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Political Cartoons: Michael Ramirez

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Iran says its warships completed Suez Canal crossing

Iran’s state broadcaster says vessels reach Mediterranean, despite recent reports that the controversial crossing, the first since 1979, would only take place later this week. By Reuters and Haaretz Service Tags: Israel news Egypt Iran Two Iranian naval ships passed through the Suez Canal on Sunday, Iranian media reported, following conflicting reports and speculations on [...]

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Iran is playing a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the Suez Canal

Con Coughlin, the Telegraph’s executive foreign editor, is a world-renowned expert on the Middle East and Islamic terrorism. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books. His new book, Khomeini’s Ghost, is published by Macmillan. By: Con Coughlin It is 32 years since an Iranian warship last passed through the Suez Canal, so it [...]

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The Benefits of Meddling

In 2009, President Obama held a joint press conference with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. At the completion of the event, President Obama attempted to depart when the White House Press Corps urged him to contribute a comment on the Iranian election results, and subsequent public protests. He remarked “..It’s not productive, given the history [...]

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Police in Iran streets as subsidies are cut

TEHRAN, Iran – The Iranian government sent squads of riot police to man the major intersections of the capital as sensitive cuts in energy and food subsidies came into effect Sunday. Eye witnesses reported a heavy police presence in the squares and junctions of Tehran such as Enghelab square and Sadeghieh and Valiasr squares as [...]

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Obama’s Foreign Policy Flies in the Face of Reason

By:  Lauri B. Regan THE AMERICAN THINKER A person does not need to be a military expert or have a Ph.D. in foreign affairs in order to understand the disastrous implications of Obama’s foreign policy for America’s national security. And while it was certainly clear that Americans were not electing a neo-con as their Commander-in-Chief, [...]

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Iran to fire up its first nuclear power plant

Source: Reuters * Bushehr plant to be loaded with fuel Saturday   * Most experts say does not add to arms proliferation risk * Iran insists it has right to enrich uranium By Robin Pomeroy TEHRAN, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Iran’s first nuclear power station will be loaded with fuel on Saturday, a showcase for [...]

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The stunning decline of Barack Obama: 10 key reasons why the Obama presidency is in meltdown

By Nile Gardiner The last few weeks have been a nightmare for President Obama, in a summer of discontent in the United States which has deeply unsettled the ruling liberal elites, so much so that even the Left has begun to turn against the White House. While the anti-establishment Tea Party movement has gained significant [...]

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Daschle accuses Romney of flirting with ‘nuclear anarchy’

Ex-Sen. Tom Dascle delivered a speech at the uber-leftie Center for American Progress recently where he accused Mitt Romney of advocating policies that would result in “nuclear anarchy.” Really? What would need to change for that to happen? Last time I checked that’s what we already have. Iran’s program to “generate electricity” from it’s nuclear [...]

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Iran cancels plan to send ship to Gaza

[Editor's Commentary:  I said in a recent post that if I were the Prime Minister of Israel that the next ship that tried to be a Gaza blockade-buster would get a torpedo right below the waterline.  I have no idea what went on in diplomatic back channels this past week, but somebody must have delivered [...]

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