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August 25, 2011 Israel’s Egypt Problem This is troubling news, if in fact the report is accurate. Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies tells me that “while this story must be verified, it should be... August 23, 2011 Rebel Hold on Libya in Doubt as Fighting Rages On "One has to wonder how all this is going to end and whether there is a transitional government that could come in to place right now and command respect and govern efficiently," Dr. Jonatha... August 23, 2011 Will Obama’s Call for Assad to Step Down Pack a Punch? Yet there are other reasons to believe that the calls for Assad to step down and the tougher sanctions won't have much of an impact on the Assad regime. For starters, regional heavyweights l... August 23, 2011 What’s Next for Syria? So Obama, argues Tony Badran, a veteran Middle East watcher at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, decided he had to call openly for regime change, while Turkey has continued “to hol... August 23, 2011 U.S. Joins Calls for Syria’s Bashar Assad to Resign Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Obama's statement is a late-in-coming step but gives U.S. allies, the Syrian opposition and "fence-sitters"... August 23, 2011 Obama Finally Tells Assad to Go So why did Obama finally leap into action? Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies tells me, “Very little has happened in recent days that wasn’t happening five... August 23, 2011 America’s Radio News Network The conflict in Libya.... August 23, 2011 News Update The fall of Qaddafi.... August 22, 2011 The Brian Sussman Show Tripoli falls to the Libyan Rebels.... August 22, 2011 The Don Kroah Show My column on the Arab Spring and the European Fall.... August 22, 2011 The Lou Dobbs Show Washington’s new Syria policy.... August 22, 2011 AKTINA FM U.S.-Israel relations, Israel-Turkey relations, and political developments in Egypt.... August 22, 2011 The Scott Hennen Show The fall of Qaddafi.... August 19, 2011 Conservatives Suggest Syria Next Steps President Barack Obama said yesterday that he wants to see Syrian President Bashar al-Assad step down from office, and promised to implement more sanctions on the Syrian regime. But conservatives... August 18, 2011 Obama Tolerates Terror Operations Run Out of Syria’s Embassy Aside from the impact on our own citizens, American quietude is inexplicable from a diplomatic standpoint. Tony Badran, a Syria expert with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, e-mailed me:... August 18, 2011 Happening Now The Obama Administration calls for Assad to step down.... August 16, 2011 The News Hub Show Recent developments in the War on Terror.... August 16, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Officials believe Pakistan let Chinese engineers photograph the remains of a helicopter used in the Osama bin Laden raid that was equipped with classified technology.... August 16, 2011 Energy Now What is being done now to prevent future outages and protect the grid against terror attacks?... August 16, 2011 Secure Freedom Radio Foundation for Defense of Democracies President Clifford May joins Frank to discuss our current foreign policy woes, including the practice he terms, “Borrowing from the Communists to pay t... August 16, 2011 Free Hour The Mubarak Trial, as well as Iraq security issues leading up to troop withdrawal.... August 16, 2011 Book-TV’s After Words Pirates from Somalia made international news with the capture of an American cargo ship in 2009 in eastern African waters and later the murder of four retirees sailing around the world. Mr. Bahad... August 16, 2011 New Iran Sanctions Could Bring Unintended Blowback "You want to move the market so that you have a smaller number of buyers" of Iranian oil, added Mark Dubowitz, director of the Iran Energy Project at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, a... August 16, 2011 Diplomatic Chorus Grows for Sanctions on Syrian Oil Mark Dubowitz, FDD executive editor and director of its Iran Energy Project, said important sanctions bills have recently been introduced in both houses of the US Congress, but that the most cons... August 12, 2011 Taking Out a Tyrant These leaders, says Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, “will essentially be militia heads, like those who arose during Lebanon’s civil wars.&... August 12, 2011 C.I.A. Is Disputed on Civilian Toll in Drone Strikes Others who question the C.I.A. claim include strong supporters of the drone program like Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal, who closely tracks the strikes. “The Taliban d... August 12, 2011 Assad’s Noose Tightens Kuwait’s turnaround may be the most significant since, as Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, explains, Assad and his cousin Rami Makhlouf have reac... August 12, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Special operations forces kill Taliban leader, shooter behind downing of Chinook.... August 10, 2011 News Update Iran and al Qaeda.... August 10, 2011 Fox News.com Live Syria under new pressure for its brutal crackdown of anti-government protesters.... August 9, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Dozens Killed as NATO Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan.... August 9, 2011 Syrian Defense Minister Killed? Syria expert Tony Badran of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is cautious. He e-mails me, “Well, first we don’t yet know for sure if he’s actually dead. There are some n... August 8, 2011 Senators Demand Obama Step Up Iran Policy Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies has been intimately involved in drafting sanctions legislation and in urging a series of escalating measures. He e-mailed me this mornin... August 8, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Recent developments in the War on Terror.... August 4, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Mubarak trial, Libya and Syria.... August 4, 2011 The Mike Rosen Show Cliff's column, "The Marilyn Monroe Doctrine."... August 4, 2011 The John Batchelor Show The Norway attack and Mubarak trial.... August 4, 2011 Daily Brief Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conduct an about face with respect to possible new parameters to Mideast peace talks based on the '67 lines?... August 4, 2011 US Looks at Intensifying Sanctions Against Syria Over a quarter of the Syrian regime’s revenue comes from the sale of oil, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. FDD Executive Director Mark Dubowitz assessed that... August 4, 2011 Iran Sanctions Failing Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies has been intimately involved in helping to craft sanctions efforts. But he, too, recognizes that sanctions alone are insufficient. He e-... August 3, 2011 Fox News.com Live What inspired the latest Fort Hood terror plot? ... August 2, 2011 FDD Praises Senators for Legislation to Pressure Assad to End Repression ... August 2, 2011 Obama Finally ‘Appalled’ at Syria Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies e-mailed me: “Syria is an increasingly ugly mess, and I don’t see anyone from the international community willing to ste... August 2, 2011 Obama ‘Horrified’ as Syrian Forces Kill at Least 80 in Hama “What the regime is facing here is a tribal insurrection in the east stretching from the north in Deir al- Zor, through the middle in Albu Kamal,” Tony Badran, a research fellow with... August 2, 2011 News Update Is al Qaeda on the brink of collapse and what is the extent of its connections with Iran?... August 2, 2011 News Update What is the extent of al Qaeda's connections with Iran?... July 29, 2011 The Rob Breakenridge Show Terrorist attacks in Norway.... July 29, 2011 Whatever the Fate of al-Qaeda, the Islamist Terrorist Threat Remains There is a clear and present danger of premature triumphalism when American counter-terrorism officials proclaim al-Qaeda is “on the brink of collapse.” As Daveed Garstenstein-R... July 29, 2011 Oh, Yeah, There is an Iran-al-Qaeda Connection Iran expert and former CIA analyst Reuel Marc Gerecht of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies was part of that debate. He e-mails me: Iranian-al-Qaeda ties... July 27, 2011 Happening Now Is al Qaeda on the verge of collapse?...

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