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U.S. Investigates Syrian Diplomats for Spying on U.S. Protesters - Eli Lake (Washington Times)

Gaza's Rocket Men Shoot for the Moon - Sharon Weinberger (Slate) Abu Saif, a rocket maker for the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, is a fan of Google Earth.
IDF Doesn't View Gaza Rocket Attacks as Real Escalation - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Why the Palestinians Don't Want Fayyad - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)
Cartoon: Demonized Jew and American celebrate division of Sudan -Itamar Marcus (PMW)


Hizbullah and Iran in the Americas - Amb. Roger Noriega (U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security)

Counterproductive restraint - Bill Ardolino (The Long War Journal) British soldiers have been directed not to shoot insurgent bomb emplacers in Afghanistan

Cyprus Explosion: What the UN Press Release Left Out - Claudia Rosett (Pajamas Media)

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The Tipping Point: Embracing the Muslim Brotherhood -  Frank Gaffney (Center for Security Policy) The Obama administration chose the eve of the holiday marking our Nation's birth to acknowledge publicly behavior in which it has long been stealthily engaged to the United States' extreme detriment:  Its officials now admit that they are embracing the Muslim Brotherhood (MB or Ikhwan in Arabic).

Editorial: The U.S. Legitimizes A Terrorist Group - (Investors.com)

Egyptian Presidential Candidate: Israel Is an Enemy; We Want Normal Relations with the Resistance and Iran (MEMRI)

Egypt Secular Party Leader: 9/11 "Made in USA"; Holocaust a "Lie" - Ben Birnbaum (Washington Times) Last month, the Wafd party announced it would run jointly in September's parliamentary elections with the Muslim Brotherhood.

Egypt Brotherhood Courts Investors - Mariam Fam and Stanley Reed (Bloomberg) 

Former Local Head of Saudi Religious Police: True Islam Is Moderate; The Genders May Mix, and Women May Play Sports (MEMRI)

Saudi Columnist Princess Basma bint Saud bin Abd Al-Aziz Aal Saud Describes the Treatment of Women in Saudi Arabia as 'Slavery' and Says: Nobody Is Immune to the Winds of Change Sweeping the Arab Nation; 'We Must Grant Freedoms Before They Become Challenges' (MEMRI)

Organizers: Gaza Flotilla Era May Be Over - Mya Guarnieri (Maan News-PA)
A Greek decision to block ships from sailing to Gaza has prompted some organizers to rethink the flotilla movement that challenged Israel's blockade. Flotilla organizers said that this year's embattled effort to sail to Gaza likely spelled the end of the Freedom Flotilla movement. The act of sailing to Gaza is "a tactic," one of them said. "Maybe it's run its course."
 

Mauritanian troops attack AQIM camp in Mali - Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal)
...it is likely that French and possibly US commandos were involved in the operations

Just a reminder, it's likely that American soldier, Bowe Robert Bergdahl, is still being held captive by the Taliban.

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Radical Flotilla Roster Portends Another Violent Clash (IPT News)
How Can Do-Gooders Possibly Think that Gaza Is the Primary Center of Injustice in the Middle East? - Kevin Myers (Irish Independent)
According to Mathilde Redmatn, deputy director of the International Red Cross in Gaza, there is in fact no humanitarian crisis there at all. But by God, there is one in Syria, where possibly thousands have died in the past month. However, I notice that none of the Irish do-gooders are sending an aid-ship to Latakia.
Financial Links Uncovered Between Hamas and Gaza Flotilla Organizers (Israel Defense Forces)

Yanar Mohammed—Iraqi Women’s Vigilant Champion - Marcia G. Yerman (WMC)

Syrian Embassy Accused of Threatening Protesters in UK - Matthew Taylor (Guardian-UK)