Seven Egyptian security personnel were kidnapped in the Sinai Peninsula Thursday after their taxis were ambushed outside the northern Sinai city of el-Arish. Yesterday’s incident is just the latest in a series of kidnappings and attacks in the increasingly anarchic territory. The abduction in the Sinai is the latest incident to highlight...
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Following a weekend in which pressure steadily grew on Washington D.C.’s Newseum to rescind a planned memorial for two Hamas terrorists, the journalism museum this morning announced that it was reevaluating its decision. The statement noted that “further investigation” will take place. The controversy stems from a posted announcement, discovered by The Weekly Standard...
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi, one of the world’s most influential Muslim preachers who regularly prays for the annihilation of the Jewish people, visited Gaza this week in a show of his support for the territory’s Hamas terrorist rulers. He claims to have previously been in Gaza in 1958. The octogenarian televangelist vowed...
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A scandal triggered yesterday by a Weekly Standard expose today expanded to engulf Washington D.C.’s Newseum, a museum dedicated to showcasing the history of journalism. Yesterday the Weekly Standard revealed that the Newseum would be honoring two Hamas terrorists as journalists killed in the line of duty. The honorees were...
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Islamists and relative moderates are fighting for control of, and prominence within, the Syrian opposition. The Islamists – led by the Al Qaeda-linked Al Nusra front – have among other things attempted to impose Islamic law on areas they capture. The relative moderates are backed by the West. The momentum...
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It is far from certain the Iran-backed Assad regime in Syria or the Lebanese based Iran-backed terrorist army Hezbollah will clear the fog surrounding the air strike that struck Syria between Thursday night and Friday. One might expect decision-makers in Damascus or Hezbollah’s south Beirut headquarters to respond to U.S....
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