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Retired Army Col. Peter Mansoor plans to vote for Hillary Clinton for president this year, but not because the longtime Republican and former top aide to then-Gen. David Petraeus has had a political conversion. He just thinks Republican Donald Trump is too dangerous to be president. “It will be the first Democratic presidential candidate I’ve voted for in my adult life,” said Mansoor, a professor of military history at Ohio State University. Clinton’s campaign hopes that there are many more national-­security-minded Republicans and independents who would vote for her, even grudgingly, rather than see Trump win the White House.

SNIPPET: "Al Qaeda commander continues to pose a threat to U.S. and South Asian security as Pakistan’s military and intelligence services look the other way” IPT News June 22, 2010 SNIPPET: “Top Al Qaeda commander Ilyas Kashmiri poses a major threat to U.S. interests both at home and abroad. Described by intelligence agencies “as the most effective, dangerous and successful guerrilla leader in the world,” Kashmiri heads Al Qaeda’s military operations wing. He figures prominently in two recent high-profile terrorism indictments issued in Chicago. But Kashmiri remains free in South Asia and in control of a renowned Al Qaeda terror...

April 23, 2010 Taleban rift ignites power struggle over who controls the insurgency Jerome Starkey in Kabul Two of the Taleban’s most senior military commanders are involved in a bitter power struggle, which insiders claim has split the insurgents’ leadership council and could turn violent in parts of southern Afghanistan. The commanders are vying for military control of the insurgency, district elders and mid-level Taleban commanders have told The Times. Mullah Abdul Qayyum Zakir and Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor were both named as the successors to Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taleban’s second in command, who was arrested in Pakistan...

"The Beginning of the End…(a response to Barack Obama) by Abu Mansoor al-Amriki" July 9, 2009 by ummahmedia

A former top aide to Gen. David Petraeus criticized President Barack Obama's decision to remove combat troops from Iraq within 19 months, saying he "assumed more risk than he should have" in order to fulfill a campaign promise. Peter Mansoor, who served as executive officer to Petraeus during his time in Iraq, contended in a visit to Manhattan that the military's own 36-month timetable for a drawdown was "much less risky." That's because it would have left heavy U.S. forces in Iraq through the upcoming Iraqi elections and the subsequent jockeying for positions in the national government. By ordering a...

Video at link Prominent Muslim, black nationalist and close Obama associate, Khalid Abdullah Tariq al-Mansour, rants against Jews and whitey Khalid Abdullah Tariq al-Mansour is well known within the black community as a lawyer, orthodox Muslim, black nationalist, author, international deal-maker, educator, and outspoken enemy of Israel. He also was looking for backers to support Obama's entry into Harvard Law School decades ago. Dr. Khalid al-Mansour asked prominent friends to back Obama in his efforts to attend Harvard Law School. Newsmax reported: New evidence has emerged that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was closely associated as early as age 25...

U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways. According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success." While the United States...

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani security forces killed a top figure in the Taliban militia fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and captured four other militants Monday, a military official said. Mansoor Dadullah, brother of slain Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah, was among five militants caught after a shootout near a seminary in southwestern Baluchistan province around 10 a.m., a local intelligence official told The Associated Press. A senior military official said Dadullah died of his wounds while being flown to a hospital with the other four injured men. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they...

Well, this should be good. LVRJ: Mansoor Ijaz says he is considering testing his wings against none other than Majority Leader Reid. An American Muslim of Pakistani heritage, Ijaz is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Virginia. At 46, he's the founder and president of the Crescent Investment Group of New York, which sports former CIA Director James Woolsey, Lt. Gen. James Abrahamson, and Gen. James L. Jones as members of its advisory board.

Panel suggests penalties on employers State should crack down on businesses that hire illegal immigrants, GOP's reform team says. By Alicia Robinson California Assemblyman Chuck DeVore leads an illegal immigration task force hearing at the Tustin community center Wednesday. TUSTIN — If a group of Republican state legislators gets its way, California will start cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants. Penalizing employers who use illegal workers was the dominant suggestion at a Wednesday hearing by a state GOP task force that aims to bring forward immigration-reform bills in 2007. Newport Beach Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, who is helping lead...

Allan Mansoor has had quite a year, however you judge it. Mansoor, the mayor of Costa Mesa, made national headlines by proposing that the city train its police officers to check for criminals’ immigration status. Besides headlines, he also set off a political firestorm and a strident debate that played out at City Council meetings (with one man being arrested), in letters to the editors and in demonstrations in the city. Quite a scene for someone who considers himself a man of few words. It’s tough to imagine what a few words can do. “It’s something that I believe the...

Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize Sudan offered up the terrorist and data on his network. The then-president and his advisors didn't respond.By MANSOOR IJAZ President Clinton and his national security team ignored several opportunities to capture Osama bin Laden and his terrorist associates, including one as late as last year. I know because I negotiated more than one of the opportunities. From 1996 to 1998, I opened unofficial channels between Sudan and the Clinton administration. I met with officials in both countries, including Clinton, U.S. National Security Advisor Samuel R. "Sandy" Berger and Sudan's president and...

COSTA MESA - About 100 people turned out Sunday evening at Fairview Park for a Western-themed fundraiser to support the re-election of Mayor Allan Mansoor to the City Council. The $25-a-head "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone," fundraiser and potluck was hosted by the Gilchrist Angels, a group of pro-legal immigration women. Mansoor put Costa Mesa in the national spotlight in December when the City Council voted 3-2 to pursue an agreement with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to train its police officers to enforce immigration law. Mansoor has argued the policy will make the city safer for all.

In a Republican county known as a cradle of border enforcement zeal, Costa Mesa has long been celebrated — and maligned — as a city that offered immigrants a generous embrace. SNIP Last year, the city shut down the dayworker center after 17 years. It abolished its human relations committee after 18 years. And as the city now moves to train local police in immigration enforcement — the nation's first municipality to do so — it has become a flashpoint in a national debate. Outsiders have rushed in, hailing or condemning the city's efforts. There are demonstrations at City Hall,...

"Whether posing as protesters or cutting off speeches, OC police clamp down on immigrant-rights activists" Coyotl Tezcalipoca wanted to wrap up his speech with a dramatic flourish, and a police chokehold helped him get there more quickly. On Jan. 3, Tezcalipoca, a 25-year-old from Santa Ana, stood before the Costa Mesa City Council and berated them for approving a motion that would allow the city's police to check on anyone's immigration status. Proponents and other opponents of the ordinance also spoke that night. Most used the full three minutes Mayor Allan Mansoor allowed for public comments. But just a little...

Per Heartland with John Kasich....on foxnews. Mansoor says that the idea that Osama Bin Laden is in Waziristan was propaganda by the liberal media. He also believes that now that the US election is over..there will be much less pressure on the Pakistani President to try and find Bin laden. "Bin laden has been able to move this ease," said Mansoor. Kasich: This guy's making video's and we can't find the guy? Can you imagine putting a nuclear weapon next to a guy named Bin Laden? Mansoor: The real nexus of terror is that the Iranians have taken a strategic...

Where's Mansoor? I haven't seen him lately Fox News. Any word on where he is these days?

On this third anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, we have much more to be thankful for than some of our political leaders would have us believe. Islamist terrorism's global scourge has been unable to launch anything more than verbal tirades at America. And while the jihadists have won successes in lesser form — the train bombings in Spain that unseated a government, hostage-taking dramas in Iraq that forced minor players from the global antiterror team, and Iran's successful effort to sow divisiveness in the West about its nuclear ambitions while harboring much of al Qaeda's senior...

Has anybody heard anything about or from Mansoor Ijaz recently? He is the American born businessman of Pakastani heritage that was a pundit on Fox and other stations at the beginning of the war on terror? He had supported and worked closely with the Billary administration, but was very critical of them after 9/11. I respected his opinions and would like to know what his current take on the situation is.

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