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  • Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of Al-Queda

    05/22/2013 12:00:43 AM PDT · by Freedom of Speech Wins · 52 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | 05/21/13 | John Hudson
    Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, which voted overwhelmingly to arm elements of the Syrian opposition in a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN). "This is an important moment," Paul said, addressing his Senate colleagues. "You will be funding, today, the allies of al Qaeda. It's an irony you cannot overcome."
  • FBI involved in fatal shooting near Universal Orlando [Connection to Boston Bombing]

    05/22/2013 3:19:27 AM PDT · by No One Special · 95 replies
    ClickOrlando.com ^ | May 22, 2013 | Unknown
    Friends say victim knew Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev ORLANDO, Fla. - The FBI confirms a special agent was involved in a deadly shooting early Wednesday near Universal Orlando, and two friends of the victim say he was from Chechnya and knew one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects. The fatal shooting happened just after midnight at 6022 Peregrine Avenue in Orlando. "We are currently responding to a shooting incident involving an FBI special agent," FBI Special Agent Dave Couvertier told Local 6. "The incident occurred in Orlando, Florida. The agent encountered the suspect while conducting official duties. The...
  • Senate Panel Approves Arms for Syrian Rebels

    05/22/2013 1:40:06 AM PDT · by BarnacleCenturion · 43 replies
    philly.com ^ | May 22, 2013 | Donna Cassata
    WASHINGTON - A Senate panel voted Tuesday to provide weapons to rebels battling the forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the first time lawmakers have endorsed the aggressive U.S. military step of arming the opposition. ... "The greatest humanitarian crisis in the world is unfolding in and around Syria," said Sen. Robert Menendez (D., N.J.), the committee chief. ". . . The United States must play a role in tipping the scales toward opposition groups and working to build a free and democratic Syria." Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the panel's top Republican, implicitly criticized the Obama administration as he...
  • Challenges of the Eurasian Muslim Diaspora

    05/22/2013 1:00:09 AM PDT · by cunning_fish · 1 replies
    The National Interest ^ | May 21, 2013 | Ariel Cohen
    The Tsarnaev brothers’ brutal attack in Boston sparked renewed interest in terrorism in Eurasia. The subsequent disclosure that two students from Kazakhstan allegedly tried to hide incriminating evidence against Djokhar Tsarnaev has only heightened that interest. The not-guilty plea of Fazliddin Kurbanov, the alleged Uzbek terrorist in Idaho, underscores the new threat. And that’s a good thing. Understanding what was and is happening in Eurasia can help us better fight terrorism and prevent future attacks rooted in that region. Chechens and Uzbeks fought in Afghanistan with the Taliban, and fighters from the North Caucasus are involved in Syria on the...
  • SHOCK: Obama was 'incapacitated' due to 'staggering, inapt activities'

    05/21/2013 6:31:41 PM PDT · by Paine in the Neck · 148 replies
    Red Flag News ^ | 5/21/13 | J.R. Elliot
    Full title - "SHOCK: Obama was 'incapacitated' due to 'staggering, inapt activities' between the hours of 1800 and 2300 on the night of Benghazi... ""Two sources close to the inner circle of the Obama White House have communicated exclusively to RedFlag News that during the night of Benghazi, President Obama was 'incapacitated' due to 'staggering, inapt activities' between the hours of 1800 and 2300."
  • What is "Obama" saying when he claims he SPOKE to No One about Benghazi, IRS Tea Party, Fox news

    05/21/2013 6:36:53 PM PDT · by Understand the stimulus · 34 replies
    Intelligence | 4 21 2013 | self
    For weeks Obama has made the "claim" that no one 'Told' him or spoke with him about the three major scandals surrounding Obama's Team the past few weeks in 2013, Electronic communication including blackberry, IMs, Emails etc have accounted for 90% of when someone might be TOLD the MSM editors allow OBAMA to fade the word spoke or told without explaining what these words mean...its similar to Clintons "what is is " ? Obama is using words to skirt awareness and he needs to held to questions about IMs and Blackberry...how does valarie jarret communicate with him, how does white...
  • Islamonazi Infiltration Of The Government

    05/21/2013 7:02:30 PM PDT · by Absolutely Nobama · 19 replies
    Alan Levy, gun owner | 05/21/13 | Alan Levy
    At the risk of being investigated by the by the Gestap---er,uh---, Infernal Revenue "Service" (no typo), I bid you greetings, fellow patriots. Just for fun and an undying thirst for the truth, let's talk about the infiltration of of radical Islamonazis of the State Of Confusion Department under Hitlery Clinton, friend of the PLO and Hamas. Now before we get started, a little housekeeping is in order. I am not a conspiracy theorist. I'm not an Alex Jones groupie. I'm not a Paultard who blames Mossad or the CIA for 9/11/01 between bong hits. I'm simply an observant person who...
  • Paterson NJ Actually Becomes Paterstine as PLO Flag Rises Over City Hall

    05/21/2013 6:32:33 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 21 replies
    http://frontpagemag.com ^ | may 21, 2013 | Daniel Greenfield
    Paterson NJ has often been known as Paterstine due to the large Muslim settlements there and the connections to terrorism. Including the attacks of September 11. New Jersey’s Muslim settlements in Paterson and Jersey City have long been a security problem for New York City. And the collaboration of Jersey pols like Governor Christie and Bill Pascrell with Muslim terrorists is an ongoing problem. The raising of the terrorist flag over Paterson’s City Hall is another reminder of who really wields power in the state. The “Palestinian flag”, like everything else about the fake identity group deployed by a terrorist...
  • Rand Paul: My colleagues just voted to arm the allies of al Qaeda

    05/21/2013 5:01:53 PM PDT · by ConservativeInPA · 49 replies
    Foreign Policy ^ | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 | John Hudson
    Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) blasted members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tuesday, which voted overwhelmingly to arm elements of the Syrian opposition in a bill co-sponsored by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN). "This is an important moment," Paul said, addressing his Senate colleagues. "You will be funding, today, the allies of al Qaeda. It's an irony you cannot overcome." The legislation, which would authorize the shipment of arms and military training to rebels "that have gone through a thorough vetting process," passed in a bipartisan 15-3 vote. Paul offered an amendment that would strike the...
  • Russia says kills senior Islamist insurgent

    05/21/2013 6:26:13 PM PDT · by cunning_fish · 6 replies
    Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | May 22, 2013 | Alissa de Carbonnel
    MOSCOW (Reuters) - The right-hand man of Russia's most wanted insurgent was killed by security forces on Tuesday, officials said, as Moscow tries to contain militancy in its Caucasus region before it hosts the Winter Olympics near there next February. Dzhamaleil Mutaliyev, a senior figure in a group fighting to establish an Islamist state, was killed along with another militant in a shootout in the town of Nazran in Ingushetia, a spokesman for local investigators said. Mutaliyev masterminded a bombing that killed 18 people at a market in the nearby city of Vladikavkaz in 2010 and was a close aide...
  • John Kerry Reportedly Had a Breakfast Meeting With Father of Gaza Flotilla ‘Martyr’ Last Week —

    05/20/2013 7:24:43 AM PDT · by Nachum · 16 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 5/20/13 | Sharona Schwartz
    Last week, TheBlaze reported that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan invited the father of one of the radical Islamist activists killed on the 2010 Gaza flotilla to join the official entourage on his visit to the U.S. last week. And while sources familiar with lat weekÂ’s visit told TheBlaze that the father did not enter the White House or meet President Obama to deliver a personal letter about his son, according to the Turkish foreign ministerÂ’s Twitter account Secretary of State John Kerry did meet with the father and even posed for a photo with him. The Turkish news...
  • (Muslim) Man jailed for allegedly trying to drag teen from SoCal bookstore

    05/21/2013 3:30:48 PM PDT · by george76 · 59 replies
    City News Service ^ | 05/20/2013
    ALISO VIEJO - A 29-year-old man was behind bars today on suspicion of trying to drag a teenage girl out of a bookstore in Aliso Viejo, a sheriff's spokesman said. Saif Mohamed Moussa was booked on suspicion of kidnapping and child annoyance and was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail, said Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff's Department. A 17-year-old girl was shopping in the Barnes & Noble store at 26751 Aliso Creek Road about 2 p.m. Saturday when Moussa wrapped her up in a bear hug and started walking her to the front door, Amormino alleged. "He...
  • Syria, Israel exchange fire on Golan Heights

    05/21/2013 9:33:34 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 13 replies
    Reuters) ^ | Tue May 21, 2013 12:09pm EDT | Reuters)
    ... Lieutenant-General Benny Gantz, said the Israeli army vehicle had been patrolling on the Israeli side of a border fence when it came under repeated fire. "They fire on it once. They fire on it twice. They fire on it a third time, from a clear Syrian position," he said in a speech. "One time, okay. Two times, okay. Three times, too many. The position was destroyed."
  • France in talks with US, Israel to buy drones

    05/21/2013 3:17:43 PM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 6 replies
    Reuters ^ | 05/19/2013
    France in talks with US, Israel to buy drones Paris looks to modernize fleet, seeks to purchase drones from Washington, J'lem "straight away," says French defense minister. PARIS - France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Sunday. France's existing hardware is outdated and its military intervention in Mali this year has exposed its shortage of surveillance drones suitable for modern warfare. The United States provided French commanders with intelligence from its drones based in Niger. "We need this capacity in...
  • Watchdog report says DOJ official retaliated against ‘Furious’ whistle-blower, lied about it

    05/21/2013 3:31:50 PM PDT · by Kaslin · 13 replies
    Fox News.com ^ | May 20, 2013 | William La Jeunesse
    The former U.S. Attorney for Arizona could be disbarred, after an investigation found he lied to the Justice Department about his role in trying to discredit the federal whistle-blower who exposed the botched gun-running scheme known as Fast and Furious. An Office of Inspector General report showed that Dennis Burke -- the former chief of staff for Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano appointed as U.S. Attorney for Arizona by President Obama in September 2009 -- lied when asked if he leaked sensitive documents to the press meant to undermine the credibility of ATF whistle-blower John Dodson. The IG report also...
  • Iran: New President, New Direction? – OpEd

    05/20/2013 9:36:38 AM PDT · by Ghost of Jesus Gil · 7 replies
    Albany Tribune ^ | May 20, 2013 | Neville Teller
    Now the Iranian constitution requires a new president to be elected, and Rafsanjani’s entry into the contest radically alters what was previously seen as a contest between rival conservative groups. Not that Rafsanjani currently is more than a relative moderate – currently, because in his time he has veered sharply from side to side across Iran’s political spectrum; and relatively moderate because, although he now favours a domestic free market, privatization of state-owned industries, and a moderate position internationally, he is still sought by the Argentinian government for ordering the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires in...
  • Hezbollah’s Role in Syria War Shakes the Lebanese

    05/20/2013 11:51:06 PM PDT · by lbryce · 5 replies
    New York Times ^ | May 20, 2013 | Anne Barnard
    At the entrance to this village in Hezbollah’s Bekaa Valley heartland, under a sign welcoming visitors to “The Citadel of Resistance,” workers on Monday hoisted a freshly printed banner honoring a young man described as one of Hezbollah’s latest martyrs — killed in battle not with Israel, the foe the group’s guerrillas train to fight, but with Syrian rebels. Down the road, another dead fighter’s uncle, Fayez Shukor, welcomed mourners under a tent overlooking the valley as the sun set on a day that had seen Hezbollah’s death toll rise to unexpected heights as the group joined Syrian forces trying...
  • New York Jets Draft Pick Tweets Against Israel

    05/20/2013 10:38:09 PM PDT · by Impala64ssa · 27 replies
    Militant islam Monitor ^ | 5/20/13 | Joe Kaufman
    Oday Aboushi leads a double life. On the one hand, he is an American football player with professional-level athletic skills. On the other, he is a fundamentalist Muslim with radical associations and a heritage that pushes him towards a destructive world of violence and hate. When the New York Jets football team chose Oday Aboushi with the eighth pick of the fifth round of the April 2013 NFL Draft (141st pick overall), the organization knew that it was getting an elite player who could wreak havoc on the field – one of the top offensive linemen in the entire draft....
  • FSB prevents terror act in Moscow by militants trained in Afghanistan, Pakistan (in Russia)

    05/20/2013 11:03:44 PM PDT · by Freelance Warrior · 4 replies
    Russia Today ^ | May 20, 2013 14:49
    Russia’s FSB has foiled a terror attack in Moscow as they managed to kill two and detain one of the militants planning it, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee said. The three men are “Russian citizens, arrived from Afghani-Pakistani region, where they have been trained,” the committee said. All three are said to practice Islam. Some reports suggest that the militants underwent training in Pakistan's Northern Waziristan, however, it is unknown which group they belong to. According to Russian special services, Waziristan is a hotbed of Taliban extremism. "There are also training camps for terrorists who come from all over the world....
  • EU Denies it is Postponing Labelling of 'Settlement' Products

    05/20/2013 5:31:00 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 2 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 21/5/13 | Elad Benari
    The European Union on Monday denied a report in the Israeli media that it was delaying a decision to label products from Jewish communities in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, AFP reported. On Sunday, the Haaretz newspaper reported that the EU had delayed labelling the products to the end of June at the request of the United States. "Contrary to what was recently reported in the Israeli media, work on the effective enforcement of EU legislation with regard to the labelling of settlement products has not been delayed. Nor has the EU been asked to postpone such work," a statement...
  • High death-toll highlights increasing Hezbollah intervention

    05/20/2013 12:31:28 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 4 replies
    AMMAN/BEIRUT - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. Sunday's reported death toll was the highest for Hezbollah in a single day's conflict in Syria, highlighting the increasing intervention by the guerrilla group originally set up by Iran in the 1980s to fight Israeli occupation troops in south Lebanon. If confirmed, the Hezbollah losses also reflect the extent to which Syria is becoming a proxy conflict between Shi'ite Iran and Gulf...
  • Doctor: Report Affirms Al-Dura Story Was a Hoax

    05/20/2013 5:22:18 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 13 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 20/5/13 | David Lev
    Dr. Yehuda David, who was sued for libel by the father of Muhammad al-Dura – and eventually won his case – expressed great satisfaction at the issuing of a report by a special report by a government panel that revisited the infamous incident, in which IDF soldiers were accused of killing the 12 year old Arab boy at the start of the second intifada. The committee determined that not only were the allegations – and a report by French television purporting to show IDF soldiers shooting and killing the boy – a lie, but that the al-Dura is not even...
  • Benghazi: Where Was President Waldo During Attack?

    05/20/2013 4:05:21 PM PDT · by raptor22 · 77 replies
    Investor's Business Daily ^ | May 20, 2013 | IBD EDITORIALS
    Benghazigate: The lack of a timeline for what the commander-in-chief was doing the night terrorists murdered our ambassador to Libya and three others is an "irrelevant fact," according to a key White House aide. Playing the role Sunday of former U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, who last Sept. 16 went on all five talk shows to parrot the administration line that Benghazi was provoked by a video, was White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer. Following in Rice's footsteps, he announced that the details of where President Obama was and what he was doing that fateful night were an "irrelevant fact." "Fox...
  • Netanyahu: Israel Acting to Deny Hizbullah Syrian Arms

    05/19/2013 6:25:15 AM PDT · by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed · 4 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/19/2013 | Arutz Sheva staff
    Israel is acting to prevent Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon's Hizbullah and will continue to do so, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, AFP reports. His remarks came two weeks after air strikes near Damascus that were widely attributed to Israel, which a senior Israeli source said were aimed at preventing the transfer of sophisticated Iranian arms to Hizbullah, the Lebanese Shiite ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Netanyahu said the Middle East was going through its most sensitive period for decades, with the conflict in Syria at the center of the turmoil. "We are closely following developments and...
  • Report: US apologizes to Israel for disclosing that Israel was behind Damscus strikes

    05/19/2013 10:07:07 AM PDT · by Nachum · 31 replies
    Israel Matzav ^ | 5/19/13 | Carl in Jerusalem
    Israel Radio reported this morning (Sunday) that the United States has apologized to Israel for disclosing that Israel was behind the strikes on Damascus two weeks ago. According to the report, the decision to disclose that Israel was behind the strikes was made at a low level in the Pentagon, and the US Department of Defense is investigating how that happened. According to the report, Israel believes that it is now facing much stronger threats from Bashar al-Assad as a result of the disclosure.
  • Syrian army storms rebel town of Qusair

    05/19/2013 5:37:40 PM PDT · by Pan_Yan · 6 replies
    BBC ^ | 19 May 2013 Last updated at 13:22 ET
    State TV says troops have captured key buildings in the town centre, a claim strongly denied by activists. Rebels say 50 people have been killed while state media says 70 "terrorists" are dead. Lebanese militants are said to be involved - Hezbollah siding with the government, Sunni gunmen with rebels. The town - close to the border with Lebanon - has great strategic value. Its control would give the government access from the capital to the coast. For the rebels, control of Qusair means they can come and go from Lebanon, says the BBC's Jim Muir, in Beirut. The assault...
  • Senior Hizbullah Official Killed in Syria Fighting

    05/19/2013 5:46:20 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 15 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 20/5/13 | Elad Benari
    A senior Hizbullah terrorist was among 20 members of the group who were killed in intense fighting in Syria on Sunday, Al Arabiya reports. According to the report, the Hizbullah terrorists were killed in the Syrian town of Qusayr, following clashes between Syrian rebels and regime forces who attempted to enter the town earlier in the day. Sources also told Al Arabiya that dozens of Hizbullah members were wounded during the fight and had been taken to hospitals in Beirut, Lebanon for treatment. .....
  • Syria’s Bashar Al-Assad is Winning

    05/19/2013 7:53:38 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 39 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | May 17, 2013 | Mike Giglio
    Despite President Obama’s assertion on Thursday that he reserves “the options of taking additional steps, both diplomatic and military,” foreign intervention in Syria seems a distant prospect, and that, along with a string of military successes, has fueled the perception that president Bashar al-Assad now has the upper hand in his country’s bloody civil war. As Republican Sen. John McCain bluntly put it this week: "Right now, Bashar al-Assad is winning."
  • Syrian regime's position strengthens as world pushes for diplomatic solution

    05/19/2013 7:09:04 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 4 replies
    CBC ^ | May 17, 2013 | Derek Stoffel
    If there’s one thing you can say about Bashar al-Assad, it’s that he has staying power. For more than two years, the Syrian president has defied predictions that his downfall is imminent. His regime has certainly suffered many setbacks during the brutal civil war that shows no signs of ending, but it's clear right now that Assad and his followers have been gaining momentum. The most recent example came just a few days ago, when Syrian forces took control of a town near the highway that links Damascus to neighboring Jordan. After battles with the opposition, government troops reopened the...
  • Biden now blamed in SEAL Team 6 deaths

    05/19/2013 5:40:19 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 24 replies
    WND ^ | 5/19/2013
    The families of three fallen Navy SEAL Team Six members say President Obama and Vice President Biden are culpable for the deaths of their sons for publicly identifying the unit that killed Osama bin Laden and pursuing policies that coddle Muslims and put our own troops at a tactical disadvantage. SEAL Team Six carried out the daring raid in Pakistan in early May 2011. Three months later, three members of the unit were among 38 killed in a Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan. Twenty-five of the dead were special operations forces. Larry Klayman is founder of Freedom Watch, a WND...
  • Confusion and Staff Troubles Rife at I.R.S. Office in Ohio

    05/19/2013 5:41:58 AM PDT · by Pharmboy · 65 replies
    NY Times ^ | May 18, 2013 | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE, DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI and MICHAEL LUO
    During the summer of 2010, the dozen or so accountants and tax agents of Group 7822 of the Internal Revenue Service office in Cincinnati got a directive from their manager. A growing number of organizations identifying themselves as part of the Tea Party had begun applying for tax exemptions, the manager said, advising the workers to be on the lookout for them and other groups planning to get involved in elections. “I don’t believe there’s any such thing as rogue agents,” said Bonnie Esrig, a former senior manager in the I.R.S. office in Cincinnati. The specialists, hunched over laptops on...
  • Benghazi Narrative Shift Was Perfectly Clintonian

    05/18/2013 9:28:55 PM PDT · by Mortrey · 15 replies
    American Thinker ^ | May 17, 2013 | Jack Cashill
    "Morris was worried that a terrorist act could expose that underbelly in the months leading up to the November election. In June and July of that year the White House had to deal with "three attacks" in what Morris referred to as 'the terror summer of 1996.'"
  • Dangerous Price Manipulation Rocks Energy Markets (Natural Gas)

    05/18/2013 5:46:53 PM PDT · by haffast · 37 replies
    Wall Street Daily ^ | Friday, May 3, 2013 | BUSINESS WIRES
    A new investigation released by Wall Street Daily just revealed a disturbing pattern of price manipulation in the energy markets. The six-month investigation, conducted by renowned energy analyst, Karim Rahemtulla, was triggered by the incredible disparity in gas prices between the United States and Europe. The price of natural gas in the United States is presently about $4/mcf. Yet the price in Europe is upwards of $15/mcf. “Such mispricing simply cannot occur in an efficient market,” says Rahemtulla. For the global economy to function properly, the energy markets must be priced efficiently. It can be no other way. Any malfeasance...
  • Iran's influence in Syria

    05/19/2013 2:22:04 AM PDT · by JCPA-JerusalemCenter · 2 replies
    In an exceptional political signal, a senior Israeli official contacted Mark Landler of the New York Times and explained that the Israeli government was determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons to Hizbullah. The official, who remained anonymous throughout the report, added that if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reacts to this policy by attacking Israel – either directly or indirectly through a proxy force – he will “risk forfeiting his regime, for Israel will retaliate.”
  • Report: Syrian Army Aiming Missiles at Tel Aviv

    05/18/2013 7:53:58 PM PDT · by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed · 25 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 5/19/2013 | Arutz Sheva Staff
    The Syrian army has begun deploying advanced surface-to-surface missiles and has aimed them at Tel Aviv, the British Sunday Times reports. According to the report, Syria is preparing to strike Israel in case the Jewish State launches another attack on its territory. The army has received orders to strike central Israel in case additional attacks against Syria are carried out, according to the Sunday Times. The information was reportedly obtained by reconnaissance satellites that were tracking the Syrian forces. According to the report, Syria was deploying advanced Tishreen missiles, which are capable of carrying a warhead of a half a...
  • GOP ready to push Benghazi case into 2014, beyond ( Good!)

    05/18/2013 5:23:23 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 23 replies
    yahoo.com ^ | – Sat, May 11, 2013 | CHARLES BABINGTON | Associated Press
    Military Response Questioned in Benghazi Attack The latest Congressional hearing on the attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya focused on whether the U.S. military could have responded more quickly to end the assault. (May 8) WASHINGTON (AP) — Steady drips of information about a horrific night in Libya are fueling Republican arguments and ads designed to fire up the conservative base and undercut the Democrats' early favorite for president in 2016.Strategists in both parties disagree on the issue's power to influence elections next year and beyond. But after eight months of trying, Democrats are still struggling to move...
  • Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter

    05/18/2013 4:36:54 PM PDT · by haffast · 1 replies
    Associated Press ^ | May 18, 2013 4:36pm | KARIN LAUB and Bassem Mroue
    BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won't step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. In the capital Damascus, a car bomb killed at least three people and wounded five, according to Syrian state TV. It said bomb experts dismantled other explosives in the area. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an activist group, said eight people were killed,...
  • Assad: Rebels Attacked Radar, Helping Israel

    05/18/2013 3:08:32 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 6 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/5/13 | Gil Ronen
    Syrian strongman Bashar Assad said in a weekend interview to an Argentinean newspaper that Israel is assisting the rebels fighting to topple his regime. “Israel is directly supporting the terrorist groups in two ways,” he said. “Firstly it gives them logistical support, and it also tells them what sites to attack and how to attack them." Assad also told the Clarin newspaper said that rebels had attacked a radar station instrumental to Syria’s antiaircraft defenses against Israel, but gave no further details. The reporter asked Assad if he had any “self-criticisms." He replied: “It’s illogical to carry out self-criticism before...
  • #3835 - Free Syrian Army Chief of Staff Salim Idris: Israel Is an Enemy Country...

    05/18/2013 3:09:09 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 14 replies
    MEMRI ^ | 8/5/13 | Salid Idris
    http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/3835.htm
  • A look at why the Benghazi issue keeps coming back

    05/18/2013 2:55:43 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 51 replies
    Yahoo! News ^ | 5/18/13 | Connie Cass - Associated Press
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The night of smoke, chaos, gunfire and grenades that killed four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, is well-documented. Eight months later, it is the decisions made back in Washington that remain murky and in perpetual dispute. Why was a diplomatic outpost left so poorly protected? Should the Pentagon have rushed jets or special forces to the rescue when the assault began? Did President Barack Obama's administration obscure the true nature of the terrorist attack to help him get re-elected? Congressional Republicans are poking for evidence of incompetence and cover-up in the ashes of the Sept. 11 anniversary attack....
  • Obama is failing as CEO of America, Inc.

    05/18/2013 2:00:12 PM PDT · by Ron C. · 26 replies
    Fox News ^ | May 17, 2013 | Peter Morici
    <p>CEOs of large organizations all face the same problem – driving their agendas in organizations too diverse and geographically dispersed to manage directly.</p> <p>They hire competent managers for their units, set goals and establish clear metrics for evaluating performance. As in politics, competition in business is tough, and CEOs must set ethical boundaries for their managers’ conduct.</p>
  • Japan Assault Fleet Arrives at Pearl Harbor… Just For Practice

    05/18/2013 12:54:06 PM PDT · by JerseyanExile · 68 replies
    Times ^ | May 17, 2013 | Kirk Spitzer
    Japan Maritime Self Defense Force warships JS Atago, foreground, and JS Shimokita, at Pearl Harbor naval base, Hawaii. The superstructure of a third Japanese warship, the helicopter carrier JS Hyuga, can be seen at right. On the deck of Shimokita are ground vehicles and helicopters – shrink-wrapped to protect against salt air -- that will take part in major amphibious warfare training in southern California.Warships from Japan’s Maritime Self Defense Force have making stops at the American naval base at Pearl Harbor for more than two decades. But it’s going to seem strange, indeed, when Japanese ground troops clamor aboard...
  • Sinai Bedouin Hint: We Were Better Off Under Israel

    05/18/2013 2:18:58 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 11 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/5/13 | Elad Benari
    Bedouin tribes in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula implied on Thursday that they were better off living under Israeli rule and that they have been suffering since Israel withdrew from the region as part of the peace agreement with Egypt. The residents of the Sinai spoke to the Egyptian daily Al-Ahram, after local tribesmen kidnapped seven Egyptian security personnel near the city of El-Arish. The seven were kidnapped by an unknown group in north Sinai while en route to Cairo. Local residents said the kidnapping was "retaliation" by Bedouin tribesmen for heavy-handed security policies adopted by the Egyptian interior ministry. Mohamed El-Asati,...
  • How serious is the P800 Yakhont threat?

    09/20/2010 11:53:54 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 8 replies
    Defense Update, Israel ^ | September 20, 2010
    How serious is the P800 Yakhont threat? Does it have a destabilizing effect on the Middle East? The expected arrival of the P800 Yakhont supersonic anti-ship missile in Syria is considered the first serious attempt by Syria to directly challenge the Israel Navy since the 1973 war, when the Israeli Navy sunk five Syrian vessels in the first missile-boat engagement known as the ‘Battle of Latakia’. Four decades later, the P800 Yakhont is far superior than the Styx missiles that failed to protect the Syrian Navy in 1973. Much like the Russian-Indian Brahmos, the earlier Moskit and Supersonic Alpha, Yakhont...
  • FLASHBACK :The key Benghazi questions still unanswered

    05/18/2013 11:54:12 AM PDT · by Para-Ord.45 · 14 replies
    http://www.washingtontimes.com ^ | January 11, 2013 | Adm. James A. Lyons
    Another key question which must be answered is what important activity was being conducted at our Benghazi mission compound to cause Stevens to have to be there on the night of Sept. 11 to meet the Turkish consul general, even though he feared for his safety? According to various reports, one of Stevens‘ main missions was to facilitate the transfer of military equipment to jihadists and other Muslim Brotherhood and al Qaeda-affiliated groups fighting the Bashar Assad regime in Syria, which also fought our forces in Iraq. This is a major betrayal that cost the lives of four Americans. Congress...
  • Activists seek recognition of former downtown ‘Little Syria’ at the National 9/11 Memorial Museum

    05/18/2013 5:34:15 AM PDT · by TFine80 · 5 replies
    New York Daily News ^ | May 18, 2013 | Carol Kuruvilla
    The area around the World Trade Center was once the center of Arab-American life in New York City. But all that remains of sprawling "Little Syria" are three buildings: a community center, a tenement building and a church. Activists from Save Washington Street are trying to have these fading memories recognized at the National September 11 Memorial Museum.
  • Nigeria bombs Islamists, U.S. sounds alarm

    05/17/2013 4:21:26 PM PDT · by A Formerly Proud Canadian · 60 replies
    Reurters via Yahoo! News ^ | May 17, 2013 | Lanre Ola
    MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - Nigerian warplanes struck militant camps in the northeast on Friday in a major push against an Islamist insurgency, drawing a sharp warning from the United States to respect human rights and not harm civilians.
  • Pakistani doctor who helped get Bin Laden was denied asylum in U.S., report reveals

    05/17/2013 9:24:58 PM PDT · by Petrosius · 18 replies
    Fox News ^ | May 17, 2013 | Sib Kaifee
    The jailed doctor who helped the U.S. track down Usama bin Laden was convicted by a tribal court on bogus charges, according to a classified Pakistani government report. Portions of the voluminous 357-page Abbottobad Commission Report, which has yet to be made public and were obtained exclusively by Fox News, acknowledge Dr. Shakil Afridi’s conviction last year by a government-sponsored Jirga has undermined Pakistan’s credibility. The report calls for Afridi to be given a new trial.
  • IRS Refused Tax-Exempt Status to Christian, Pro-Israel Groups But Nonprofit Status to Muslim Orgs

    05/16/2013 10:19:14 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 9 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | May 16, 2013 | Jim Hoft
    The Inspector General released a report this week and found that 63% of scrutinized IRS applications were withdrawn or were still unresolved. Conservative, Tea Party, pro-Israel and Christian groups were targeted by the IRS. (GRAPHIC-AT-LINK) The Obama IRS refused to grant tax exempt status to Christian and pro-life groups on behalf of the abortion group Planned Parenthood. “In one case, the IRS withheld approval of an application for tax exempt status for Coalition for Life of Iowa. In a phone call to Coalition for Life of Iowa leaders on June 6, 2009, the IRS agent ‘Ms. Richards’ told the group...
  • United Nations agency proudly shows off map without Israel

    05/16/2013 2:35:12 AM PDT · by expat1000 · 13 replies
    Your Jewish News ^ | undated | David Ross
    A United Nations agency has caused a firestorm after an official of the organization proudly posed with a map that only lists Palestine. The U.N. official posed with the map in which Israel did not exist in Lebanon, and the whole area from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea was listed as "Arab Palestine." During a presentation of German-funded projects in Lebanon earlier this month, Ann Dismorr, the director of the United Nations Agency Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East in Lebanon, held up the map which included Jordan, Syria and other neighboring countries, but...