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August 19, 2010 Texans Have Opportunity to Deter Iran’s Enablers In the coming weeks, the State Department will provide President Obama with recommendations on how to implement Washington's tough new sanctions on Iran. The law imposes severe financial pen... August 19, 2010 US: Swiss-Iran Gas Deal Sends ‘Wrong Message’ BERLIN – Swiss energy giant EGL's €18 billion gas contract with Iran prompted criticism on Tuesday from the US Embassy. "As we noted in the past when this deal was first announced, oil a... August 19, 2010 Despite US Pressure, Merkel Unlikely to Close Iran Bank BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel remains unlikely to order the closure of the Hamburg-based Iranian bank (EIH), which has reportedly funneled over $1 billion into Iran's military and ball... August 19, 2010 Plan B Back in 2007, those of us assigned as "expert advisors" to the Baker-Hamilton Commission were given a straightforward assignment: Come up with a plan to salvage the deteriorating situation in Ira... August 19, 2010 Will the Turkish Flotilla Group Be Named as Terrorists? It's not every day that House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ed Royce (R-CA), the ranking member of terrorism subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, agree... August 18, 2010 A Heightened Demand for Disclosures The major regulatory reform law signed by President Obama last month will eventually require companies across industries to add a slew of new disclosures to their regulatory filings. Among the chan... August 18, 2010 Israel’s Compelling Reasons to Attack, Despite the Uncertainties Gary Milhollin's questions about the efficacy of an Israeli strike against Iran's nuclear facilities are surely among those that have most tormented Israeli cabinets and air-force plann... August 17, 2010 Imam Feisal Watch: Let’s Try It Again, Where’s the Man Behind the GZ Mosque? Where exactly is Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the man behind the $100 million Ground Zero mosque project? I keep asking because weeks after he stopped answering any questions about his "Cordoba House"... August 16, 2010 Are Europe and Obama Finally Cracking Down on Turkey? Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his radical Islamic Justice and Development Party have remained remarkably immune from Western criticism, despite Erdogan's alliance with Mahm... August 16, 2010 An Endorsement for Ground Zero from Gaza Mahmoud al-Zahar, a co-founder of the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, reportedly... August 16, 2010 Ahmadinejad’s Iran and Bin Laden’s al-Qaeda Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad infuriated Americans last week when he claimed that America had exaggerated the death toll from al-Qaeda’s September 11, 2001 attacks. “... August 15, 2010 Only in America Over the weekend, I participated in one of those events that makes you feel good to be an American. Along with a close friend, I gave away the bride at a small wedding ceremony on Long Island. It... August 14, 2010 Seriously, Where Is Imam Feisal, and What’s With His Web Site? If you look past the rhetoric, the realities - or should I say the morphing unrealities? - of Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's Ground Zero mosque and Islamic center project grow ever more curious. P... August 13, 2010 Gitmo Lawyers Argue to Exclude Video Evidence That Appeared on National TV Omar Khadr's trial before a military commission at Guantanamo has reportedly been delayed once again. This time, Khadr's attorney has suffered some illness and the trial has been put on... August 12, 2010 Willful Ignorance at the New York Times The New York Times has published an article by Jeremy Peters, who whines about the military&#039... August 12, 2010 The Taboo of the Intellectuals The controversy over plans to build a mosque near Ground Zero in Manhattan has taken an odd twist. On one side are those making arguments in opposition to the project, along with those who merely... August 12, 2010 Mysteries Of The Absent Imam Feisal For a man whom one would hope has nothing to hide, the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque project sure has dropped out of sight. Having triggered an uproar in the U.S., Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf duc... August 12, 2010 A Mosque is Closed in Germany On Monday, German authorities announced that they closed down the Taiba mosque in Hamburg. The mosque achieved infamy as home to several of the 9/1... August 11, 2010 Swiss Energy Giant EGL Pursues Gas Deal with Iran BERLIN – The Swiss energy group EGL's €18 billion gas contract with the National Iranian Gas Export Company faced criticism at a US congressional hearing in late July because of p... August 11, 2010 What Is Moderate Islam? Is the “Ground Zero Imam,” Feisal Abd ar-Rauf, a moderate Muslim? I do not know. I have yet to read his books or peruse his speeches and sermons in all the languages that Mr. Rauf use... August 10, 2010 Free Speech 1, Bloomberg 0 on the Ground Zero Mosque A group opposing the Ground Zero mosque attempted to run ads against the project on New York City buses and trains, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority refused to permit them because th... August 10, 2010 From Germany, a Lesson for Mayor Bloomberg While New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was energetically defending the Ground Zero mosque, German authorities banned on Monday the Masjid Taiba mosque of Hamburg, which served as the launching pa... August 10, 2010 UN: Taliban Responsible for 76% of Deaths in Afghanistan The Taliban's responsibility for the vast majority of civilian deaths is perhaps the most underreported story from Afghanistan since the war began.... August 9, 2010 Taliban Flog, Execute Pregnant Woman in Afghanistan Time magazine's cover, featuring a young Afghan woman whose nose and ears were chopped off by her Taliban husband for dishonoring him, has sparked plenty of outrage from folks who should be... August 9, 2010 Obama’s Iran Fantasy Co-Authored with Stephen F. Hayes Iran is at war with the United States in Afghanistan. Documents released as part of the Wikileaks dump show that U.S. commanders receive regula... August 9, 2010 Senate Should Slow Down Ratification of New START Treaty While the Obama administration trades horses and twists arms to get a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia through the Senate before the November elections, no one seems to have noticed that... August 7, 2010 State Department: Former Gitmo Detainee Led Terror Cell in Jordan A former Guantanamo detainee named Usama Abu Kabir led a terror cell in Jordan that was broken up in 2009, according to a new report by the US State Department. On Thursday, the State Department... August 6, 2010 The Lebanon Border And Hezbollah’s War Footing Lebanon’s southern border with Israel came very close to a military conflagration Tuesday, amidst a showdown between the international community and Iran’s regime, which continues to... August 6, 2010 Further Travels Of Imam Feisal While debate rages over plans for an Islamic center in Lower Manhattan, the imam behind this project, Feisal Abdul Rauf, is not available to answer questions in New York. Since locating the absen... August 5, 2010 Double Down on Iran Sanctions Just a month after President Obama signed the Iran Sanctions Act into law, the new restrictions appear to have gotten Tehran's attention. Gasoline imports into the Islamic Republic fell nearly 50%... August 5, 2010 Sanctions Plus? Suppose the tough, new sanctions passed into law by the U.S., the E.U., Canada, and Australia do not cause Iran’s Islamist rulers to halt their illicit development of nuclear weapons, curb... August 5, 2010 Do Gaza Flotillas Provide Material Support to Hamas? Former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy recently argued at National Review Online that the federal government has reason to investigate Rashid Khalidi, an activist Middle Eastern studies professo... August 5, 2010 State Department: Iran Sponsors Terrorists Who Kill Americans The State Department has finally released its Country Reports on Terrorism for 2009. Foggy Bottom’s analysis, which details terrorist events in the previous calendar year, was supposed to b... August 4, 2010 Vote On DNI Held Up By Gitmo Concerns Senate Republicans have blocked a vote on President Obama’s nominee to fill the Director of National Intelligence spot, James Clapper. Why? They want more transparency from the most transpa... August 4, 2010 Mosques, Barracks and Bayonets NRO’s excellent editorial this morning on the... August 4, 2010 Former Gitmo Detainee Turned Taliban Leader Threatens Afghan Elders A former Guantanamo detainee who is currently a senior Taliban leader has threatened to kill tribal elders cooperating with Coalition forces and the Afghan government. According to Newsweek... August 3, 2010 Coalition Against Terrorist Media Praises French Decision to Ban Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV Coalition Against Terrorist Media Praises French Decision to Ban Hamas' Al-Aqsa TV... August 3, 2010 The Taliban’s Savagery When WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange announced the massive leak of more than 90,000 classified documents, he claimed that he was exposing “thousands” of possible American war crimes.... August 3, 2010 Look At Who Holds The South Lebanon Trigger On the eve of last Friday’s mini-Arab summit in Lebanon, the United States quietly, but noticeably, renewed a 2007 Executive Order designating parties deemed to be undermining Lebanese sove... August 2, 2010 Iran Sanctions Need to Drive a Wedge LAST Monday the European Union approved more punitive measures against Tehran. These came six weeks after the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1929, slapping new sanctions against T... August 2, 2010 Loopholes Let Iran Off the Hook LONDON — Geopolitical psychoanalysis can be a lazy and futile staple of international affairs. But the judgment of Robert M. Gates, the U.S. defense secretary, that Russia's relationship with Ira... July 30, 2010 Where In The World Is Imam Feisal? Plans for a $100 million high-rise Islamic Center next to New York's Ground Zero are generating lots of controversy, as well as great distress among families of some of the thousands murdere... July 29, 2010 FDD Executive Director Testifies before House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on “Imple Press Release July 29, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org FDD Executive Director Testifies before House Committee on... July 29, 2010 FDD Executive Director Testifies before House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on “Imple Press Release July 29, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948judy@defenddemocracy.org FDD Executive Director Testifies before House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on "Implementation of Iran Sanctions" Washington, D.C. (July 29, 2010) July 29, 2010 Dear Mayor Bloomberg Your Honor: In regard to the proposal to build an Islamic center at the site of the 9/11 terrorist attack in Manhattan, I commend you for saying: “Everything the United States stan... July 28, 2010 The New ‘Pentagon Papers’ This is first-rate commentary, and oorah! for the New York Times for publishing it. Bottom line: Nothing new here, save perhaps some operational details that may cost NATO lives. The punditry has... July 28, 2010 State Dept. to List Sanctionable Firms WASHINGTON – The US State Department is on track to produce a list of foreign companies violating Iran-sanctions laws as soon as early August, according to a congressman involved in the issue.... July 28, 2010 Sanction Multipliers: New Laws Would Get Tough on Companies that Affiliate with Mullahs In the wake of enactment of major sanctions against Iran, some in Congress are looking for new ways to tighten the noose further. While Iranian government officials have mused publicly that new san... July 28, 2010 What the Wikileaks Tell Us About Pakistani Loyalties Leslie Gelb, the former head of the Council on Foreign Relations and a current columnist for the Daily Beast, looked at the 90,000 USG document dump on WikiLeaks, and focused on the issue that ma... July 28, 2010 Mullah Omar Orders Taliban to Attack Civilians, Afghan Women The battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan has taken a new turn in the past two months. The Taliban's supreme leader, Mullah Omar, has ordered his forces to kill or capture any civilians...

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