Archive for June, 2012
Death, war, and terrorism: A look behind the news
Louis Rene Beres - The Jerusalem Post, June 26th, 2012DEATH, WAR, AND TERRORISM Photo: Alberto Giacometti (Sculptor)
Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti's Man Pointing gesticulates ominously.
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Report: A Dozen Military 'Insider Threats'
Unknown - IPT News, June 26th, 2012FBI agents have identified a dozen cases of possible "insider threats" among Islamic extremists within American military ranks, National Public Radio reported Monday. That includes active duty troops, reservists and civilians with access to military facilities.
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The Al Qaeda-Muslim Brotherhood Coalition
P. David Hornik - FrontPage Magazine, June 28th, 2012Not long ago the Arab Spring was seen as a harbinger of democracy. It turns out that, instead, it’s creating breeding grounds for international terror—and safe havens for al-Qaeda itself.
That is not just a polemical opinion but the somber assessment of the director-general of Britain’s MI5 internal security agency, Jonathan Evans.
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PIPES: After an Israeli strike on Iran
Daniel Pipes - The Washington Times, June 25th, 2012...Mr. Eisenstadt and Mr. Knights, in contrast, argue that the Islamic Republic of Iran’s history since 1979 suggests “a more measured and less apocalyptic - if still sobering - assessment of the likely aftermath of a preventive strike.” In particular, they anticipate that three main goals likely would guide Tehran’s response to an Israeli strike: an insistence on reciprocity, a caution not to overexpand the conflict, and a wish to deter further Israeli (or American) strikes.
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Givat HaUlpena and Jerusalem
Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein - The Jewish Press, June 27th, 2012
Just 15 miles to the north of Jerusalem, the Jewish effort to return to the biblical heartland of Judea and Samaria (Yesha) suffered a severe blow this week – or did it?
The neighborhood of Givat HaUlpena in Beit El was emptied of 33 Jewish families – the result of government fear of international opinion, Peace Now hatred of Jewish settlement in Yesha, and animosity on the part of the Israeli legal apparatus.
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