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,…
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US Splits Hairs on “Negotiating with Terrorists”
Last week, al Qaeda released a video of Warren Weinstein, a 70-year-old American who was kidnapped last year by al Qaeda in Pakistan. In the video message, addressed to President Barack Obama, Weinstein told the President, “my life is in your hands. . . . If you accept the demands, I live; if you don’t…
120 Americans Killed in Mexico Last Year
CHAPALA, MEXICO – Mexico’s violence came crashing into the retirement dream of Houston’s Lorraine Kulig and hundreds of other Americans last fall when gangsters shot it out and set off a bomb in this usually bucolic town on the shore of the nation’s largest lake. “We all know this is a gang problem. We have…
Geert Wilders Brings Down Dutch Gov’t
When Dutch MP Geert Wilders was acquitted after a long court case in which he had been accused of “hate speech’ against Muslims, the judge accepted his claim that his statements were directed at Islam and not at Muslim believers. They were, the judge ruled, “acceptable within the context of public debate”. On Saturday, MP…
Danish Court Throws Out Hate Speech Case
On April 20, 2012 in a 7-0 decision, the Danish Supreme Court acquitted Lars Hedegaard of violating Article 266(b), the infamous “hate speech” provision of the Danish penal code. Hedegaard’s case has been winding its way through the courts for some time now. Readers will recall that he was first acquitted and then retried and…
Bolton: Obama Disdains US Strength
JOHN BOLTON, FORMER U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N.: The problem with Obama is that he sees American strength as provocative when in fact it’s the exact opposite. It’s American weakness that is provocative, and we have a president that specializes in it. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP HERE) GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Former U.N. Ambassador…
South Sudan and Israel Unlikely allies?
Israel and South Sudan share no borders. The distance between their capital cities Tel Aviv and Juba is more than 3,000 kilometres. The two countries do not have any real cultural, religious or ethnic links either. And yet, Israel was one of the first countries in the world to recognise South Sudan’s independence earlier this…
Sudan Declares War on South Sudan Over Oil Fields
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared war on South Sudan on Wednesday, vowing to bring down the government of the People’s Liberation Movement Sudan (SPLM) in Juba. He made this announcement as military confrontations have been escalating on the border between the two countries. “As of today our army will free the citizens of Southern Sudan…
Punjabi Women Developing Love for Guns
Women in Punjab, India are taking after their male counterparts in developing a love for firearms, and these women are taking it seriously. Not only are they obtaining arms licenses, they are actually purchasing firearms and learning how to shoot too. “Information acquired by a Faridkot-based journalist under the Right To Information Act (RTI) shows…
Iran Boasts that US Caved on Nukes
Western nations caved on nuclear enrichment, according to statements by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps. Shortly after talks in Turkey ended last weekend between the P5+1 nations and Iran, an online statement from the Iranian Revolutionary Guards’ ‘Prophet Mohammad Division’ claimed the West has surrendered to Iran’s will and accepted the Islamic republic’s right to nuclear…
