Friday, February 25, 2011

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US military advisers in Cyrenaica. Qaddafi's loses his air force -(DEBKAfile)
Will Libya’s $1000 an hour U.S. and British lobbyists stop their heinous work? - Tom Gross (Tom Gross Mideast Mideast Analysis)

China goes all out to halt Jasmine Revolution - Ching Cheong (The Straits Times)

Report: Hizbullah Aiding Iran in Stifling Anti-Government Protests (Ha'aretz)


Could the Kingdom of Bahrain Become an Iranian Pearl Harbor? - Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)
 
Media Watch: The Lara Logan Cover-up - Jonathan Mark (Jewish Week)
excerpts: Logan stated that she was not caught in the middle of a pro- and anti-Mubarak street fight but that she was “covering the jubilation” when she was attacked "amidst the celebration.”The idea that this jubilation and celebration included a mob of 200 men screaming their hatred of Jews while they sexually assaulted Logan “doesn’t fit the narrative” that the crowd in Tahrir Square was almost invariably characterized as friendly and out for nothing but democracy.
Egypt's Revolution: The More They Reassure Us the More We Worry - Barry Rubin (RubinReports)

Norway Demands Relocation of Israel Embassy - Itamar Eichner (Ynet News)
Israel to Let 300 Palestinians Return to West Bank from Libya - Barak Ravid (Ha'aretz)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday: "Because of the current violence in Libya I received a personal request from [PA] President Abbas...that Israel allow a number of Palestinians to leave Libya and to enter the West Bank...so Israel will enable 300 Palestinians to enter the West Bank" as a humanitarian gesture. He said the move was "a mark of our desire for good neighborliness and...peace." 

Friday, February 18, 2011

This is the second time in 4 weeks that an entity has denied funding a Palestinian Authority (PA) television campaign (first Spain and now the United Nations). Does anyone know if these entities decided to deny funding because their actions were publicized or if the PA is fabricating sponsors?
       

UN asks PMW to publicize that UN was not behind Arab media campaign presenting terrorist as role model - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik  (Palestinian Media Watch)

Egypt Reportedly Losing Control of Sinai to Bedouin - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)
 
The Voice of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - Alexander Smoltczyk (Der Spiegel-Germany)
Egypt: Islamist judge to head new constitution committee - Richard Spencer (The Telegraph)
Report: Syrian Embassy in Cairo Aided Hizbullah Prisoner's Escape (Jerusalem Post)

The Iranians Head for the Suez Canal - Dore Gold (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs)

Watch Iranium the movie.  - Raphael Shore Warning, some scenes show graphic violence. Iran - the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism

Major Hasan, 'Star Officer' - Dorothy Rabinowitz (The Wall Street Journal)
Every branch of the military issued a final report on the Fort Hood massacre. Not a single one mentioned radical Islam.
Radicalization Problems Facing Guantanamo and American Prisons - IPT News
Brotherhood Not Extremist, Intel Leaders Say  - IPT News

Friday, February 11, 2011


Iranian warships arrive at Jeddah
(Press TV)

 Warships of the Islamic Revolutionary Iranian Navy have never visited a Saudi port until this week.
Iran, Oman Wrap up Joint Naval Exercises - (Fars News Agency)

Mubarak Out, Brotherhood Remains Primed
(IPT News)
The Muslim Brotherhood - In Its Own Words
- Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (Palestinian Media Watch)

Muslim Brotherhood will likely win next poll - Ayaan Hirsi Ali (From: The Australian)

The Future of Jordan - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)
Jordan Tribes Threaten Revolution over Country's Palestinian Queen Rania
(Reuters-Ha'aretz)
Jordanian tribal figures have issued a petition urging King Abdullah to end his Palestinian wife's role in politics. "She is building power centers for her interest that go against what Jordanians and Hashemites have agreed on in governing and is a danger to the nation," the petition said.
Royal Court says AFP reports inaccurate (Jordan Times)

Attack on Egypt Gas Line Forces Jordan to Use Fuel Reserves - Taylor Luck (Jordan Times)

HR Comment: Egypt Exposes Media Hypocrisy - Simon Plosker (HonestReporting)

Netanyahu and Blair Announce Economic Steps to Assist Palestinian Authority (Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
Palestinians Reject Israeli Economic Package (AFP)

Factsheet: Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) (NGO Monitor)
 
WikiLeaks: Syria, Qatar Sabotage Israeli Prisoner Swap Deal (Ynet News)

UN partners in Arab campaign presenting female terrorist as role model to the Arab world - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik 
(Palestinian Media Watch)

Obama, Russia, and Trust - Kim Zigfeld (American Thinker)The Caucasus region has just burst into flames, with a devastating terror attack on Russia's leading international airport followed by an open declaration of war by Russia's Osama bin Laden. Rather than accept responsibility and reform, Russia is adopting the Soviet solution.  If bad news isn't reported, it doesn't exist.

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan tape highlights foreign fighters, operations against Pakistani military - Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal)

Friday, February 4, 2011

With all that's happening in Egypt and its impact on the region, this week's update is a little longer than usual. Just click the blue links for more details.

About Egypt:
Crisis in Egypt, Execution Binge in Iran (CAMERA)
How is the Egyptian crisis affecting other countries? Jordan's King Abdullah dissolved his government and appointed a new one, charging it with bringing about "effective, tangible and real political reform." The Palestinian Authority is blocking Palestinians from holding protests in solidarity with the Egyptian uprising, while announcing that local elections will be held as soon as possible. In Syria, citizens have called for a day of protest on February 5. And Iran is taking the opportunity to embark on a binge of executions.
Egypt: Please, Not ElBaradei - Claudia Rosett (Pajamas Media)
The real situation faced by refugees in Northern Sinai (EveryoneGroup)
Bedouin traffickers, Hamas militants and terrorists of Al-Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood yesterday patrolled the streets of Rafah, armed with modern kalashnikovs and rocket launchers. Israel is extremely concerned about the events taking place in Egypt, where protesters are calling for a holy war and a "great intifada" (backed by Nobel laureate Mohammed El Baradei). They are attacking Jewish residents, forcing Israeli citizens to rush back to Israel to avoid the violence. The situation is tense among the Christian community too, and many Christians see the attack on the Coptic Church of Alexandria as the prelude of a fundamentalist revolution aimed at taking control of the state.
 
Wheat Prices and Egyptian Instability - Spengler (Asia Times-Hong Kong)
It turns out that China, not the U.S. or Israel, presents an existential threat to the Arab world, and through no fault of its own.

 
WikiLeaks: Al-Qaeda on the Verge of Producing Radioactive Weapons - Heidi Blake and Christopher Hope (Telegraph-UK)

About Hamas:
Palestinians in Gaza Shell Israel with Rockets, Mortars - Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)
Israel Seeks UN Condemnation of Attacks from Gaza - Jordana Horn (Jerusalem Post)
Gaza Providing Supplies to Sinai Residents - Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
The view from Yemen:
Chaos in Non-Oil Arab Countries - Hakim Almasmari (Yemen Post)
2011 has already seen the most change in the Middle East in over 50 years while only one month has passed. We expect the crises to spread to Bahrain and Kuwait by the middle of the year, as those countries are also a time bomb waiting to explode. Saudi Arabia will enter a family crises as all their major kings and rulers are over the age of 80. Algeria and Jordan are revolting in a quick pace. Iraq is already in chaos. Syria and Qatar are stable. Does this prove that nations that ally with Iran succeed, like Syria and Qatar?