Time to Debunk Political Islam - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Islamism has been accepted by the West as simply another political point of view and its growing efforts and sometimes violent acts to force its dictates, has been met with little, if any resistance … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 24-30, 2014
Middle East Conflicts
Time to Debunk Political Islam
Islamism has been accepted by the West as simply another political point of view, and its growing efforts and sometimes violent acts to force its dictates has been met with little, if any resistance especially since September 11, 2001. On May 23, … [Read more...] about Time to Debunk Political Islam
New Calls for Jihad Against Russia
Left: Salah al-Din the Chechen, Army of Immigrants and Supporters commander. Right: Abd Karim Krymsky, a Crimean Tatar, deputy commander of the Army of Immigrants (YouTube, May 13, 2014) The Crimean Tatars opposition of Russia is nothing new. In … [Read more...] about New Calls for Jihad Against Russia
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
Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
Left: Khaled Meshal and Mahmoud Abbas Once again, a lifeline has been thrown to the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestinian branch, Hamas. That lifeline was reportedly initiated by the head of Qatar’s intelligence service Ghanem al-Kubeissi with Hamas … [Read more...] about Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
Jihadis Returning/Redeploying from Syria
Several years and many thousands of jihad fighters from at least 70 countries joining the Syrian blood-bath has finally raised the alarm that Syria has replaced Afghanistan as the new training ground for al Qaeda and its like. Western law … [Read more...] about Jihadis Returning/Redeploying from Syria
Why “Benghazi”?*
Washington is notoriously a one-crisis town. And it may well be that the growing concern over Russian aggression in Ukraine and Vladimir Putin’s threats to other former Soviet-occupied areas in Central and Eastern Europe will soak up all the … [Read more...] about Why “Benghazi”?*
The Transformation of American Intelligence*
Review of 'The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth' by Mark Mazzetti. New York: Penguin Press, 2013, 381 p. $29.95 After twelve years of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, it’s difficult to remember how it … [Read more...] about The Transformation of American Intelligence*
Al Qaeda’s Expanding Caliphate *
The successors to Mohammed as leaders of the Muslim religion bore the title of "Caliph". The Caliphate has undergone numerous historical transformations and was never recognized by the Shiites, who claim that the legitimate line was cut short by … [Read more...] about Al Qaeda’s Expanding Caliphate *
Anti-Semitism and Alternative History – Weapons in the War Against the Jews
Hatred of Judaism and the Jews is an intellectual creation. Its foundations were laid in ancient times by historians, writers, poets, philosophers and artists long before Christianity added the theological dimension. Since then it has been the one … [Read more...] about Anti-Semitism and Alternative History – Weapons in the War Against the Jews