Left: A Sukhoi Su-24fighter jet buzzed the USS Donald Cook (DDG 75), April 12, 2016. © US Navy/Reuters. The Russians have done it again. Two years after first buzzing the U.S. destroyer USS Donald Cook, in the Black Sea, pairs of Russian SU-24 … [Read more...] about Russia Buzzes, Again, U.S. Navy Missile Destroyer*
Obligated to Iran
Since February 2013, Iran has received billions of dollars in sanctions relief as incentives to attend negotiations with the United States and others in Geneva. However, from March 2012, until January 2016, when the U.S. lifted the sanctions, Iranian … [Read more...] about Obligated to Iran
Abbas Attempts to Blunt the Knife Terror Wave*
According to statistics released last week by the Shin Bet (Israel's internal security service), Palestinian attacks on Israelis have gone down have from 246 attacks last December to 123 attacks in March. Moreover, Palestinian … [Read more...] about Abbas Attempts to Blunt the Knife Terror Wave*
Nuclear Weapons and Japan – Was Trump Right?*
Left: A screen at the General Satellite Control and Command Center shows the moment North Korea's Unha-3 rocket is launched in Pyongyang, North Korea, Dec. 12, 2012, despite international warnings. Thought the test failed, it was a clear sign of the … [Read more...] about Nuclear Weapons and Japan – Was Trump Right?*
Corruption international*
There are more questions than answers, at least so far, in the leak of bits and pieces of what is said to be 11.5 million documents from, again, allegedly, an incredibly corrupt Panamanian law firm. The first gleanings from “the papers” has already … [Read more...] about Corruption international*
Needed: U.S. Cyber Defense Policy
Two years have passed since the Obama administration was tasked by Congress to develop cyber countermeasure policies. But in response to Sen. Joe McCain (R-AZ) question “Is it correct that these are policy-decision that have not been made?” U.S. … [Read more...] about Needed: U.S. Cyber Defense Policy
Hamas: Only Ideological and Religious Ties with Muslim Brotherhood*
Left: A quote from Hassan al-Banna, the Muslim Brotherhood founder, appears at the beginning of the Hamas Charter. It reads, “Israel will arise and continue to exist until Islam abolishes it, as it abolished what went before..." Right: The front page … [Read more...] about Hamas: Only Ideological and Religious Ties with Muslim Brotherhood*
Europe: How Many Minutes to Midnight?
https://www.investigativeproject.org/1100/hizb-ut-tahrir-shariah-takes-precedence-over-usLeft: ISIS supporters attack German police before Solingen Town Hall, May 1, 2012. Decades of European efforts to avoid stigmatizing Muslims and to allegedly … [Read more...] about Europe: How Many Minutes to Midnight?
Beware of The Black Flag
Left: Pro-ISIS demonstrators in the Netherlands, call for "Death to Jews" - Newsweek, 7/30/14. Review of Nidra Poller's The Black Flag of Jihad Stalks La République, (Authorship Intl., November 2015). Reporting from Brussels on March 18, after the … [Read more...] about Beware of The Black Flag
Dying for Allah *
Left: Fatah memorial poster to an attacker with the Dome of the Rock in the background. January 25, 2015 The sensitivity to criticism of the Islamic fundamentalist attitude on the “death for Allah” concept, which has been fully adopted by the … [Read more...] about Dying for Allah *