As Europe Yields To Islamofascism, Is U.S. On The Same Path?

Posted by Matt in February 13th, 2008 | no comment

The once mighty, the once invincible, the once courageous and brave-beyond-belief Britain is in the process of surrendering to Islamofascism without firing a shot. Here are the latest examples indicating how far along that process has gone:
British government ministers have declared that Islamic terrorism will no longer be so described. In the future, Muslim fanatics, [...]

U.S. learns from Israel-Hezbollah war

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Published in Israel, Middle East, hezbollah

Senior Pentagon officials are using a classified Army study on the 2006 war between Israel and the militant group Hezbollah to retool the U.S. military’s combat strategy for future wars.
That means focusing on heavy armor, such as Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles; more body armor; and unmanned aircraft that can monitor enemy activity and [...]

Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Syria Bombing

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Published in Middle East, Terrorism, hezbollah, Syria

Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Syria Bombing
New York Times,Â United StatesÂ - 6 hours ago
Israel has proved its willingness to carry out attacks in Syria. Last September, Israeli jets bombed a suspected nuclear site in the Syrian desert. …
Mastermind’s death a ‘major, major blow’ to Hezbollah National Post
Mughniyeh Assassination: Another Setback for Iran’s Intelligence … Pajamas [...]

Russia launches new generation nuclear submarine

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Published in Military, Russia, submarines

Russia has launched its first new-generation nuclear submarine since the fall of the Soviet Union, the submarine’s maker said on Wednesday.
The Yuri Dolgoruky was launched at Russia’s secretive Sevmash shipyard in the Arctic town of Severodvinsk on Tuesday night. “The atomic submarine Yuri Dolgoruky was launched into the water,” Sevmash said in a short statement.
Named [...]

Iran has capacity to produce nuclear arms: US intelligence

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Published in Iran, Nuclear

Iran still possesses the capacity to produce nuclear weapons even though it may have stopped its atomic arms development program, a senior US intelligence official said Wednesday.
Thomas Fingar, deputy US director of national intelligence for analysis, told a Congressional hearing that the Islamic republic “continues to develop” capabilities that could be swiftly adopted for production [...]

Discord in the Strait

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Published in China, Taiwan, War

This latest round of heightened tensions across the strait has once again raised fears of armed hostilities between China and Taiwan, with all the geopolitical repercussions that would have for the United States and its allies in the Pacific Rim. Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte, in an interview with CFR.org, says the United [...]

Crisis in the Dark

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Published in Economy, Financial

Is the global financial system headed for a meltdown? From Nobel Prize-winning economists to captains of industry, the worldâ€™s top experts are united by a common answer: We donâ€™t know.
Are the current economic problems a crisis of epic proportions that will change the world forever or just a painful but typical downturn in the business [...]

India and Israel Eye Iran

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Published in India, Iran, Israel

Israelâ€™s spy satellite launched by India in the third week of January considerably enhances Israelâ€™s intelligence-gathering capability. The launch of the Tecsar satellite, also known as Polaris, also marks a new stage in India-Israeli strategic relations and adds a new factor in the complex security scenario in the Middle East.
The Tecsar satellite is fitted with [...]

‘Little Cold War’

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Published in Europe, New Cold War, Russia

Russia is waging a “little Cold War” against its Baltic neighbors, while luring Western Europe into energy deals that will later allow Moscow to extend its political influence through intimidation, a former president of Lithuania warned yesterday.
Russia has returned to its historical aggressive behavior, harboring “deep suspicions of the rest of the world” and dashing [...]

Why Putinâ€™s rule threatens both Russia and the west

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Published in Russia, West, putin

At least he made the trains run on time. That was said of Benito Mussolini, Italyâ€™s fascist dictator from 1922 to 1943. Much the same is now said of Vladimir Putin, Russiaâ€™s authoritarian president. He may have crushed the fragile shoots of democracy, but he has at least restored the economy, the state and his [...]