by Daniel Greenfield The writer separates fact from revisionist history. Muslims didn’t need Israel as an excuse to murder Americans. The latest talking point in the Western terrorism apologist camp is that Islamic terrorism against Americans began in 1968 when a PLO supporter named Siran Sirhan assassinated Robert Kennedy. Thaddeus Russel, a radical professor and […]
by Gil Ronen Hizbullah is placing military positions, weapons and explosive charges next to schools and hospitals in southern Lebanon, a senior IDF source said Wednesday. The IDF may have to take action against these targets in case of hostilities with Hizbullah, and has said as much to the UN force in southern Lebanon (UNIFIL). […]
by Hana Levi Julian Russians are registering concern over Moscow’s recent cancellation of its deal to sell Iran the S-300 anti-aircraft surface-to-air missile defense system. The move has prompted Tehran to ease away from Russia’s influence, warned a daily newspaper that reported Moscow will lose millions of dollars for cooperating with the United Nations on […]
Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, climbed into the cockpit of his country’s newest fighter jet on Thursday and said it would trump a US-built rival, the F-22 Raptor. Mr Putin watched a test flight of a “fifth-generation” stealth fighter, dubbed the T-50 and billed as Russia’s first all-new warplane since the collapse of the […]
VIDEO: “I want the world to understand what would happen if we didn’t have the blockade. Iran would have its own port in Israel, a few kilometers from Jerusalem. It would be pending death for every citizen in Israel and a grave danger to the safety of the country.” [youtube pk7ZREDSw_A nolink] What the ‘peace […]
Tehran reports that an Iranian naval patrol Thursday, May 27, detected a US nuclear submarine sailing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz, through which most of the oil produced by Persian Gulf states passes on its way to world markets. debkafile’s Iranian sources report Tehran has placed its navy and army on high alert. Western […]
President Barack Obama — who came to power with the help of government employee unions across the nation and has lavished on them hundreds of billions in stimulus funds to keep them on federal, state and local payrolls with no strings attached — is moving to cut spending on salaries for military personnel. This weekend […]
The development of the “Mesbah 1” (Lantern), a new air defense system for countering aircraft, cruise missiles, choppers and other low-altitude threats, was announced by Iran’s defense minister Brig. Gen. Ahmad Vahidi Wednesday, May 5. It will go into operation in the near future. debkafile’s military sources say that if Iran has indeed designed a […]
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A U.S. high-powered airborne laser weapon shot down a ballistic missile in the first successful test of a futuristic directed energy weapon, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency said on Friday. The agency said in a statement the test took place at 8:44 p.m. PST (11:44 p.m. EST) 0444 GMT on Friday) at […]
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 […]
