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02/11/2011, Claudia Rosett, Freedom's Edge, Forbes.com
Now that Hosni Mubarak has resigned as dictator of Egypt, what role in the perilous transition ahead might be played by former United Nations nuclear chief and Nobel laureate, Mohamed ElBaradei?When p...
What Are Iran's Plans Now that Mubarak Is Out? What Are Ours?
02/11/2011, Benjamin Weinthal, NRO, The Corner
Berlin — Today marks the 32nd anniversary of Khomeini’s Islamic revolution in Iran, just as the Iranian regime, while falsely claiming to support Egyptians’ right to assemble and protest, employ...
Re: Re: Willful Blindness, Etc.
02/10/2011, Clifford D. May, NRO, The Corner
James Clapper is the director of national intelligence, so he must know what he’s talking about.I mean, who are you going to believe? DNI Clapper or the Muslim Brotherhood’s “Supreme Guide,” M...
Mythical Sharia Strikes Again
02/10/2011, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO, The Corner
Read it and weep — and you will want to weep. In Bangladesh a 14-year-old girl named Hena was raped by a 40-year-old man, Mahbub, who is described in a report as her “relative.” [Thanks to John ...
There's Willful Blindness, and Then There's Willful Stupidity
02/10/2011, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO, The Corner
James Clapper, the head of intelligence for the United States of America, has explained to Congress that the Muslim Brotherhood is “largely secular.” It further has “eschewed violence,” decrie...
The Spooks' Black Thursday
02/10/2011, Dr. Michael Ledeen, Faster, Please!
An Italian judge ordered a former Guantanamo detainee released from jail on Monday. The former detainee, a Tunisian named Adel Ben Mabrouk, had been convicted of terrorism-related charges.In an interv...
Hosni Mubarak Staying Put - What Now?
02/10/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
Thursday was a tough day for U.S. intelligence on Capitol Hill. First, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper called the Muslim Brotherhood a "largely secular" organization. Then, CIA direc...
Has Mubarak Already Won?
02/9/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has learned a few things during his 30 years in power. One of them is how to divide those who oppose him. In recent days, he has done this masterfully, and has regaine...
Watch It Now - Iranium
02/8/2011, Claudia Rosett, The PJ Tatler
Roger Simon already sent up a flare about an important new documentary on the threat of a nuclear Iran: Iranium. I’ve just watched it, and this is to second Roger’s endorsement — this is one you...
Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Army remain aloof from protests
02/8/2011, Steven Sotloff, Threat Matrix, The Long War Journal
Editor's note: Steven Sotloff is a Yemen-based Adjunct Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who is currently reporting from Cairo.Ever since protests broke out in Egypt on Jan. 25 calli...
Taliban Mourn Death of 'Eminent Commander' at Gitmo
02/6/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, Threat Matrix, The Long War Journal
In a piece last week, I noted that a former Taliban commander, Awal Gul, died of an apparent heart attack at Guantanamo on Tuesday, Feb. 1. The Taliban have now released a statement online concerning ...
A Power Vacuum in Egypt?
02/6/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
After meeting with embattled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last week at the behest of President Barack Obama, former U.S. ambassador to Egypt Frank Wisner suggested Mubarak should stay in power as ...
An Immediate Exit for Mubarak?
02/4/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
Over the course of 10 excruciating days, the White House has inched toward calling for the resignation of embattled Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak. A likely scenario is now one in which newly-instal...
UN and U.S. Double Standards: Egypt vs. Iran
02/4/2011, Claudia Rosett, The Rosett Report
After an initial United Nations response to the mass uprising in Egypt of … well, not much… Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has jumped into the fray. On Wednesday and again on Thursday he called for...
Mubarak v. the Brotherhood
02/2/2011, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO The Corner
It is simply delirious to suggest that we can work with the Muslim Brotherhood, that the Brotherhood has renounced violence, or that a Brotherhood-led government will ultimately be better for the Unit...
The Problem of the Friendly Tyrant
02/2/2011, Dr. Michael Ledeen, Faster, Please
We’ve had many alliances with friendly tyrants, from Stalin to Papa Doc, from Mubarak to Pinochet, from the shah to the Saudi royal family. It’s not an easy embrace. If you’re the American p...
How Far Will Egypt Tumult Spread?
02/1/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
Immediately after the fall of Tunisia’s 23-year dictator, Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali, analysts warned of a domino effect across the Arab world. Would-be democrats in other Arab countries reasoned that ...
El Baradei and the Al Qaqaa Affair
02/1/2011, Clifford D. May, NRO The Corner
I’d all but forgotten this — but Powerline remembered:El Baradei achieved his greatest renown in connection with the pre-war weapons inspections in Iraq, which he headed on behalf of the IAEA. One...
Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther, and the Muslim Brotherhood
02/1/2011, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Interviewed by Duncan Currie, NRO The Corner
Like Reihan and Alex Massie, I’ve been curious to know what Reuel Marc Gerecht — former CIA officer, Islam expert, and robust supporter of Arab democracy — thinks about the extraordinary events ...
Mubarak won't run again -- what's the effect?
02/1/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
Hosni Mubarak’s announcement sparked immediate outrage from the Egyptian protestors, who have stated repeatedly over the last several days that they seek nothing less than his ouster.President Obama...
What Could Be Worse Than ElBaradei?
01/31/2011, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO The Corner
Jay could not be more correct that Mohammed ElBaradei is a menace. He is more responsible than any non-Iranian for the progress the mullahs have made on their nuke program (with dishonorable mention t...
Egypt: Please, Not ElBaradei
01/31/2011, Claudia Rosett, The Rosett Report
Freedom, justice, and prosperity for Egypt are devoutly to be wished. As is abundantly clear by now, the big question for the genuine democrats among the demonstrators, and a big question for the U.S....
Cancer, Carter and Obama
01/30/2011, Dr. Michael Ledeen, Faster, Please
There are some eery similarities between Egypt 2011 and Iran 1979, and some of them are unfortunately about American leadership. There are some big differences, too, but for the moment let’s just ...
What Would a Post-Mubarak Egypt Look Like?
01/30/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
Post 1The road to Egypt’s future forks in three different directions. Which exit the Egyptian people take is still anyone’s guess.The first exit is effectively a U-turn back to dictatorship, and u...
Iran, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Revolution
01/29/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, The Long War Journal
"I herewith proclaim to those (Western leaders) who still do not want to see the realities that the political axis of the new Middle East will soon be Islamic rulership and a democracy based on religi...
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From Freedom's Edge, Forbes.com: Beware the Brokering of Egypt's ElBaradei by Claudia Rosett, 02/11/2011
From NRO, The Corner: What Are Iran's Plans Now that Mubarak Is Out? What Are Ours? by Benjamin Weinthal, 02/11/2011
From NRO, The Corner: Re: Re: Willful Blindness, Etc. by Clifford D. May, 02/10/2011
Now that Hosni Mubarak has resigned as dictator of Egypt, what role in the perilous transition ahead might be played by former United Nations nuclear chief and Nobel laureate, Mohamed ElBaradei'When protests erupted last month, ElBaradei returned to his native Egypt, and under the caption “opposition leader” has been all over the news, offering himself as a “broker,” a “vessel,” a “bridge,” an “agent of change,” from Mubarak’s rule to “democracy...more
From NRO, The Corner: What Are Iran's Plans Now that Mubarak Is Out? What Are Ours? by Benjamin Weinthal, 02/11/2011
Berlin — Today marks the 32nd anniversary of Khomeini’s Islamic revolution in Iran, just as the Iranian regime, while falsely claiming to support Egyptians’ right to assemble and protest, employs heavy-handed tactics to suppress demonstrations in Tehran...more
From NRO, The Corner: Re: Re: Willful Blindness, Etc. by Clifford D. May, 02/10/2011
James Clapper is the director of national intelligence, so he must know what he’s talking about...more
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