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For Secretary of State Colin Powell, the U.S.-French divorce began on Jan. 20, 2003, when French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin blindsided him during a press conference outside the U.N. After a special session of the Security Council devoted to the war on terror, held at de Villepin's personal request, Powell had driven over to the French U.N. ambassador's official Park Avenue residence, where de Villepin was to host him to an exclusive lunch. Instead, de Villepin stayed behind at the U.N. and announced to the world that France would never support a U.S.-led military intervention against Saddam Hussein. As...

The French Betrayal of America by Kenneth Timmerman (Author) Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Crown Forum; (March 16, 2004) ISBN: 1400053668 Inside Flap Copy Can we trust France? Apparently not. After more than 200 years of shared history and interests, the U.S.-France marriage looks as if it's ending in an acrimonious divorce. Here is the shocking insider account. In the wake of French behavior at the United Nations, where Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin systematically undermined the efforts of Secretary of State Colin Powell to convince the Security Council to authorize force against Iraq, Americans have at best come to suspect...

Thank you, John Kerry, for helping make us Vietnam veterans war heroes now, but you also were the primary reason that the American public grabbed sturdy unbending brooms of judgment and swept us into the closet of silence and shame for so many years. Now, with your latest unreported insanity, you are getting ready for our society to grab those same stiff brooms and sweep our brave, noble young men and women fighting against the War on Terror in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, into the cold, dark cell of heartbreak and betrayal that we Vietnam veterans endured in silent...

"… the administration stubbornly holds to failed polices that drive potential allies away." -- Sen. John Kerry An unvarying refrain of Sen. John Kerry and other Bush administration critics is that the White House alienated America's allies in its haste to wage war in Iraq. Multilateral approaches in foreign policy are to be preferred, the critics point out. Allies are important and should not be taken for granted. After all, the United States will need allied support as it seeks to combat global terror threats. We are all worse off when we ignore our allies' concerns. Indeed, the hawkish Weekly...

France - Pas Comme Les Autres Joe Katzman by "Gabriel Gonzalez" (Paris, France) After reading Kenneth Timmerman's condemnation of France's $100 billion profiteering from Saddam's cruel regime (The French War For Oil), and my own recent article (From Madrid to Paris), some commentators expressed the view that France is just an ordinary country defending its interests and is no different than any other country, including the U.S. Indeed, for some in the anti-war camp France is even assumed to be necessarily a morally superior nation. This view is so thoroughly ignorant of French foreign policy realities that it should really...

Kenneth Timmerman, a New York Times best-selling author, lived and worked as an investigative reporter in France for 18 years. His latest book, The French Betrayal of America, was released last week from Crown Forum. He recently spoke to NRO Editor Kathryn Lopez about the new book. NRO: It seems "cool" these days for right-of-center Americans to French-bash: Hasn't it gone a little too far? Aren't you just adding to the lifespan of "freedom fries" with a book about a "betrayal?" Timmerman: It's a serious matter when the leaders of a country such as France show by their actions that...

Does anyone remember who Robert Stethem was? He was the the U.S. Navy Diver that Imad Mugniyah of the Hizbollah tortured and murdered, and tossed his body to the ground aboard Flight TWA Flight 847 in June, 1985 amid media coverage on the flight from Greece to Beirut. I am currently reading Kenneth Timmerman's book "The French Betrayal of America" to understand the current circumstances of Jack Chirac and his stooge Villipain and their role in the current crisis in the Iraq situtation--it is a must read--Please forgive me for quoting some very interesting background: "Mitterand's lecture (about fighting terrorism...

FORMER GREEN BERET TACKLES KERRY AGAIN! Thank you, John Kerry, for helping make us Vietnam veterans war heroes now, but you also were the primary reason that the American public grabbed sturdy unbending brooms of judgment and swept us into the closet of silence and shame for so many years. Now, with your latest unreported insanity, you are getting ready for our society to grab those same stiff brooms and sweep our brave, noble young men and women fighting against the War on Terror in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, into that cold, dark cell of heartbreak and betrayal, like we...

U.S. allows Muslim 'fox in the henhouse' Guest panelist threatened America, openly supported terror groups Posted: March 20, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: WorldNetDaily is pleased to have a content-sharing agreement with Insight magazine, the bold Washington publication not afraid to ruffle establishment feathers. Subscribe to Insight at WorldNetDaily's online store and save 71 percent off the cover price. By Kenneth R. Timmerman © 2004 Insight/News World Communications Inc. The congressionally funded United States Institute of Peace hosted an event yesterday in Washington on reforming Islam, with a guest panelist who has threatened the United States and openly supported...

Kenneth Timmerman is on the Al Rantel show right now . . . . . www.kabc.com to hear internet feed. The French believe in blood for oil. Over a seven-year period, they had a 100 billion dollar oil deal with Hussein!

Kerry Will Abandon War on TerrorismBy Kenneth R. Timmerman The Democratic Party's presidential front-runner, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), has pledged that if elected he will abandon the president's war on terror, begin a dialogue with terrorist regimes and apologize for three-and-one-half years of mistakes by the Bush administration. In a sweeping foreign-policy address to the Council on Foreign Relations in December, Kerry called the U.S. war on terror as conceived and led by President George W. Bush "the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in modern history." Kerry's remarks were widely praised by journalists. The Associated Press...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                      Contact: Teresa Brady                                                                                                           (212) 572-2598                                                                                                           tbrady@randomhouse.com     THE FRENCH BETRAYAL      OF AMERICA      EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK SHOWS WHY OUR FORMER          FRIEND IS NOW WORKING TO UNDERMINE THE             U.S. WAR ON TERROR   INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER KENNETH TIMMERMAN GIVES A    SHOCKING ACCOUNT OF HOW OUR LONGSTANDING ALLY HAS           BECOME AN ADVERSARY AND HOW AMERICA STILL     CONTINUES TO SHARE NUCLEAR SECRETS WITH FRANCE        “Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without an            accordion.  You just leave a lot of useless, noisy baggage behind.”           -Jed Babbin, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense, 1989-1992 Last year Americans watched with revulsion...

In a stunning departure from 35 years of hostility with the West, Colonel Muammar Qaddafi told delegates at the opening of the Libyan People's National Congress in the seaside resort town of Sirte on Tuesday that his government had renounced terrorism and weapons of mass destruction and declared that "a new era has started" of openness and cooperation with the United States. In an address to the nation's top elected leaders as well as seven members of the United States House of Representatives, the Libyan leader gave the first detailed public account of the reasons behind his surprise announcement on...

The Democratic Party's presidential front-runner, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), has pledged that if elected he will abandon the president's war on terror, begin a dialogue with terrorist regimes and apologize for three-and-one-half years of mistakes by the Bush administration. In a sweeping foreign-policy address to the Council on Foreign Relations in December, Kerry called the U.S. war on terror as conceived and led by President George W. Bush "the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in modern history." Kerry's remarks were widely praised by journalists. The Associated Press headlined its report on his speech, "Kerry Vows to Repair...

Among Kerry's top fund-raisers are three Iranian-Americans who consider the mullahs the good guys in Iran Among Sen. John Kerry's top fund-raisers are three Iranian-Americans who have been pushing for dramatic changes in U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Most prominent among them is Hassan Nemazee, 54, an investment banker based in New York. Nominated to become U.S. ambassador to Argentina by President Bill Clinton in 1999, Nemazee eventually withdrew his nomination after a former partner raised allegations of business improprieties. Nemazee was a major Clinton donor, giving $80,000 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the 1996...

Among Sen. John Kerry's top fund-raisers are three Iranian-Americans who have been pushing for dramatic changes in U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran. Most prominent among them is Hassan Nemazee, 54, an investment banker based in New York. Nominated to become U.S. ambassador to Argentina by President Bill Clinton in 1999, Nemazee eventually withdrew his nomination after a former partner raised allegations of business improprieties. Nemazee was a major Clinton donor, giving $80,000 to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) during the 1996 election cycle and attending at least one of the famous White House fund-raising coffees. In 2001,...

The Democratic Party's presidential front-runner, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has pledged that if elected he will abandon the president's war on terror, begin a dialogue with terrorist regimes and apologize for three-and-one-half years of mistakes by the Bush administration. In a sweeping foreign-policy address to the Council on Foreign Relations in December, Kerry called the U.S. war on terror as conceived and led by President Bush "the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in modern history."

By Kenneth R. Timmerman© 2004 Insight/News World Communications Inc. The Democratic Party's presidential front-runner, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., has pledged that if elected he will abandon the president's war on terror, begin a dialogue with terrorist regimes and apologize for three-and-one-half years of mistakes by the Bush administration. In a sweeping foreign-policy address to the Council on Foreign Relations in December, Kerry called the U.S. war on terror as conceived and led by President Bush "the most arrogant, inept, reckless and ideological foreign policy in modern history." Kerry's remarks were widely praised by journalists. The Associated Press headlined its report on his...

Special ReportSaffuri's Ties to Terror Suspects Posted Feb. 23, 2004 By Kenneth R. Timmerman Saffuri (above) has formed relationships with several questionable allies, including Sami al-Arian, who was arrested last year. The rise of Khaled Saffuri to political prominence within the U.S. Muslim community has all the ingredients of a Horatio Alger success story. Brought up as a stateless exile in Kuwait, Saffuri came to America as a student in 1982, went to college in San Diego, and soon gravitated into the world of Muslim activism. A talented fund-raiser and behind-the-scenes power broker, Saffuri built bridges to politicians in both...

<p>When I first heard the announcement from the French Foreign Ministry in Paris, I thought it was a joke.</p> <p>France is considering sending troops to Haiti, smack in the middle of America's Caribbean back yard, to quell unrest against a Marxist-leaning president by fellow Haitians who reject his iron grip on power.</p>

Dear FreeRepublic Compatriots: There is a SPECIAL EVENT on Iran that is going to be held on February 11th in California. The program is called "From a Great Civilization ... IRAN .. To the Axis of Evil?" and the speakers will be LARRY ELDER, KENNETH TIMMERMAN, and BIJAN KIAN. Because most of us won't be able to attend we are urging everyone interested to email C-SPAN at events@c-span.org and see if we can't get them to give coverage to this program! Let C-SPAN know that this is a very important and timely event and will get MANY viewers! Lets see...

SPECIAL EVENT:From a Great Civilization ..(IRAN) To the Axis of Evil? Most people won't be able to attend this event so lets try hard to get C-SPAN to air this program. Please send an email to their suggestion box at events@c-span.org**Let them know of it's value and importance - and they will probably cover it!!!

International financier George Soros is worth $7 billion -- and he so desperately wants to oust George Bush from the White House, he says he would even give away his whole fortune to do so. Soros did not make this comment glibly, telling the Washington Post it would be a real consideration “if someone could guarantee” Bush’s defeat. The billionaire’s zeal to unseat Bush has caught the notice of top policy makers in Washington who worry that Soros would not need to risk his whole fortune to cause mischief. Here’s the real worry: Could the master currency trader manipulate the...

Is the California Republican the victim of a sophisticated influence operation by Muslim extremists, or is he showing his true colors? Top Jewish Republicans who have supported Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) for decades said in interviews that they have “serious concerns” with the California Republican’s ties to radical Muslim groups and their foreign backers, and his outspoken efforts to champion their cause in Congress. “Before 9-11, Dana’s views seemed idiosyncratic,” said Arnold Steinberg, a political consultant whose ties to Rohrabacher go back to Youth for Goldwater in 1964. “We rationalized that he wasn’t fully informed or had a blind spot”...

<p>January 14, 2004 -- Yesterday, self-appointed civil- rights activist Jesse Jackson began his seventh annual "Wall Street Project" conference, a fund-raising extravaganza intended to put on display the dazzling array of Jackson's corporate sponsors and shakedown victims.</p> <p>Unlike earlier years, however, this year's event is turning out to be less a show of force than a demonstration of Jackson's waning influence.</p>

Invitation to September 11 Free Iran at ActivistChat.com! December 22, 2003 Insight Magazine Kenneth R. Timmerman The spider holes where terrorists and the nation-states who back them hide from public view lie in the murkiest recesses of the murky world of intelligence. Rarely do victims of terrorist attacks get to face their attacker, let alone know his identity, especially when the attacker is a foreign government. Individual terrorists such as Osama bin Laden or Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (aka "Carlos the Jackal") - who openly boast of their evil deeds and thus can be tracked, targeted and eventually taken out -...

The spider holes where terrorists and the nation-states who back them hide from public view lie in the murkiest recesses of the murky world of intelligence. Rarely do victims of terrorist attacks get to face their attacker, let alone know his identity, especially when the attacker is a foreign government. Individual terrorists such as Osama bin Laden or Ilich Ramirez Sanchez (aka "Carlos the Jackal") - who openly boast of their evil deeds and thus can be tracked, targeted and eventually taken out - are the exception, not the rule. Or so said the conventional wisdom until a recent...

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This week on RadioFR: (all times Eastern) Tuesday, December 16 8pm Always Right with Chuck Muth Guest: Kayne Robinson, President Nation Rifle Association Topic: Campaign Finance Reform Bill Guest: Bill Green, Conservative Alerts Topic: Conservative Online Activism   10pm On Fire! with Tom Adkins     Wednesday, December 17 8pm Jeff Gannon's Washington     Thursday, December 18 8pm The Doug from Upland Hour Guest: Jonathan Stein, Free Republic Network Topic: Ethics Complaint filed against Senate Intelligence Committee   10pm Unspun with AnnaZ Guest: Kenneth Timmerman author of Preachers of Hate KENNETH R. TIMMERMAN is the author of the...

Former Clinton White House adviser Dick Morris called it Hillary's "badwill tour of Iraq." Certainly Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's grousing to the troops brought no wild cheers, unlike the scene when President George W. Bush showed up unannounced on Thanksgiving Day to serve turkey to servicemen and women on combat duty in Baghdad. According to some reports, she is so unpopular among the armed forces that her Pentagon minders had to assign soldiers to greet her. The former first lady, touted by many Democrats as their best hope at wresting the presidency from Bush in 2004, insisted that she had...

Was Hillary's Iraq ploy treason?Officials say Clinton's 'badwill tour' plays into hands of enemies Posted: December 11, 20035:00 p.m. Eastern By Kenneth R. Timmerman© 2003 Insight/News World Communications Inc. Former Clinton White House adviser Dick Morris called it Hillary's "badwill tour of Iraq." Certainly Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's grousing to the troops brought no wild cheers, unlike the scene when President George W. Bush showed up unannounced on Thanksgiving Day to serve turkey to servicemen and women on combat duty in Baghdad. According to some reports, she is so unpopular among the armed forces that her Pentagon minders had to assign soldiers...

Former Clinton White House adviser Dick Morris called it Hillary's "badwill tour of Iraq." Certainly Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's grousing to the troops brought no wild cheers, unlike the scene when President George W. Bush showed up unannounced on Thanksgiving Day to serve turkey to servicemen and women on combat duty in Baghdad. According to some reports, she is so unpopular among the armed forces that her Pentagon minders had to assign soldiers to greet her. The former first lady, touted by many Democrats as their best hope at wresting the presidency from Bush in 2004, insisted that she had...

Receive FREE updates by email: | Author Reveals Depths of Hatred in Muslim World By Sean GrindlayNovember 25, 2003 Anyone trying to make sense of the situation in the Middle East must understand the mindset that pervades most of the Muslim world, says Kenneth Timmerman, author of Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America. This mindset, he says, is characterized by an extremely intense and deep-seated hatred of all things Jewish-and, by extension, all things Western. Timmerman discussed this and other aspects of his book at a November 20 luncheon held by Accuracy in Media. Drawing on...

Nine months before the Iraq war, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) planners conducted detailed analysis of postwar requirements, which they called "Phase IV." In December 2002, the initial concepts were turned over to an operational planning team based in Qatar known as Joint Task Force IV (JTF-IV). The planning team "included representatives from the departments of Defense, State and the Treasury, USAID [U.S. Agency for International Development], CIA and, from the White House, staff of the National Security Council and the Office of Management and Budget [OMB]," OMB Director Joshua B. Bolten told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in July. It...

A Q&A by Kathryn Jean Lopez Journalist Kenneth R. Timmerman is author, most recently, of Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America. He recently spoke to NRO about his book, Islam, and the war on terror. Kathryn Jean Lopez: What first took you to the Middle East and the Arab world? Kenneth R. Timmerman: I first began reporting on the Middle East during the 1982 war in Lebanon as a radio stringer, and promptly wound up kidnapped by Fatah guerillas in Beirut and held for 24 days in a cellar prison. It was an experience that changed my...

MEDIA MATTERSDavid Kay rebukes Washington PostWMD-search chief says reporter misidentified source in weapons hunt Posted: November 4, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern By Kenneth R. Timmerman© 2003 Insight/News World Communications Inc. The head of the CIA's Iraq Study Group that is investigating Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programs issued a stinging rebuke of the Washington Post on Saturday. David Kay alleged that Post reporter Barton Gellman knowingly misrepresented information he had gathered in Iraq about the hunt for Saddam's WMDs and had misidentified a key source as well as the information Kay had provided Gellman in an interview. Gellman's front-page story, which ran...

Saudi Wealth Fuels Global Jihadism Posted Oct. 27, 2003 By Kenneth R. Timmerman Generations of Muslims in the Middle East have been raised on the anti-Western, anti-Semitic theologies of Ayatollah Khomeini and in the Saudi Wahhabi system of madrassas (religious schools). This foundation set the stage for the rise of Osama bin Laden. Doaa 'Amer is a professional TV anchor who hosts Muslim Woman Magazine on IQRAA TV, a satellite channel broadcasting throughout the Arab world. As she tells it, her job is to educate the next generation of children to be "true Muslims." Readers accustomed to hearing Islam described...

Good thing President George W. Bush didn't stick around to listen to French President Jacques Chirac's speech at the United Nations on Sept. 23, even though it came right on the heels of his own call for greater international cooperation in the fight against terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. He might have had second thoughts about meeting Chirac later. "No one can act alone in the name of all," Chirac intoned, "and no one can accept the anarchy of a lawless society. There is no alternative to the United Nations." French diplomats were quick to point...

French Propose Their World Order By Kenneth R. Timmerman In an Aug. 25 speech that was almost surreal for its flighty idealism, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin called for a "new world organization" to replace the United Nations as it is currently structured. At an annual conference in Paris bringing together 200 top French diplomats and Foreign Ministry officials, de Villepin reiterated his view that the United States must cede power to a new "collective-security" organization. "[B]uilding a new world, founding a new order" was "urgent," he insisted, "an immense task that is incumbent upon us." It was France's...

A meeting between George W. Bush and the Rev. Jesse Jackson after the president addressed the National Urban League in Pittsburgh on Monday has black Republicans roiling with anger and incomprehension. "We are outraged that the people around the president would do such a thing," said Niger Innis, spokesman for the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE). "This amounts to aiding and abetting a hustler who has been exposed and is a total repudiation of people like my father, Roy Innis, who have been fighting for a positive cause for years." The 15-minute closed-door meeting also was attended by Rep. Elijah...

Where's Jesse now?As Clinton's point man in Africa, Jackson helped create Liberian crisisPosted: July 26, 20031:00 a.m. EasternEditor's note: WorldNetDaily is pleased to have a content-sharing agreement with Insight magazine, the bold Washington publication not afraid to ruffle establishment feathers. Subscribe to Insight at WorldNetDaily's online store and save 71 percent off the cover price. By Kenneth R. Timmerman© 2003 News World Communications Inc. While the Congressional Black Caucus clamored for President George W. Bush to dispatch U.S. troops to Liberia, as he ultimately decided yesterday to do, neither the Congressional Black Caucus nor Bush is talking publicly about how Liberia began...

... The average Frenchman listening to state-run France Inter radio or Antenne 2 television during the first week of the war in Iraq saw the United States spiraling toward a humiliating defeat, and Bush, the "cowboy" president, headed for ignominy if not impeachment. In tones that mixed elation and awe, newsmen and pundits began speculating on how the Middle East would look the day after the United States lost the war against Saddam. Wouldn't this dramatic display of U.S. vulnerability encourage other nations and terrorist groups to challenge overrated U.S. military might?...

The news had been bad from the start. U.S. and British troops were "bogged down" in southern Iraq in the face of "fierce resistance" from Iraqi forces loyal to Saddam Hussein. U.S. supply lines had been cut, and an ambush by cunning Iraqi defenders had killed dozens of U.S. troops. American prisoners of war, shown on French television in footage that was withheld in the United States, seemed pitiably small, helpless and afraid. U.S. helicopters were crashing like mosquitoes hitting a bug zapper, and a U.S. Patriot missile had shot down a British warplane in a friendly-fire incident that...