Obama and Kerry trying to block sanctions against Iran
Obama ally John Kerry, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is joining forces with President Obama to prevent unilateral sanctions against Iran from reaching the Senate floor.
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Intercepted North Korean arms cache was on its way to Sudan
Axis of Evil Update: Kim Jong Il throws in his lot with the Somali jihadis, via the Sudanese jihadis. “N.Korean Arms Cache ‘Bound for Sudan,’” from the Chosun Ilbo, December 16 (thanks to JW)
Iran’s Thug-In-Chief asks Muslims to introduce the true image of Islam to the world
Iran-Iraq Oil-well Standoff
Iraq’s al-Hurra television station also reported that Iranian forces crossed the border into Iraq, citing the U.S. army saying the incident wasn’t violent. Bloomberg>>
Iranian media says US fighter jets attack Yemeni Shi’ites
Siding with the Saudis against Iran. “‘US fighter jets attack Yemeni fighters,’” from Iran’s PressTV, via JW:
Hugh comments:
It is unlikely that American pilots, using American planes, are bombing in Yemen, especially since the bombing has apparently been so indiscriminate. But the Iranians would like to drag in the Americans and they are not alone. Qatari-based Al Jazeera tries in its headlines to similarly focus attention on “U.S. war planes” when, as everyne knows, the Saudi Air Force consists largley uf “U.S. war planes” — what else could they have? Saudi planes?
Pakistan: Committing Genocide Against Fellow Muslims [WARNING: GRAPHIC VIDEO]
Obama to send six Gitmo detainees back to Yemen
So they can return to jihad. “Six Yemeni detainees at Guantanamo Bay to be repatriated,” – what could go wrong?
“Dirty Linguists” at Gitmo
Remarkably, the Pentagon never cleaned up the “mole infestation” at its highest-security facility after the FBI busted a Muslim spy ring at Gitmo in 2003.
Israel offers peace, “moderate” Palestinians prepare for third Intifada
- Merry Christmas, Infidel: Christians in Iraq fear extinction
- Abbas accuses Hamas of accepting $250m from Iran
- PalArabs tell the world their strategy (Barry Rubin)
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[Lesser Jihad / War Planning]
We need to educate ourselves about the first Crusaders. Their efforts to repel the first wave and second waves of Muslims, can teach us to DEFEND CHRISTIANITY and THE REST OF THE WORLD, [WHO WANT TO JOIN US], for their Third Wave. Then we need set up a plan for posterity.
Who’s game? I AM.
http://www.jstor.org/pss/2863610
A Review of “Simon Lloyd’s, ‘English Society and the Crusade, 1216 – 1307′. New York: Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press, 1988. Pp. xiv, 329.”
…”Lloyd has chosen an important topic, and he has given it the treatment it deserves. Behind political, military and diplomatic initiatives lies some kind of structure, some complex of administrative, financial, and personal arrangements. When we look at the crusades in the thirteenth century – with the first blush of success long gone – though never allowed to be forgotten – we are especially concerned with these questions: How did the idealogues prepare a realm to send out its men? How did crusaders get ready for their great adventure?… ‘