US President Barack Obama shakes hands with Vietnam's Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong after their meeting in Washington on 7 July 2015. Obama is to visit Vietnam and Japan from 21 to 28 May, 2016 (Credit: Hanoi News, August 25, … [Read more...] about Southeast Asia Heats Up – Again!
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Through the Eyes of an Islamist Extremist: The World according to Bosnia’s Fatmir Alipahić
Over the past twenty-five years, the militant Islamist movement in Bosnia & Herzegovina has developed a broad range of electronic and print propaganda vehicles designed to draw recruits and spread ethnic and religious intolerance. These … [Read more...] about Through the Eyes of an Islamist Extremist: The World according to Bosnia’s Fatmir Alipahić
The Mullahs Mount a Crusade against the English Language*
Left: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, “The language of science is not English alone. Insisting on promotion of English alone is unhealthy. Other languages like Spanish, French, German and Eastern languages are the languages of science, too.” May 2, 2016 The … [Read more...] about The Mullahs Mount a Crusade against the English Language*
Iran’s Growing Involvement in the Middle East
"Assad remaining in power Iran's redline" - Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei: Revolutionary Guard's deputy commander, General Hossein Salami, threatened on May 4th: “If the … [Read more...] about Iran’s Growing Involvement in the Middle East
Stumbling into War*
Despite Pres. Barack Obama’s continued insistence that he has pulled the U.S. out of endless – and unsuccessful – wars in the Mideast, American military involvement continues there. Witness to the continued engagement, and in fact what appears to be … [Read more...] about Stumbling into War*
Should You Buy Iodine Pills?
Growing nuclear proliferation global radical Islamist terror network has raised the possibility of nuclear terror attacks, including potential sabotage of nuclear facilities, as well as the use of conventional explosives to disperse radioactive … [Read more...] about Should You Buy Iodine Pills?
Sponsoring Hamas’s Murderous Indoctrination
Left: The video produced for the Palestine Festival for Childhood and Education, credits:: Interpal and the Bank of Palestine, the festival sponsors. (YouTube, April 4, 2016). Hamas needs cannons and cannon-fodders to attack Israel. Hamas cannons … [Read more...] about Sponsoring Hamas’s Murderous Indoctrination
A Leading Jihadist is Dead
The Gama'a takes its direction in accordance with the predecessors [salaf], and is united under a single intellectual banner which aims to isolate the submission of people to their Lord to the exclusion of others, and to establish an Islamic … [Read more...] about A Leading Jihadist is Dead
台灣如何強化空防*
美國智庫蘭德公司（Rand Corporation）4月初發表「台灣防空選項」研究報告。最主要防空選項建議我方裁撤275架幻象與IDF(經國號)機隊，僅保留約50架F-16戰機，將節餘經費用於購買更多機動式防空飛彈、雷達與電子反制系統，以因應所謂的新形態戰爭。 蘭德公司這項另類的建議，不僅國內專家認為是為特定廠商鎖定我國大批鷹式飛彈汰除後的替代方案的商機，也受到許多美國關心台灣防務的專家質疑。年初曾來台灣觀選的前國防部副部長布萊恩博士(Stephen … [Read more...] about 台灣如何強化空防*
Obama, you are there, nicht wahr?
President Barack Obama at a press conference opposes Chancellor Angela Merkel's suggestion of creating "safe zones" for fleeing refugees in Syria. "As a practical matter," such a step couldn't be done without using the military to "take over a big … [Read more...] about Obama, you are there, nicht wahr?