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No sooner had Martin Griffiths, the UN’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, declared that Hamas was not a terrorist group than it came it light that at least 30 UNRWA employees actively participated in Hamas’ Oct. 7 jihad massacre of 1,200 Israelis. So now we see: of course Hamas isn’t a terror group. It’s a UN agency.The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday that Griffiths said: “Hamas is not a terrorist group for us, as you know, it is a political movement.” Yeah, sure, that’s it: Hamas is a political movement that engages from time to time in mass...

WHITE PLAINS — The four Newburgh men accused of plotting to blow up two New York City synagogues and military aircraft at Stewart Airport pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to federal terrorism charges that could put them in prison for life.David Williams, 28; Onta Williams, 32; Laguerre Payen, 27; and accused ringleader James Cromitie, 44, were arraigned before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison.State prison records list Cromitie’s age as 44, but he told Davison Wednesday that he is 42. Cromitie has also said he’s 53 or 55 years old. The routine proceeding lasted about 20 minutes, and then the...

"If war is ever lawful, then peace is sometimes sinful." --C.S. Lewis "Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just." --Cicero "Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival." --Sir Winston Churchill "These are the times that try men's souls: The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it NOW, deserves the love and thanks...