Friday, April 29, 2016

With Lincoln Center Theater in New York City launching the play “Oslo” this summer, I thought this quote was fitting: "You understand that we plan to eliminate the State of Israel, and establish a purely Palestinian state. " — PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat, January 30, 1996 (2.5 years after signing the Oslo Peace Accords).

Afghanistan
Ghani Presses Pakistan to Battle Taliban (Pakistan Observer) He claimed Taliban leaders finding shelter in Peshawar and Quetta were “slaves and enemies of Afghanistan who shed the blood of their countrymen” and he called on Pakistan to wipe them out.
Egypt
ISIL Expands Throughout Egypt (Middle East Newsline)
India
Iran
Iran Unleashes the Morality Police – Michael J. Totten (World Affairs) Iranian women are retaliating against all this nonsense by defiantly publishing photographs of themselves taking off their hijabs on websites like Facebook, but the regime is fighting back. 
Partners for Peace?
The PA's Billion Dollar Fraud - Itamar Marcus (PMW)
Mixed Messages: Abbas and Palestinians on Israel 2014-16- David Pollack (Washington Institute)
Media Miss Emergence of New Iranian-Funded Palestinian Terror Group (CAMERA) A new Iranian-backed Palestinian terrorist group has emerged—and by appearances, it may be expanding. Yet, many in the U.S. media have failed to take notice.
Turkey
Turkey's Fake War on Jihadis – Burak Bekdil (Gatestone Institute)
UK
UK Debuts Bunker-Buster Bombs Against Islamic State - Gareth Jennings (IHS Jane's Defence Weekly-UK)
USA
Where Have All the "Good Boys" Gone?: Effective Handling of Captured Terrorists - Patrick Dunleavy (IPT News) They don't call them "cons for nothing....becoming "jail wise" can make you less of a threat to the United States.