November 30, 2004
MUST READ
Do not miss the following: Russell A. Berman discusses the political economy of anti-Americanism and how poor economic performance in Europe encourages a climate of political resentment, with the United States serving as the natural scapegoat. The Diplomad has posted…
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Kofi’s Cafe
U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has publicly responded to the revelation that his son, Kojo Annan, remained on the payroll of a company involved in the Oil for Food Scandal well after the company began their business with the U.N….
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French Admission
After weeks of changing stories, France has finally admitted to firing on demonstrators in the Ivory Coast: French soldiers opened fire on crowds of angry youths during days of mob violence and looting in Ivory Coast earlier this month, French…
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November 29, 2004
Scheuer’s Hubris
As expected, former CIA Senior intelligence analyst Michael Scheuer has been making the rounds on political talk shows explaining his dissatisfaction with the U.S. government’s policies vis-à-vis the War on Terror, as outlined in his best-selling book Imperial Hubris. Normally…
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U.N. Reform
The topic of reform dominated United Nations news today. In the first instance, the Daily Telegraph reports that a panel put together by Koffi Annan and charged with the task of “find[ing] ways of healing the divisions over Iraq and…
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War Expansion in Africa
“Time is running out. We have the constitutional obligation to defend our population, that’s all…I don’t know any country in the world that would be willing to live with such a threatening force, especially a force that is genocidal in…
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MUST READ
Be sure to read the following: The Diplomad would like to see President Bush Deal With The Monster At Our Door, Fidel Castro during his final term as U.S. President. More specifically, they do not want Fidel’s reign to outlast…
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Pakistan Retreat or Logical Move?
Besides the supposed turmoil over the Iraq elections, another topic that captured the media’s attention this weekend was the decision by Pakistan to end their almost two-year offensive in the tribal region of South Waziristan, a place where most in…
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November 28, 2004
Dutch Film Honors
A few weeks ago we equated the decision by Duth television stations to discontinue plans to air Theo van Gogh’s film post-mortem with the appeasement actions of the Spanish electorate after the Madrid bombings. Evidently though, not everyone in the…
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November 27, 2004
The Train is Leaving the Station…
A great deal of controversy has been created (artificially, we might add) in the last few days over the request by numerous political parties in Iraq to postpone the elections. Most of them cite security as the primary motive for…
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The Colombian Connection
In light of allegations that the Colombian based FARC were planning to assassinate President George Bush earlier this week, one of our new favorite blogs, Skirtae, decided to investigate the ever increasing involvement by the United States in the Colombian…
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Europe & Female Genital Mutilation
With the slaying of Theo van Gogh bringing to the world’s attention the violent dangers posed by unassimilated and radicalized Muslim populations, other, more difficult to discern problems also exist. In this case, we are referring to the horrid practice…
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The U.S. & the International Political Economy
Economic, political and environmental news during the last week has demonstrated that with all the benefits the United States gains from an increasingly interconnected economy, there are drawbacks as well, some of which are unanticipated. Here is a brief summary…
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November 26, 2004
North Korean Scientific Experiments
Former North Korean scientists recently provided stunning details on the scientific experiments preformed on human subjects in the Stalinist country. Here is an excerpt of their revelations, reminiscent of Nazi Germany, courtesy of the Washington Times: North Korean scientists are…
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The Nail in the Coffin?
“Neither he [Kojo Annan] nor I had anything to do with contracts for Cotecna. That was done in strict accordance with U.N. rules and financial regulations and these are also part of the issues that the panel investigating this issue…
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Case of A Bad Memory?
The BBC reports that the European Union foreign policy chief has retracted comments he made stating that he had met with leaders of Hamas: The European Union foreign policy chief has retracted comments made to the BBC that he held…
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November 25, 2004
Additional Concerns for the Dutch
Dutch parliament member Geert Wilders, who has already gone into hiding as a result of the slaying of Theo van Gogh, now has additional cause for concern after inflammatory comments made by a Muslim preacher in the Netherlands: A Muslim…
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Ivory Coast Attrocity Claims
The Transatlantic Intelligencer has the latest information on the allegations of atrocities leveled by the Ivory Coast government against France while and contemplates their plausibility. Read about it here….
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Hanson On The Elites & Buzz Phrases
Victor Davis Hanson writes about the “cynical punditry” of Washington and New York elites who adore using misplaced metaphors, allusions, and conventional wisdom to describe the war against Islamofascism. Here is a sample of the buzz phrases he evaluates: You…
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November 24, 2004
French & the Ivory Coast
Erik Svane writes over at ¡No Pasarán! about the double standard he witnesses on a daily basis while living in France regarding the Ivory Coast and Iraq endeavors. He also has some great commentary on the French media’s refusal to…
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Documenting Fallujah Atrocities
The MSM will not show you the images documenting the atrocities and war crimes committed by the Taliban-like thugs who ran Fallujah, so here is a slide show to view the images yourself. Special thanks to LGF for this information….
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Demographic Invasion
Europe is not the only region experiencing a demographic crisis. Their neighbor to the East, Russia, is also having similar problems. As recently as a few years ago, Russia was the only country in the world with negative population growth….
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Update on Thwarted U.K. Attacks
The Eurabian Times has some new information on the thwarted 9/11-style attack on London. Read about the developments here….
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Military Progress in Iraq
Violence continues in Iraq, but Coalition forces in conjunction with Iraqi forces are on the offensive and causing significant damage to Sunni insurgents and foreign terrorists as they tackle the “Triangle of Death.” ABC reported last night that a message…
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November 23, 2004
The U.N. Knew All Along
Continuing with news on the United Nations, The Age reports that a six-month BBC investigation has revealed that the United Nations was fully aware that Saddam was stealing from the program. This should not be too surprising since one of…
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U.N. Involved in Sex Abuse Scandal
Presumably the New York Times, Al Jazeera and CBS are currently formulating plans to cover this story (which was first reported in May) as indepthly as they did the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, or the more recent killing of…
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Fleeing Increasing Anti-Semitism
As a result of increasing hate crimes and an environment of anti-Semitism in which a Hezbollah surrogate is permitted to broadcast in France, Jews are fleeing France in large numbers. In the minds of Jews, the situation has become so…
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MUST READ
1) Is Democracy Possible in the Arab World? 2) What’s Going on with the Arctic? 3) The Wrong Reform…
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Reevaluating Preconceived Notions
“The punishment is beheading and the reward for doing it is paradise.” – Message posted on a Muslim website with photographs of Dutch parliament member Geert Wilders. In the evolving response to the slaying of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh,…
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Ivory Coast Shooting Update.
LGF has an update on the shooting of 60+ people in the Ivory Coast by French soldiers. Somebody emailed him links to a Swiss news cast discussing the incident where Swiss witnesses confirm the shootings took place and that the…
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November 22, 2004
Fallout From Fallujah
Details continue to emerge of the deplorable situation in Fallujah before U.S. led forces routed the insurgents and terrorists last week. The New York Times reports that for the first time, reporters saw direct evidence of the places where the…
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Fraud Allegations In Ukraine’s Elections
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych was declared the victor in that country’s presidential runoff elections today, but the election process has been marred by allegations of fraud and the opposition candidate is calling on supporters to take to the streets…
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MUST READ
1) A Roundup of the Past Two Weeks’ Good News From Iraq – Arthur Chrenkoff 2) Powell ‘Pushed Out’ by Bush For Seeking to Rein in Israel 3) Postcards From Iraq – Thomas Friedman 4) Why Bush Has No Fear…
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Canada’s Fall From Grace
Last week we told you of a column in the Toronto Star that discussed the possiblity of arresting and trying President Bush for war crimes when he next visits Canada. The Diplomad also recognized the absuridty of this column and…
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Writing Off Iraqi Debt
Over the weekend, 19 creditor nations to Saddam’s Iraq reportedly agreed to write off 80 percent of the $42 billion that Iraq owes them. This development is all well and good, but we have two questions. One, what about the…
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November 21, 2004
Beheadings In The Ivory Coast?
The BBC reports that France rejects claims by Ivory Coast’s president and its top Roman Catholic cleric that French troops beheaded young protesters there: [French] officials condemned President Laurent Gbagbo’s “disinformation” and urged him to stop fuelling anti-French hatred. Cardinal…
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Update On the Disaperance of the Kim Portraits
Updating a situation we reported last week, North Korea Zone has some new information on the removal of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il’s portraits through out the communist country. Read about the possible theories for this bizarre development here….
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French Offensive
By any measure, it has been an extraordinary week of public attacks against the United States by France and her surrogates. Expanding upon his anti-American tirades early last month, French President Jacque Chirac began the barrage this week by stating,…
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November 20, 2004
Faces of the South American Anti-War Left
South American communists and Anti-American “protestors” came out in full force to demonstrate against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gathering in Chile this weekend. Here are some photos we feel best represent the goals and beliefs of these “protestors,” courtesy…
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Taking Extreme Measures
“We are a Dutch democratic society. We have our own norms and values. If you chose radical Islam you can leave, and if you don’t leave voluntarily then we will send you away. This is the only message possible.” -…
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November 19, 2004
Iraq Insurgency Plans Began in 2001
Information gained from recently captured insurgents in Fallujah appears to bolster the theory that the Iraqi insurgency was prearranged by Saddam Hussein. The World Tribune reports: Insurgents captured in Fallujah have told Iraqi military interrogators that most of those fighting…
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Turmoil & Scandal At the United Nations
The United Nations has been in the news a lot lately, and not for especially good reasons. Author Jeb Babbin, who has a new book out called Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse than You…
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Historic Times
In his weekly dose of historical perspective, Victor Davis Hanson contemplates the “strange” and “perilous” times we are living in today: We are living in historic times, as all the landmarks of the past half-century are in the midst of…
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Extinction Warnings
On the heals of the Arctic global warming report issued a few weeks back, the World Conservation Union is warning that the “world’s biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate.” We consider this a much larger problem than the theory…
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November 18, 2004
Ivory Coast Rampage
The United Nations recently issued a decree ordering the Ivory Coast to stop broadcasting “hate messages” directed towards foreigners. Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo is quoted as saying “We are at war. They [France & the U.N.] want us to…
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Anti-Capitalism and AIDS: A Deadly Combination?
James K. Glassman at Tech Central Station contends that the strategy to fight AIDS in Africa is fundamentally flawed. The problem? Generic drugs which are less effective than their brand-name colleagues. Glassman argues that generic drugs may even be making…
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Homeland INsecurity
City Journal has written an expose detailing the damaging effects litigation and political correctness are having on national security efforts in the United States. In light of the recent events in The Netherlands, this discussion is incredibly important so as…
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MUST READ
1) The Story of Fallujah Isn’t On That NBC Videotape 2) The Tipping Point – Thomas Friedman 3) Bank Lapses Cited in Iraq Oil Program…
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The Stories You Don’t Hear From Fallujah
The Times of London has written an excellent report on the Taliban-like rule that took place in Fallujah before U.S. Marines routed the “insurgents” and terrorists during the last week. The Western Mainstream Media (MSM) has by and large neglected…
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Institutionalized “Anti-Israel” Policy
Israeli news outlets are reporting that a state-owned French television station is claiming that Israelis played a roll in recent the Ivory Coast chaos: Israel mercenaries assisting the Ivory Coast army operated unmanned aircraft that aided aerial bombings of a…
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November 17, 2004
The Iran Nuclear Crisis Continues
Last week we told you that German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer had publicly ruled out using military force against Iran. Evidently, he is not alone in that stance as support comes from a surprising source: British U.N. Foreign Secretary Jack…
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The Future On Display In Fallujah
The Australian offers a glimpse of the role that unmaned spy planes are playing in the urban battlefield of Fallujah: THE last hours of the mujaheddin are terrifying. With the city they once ruled with the absolute authority of medieval…
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Poland’s Changing Geopolitical Vision
Arthur Chrenkoff has examined the remarkable and radical shift in Poland’s “international orientation” during the last few decades. Here is an excerpt: The most historic shift in Poland’s international orientation in a half a millennium has been taking place in…
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MUST READ
1) The Lessons of Fallujah 2) Come Clean, Kofi 3) The Murder That Shattered Holland’s Liberal Dream 4) Europe Doesn’t Believe in Democracy 5) Nothing Islamic About Human Sacrifice – Ralph Peters…
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Islamofascism Spreads To Belgium
The Associated Press (AP) is reporting that a Belgian politician of Moroccan decent has gone into hiding with government protection after receiving a death threat: A Belgian senator of Moroccan origin, known for her criticism of conservative traits within immigrant…
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Charging Bush With War Crimes
Canadian columnist Thomas Walkom wonders if Canadian law will permit the arrest and charging of President Bush for war crimes the next time he visits Canada. Here is an excerpt of his discussion: When U.S. President George W. Bush arrives…
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Iraq U.N. Cash Sent to Bombers’ Kin
This revelation is probably not all that shocking, but it likely boosts the claim that the United Nations has an anti-Israel agenda: Saddam Hussein diverted money from the U.N. oil-for-food program to pay millions of dollars to families of Palestinian…
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November 16, 2004
Clampdown in North Korea
The Austrlian is reporting that the death of Kim Jon Il’s third wife and the loss of John Kerry in the 2004 U.S. Presidential campaign is causing serious angst for the North Korean dictator: HARDLINERS have tightened their political grip…
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Help Thy Neighbor
Thailand is comming under increased pressure to seek assistance from their neighbors in dealing with the internal conflict between the Budhist majority and Muslim minority. Although as we noted last week, outside “help” from the Middle East may already be…
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MUST READ
1) Will The State Department Now Support American Foreign Policy? 2) A Fundamental Disagreement’ Over More Than Iraq – Senator Jon Kyl 3) Europe Blames US Over Weak Dollar…
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Not Saying the “AQ” Word
Debka reports that the Dutch goverment is reluctant to use the words “Al Qaeda” as they investigate the slaying of Theo Van Gogh and crackdown on radical Islamists in the Netherlands: The Netherlands authorities still resort to a dozen roundabout…
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UN Embargos & French Unilateralism
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has approved an arms embargo on the Ivory Coast: The U.N. Security Council imposed an immediate arms embargo on Ivory Coast’s hard-line government after its violent confrontation with France, drawing bitter accusations here Tuesday…
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CIA Purge
“The agency is being purged on instructions from the White House. Goss was given instructions … to get rid of those soft leakers and liberal Democrats. The CIA is looked on by the White House as a hotbed of liberals…
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November 15, 2004
The Iran Problem
Following up on a situation we recently discussed, U.S. News & World Report has compiled an expose that details the meddeling and role of Iran in post-Saddam Iraq. According to intelligence analysts, Iran’s goal in Iraq “is to create instability…
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Scraping the Surface
USA Today reports that the United States Senate team investigating the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal has made a startling discovery: Saddam Hussein’s regime made more than $21.3 billion in illegal revenue by subverting the U.N. oil-for-food program through surcharges,…
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Putting Two and Two Together
Updating a story we noted yesterday, a recently resigned CIA agent disclosed yesterday that Bin Laden has obtained a fatwa (i.e. religious justification) which allows Al Qaeda to conduct a nuclear attack on the United States. The Times of London…
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MUST READ
1) A Roundup of the Past Month’s Good News From Afghanistan – Arthur Chrenkoff 2) Hearts, Minds and Fallujah – Fareed Zakaria 3) The Arafat Voids – Thomas Friedman 4) U.S. Marines in Fallujah Finding Bomb-Making Labs, Hostages, Beheading Chambers…
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Seeing is Believing
Iran has reportedly agreed to stop the enrichment of Uranium needed to make nuclear bombs: Iran has agreed in writing to suspend efforts to make nuclear fuel, apparently staving off a U.S. push to bring that nation before the United…
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Evaluating the Duelfer Report
Richard Spertzel, former head of the biological-weapons section of Unscom from 1994-99 and most recently the Iraq Survey Group wants to know if Iraq war critics have even read the Duelfer Report. Here is an excerpt: While no facilities were…
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November 14, 2004
“Jihad has come to the Netherlands”
Earlier this week we told you that some in the Dutch government were accusing their colleagues of underestimating the threat posed by Islamofascism. Well, it appears that the Dutch government is only scraping the surface of how entrenched Islamists have…
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Trouble On The Horizon
Our regular readers will know that we are extremely concerned about the dangers posed to the United States by the porous southern border with Mexico. Almost every week there is a story suggesting that terrorists are all but certain to…
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Defining “Winning” in Iraq
Retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark has some thoughts on how to define “winning” in Iraq, with analysis that applies to the greater War on Terror: Now that we have engaged, there cannot be any doubt about the outcome. It, too,…
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Unbalanced Reporting
While the Western media subjects us to almost daily reports of alleged abuses committed by U.S. troops against detainees in Afghanistan, Abu Ghraib or Guantanamo Bay, and “human rights” advocates accuse the U.S. of committing war crimes, reports or condemnation…
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November 13, 2004
Sour Relations Between Washinigton & Madrid
Relations between the Bush administration and Spain’s recently elected government will likely not improve over the next four years. In fact, recent events indicate that they may very well worsen. The impact of the soured relations will be relatively one-sided…
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Van Gogh Slaying Is Opening Some Eyes
The Ledger reports that Dutch lawmakers say the threat of Islamofascism is underestimated in their country: Dutch lawmakers accused the government Thursday of underestimating the threat from Islamic terrorists and failing to protect a filmmaker slain by a suspected Muslim…
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November 12, 2004
Iraqi Election Buzz
Iraqi blogger Zeyad of Healing Iraq recently discussed how his country is preparing for the planned January 2005 national elections and what people think of the unfamiliar democratic process. Read about it here….
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Suha Arafat’s Generous Stipend
Debka has the details on the deal made between Yasser Arafat’s widow Suha and Palestinian Authority leaders that will pay her $22 million per year. Click here for the full details on the agreement and a glimpse into Suha’s luxurious…
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Putting the Last Three Years in Perspective
“At its richest, most populous stage in its history, the United States, after reeling from a devastating blow to its financial and military nerve centers, in less than three years toppled the Taliban and Saddam Hussein, implemented elections in Afghanistan…
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MUST READ
1) Europe Seeks A Deal Even Worse Than Clinton’s With North Korea 2) How Dan Rather and The Media’s Kings Lost Their Crowns 3) Arafat’s End Was a Lie, Like His Whole Life 4) The Road From Here – King…
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Jimmy’s At It Again
In what has become a developing pattern, click here to read former U.S. President Jimmy Carter’s latest defense of a despot, this time in the form of an apology for now deceased terrorist Yasser Arafat….
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Japan Looking Toward the Future
An Australian Foreign Policy Think Tank has released a report that argues Japan is ready to move beyond their pacifist past grounded in their post World War II constitution. CNN reports: Japan is abandoning its pacifist past for a hard-headed,…
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November 11, 2004
The Power of Democracy
Popular support has reportedly been eroding for the Islamic “insurgency” in Afghanistan and the recently held popular elections are believed to be the reason. Seeking to strike the enemy while they are wounded, U.S. led forces, in conjunction with their…
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“Now, it’s war.”
Faced with the previously distant threat of Islamofascism, the Dutch are beginning to wake up to the reality they face. Unlike Spain, which cowardly used their country’s involvement in the removal of Saddam Hussein as a scapegoat for the Madrid…
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MUST READ
1) ‘Groundhog Day’ in Iraq – Thomas Friedman 2) Two Sides to Global Warming 3) Arafat The Monster…
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Is the War On Terror Expanding to Thailand?
The International Hearld Tribune wrote an excellent piece today on the history and escalating trouble between Muslims and the Budhist majority in Thailand. There is even evidence that Thai Muslims are receiving assistance from fellow Muslims in the Middle East,…
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BBC & Al Jazeera Use Same Questionable Source
Apparently we were not the only ones who noticed the absurdity of Al Jazeera’s Fallujah “reporter” source, Fadil al-Badrani. Last Night’s BBC News comments on the near impossiblity that he is a legitimate journalist and has also found that Fadil…
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Germany’s Bankrupt Diplomacy
Germany’s Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer has provided arguably the most ridiculous comments we have heard in some time. Mr. Fischer publicly ruled out using military force against Iran in the developing nuclear crisis: German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, in remarks…
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November 10, 2004
Remembering the Balkans
Chrenkoff has revisted the often forgotten Balkan’s War and wonders why the chaotic aftermath has received such little attention. We highly recommend reading his entire discussion, which serves as an excellent supplement to our related discussion on the Balkan’s War…
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Diversifying Oil Customers
Venezuela and Colombia held preliminary discussions yesterday regarding the possibility of laying a pipeline through Colombia in order to capitalize on China’s growing demand for energy: Colombia and Venezuela will set aside border conflicts today as their two presidents consider…
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Breakthrough In The Sudan?
USA Today reported yesterday that there may be progress in curbing the violence in the Sudan-Darfur crisis: Sudan’s government and rebel representatives signed accords Tuesday meant to end hostilities and guarantee aid groups access to 1.6 million people uprooted by…
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Continued U.N. Stonewalling On Oil For Food Scandal
The New York Times reports that United States Senators investigating the U.N. Oil for Food Scandal are accusing the United Nations, and Kofi Annan himself, of actively impeding their inquiry: Leaders of a United States Senate subcommittee investigating allegations of…
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MUST READ
1) Unlike America’s, Europe’s Political Establishment is Hostile to Christianity 2) US-Europe Divide On World Order Puts Us in Danger – Robert Kagan 3) Europe and Iran 4) Web of Influence…
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Bombed Mosques Or The Usual Propaganda?
Despite being bared from Iraq, Al Jazeera is reporting as fact information received by an “Iraqi journalist” that half of Fallujah’s 120 mosques have been destroyed by U.S. and Iraqi forces: Almost half of the mosques in the Iraqi town…
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Fallout From the Van Gogh Murder Continues
Three police officiers in The Netherlands were injured during a raid on a house believed to hold suspsects related to the slaying of Theo Van Gogh: Suspects holed up in a house under police assault Wednesday threw a hand grenade,…
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Critiquing the Department of Homeland Security
The American Enterprise Institute (“AEI”) has released a report that asks ” What Does Homeland Security Spending Buy?” The report is critical of the new department, suggesting it is both inefficient and ineffective. Here is an excerpt of a Washington…
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November 09, 2004
The Environmental Alarm Bell Keeps Ringing
We have located the recently cited and widely discussed report on the effects of global warming on the Arctic region, titled “Impacts Of A Warming Arctic” and published by the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment. You can read and/or download the…
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Just Another Cowardly Terrorist
“Brave terrorists, I am waiting here for the brave terrorists. Come and kill us. Plant small bombs on roadsides.” – An Arabic announcement blared by a U.S. psychological operations unit in Fallujah meant to goad gunmen out onto the streets….
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MUST READ
1) CIA Officer Criticizes Agency’s Handling of Bin Laden 2) Germany, 15 Years After the Wall 3) Finishing Fallujah – Ralph Peters 4) The Falling Dollar: America’s Privilege, The World’s Worry 5) Moderates, Not Moralists…
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Following In the Footsteps of Spain
Dutch television broadcasters have opted to appease Islamofascist elements in their country by not proceeding with the showing of slain filmmaker Theo Van Gogh’s film Submission, the presumed motive behind his murder. Interestingly enough, a Dutch Imam is calling for…
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Sunni Party Quits Iraqi Government
The Associated Press reports that the interim Iraqi government is experencing political defections among the Sunnis in protest over the Fallujah invasion: A major Sunni political party has quit the interim Iraqi government and revoked its single minister from the…
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In France, Arafat = Hero
A poll taken in France, commissioned jointly by the Liberation newspaper and a national public radio station, has found some startling results: The French regard Yasser Arafat as a hero rather than a terrorist, according to a new poll. Asked…
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November 08, 2004
The BBC In The News
The BBC has never been one to shy away from using loaded language and has now bestowed the much detested “quagmire” label upon the French endeavor in the Ivory Coast. Sticking with the BBC, they are coming under fire for…
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News From Chechnya
Russia claims to have killed 22 Chechen rebels in Chechnya today: MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russian troops killed at least 22 rebels in separatist Chechnya Monday, including a man officials said was linked to the assassination of Chechnya’s pro-Moscow president,…
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MUST READ
1) Footprints in the Sand – Thomas Friedman 2) Believe It or Not, It Wasn’t Just Rednecks Who Voted For Bush 3) A Look At The Past Two Weeks’ Good News From Iraq – Arthur Chrenkoff 4) Faith In Democracy,…
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Clinton Administration Had Plan to Nuke N. Korea
The Washington Times reports that recently declassified documents reveal the Clinton Administration had contingency plans to use nuclear weapons against North Korea should they attack South Korea: Newly declassified documents revealed the United States planned as recently as 1998 to…
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Dutch Muslim School Hit By Bomb
Retaliatory actions against Muslims for the slaying of Theo Van Gogh have taken place in the Netherlands: A bomb explosion has hit an Islamic school in the Netherlands, as tensions run high after the murder of controversial film-maker Theo van…
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A Meeting to Forget
“Let me get this straight. He met with terrorists? Oh, that’s good.” – Senator John Edwards upon learning from Senator Kerry’s biographer that Kerry’s own diary mentioned a meeting he had with some North Vietnamese terrorists in Paris. As we…
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November 07, 2004
Stifling Economic Competition
Some EU member states led by France and Germany continue to lobby for the establishment of a fixed corporate tax rate throughout the EU: He first threatened and then charmed, but either way French Finance Minister Nicolas Sarkozy drew little…
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Arafat’s Billions
There is a fight brewing behind the scenes between Yasser Arafat’s wife, Suha Arafat, and the Palestinian Authority (PA) over Arafat’s vast assets, valued anywhere from $200 million and $6 billion: The wife of Yasser Arafat was locked in a…
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Comments on the U.S. Election From Down Under
Australian blogger Arthur Chrenkoff evaluates the Democrat’s election strategy in hindsight. Read about it here: A highway, not a bridge….
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Chalabi & Sadr
The New York Times reports today on the complicated voting coalitions forming in Iraq in anticipation of the January 2005 national elections. The article is a worthy read, and details this surprising and possibly concerning development: After falling out with…
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Sharp Rise of The Euro Stirs Worry in Europe
The dollar hit a new low against the Euro on Friday, a development that could adversely impact Europe’s already weak economy: European leaders sparred over currency policy on Friday as the euro rose to a record against the dollar, a…
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November 06, 2004
Rumors Abound
Palestinians are leveling accusations that the Yasser Arafat’s deteriorating health is the result of poisoning by the Israelis. The primary explanation behind such an accusation is that certain fractions within Palestine are hoping to plant the seeds of an Israeli…
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More Violence in Thailand
Following up on a story we reported last week, Muslim separatists in Thailand have followed through with their threats of increased violence after the deaths of 85 Muslims in government custody: BANGKOK: Muslim separatists are intensifying violence in southern Thailand…
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China and Iran
China will reportedly oppose any attempts to refer Iran’s nuclear ambitions to the United Nations Security Council: China gave Iran crucial backing in its stand-off with the UN’s nuclear watchdog, with Beijing saying it opposed US efforts to have the…
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Violence in the Ivory coast
Steadily increasing unrest in the Ivory Coast resulted in the deaths of eight French peacekeepers today: ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) – Ivory Coast warplanes bombed French peacekeepers in the rebel-held north Saturday, killing eight French troops and wounding 23 others,…
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Dutch MPs taken to Safe Houses
The TimesOnline of London reports that two leading Dutch politicians have received death threats after the slaying of Theo Van Gogh: TWO leading Dutch politicians known for their critical views of Islam have been taken to safe houses by police…
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Election Meddling Officially Backfired
USA Today reports there is some actual evidence that attempts by the left leaning U.K. paper The Guardian to influence the U.S. election backfired, as we told you it would: The campaign allowed more than 14,000 Guardian readers to send…
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November 05, 2004
Dutch Cabinet ‘Declares War’ On Islamic Extremism
On the surface, the Dutch appear to be taking the slaying of Theo Van Gogh seriously: The Dutch Cabinet has declared war on Islamic extremism, Deputy Prime Minister Gerrit Zalm has announced. He justified the step by calling the murder…
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Post Election Mourning in San Francisco
We cannot recommend highly enough viewing these photos taken during a gathering in San Francisco shortly after George W. Bush’s reelection was announced. Here is one picture in the hopes of obtaining your interest: Special thanks to LGF for this…
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American Exceptionalism
As only he can, Victor Davis Hanson puts the victory by President Bush into its proper perspective. Here is an excerpt of his today’s piece: Much of the world — in Europe, among the dictatorships and autocracies of the Middle…
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MUST READ
1) Bush Victory Infuriates World Press 2) What Bush Can Do to Salvage Iraq 3) For The Second Time in Two Years a Horrific Murder Has Traumatised Dutch Society 4) And Now, Fallujah – Ralph Peters 5) Elections and the…
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Behind the Scenes of the Campaign
Newsweek reveals for the first time private events and secret discussions that took place during the 2004 Presidential Campaign, some of which shaped the course each campaign ultimately took. Read about them here….
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Why John Kerry Needed to Lose
Four years ago, the Democratic party was faced with a disappointing electoral college loss but had a seemingly obvious path towards redemption: continue with the Bill Clinton politically-moderate model and future victories were likely. However, that would not be the…
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French Call For Stronger EU to Keep America in Check
President Bush won reelection less than four days ago, and France is already increasing tensions with the administration: Tony Blair’s hopes of healing the rift between Europe and America after the re-election of President George W Bush were quickly dashed…
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November 04, 2004
Continuing Economic Trouble in the Rhineland
Next time, an anti-American platform may not be enough to save German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder: The number of unemployed in Europe’s largest economy rose by 12,000 last month to 4.457 million people. Economists said this ninth consecutive rise would be…
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Losing Touch
“We cannot ignore the swath of red [Republican] states across the South and Midwest. The party of FDR has become the party of Michael Moore and [his film] ‘Fahrenheit 9/11,’ and it does not help us in big parts of…
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The U.S. Worse Than Al Qaeda?
Believe it of not, but there is a significant population abroad that believes the United States is as bad or worse than Al Qaeda. How could this happen you ask? For the answer, be sure to read latest entry from…
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Continuing Trouble in the Sudan
The United Nations is offering a bleak account of the current crisis in the Sudan: The top U.N. envoy to Sudan warned the Security Council Thursday that Darfur could easily descend into anarchy with warlords in control unless African Union…
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MUST READ
1) Detainees’ Cases Show Another Side of Gitmo 2) Big Win for America, and a Loss for the Mainstream Media – Peggy Noonan 3) Democratic Values – How to Start Winning the Red States 4) US Troops Vacate Last Pakistani…
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Remembering the Killing Fields
“I just want people to be aware of our history and our story — that there were other genocides other than the Holocaust and Rwanda.” – Thea Lim, daughter of a Khmer Rouge survivor. The first American memorial to the…
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Spain Bombing Updates
Spain has arrested four new suspects in the recently uncovered plot to bomb Spain’s National Court. Perhaps most interestingly though, it appears the terrorist cell had an alternative plot to the National Court bombing in the event that one did…
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November 03, 2004
Update on the Slaying of Theo Van Gogh
Police in Amsterdam have arrested eight known radical Islamists in relation to the assassination of Theo Van Gogh: AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – Dutch police have arrested eight suspected Islamic radicals as part of the investigation into the brutal slaying of outspoken…
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An Expat’s View From Abroad
An American ex-patriot living in the U.K. has some thoughts on the phenomenon of Bush-hatred on the continent, and even in her new home: George W Bush is not hated here and in Europe because he removed a genocidal tyrant…
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Continuing Air Quality Progress
The American Enterprise Report (AEI) pubished a report last week on the current state of ozone smog levels in the United States using data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Predictably, the media ignored the report’s positive and consistent results…
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MUST READ
1) Osama bin Losin’ 2) Sept. 11 Retrial Continues [In Germany] 3) The Second Bush Term – Michael Barone 4) World Leaders React Cautiously to U.S. Vote…
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Afghanistan Election Update
Hamid Karzai has been declared the official winner of Afghanistan’s first ever democratic elections by winning 55.4% of the popular vote….
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Death in the UAE
The president of the United Arab Emirates, Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan died yesterday after reports had him incapacitated for approximately one month. The Associated Press reports: The president of the United Arab Emirates, who helped forge a federation…
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Close Call But Almost Final
We extend a warm congratulations to President Bush as it appears he survived the overtly partisan attacks of the press, foreign meddling and his own missteps to be reelected to a second term. There were no major surprises in this…
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November 02, 2004
Killing Free Speech…And Issuing A Warning
Controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was assassinated earlier today in Amsterdam. His killing is the second high-profile assassination in The Netherlands in two years, the first being Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn. Both men were outspoken critics of the Netherlands’…
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Israel v. UNRWA
Tension between Israel and UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Work Agency) continue: The head of the UN agency that helps Palestinian refugees accused Israel on Monday of a smear campaign against his agency and crippling its work by destroying its…
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MUST READ
1) America Isn’t As Deeply Split As the Elites Seem to Think 2) France’s Propaganda Machine is Working to Undermine U.S. Interests 3) Suddenly in Afghanistan, it is Actually Put-Up or Shut-Up Time 4) Russian Scientist Surrenders Arms-Grade Plutonium…
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Trouble For NGOs
USA Today details the exodus of Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) from Iraq resulting from the deteriorating security situation and how their flight impacts the reconstruction process. Here is an excerpt: The fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime spurred hundreds of volunteers like…
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Bin Laden Followup
In a follow up to a story we reported on Sunday, the Daily Times of Pakistan is reporting that the FBI warned India that Bin Laden might try to sneak into their country: NEW DELHI: A senior FBI official visited…
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November 01, 2004
Beyond the News
Voices of Iraq….
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Tension in China
Deadly riots broke out in a small central town in China between the Hun majority and their Muslim minority on Monday: LANGCHENGGANG, China Nov 1, 2004 — Police by the thousands patrolled this central Chinese town Monday and residents hunkered…
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Ex-Gitmo Detainee’s Continuing Troubble
Reuters has an update on former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdullah Mehsud, whom we have been following closely: ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Abdullah Mehsud, a former Guantanamo Bay inmate who masterminded the kidnapping of two Chinese engineers, has claimed responsibility for a…
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MUST READ
1) Tomorrow Americans Decide Whether to Continue Confronting Terror With Freedom 2) The Deadlock of Democracy 3) Vandals Attack Jewish Cemetery in France 4) Iranian Legislature Votes for Nuclear Progress…
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Two Election Updates
Political parties in Latin America running on anti-free market platforms continue to find success: Montevideo, Uruguay — Tabare Vazquez, a Socialist doctor running as the candidate of an opposition coalition that includes former guerrillas, narrowly triumphed Sunday in the presidential…
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Bin Laden Tape Mistake
MEMRI has translanted the entire tape recently released by Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and found that American news organizaitons mis-translated key components. This mistake has altered the entire purpose of Bin Laden’s message, which is to threaten individual…
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