Friday, August 10, 2012



Regarding Egypt:

Egypt demands extradition of 3 Hamas militants over support for Sinai terrorists - Avi Issacharoff (Ha'aretz/Reuters) 
Note the headline’s odd terrorist/militant combo: Hamas thugs are militants, while Sinai thugs are terrorists. When Israel’s army responded to Gaza terror in 2009, a staff-ed in The Guardian questioned Israel's place in the family of nations. When Egypt’s army responded to Sinai/Gaza terror this week, a staff-ed in The Guardian praised Mohammed Morsi for “showing he has teeth." Go figure . . . (comments courtesy of Honest Reporting)
Israel-Egypt Security Cooperation Strong - Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff (Ha'aretz)
The Short-Lived Morsi-Hamas Honeymoon - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post)
New Egyptian Government Tested as Violence Erupts in Dahshur - Michael Terheyden (Catholic Online) 
Attacks on Christians Sharpen with Government Collusion - Khaled Abu Toameh (Gatestone Institute)

Misc:
Looming U.S.-Iraqi Row over Decision to Release Hizbullah Commander - Matthew Levitt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)
Al-Qaeda Affiliate - Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) - Receives Formal Sanctuary in Hamas-Ruled Gaza - Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi (ICA-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) 
Muslim Brotherhood Establishes Militia Inside Syria - Ruth Sherlock and Richard Spencer (Telegraph-UK) 

Friday, August 3, 2012

On the Olympics:
Can accommodating the request of an Arab team not to share the mat with or be seen by Israelis be regarded as anything other than a form of discrimination based on race, religion or politics? Would it be allowed if it involved any country other than Israel? And shouldn't it be covered by major American news organizations?  MSN and the London Telegraph touched on the story. Note that the Olympic Charter, states: Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement.

Egypt
Please read: Mustafa Mashhur's Jihad is the Way. Mashhur, leader of the Brotherhood in Egypt from 1996 to 2002, explains the movement's religious beliefs and aspirations in detail ­ especially the role of violent jihad in bringing about a world under a unified Islamic Caliphate. (translated by PMW)

India

Iran
Iran Sanctions Halt Long-Range Ballistic-Missile Development  (International Institute for Strategic Studies-UK)  
Russia Sees Iranian Threat with Caspian Port Takeover - Ilya Arkhipov and Henry Meyer (Bloomberg)

On the Palestinians:
Partner for Peace?
PA Ministry of Education periodical: Israel is "like an octopus... flames shooting out between its fangs" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) Palestinian Media Watch has reported on the ongoing PA demonization of Jews and Israelis, as well as the repeated denial of Israel's right to exist.
Israel: PA Failing to Reciprocate Good will- Herb Keinon (Jerusalem Post)
Hamas Slams Palestinian Visit to "Alleged" Holocaust Site of Auschwitz (Reuters)

Friday, July 27, 2012

Recent comments on the Olympics:
PA: Moment of silence at Olympics would be racism -  Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW) 
PA Thanks IOC for Refusing Munich Victims Memorial - Khaled Abu Toameh (Jerusalem Post) "Palestinian Authority media refer to the Munich terrorists as 'stars' whose path should be followed."  
HonestReporting Olympic Coverage: The BBC vs Israel - Yarden Frankel (Honest Reporting Video)

Recent comments on the Muslim Brotherhood:

Recent comments on Hizbullah:
EU Confusion on Hizbullah - Walter Russell Mead (American Interest) Israel: Iran, Hizbullah Plotted Attacks in More than 20 Countries (Prime Minister's Office)
Nasrallah to place Hezbollah at al-Assad’s disposal – - Yousef Diab (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Decline In Hizbullah's Status In Lebanon - E. B. Picali
(MEMRI)

Misc.

Egyptians Mobilize Against Sexual Harassment
- Holly Kearl (WMC) 83 percent of Egyptian women experience street harassment, and in recent months, reports of groping and sexual assault are up, especially against female protesters and journalists reporting at Tahrir Square.
Hamas Rising - Jonathan Schanzer (Foreign Policy)


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 

Tuesday, July 10, 2012


Sorry, I wasn't able to get out the Update last Friday. Last week, I developed some dental problems and I had to have oral surgery Monday morning. I'm doing fine now. Thanks to everyone for your well wishes.   Just click on the blue links for the full stories.


Britain 
Faked Photo? What Faked Photo? - Yarden Frankl (Honest Reporting)
Detained UK suspect trained by Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia - Thomas Joscelyn (The Long War Journal)


Egypt
Iran
Settling Truths - Editorial (Jerusalem Post)

Jordan
Jordan to set up Syrian refugees camps (over 130,000 so far) -
(Jordan News Agency)

Kenya
A recent posting on the website of the Muslim Youth Center, a Shabaab affiliate in Kenya, claims that Samantha Lewthwaite, the widow of one of the London 7/7 bombers, is recruiting and training all-female attack squads in Somalia. Kenyan police say she is being sheltered by Shabaab in southern Somalia. (The Long War Journal)

Lebanon

Beirut Banks Funneling Illicit Funds for Iran, Hizbullah
- Joanna Paraszczuk (Jerusalem Post)

South America
Iranian Weapons on America's Doorstep - Joseph M. Humire - (Washington Times)

Spain
Radical Islam Spreading in Spain
- Soeren Kern (Gatestone Institute)

S
yria
Halting Syrian Chaos - Robert D. Kaplan and Kamran Bokhari (Stratfor)

United States of America

Rahm Emmanuel's Confounding CAIR Appointment
(IPT News)
Investment in Palestinians, Not Divestment from Israel - Rev. John Buchanan (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)