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April 18, 2011 The New York Times Gets Basic Facts about KSM Wrong In its editorial denouncing the Obama administration’s decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his 9/11 co-conspirators before a military tribunal, instead of a federal court, the New Yo... April 18, 2011 Think You’re Paying Too Much at the Pump? The Saudis beg to differ. Reuters reports: Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said on Sunday the kingdom had slashed output by 800,000 barrels per day in March d... April 18, 2011 The Death of Vittorio Arrigoni Vittorio Arrigoni was nicknamed “Utopia,” and often ended messages on his Facebook page with the slogan “Stay Human” and the signature “VikUtopia.” He was a de... April 18, 2011 Rep. Peter King Seeks Answers on DOJ Decision Not to Prosecute Islamists House Homeland Security Chairman Peter King has fired off a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding answers about why political appointees in the Obama Justice Department stopped effort... April 18, 2011 Obama & the Muslim Brotherhood, Continued … My column this weekend was about the Obama administration’s infatuation with the Muslim Brotherhood — an infatuation that flies under the lunatic banner of “Islamic Outreach.&rd... April 17, 2011 The Grand Jihad in Beantown … or, at least, in nearby Stoughton. Last week, my friend, Rabbi Jon Hausman, hosted me for a speech about The Grand Jihad at Temple Ahavath Torah. The Rabbi has creataed a real oasis in t... April 16, 2011 ShariAmerica My column this weekend is about the Obama administration’s infatuation with those loveable, “largely secular” “moderates,” the Muslim Brotherhood — who did not... April 16, 2011 What To Do On Gas Prices? With the price of oil spiking, President Obama last week ridiculed Americans concerned about the impact on their wallets. “If you’re getting eight miles a gallon,” he admonished... April 16, 2011 The Audience Is Listening There is always great intrigue in Barack Obama’s speeches. Not much heft, mind you, but substance is not the point. In this Chicago-style presidency, what is said is often less telling than... April 16, 2011 The Libya Mission is Turning into an Embarrassing Mess We do not know yet whether supporting the Benghazi based rebels was wise. But there is no sensible middle ground between doing nothing and using overwhelming force to remove a murderous regime fr... April 15, 2011 Iran’s “Crimes Against Humanity” Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues his campaign to violently repress sexual minorities. “They asked me [at Columbia University in 2007] why you crack down on homosexua... April 14, 2011 DOJ Source: Obama Political Appointees Squashed Indictment of CAIR Leader and Other Islamist Groups My book, The Grand Jihad, is about the Muslim Brotherhood’s conspiracy to destroy America and the West and how Islamists work with Leftists in and out of government. When I speak abou... April 14, 2011 Making Sense of France’s Burqa Ban Berlin — France’s burqa ban became law on Monday, and the full-face veil worn by an estimated 2,000 women in France is now outlawed in public spaces. With this law, Pres. Nicolas Sark... April 14, 2011 What the Obama Administration Didn’t Say About Gitmo Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on “Guantanamo Detainee Transfer Policy and Recidivism.” None of the... April 14, 2011 Concern over German Iran Policies Only hours before Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu touched down in Berlin for talks last week, Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration announced that it would stop pumping billion... April 14, 2011 Clunker Energy Policies Oil is selling for close to $110 a barrel and gasoline for around $4 a gallon. Bad news for motorists. Marvelous news for jihadis. Yet many of our elected leaders still don’t get it: The ri... April 14, 2011 Government Does Not Love You The worst part about being a prosecutor was the defendants’ kids. Wives and parents would get to me, too, but nothing was worse than the kids — especially the young teenagers, when th... April 13, 2011 Gaia Joins the Global Mob Mafias hate free markets and free societies; it’s bad for their “business.” So it’s only logical that the world’s greatest criminal enterprise (aka the U... April 13, 2011 Iran Sells Gasoline to Iraq Iran has struck a deal to sell gasoline to Iraq in April, trade sources said on Tuesday (12 April 2011), but said that the rare cargo did not mean thecountry is free from its dependency on gasoline... April 13, 2011 It Will Get Worse, if the U.S. Leaves It is entirely possible that the Central Intelligence Agency may have been a bit heavy-handed with the Pakistani military, as with the “unauthorized” drone attacks (the vast majority... April 12, 2011 Who Are the Shabbiha? Reporters covering the ongoing popular revolt in Syria were recently introduced to a new term from the sociopolitical lexicon of the Levant—the shabbiha. The shabbiha refers to a p... April 12, 2011 The Real Target in Libya Should Be al-Qaeda Al-Qaeda’s North African affiliate is exploiting the conflict in Libya to acquire weapons, an Algerian official told Reuters last week. Al-Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is reportedly... April 12, 2011 Boosting Israel’s Enemies Only hours before German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin on Thursday, her government nailed a deal worth billions of Euros with the greatest... April 11, 2011 U.S. Won’t Interrogate Top Al Qaeda Terrorist Late last month I asked, who will interrogate top al Qaeda terrorist Umar Patek? Patek, who was captured in Pakistan, is wanted for his role in the 2002 Bali bombings, among other attacks and plo... April 11, 2011 Two Former Gitmo Detainees among Afghanistan’s Most Wanted Newsweek’s Sami Yousafzai and Ron Moreau have published a list of the “12 of the most-hunted insurgent commanders on the front lines” in Afghanistan. The list is made up “... April 10, 2011 Al Qaeda Fighter Properly Detained at Gitmo, Court Finds The DC Circuit Court recently affirmed a district court's decision to deny Guantanamo detainee Yasein Khasem Mohammad Esmail's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The circuit... April 9, 2011 You’re Kidding, Right? With due respect, I think those who are praising the budget deal are deluding themselves. Under circumstances where we are trillions of dollars in debt, the GOP just caved on its promise to... April 9, 2011 We’re There to Help Last week in the northern province of Faryab, two more American soldiers were murdered by one of the police officers they are in Afghanistan to train. As my friend Diana West calculates, that bri... April 8, 2011 From Benghazi to Tel Aviv The so-called International Community has justified military intervention in Libya on humanitarian grounds: Col. Moammar Qaddafi was threatening mass murder in Benghazi. Fair enough. But for year... April 8, 2011 Why Is Germany’s Angela Merkel Strengthening Enemies of Israel and the West? Only hours before German chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin on Thursday, her government did a deal worth billions with the greatest threat to Isr... April 8, 2011 Iran, Settlements Overshadow Netanyahu-Merkel Talks Diplomatic fissures between Israel and Germany over Berlin's pro-Iran trade and bank policies, peace talks with the Palestinians, and Germany's endorsement of an anti-Israel UN resoluti... April 8, 2011 Why Is Germany’s Angela Merkel Strengthening Enemies of Israel and the West? Only hours before German chancellor Angela Merkel welcomed Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Berlin on Thursday, her government did a deal worth billions with the greatest threat to Israe... April 8, 2011 Magic With U.S. Money for the United Nations Welcome to the latest Magical Mystery Tour of American funding for the United Nations. Today’s featured mystery is, how to explain the missing $2.8 billion? Thursday morning, Presi... April 7, 2011 Brace for Trouble. The EU Peace Initiative is About to Kick Off This spring of 2011 does not appear to be the best moment for a new peace initiative. After all, peace talks have not been seriously conducted for two years now. The uprisings that have... April 6, 2011 Why Is the Continuing Resolution Issue Time Rather Than Subject Matter? Since we are now down to the juvenilia of fighting over one-week continuing resolutions (CRs) incorporating budget cuts that are laughably tiny given the red sea of debt we are in, I have a... April 6, 2011 Testimony Before The House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism On April 6, 2011 Thomas Joscelyn testified before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence on the unrest in the Middle East and North... April 6, 2011 German Firms Finance World Champ in Holocaust Denial’ BERLIN – The new president of Germany's 105,000-member Central Council of Jews in Germany, Dieter Graumann, launched on Monday a withering attack on German companies, the Merkel administration an... April 6, 2011 The Flexible Fuel Answer to OPEC Last week, President Barack Obama delivered a highly anticipated speech on our country's energy future. His implicit message? "No, we can't." For starters, the president wrongl... April 6, 2011 Honoring the Compact In an age when judges are habituated to invent rather than apply the law, a written Constitution is a thing of irony. We’ve become exactly what constitutions are designed to prevent: a nation not of... April 6, 2011 The China Conundrum How significant that the architect of the original U.S. overture to China now feels compelled to write a primer on averting war with his own creation. Henry Kissinger's essay, "Avoiding a U.... April 6, 2011 Too Little, Too Late A no-fly zone over Libya may still turn the tide, lead to the ousting of Colonel Gaddafi and facilitate an orderly transition to democracy led by the rebel forces based in Benghazi. At a minimum,... April 5, 2011 Baradei’s Promise to Declare War on Israel Mario, how could you say the execrable Mohammed El Baradei is “obviously playing to public opinion” by threatening war against Israel. I thought we’d been told that there... April 5, 2011 More On Koran Burning Jonah, my problem with the Koran burning stunt is that it is counterproductive. I hear what you’re saying about decency. But on that score, I don’t find the burning any more off... April 5, 2011 Not Unlawful, Not an Enemy Combatant Is there a limit to the damage this government is willing to do to American credibility and security in its sudden haste to rid the world of Moammar Qaddafi — known until recently as a valu... April 5, 2011 Iran Looks on as the West Wrestles with Contradictions Over Libya Intervention Sometime in the next few months, Col. Moammar Gaddafi was meant to turn over the remaining mustard gas he still has in stock. He had agreed to relinquish his weapons of mass destruction to the We... April 4, 2011 Obama Administration Decision to Return KSM to the Military Courts The Obama administration’s decision to return the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the other 9/11 mass-murderers to a military commission demonstrates, yet again, that the American... April 4, 2011 No More Dhimmitude As always, Mark leaves nothing left to say regarding Sen. Lindsey Graham — though I am tempted to suggest that maybe the country would have been better off if he hadn’t exercise... April 2, 2011 Ex-Gitmo Detainee Training Libyan Rebels in Derna A former Guantanamo detainee who spent nearly six years in detention at Cuba is training Libyan rebels in the city of Derna, according to The Wall Street Journal's Charles Levinson.... April 1, 2011 The Senate and the No-Fly Zone: The Legend Begins Out of extremely thin air, the Obama administration is now conjuring the narrative that Congress actually did approve a Libyan no-fly zone before President Barack Obama signed onto the project wi... April 1, 2011 Why Has Germany Snubbed Obama over Iran Sanctions? Berlin — According to a front-page story in the main German business daily the Handelsblatt, “Although [Iran] is subject to strict economic sanctions by the EU and USA, Germany helps...

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