Egypt is in the midst of a war that can be categorized as a low-intensity conflict. This category represents a common pattern of military campaigns in the early twenty-first century: sub-conventional wars fought by armies and security services … [Read more...] about Egypt’s War in the Sinai Peninsula: : A Struggle that Goes beyond Egypt
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AID to Pakistan: Money Down A Rat Hole
After Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Raheel Sharif's visit to the Pentagon, Islamabad defense officials claimed that the United States would give Pakistan $1 billion through the Coalition Support Fund (CSF). The officials added that … [Read more...] about AID to Pakistan: Money Down A Rat Hole
Semantics? Not on our lives!
Yeah, it’s a big joke! The most amateurish hacks performing as government spokesmen, whether it is an arrogant but totally incompetent campaign apparatchik at the State Department, the White House’s befuddled spokesmen, or the embarrassed uniformed … [Read more...] about Semantics? Not on our lives!
Weekly Briefing – January 24-30, 2015
ISIS Advances – January 22-28, 2015 - Rachel Ehrenfeld - As the White House claims its attacks on ISIS have weakened the barbaric jihadist movement, we are witnessing an expansion of its activities. In previously unseen coordinated attacks ISIS … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – January 24-30, 2015
The Myth of Islamist “Lone Wolf”
Left: ISIS Calls For ‘Lone Wolf’ Attacks Inside America So much for the Islamist “Lone Wolf” nonsense. ISIS propaganda is finally getting some attention. Even the New York Times published an op-ed asking “Why Tolerate Terrorist Publications?” … [Read more...] about The Myth of Islamist “Lone Wolf”
Weekly Briefing – January 19-23, 2015
Left: Anti-Israel protestors in Scotland / AP Antisemitism = Islamism - Rachel Ehrenfeld - “Antisemitism can even be found in the halls of the United Nations,” said the joint statement signed by only 40 of the 193 United Nations member states on … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – January 19-23, 2015
Old Islamists Never Die: Mohammed Haydar Zammar
On March 2014, in an Islamic-State-sponsored prisoner swap, Mohammed Haydar Zammar, the al-Qaeda operative jailed in Syria in 2001, was freed in exchange for Syrian army officers held by the IS. News articles that covered the prisoner exchange did … [Read more...] about Old Islamists Never Die: Mohammed Haydar Zammar
Weekly Briefing – January 12-16, 2015
Charlie Hebdo – A Missed Opportunity - Rachel Ehrenfeld -- In less than a week the free world seems to have lost the United States’ leadership, and the media lost its courage. The winners are the Islamists, whose ‘sensitivities’ apparently weigh more … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – January 12-16, 2015
Islamophobia: The Origins of the Specious
Dismissing criticism of the creed that spawns so many fulminators, fanatics and public dangers as mere prejudice ignores Islam's history, its embarrassment in failing to fulfill Divine admonitions to dominate and a scripturally endorsed contempt for … [Read more...] about Islamophobia: The Origins of the Specious
Charlie Hebdo – A Missed Opportunity
In less than a week the free world seems to have lost the United States' leadership, and the media lost its courage. The winners are the Islamists, whose ‘sensitivities’ apparently weigh more than those of Christians, Jews, Hindus, and all other … [Read more...] about Charlie Hebdo – A Missed Opportunity