Friday, July 20, 2012

Afghanistan
Taliban destroy 22 NATO trucks in Afghan north - Bill Roggio (The Long War Journal)

Bulgaria
Who Is Behind the Bulgaria Attack? - Ron Ben-Yishai (Ynet News)

Egypt
Egyptians Pelt Clinton Motorcade with Tomatoes - Arshad Mohammed (Reuters)

Germany
Disillusioned German Islamists Abandoning Jihad - Oezlem Gezer and Holger Stark (Der Spiegel-Germany)

Israel

Where’s the Coverage? Israelis Help Syrian Refugees in Jordan and Turkey (CAMERA)
The Political Battle Over the "Occupation" Narrative - Dore Gold (Israel Hayom)  
Eight Recent Attacks Israel Blames on Iran - Scott Baldauf (Christian Science Monitor)

PA/Hamas/Etc.
Gaza Christians Protest "Forcible Conversions"
- Diaa Hadid
(AP)

Hamas Dominates Gaza Summer Camp Scene - Elhanan Miller (Times of Israel)
Report: PA Official Commits Suicide over Collaboration Charge - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)
 
World Silent as Hamas Demolishes Houses - Tom Gross (Mideast Dispatch)

Russia
 
The grand mufti of Tatarstan who opposed Saudi-funded Wahabi clerics and Salafist textbooks was badly wounded in a car bombing. His deputy was assassinated in a shooting at his home. (The Long War Journal)

Syria
The Reason Syria's Chemical Weapons Are So Dangerous
- Sara Sorcher
(Atlantic Monthly)

Free Syrian Army Gets Tribal Support from Syria's Neighbors - Ibrahim Naffee (Arab News-Saudi Arabia)
Israel: Syria Moving Troops from Golan to Damascus (AFP)  Kochavi warned that Syria was undergoing a process of "Iraqization," with militant and tribal factions controlling different sectors of the country. "We can see an ongoing flow of al-Qaeda and global jihad activists into Syria," he said.


USA

Muslims Combating Islamism Exercising the Bare Minimum of Faith in an Age of Political Correctness - Qanta Ahmed (IPT News)

Bin Laden loyalist transferred from Guantanamo to Sudan - Thomas Joscelyn
(The Long War Journal)
Honor Violence in America - Abigail R. Esman (Gatestone Institute)
 

Yemen