The Chilcot Report
The Chilcot report on the Iraq war ought to elicit two emotions: sympathy and pity for former British prime minister Tony Blair. As was evident by late 2002, when Europeans saw the fri...
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Assad Must Pay
It’s not just President Obama’s “red line” that Syrian dictator Bashar Assad has crossed. Civilized people have long set limits on armed conflicts. Using chemical weapons...
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British Intel Concerned About Iran-Al Qaeda
Members of British intelligence are concerned about the possibility of Iran and al Qaeda teaming up in a plot against the West, perhaps in a joint attack against the 2012 Olympic Games in London....
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Who’s Really Killing Those ‘Nuclear Scientists’ in Tehran?
They run the banks, the press, all Western governments, the universities, the spooks (most everywhere). And if you can’t find any evidence for it, well, that shows how diabolical the Jews a...
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Italy Wobbles, and a Demon Appears in the Clouds
As usual, whenever the situation permits, the British press — led by the screaming meemies at the Financial Times — calls for the defenestration of Silv...
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A Terrorist Released
Binyam Mohamed is ...
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The New, Neoconservative, New York Times
At first I thought it was an anomaly, a personal thing. One New York Times columnist has an epiphany. But now there are two of them, two very liberal Tim...
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The War with Syria
So the president finally swallowed hard and pronounced the three words: “Assad must go.” Well, not exactly. That would have been too simple....
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Still Clueless About Al Qaeda in Iraq
Speaking in Iraq, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta reportedly told U.S. troops: “The reason you guys are here is because on 9/11 the United States got attacked. And 3,000 Americans — 3,...
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Weapons, Spooks, and Mirrors
Angleton stays on the news.
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I’ll See Your Cyberwar and Raise You One Subpoena
Referring to the feckless cease-and-desist letter the State Department's Harold Koh sent to Wikileaker Julian Assange, Jonah aptly...
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From Al Qaeda Recruit to Millionaire?
Is the British government preparing to make one of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s alleged co-conspirators a millionaire? The Washington Post reports on the British payouts to former Gitmo detaine...
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British Pay Jihadists to Tell Tall Tales of Torture
The UK government has decided to award seven former Guantanamo detainees millions of dollars in an out-of-court settlement, according to multiple press accounts. Why? The ex-Gitmo detainees claim...
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Extradition Delayed Is Justice Denied
He arrived in Europe with great fanfare: an inspiring young leader from a foreign land who spoke with passion about change and social justice. And Europe answered the...
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Perfect: While We Meet with Iran the Brits Are Having al Qaeda Meet with a Shrink
There is a spot on the Obama team for Jacqui Smith (who appears to have been reading too much Bill Ayers). From the Daily Mail: Home Secretary Jacqui Smit...
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Geneva…Again
I once avidly read Andrew Sullivan. I’ve fallen out of the habit in the last few years. As documented extensively by Jonah Goldberg and Ramesh Ponnuru, among others, on National Review Onli...
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The Mullahs Scoff at Geneva…Again
For what seems like the millionth time since 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has perpetrated an act of war against the West, reaffirmed its hostile, revolutionary intentions, and demonstrated...
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Rolling Smear
Co-Authored with Mark R. Levin In a screed Rolling Stone is passing off as journalism, James Bamford becomes the latest in a growing crowd of hacks to smear our friend Michael L...
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Is It Treason?
The 7/7 fallout continues.