By Lamont Colucci//Living in a city like Vienna, one feels as if one is in a living museum. Vienna was not only the final redoubt for European civilization in 1683, but was the heart of the system that governed international relations from 1815 to 1914, known as the Congress of Vienna. The Vienna of today, … Continue reading »
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Syria: Assad forces shell refugees camp inside Turkey
By Al Arabiya With Agencies//Syrian army forces shelled Syrian refugees camp Oncupinar inside Turkey, the opposition Revolutionary Council reported on Monday, as U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon condemned “terrorist bomb attacks” in the Syrian cities of Damascus and Idlib. Turkey has not commented on the alleged cross border shelling, but a similar incident on April 9 … Continue reading »
US not reporting all Afghan attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military is under-reporting the number of times that Afghan soldiers and police open fire on American and other foreign troops. The U.S.-led coalition routinely reports each time an American or other foreign soldier is killed by an Afghan in uniform. But The Associated Press has learned it does not report insider … Continue reading »
Pentagon’s backup plan places hundreds of Tomahawks near Iran
While Iran continues to deny that it is developing nuclear weapons, Washington is still concerned in the region and has now deployed approximately 430 Tomahawk missiles in the Persian Gulf. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has reported that their plan for Iran “will be successful” according to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer. In an interview between Blitzer … Continue reading »
Obama’s disastrous war
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner// President Obama has lost Afghanistan. The war is turning into a catastrophic defeat – one that will be worse than Vietnam. It is time to bring the troops home, and end this national nightmare. Recently, the Taliban launched a major spring offensive. Insurgents targeted Kabul and three other cities. They were … Continue reading »
Afghanistan: Five arrested with 11 tons of explosives
Updated at 8:15 a.m. ET: Afghan security forces on Saturday arrested five insurgents suspected of planning massive attacks on crowded areas of the capital Kabul, an intelligence spokesman said. ational Directorate of Security (NDS) spokesman Shafiqullah Tahiri said the five men were seized on Kabul’s outskirts with 10,000 kilograms of explosives (11 tons) stuffed in 400 bags … Continue reading »
Afghan military recruits dealing drugs to U.S. soldiers
The Taliban have financed their operations via drug sales for years, and there is probably a connection between them and these sales, since they are intent upon infiltrating the Afghan military — and given the many attacks on NATO personnel by Afghan soldiers, apparently they’ve been successful. In any case, it is understandable that American … Continue reading »
Plan B on Syria Urgently Needed
It’s good to hear the Obama administration may be searching for a Plan B on Syria. One is certainly needed—and urgently. Plan A was the UN-brokered cease fire which, as no less an authority than UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon notes,is not being implemented by the Assad regime. Indeed, there are numerous reports of regime … Continue reading »
IRAN: Body of lies
The Islamic world is obsessed with its own security. The Iranian ayatollahs and president are well aware that military power alone will not help protect their regime. They also need a strong economy. And most importantly, diplomacy. Although there are “small” problems, such as the worldwide financial penalties and sanctions on oil sales with Iran, … Continue reading »
Iran’s Latest ‘Last Chance’
After years of failed talks, the international community has come up with a familiar strategy to halt Iran’s rapidly growing nuclear program: more talks. On April 14, UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States, along with Germany, will hold the latest round of talks with Tehran over its nuclear program. … Continue reading »
Somalia Mission Expands: EU To Target Pirates Up to Two Kilometers Inland
Last week, the European Union agreed to expand its anti-piracy mission to include land-based targets in Somalia. SPIEGEL ONLINE has learned that air attacks up to two kilometers inland will be allowed. But an expansion of the mandate could face obstacles in Berlin, where opposition politicians warn that EU forces could get dragged into fighting … Continue reading »
Jail may await Afghan women fleeing abuse and rape: HRW
Reuters – For Afghan women, the act of fleeing domestic abuse, forced prostitution or even being stabbed repeatedly with a screwdriver by an abusive husband, may land them in jail while their abusers walk free, Human Rights Watch said. Running away is considered a “moral crime” for women in Afghanistan while some rape victims are … Continue reading »
Mass Attack Foiled day of Afghan Attack on NATO Soldiers
(Atlas Shrugs) A mass attack by our “partners” in the Afghan army. We trained them, armed them, funded them. This is the reality behind Obama’s fantasist strategy. A cache of suicide vests were found in Afghan defense ministry (which we fund.) And a number of Afghan national army soldiers have been arrested inside the country’s … Continue reading »
Zawahiri urges Afghans to rise against Crusader pigs
When we going to kill this one?Soon I hope… Man needs to put some serious aloe-vera on that rug-burn on his forehead… Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urged Afghans to rise up against “Crusader pigs” in an audio message on Wednesday, after he referred to the burning of the Quran by U.S. soldiers last month. Zawahiri … Continue reading »
Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
The Afghan mission is imploding, and the Obama administration is covering for Islamic jihadists. Last week, Marine officials revealed that a Marine killed on February 1 in what the Pentagon called “combat operations” at the time was actually murdered by a jihadist in the Afghan army. The cover-up of this latest jihad attack from a … Continue reading »
Obama’s Muslim adviser criticizes Assad for not being able to deliver “resistance to Israel”
Obama selected Dalia Mogahed as an adviser on the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. She is an open advocate of Sharia, so it’s no surprise that she supports the Syrian revolutionaries, who are the same as the other “Arab Spring” revolutionaries: pro-Sharia Islamic supremacists. But for her to characterize Assad as not … Continue reading »
