Events are drawing Israel into a major war with neighboring Arab terrorist organizations to result in another total reordering of Mideast relationships. Comparison of the current scene with the eve of the Six Day War in 1967 is almost unavoidable. … [Read more...] about Israel: Remaking the Mideast Again?*
Iran
Weekly Briefing – June 29-July 5, 2014
From ACD: The Islamist Plague - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Many Western commentators have adopted the narrative that al Qaeda and its ilk are the exception to the “religion of peace” — Islam. Even Hamas, the barbaric Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch, … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – June 29-July 5, 2014
The Islamist Plague
Many Western commentators have adopted the narrative that al Qaeda and its ilk are the exception to the “religion of peace” -- Islam. Even Hamas, the barbaric Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch, a U.S. designated terrorist organization … [Read more...] about The Islamist Plague
Weekly Briefing – June 23-27, 2014
From ACD: FCC to China – “Stop! Or, or I’ll Say Stop Again!” - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seem to model themselves after British policemen, popularly known as “bobbies,” whose only … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – June 23-27, 2014
Weekly Briefing, June 15-21, 2014
From ACD: “Stop! Or, or I’ll Say Stop Again!” (The FCC to China) - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seem to model themselves after British policemen, popularly known as “”bobbies,” whose only … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, June 15-21, 2014
Iraq’s Theater of the Absurd*
After wasting so many lives and so much treasure, the US may now have to cosy up to Iran to save Iraq. Everyone in the ongoing Iraq tragedy has boxed himself in. The Iraqi government of al-Maliki invited disaster by refusing to sign a status of … [Read more...] about Iraq’s Theater of the Absurd*
Kurdistan Oil Export: A Game Changer
Late December 2013: Baghdad and Erbil agree on Kurdistan's oil revenue payments. Reportedly, funds are to be deposited with New York-based JPMorgan in an account previously opened in the name of the Development Fund of Iraq (DFI). Iraqi Prime … [Read more...] about Kurdistan Oil Export: A Game Changer
Weekly Briefing – May 18 – 23, 2014
From ACD: U.S. CyberSpace Vulnerabilities - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers’s letter asking President Obama to personally intervene to stop the National Security Agency from intercepting and planting surveillance software in the … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 18 – 23, 2014
Weekly Briefing – May 3 – 10, 2014
U.S. National Security's Achilles Heel - The Electromagnetic Spectrum - - Rachel Ehrenfeld - On December 23, 2013, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency issued a solicitation “to … conduct satellite system performance modeling, satellite system … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 3 – 10, 2014
Benghazi: Deja Vu All Over Again – Hiding the Threat of Islamic Terrorism
A video sharply critical of Islam and Mohammed, "Innocence of Muslims", was first posted to the Internet in July 2012. Two months later, still a week prior to the anniversary of the attacks in America on 9-11, there had still been little reaction … [Read more...] about Benghazi: Deja Vu All Over Again – Hiding the Threat of Islamic Terrorism