Following up on the October 31st Russian Metrojet bombing, Wilayat Sinai, the Islamic State’s “province” in Egypt, is now claiming responsibility for an attack yesterday on a hotel in coastal al-Arish that killed 5 people, including 2 policemen and a judge. The guests included judges that were slated to oversee the parliamentary elections currently taking place. …
In what may have been an inadvertent slip-up, Russian state TV broadcast footage yesterday of a military briefing in which a map of Syrian military operations appear to show a Russian artillery regiment actively engaged in ground operations against the rebels. Although President Vladimir Putin and the Russian defense ministry have steadfastly denied that Russian …
The Catholic Church’s Case Study in Interfaith Delusion
It seems that President Obama is having a hard time getting his head around the idea that we want to keep jihadist terrorists where they can do less damage, not more. Virtually eclipsed amid the coverage of the Paris attacks, the revelation that one of the attackers came to Europe as a refugee from Syria, …
The voters of Argentina will have a major choice to make in the upcoming November 22nd runoff presidential elections. The choice is between Daniel Scioli, who is favored by the current president Cristina Kirchner, and his opponent Mauricio Macri. Each man has different visions for the future of Argentina. Mr. Scioli, a former vice president …
What must Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, be making of Barack Obama’s pathetic conduct? In a series of negotiations, Team Obama capitulated to virtually every Iranian demand. When the diplomats finished, there was no signed agreement – leaving the mullahs unbound by whatever the Americans claimed was in the deal. Then, Iran’s parliament and its …
During a speech yesterday (10/20/15) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appropriately decried the “apologetics” which have minimized the role played by ex-Mufti of Jerusalem, Hajj Amin el-Husseini (1895-1974)—founder of the modern Palestinian Muslim movement—in fomenting genocidal Islamic Jew-hatred. Netanyahu made these simple, irrefragable points,demonstrating how from the 1920s through (in particular) the World War II …
With the arrival of ‘Adoption Day,’ America begins to see what’s really in the agreement.
Yesterday was “Adoption Day” for President Obama’s appallingly bad deal with Iran. It might better be described as “Orphan Day” since Iran’s Supreme Leader continues to signal that his government hasn’t adopted it. Worse, Iran’s conduct to date makes clear the Obamabomb deal won’t ameliorate the mullahs’ threatening behavior. Since this agreement was unveiled: Iran …
Russia conducts air strikes in Syria, boldly demands US jets withdraw Hours after the Russian parliament approved the use of military force, Russian jets launched multiple airstrikes against targets in Homs, a vital link between Damascus and Aleppo to the north. The strikes came with just an hour warning to US forces, as a demarche …