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As IAEA Acknowledges More ‘Undisclosed Activities’ in Iran re: Nukes, Alusi Seems to Have Been Prescient

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Today it was reported that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) acknowledges “the existence in Iran of past or current undisclosed activities related to the development of a nuclear payload for a missile.” Although that’s hardly plain English, a close examination of the statement suggests that the IAEA is saying that, …

Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren Shouted Down at UC Irvine

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Last week at UC Irvine, a large group of extremist students repeatedly shouted down Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren. You can watch a video of this debacle here.

When appeals to the values of liberal education, free speech, and even threats of expulsion failed to quiet the disruption, Ambassador Oren appealed …

Maverick Iraqi Politician Claims Iran Could Go Nuclear Within Weeks

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From The Jerusalem Post
by HEATHER ROBINSON

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Iraqi parliamentarian Mithal al-Alusi is warning that Iran is much closer to attaining nuclear capability than most sources, including the International Atomic Energy Agency and the US State Department, believe. In fact, he predicts the Iranians could have a nuclear capability - and …

Ahmadinejad Mocks President Obama as Iran Steps up Aggression

During the Bush years, some thought the main obstacle to successfully negotiating with Iran was President Bush. In fact, Bush was condemned by some for his unwillingness to engage Iranian leaders.

Fastforward a year. President Obama has extended to Ahmadinejad one olive branch after another and been rebuffed. Wednesday night in an interview with the United …

Iranian Democracy Protestors Await Obama’s Action

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In this week’s Wall Street Journal, columnist Amir Taheri reports that Iran’s pro-democracy movement is “deepening and growing.”

On Monday, thousands of Iranian students risked their lives and safety to protest the rule of the mullahs in Iran. Some protestors allegedly burned photographs of Supreme leader Ayatollah  Ali Khamenei, a taboo-shattering move …

Churchill’s Words on Importance of Alliance, and Squarely Facing Hard Decisions, Relevant Today

Just read this sage and sobering passage from “The Gathering Storm,” Winston Churchill’s account of World War II:

“Those who are prone by character or temperament to seek sharp and clear-cut solutions of difficult and obscure problems, who are ready to fight whenever some challenge comes from a foreign Power, have not always been right. On …

Prisoner Exchange With Hamas: a Necessary Deal with the Devil?

It is painful, either way, to consider what may occur in coming days regarding IDF Sgt. Gilad Shalit, the soldier who was kidnapped some years ago by Hamas. Apparently negotiations are underway for his release.

Of course, all Israel-supporters, and those who value human life, are praying for this young man’s safe return home.

Historically, Israeli/Palestinian …

Major Nidal Hasan and the “Desperation Explanation”

I couldn’t help but laugh, bitterly, to hear Anderson Cooper on CNN last week puzzling that Major Nidal Hasan’s power point presentation “justifying suicide bombing” was not regarded by the military as a “red flag” (Hasan is the Army psychiatrist who went on a killing rampage this week at Fort Hood, murdering 13 and wounding …

Iranians and Jews Show Unity Against Ahmadinejad Yesterday Outside the United Nations

Yesterday thousands gathered at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza outside the United Nations in New York to protest Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s pledge to destroy Israel, and to show solidarity with Iranian protestors who have faced down Iran’s mad mullahs in recent months.

The plaza was awash in green worn by protestors in solidarity with Iran’s freedom-seekers as …

Klein Battles the Left on MsNBC, and Holds Up Mirror to Leftist Hypocrisy

On Friday Philip Klein of The American Spectator did a great job of highlighting leftist hypocrisy in his appearance on MSNBC.

Klein was on to discuss Rush Limbaugh’s recent comparison of the Nazi Third Reich eagle logo and the Obama Administration’s new health care logo.

While Klein said that there’s “no excuse” for Limbaugh to have …