Here’s the quote of the day (from yesterday), from a story by the New York Times’ man in Tehran, Thomas Erdbrinck: “Without violating any international laws or the nonproliferation treaty, we have managed to bypass the red lines the West created for us,” said Hamidreza Taraghi, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,…
Category Archives: Middle East
Putin Says, “Israel Will Take Care of Iran”
Russian President Vladimir Putin is apparently not worried about an Iranian nuclear bomb because, as he reportedly told the former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar, “The Israelis will take care of it”. He is also reportedly not worried about selling arms to Iran, either. “I, you — we can sell everything, even if we…
Turkey Says Dead Bird is Israeli spy!
The PR war against Israel gets increasingly ridiculous. Below are four articles reporting and ridiculing the latest accusations against Israel for using animals as spies. As a point of information, Israel is situated in the path of a major multi-continental flyover for international bird migration. Birds from Europe and Asia fly over Israel during fall…
Nasrallah: Hezbollah can strike targets in Tel Aviv
Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Friday that his Lebanon-based terrorist group was capable of striking any target in Israel, declaring that “the days when we fled and they did not are over.” ”Today we are not just able to target Tel Aviv as a city but also with God’s will and strength we are able…
Jihadists Seize Christian Village in Syria, Expel Its Residents
(AINA) — Armed jihadist seized control of Qastal al-Burg village on Thursday, May 10, and ordered its 10 Christian families to leave, according to a report published by UPI on its Arabic language website. A resident of the village, who did not wish to be identified, said “armed jihadist (expiatory) group came to the village…
al Qaeda in Syria with Twin Bombs
For several months, GerardDirect has been telling our readers and radio audiences of the presence of al Qaeda inside Syria, joining forces (and preempting) the indigenous opposition (including the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood, which initially broke ground by organizing the early groundswell of anti-Assad opposition). The double car bombs in the al Qaza district of Damascus…
Lebanon Stops Weapons Ship for Syrian Rebels
The Lebanese navy is holding a Sierra Leone-registered ship and says it has confiscated a large consignment of arms and ammunition it was carrying. The 11 crew members were detained after three shipping containers full of heavy and light weapons were found on the Lutfullah II. The BBC’s Jim Muir in Beirut says it is…
Amr Moussa: Egypt-Israel Peace Accords are “Dead and Buried”
The 1979 Camp David accords are “dead and buried,” according to Amr Moussa, the Egyptian presidential frontrunner. The Peace treaty is history, he said, adding that Cairo will respect only the 2002 Arab League proposal, and only if Israel does as well. Both Egypt and Israel were signatories of the 1979 Peace Accord between the…
Egypt Military Gov’t Gives in to Muslim Brotherhood
CAIRO—Egypt’s ruling military said it would appoint a new cabinet within 48 hours, awarding a major victory to Islamist politicians and cooling a political confrontation that threatened to gridlock Egypt’s emerging democratic institutions. Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi’s pledge to lawmakers on Sunday came hours after parliament speaker Saad Al Katatni (see photo), a senior member…
Obama Defies Congress, Gives $192m to Terrorists
The Obama Administration has defied Congress on Friday and released more than $192 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA). Appropriated funds for the PA were impounded by Congress following PA President Mahmoud Abbas’ grandstand play for a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian State at the UN General Assembly, last fall, and the UNESCO seating of…
