plant. “The Russians keep making bad promises,” lawmaker Asgar Jalalian told Aftab Yazd daily. “One of reasons for continued payment to the Russians is that our contract with them does not have a financial ceiling and lacks clear timing on contract […]
It was a day in history that the world has never forgotten. Although it is 66 years later, nations are still establishing nuclear development policies and working to eliminate others as a result of the American attack on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. World War II was drawing to a close, […]
The truth from Iran: The protest movement in Israel is anti-Zionist and further proof that the Zionist regime is coming apart at the seams”. Iranian news agencies, controlled or under the influence of the regime headed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, are informing Iranians that the social protest movement actually is a Facebook-inspired revolution that […]
Iraq is more dangerous than it was one year ago, a senior United States official has revealed. The official, U.S. special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction Stuart Bowen, accused the military of attempting to hide the issue. Iraq remains an extraordinarily dangerous place to work. It is less safe, in my judgment, than 12 months […]
Elliott Chodoff, an American born political and military analyst and an IDF reserve major, spoke at the Middle East Briefing session of the sixth CUFI national summit in Washington this week. Citing Israeli military intelligence, Chodoff was quite forthright in his analysis of a possible attack by Iran. Israel cannot survive a nuclear attack. You […]
