The divide between Turkey and Syria’s Assad government continues to widen. Turkey is supporting the rebels in Syria and the longer this drags on, the more likely it will be for this Turkey / Syria divide to continue. Via Reuters: Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan accused the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday of indirectly supporting […]
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Iraq’s Sunni Vice President flees to Qatar; Shiite Prime Minister Al-Maliki demands he be returned
Syria is not the only place where the Sunni / Shiite divide is heating up. It’s also manifesting itself at the highest levels of government in Shiite-controlled Iraq. Last December, it was learned that an arrest warrant had been issued for Iraq’s Sunni Vice President – Tariq al-Hashemi – who fled to northern Iraq to […]
Retired Marine Striker: Obama an “existential threat to Israel”
Well, the concerns about the Obama administration just keep mounting. The latest involves an obvious leak of an Israeli tactical operation relative to a strike on Iran. That operation ostensibly involved a partnership with Azerbaijan whereby Israeli fighter jets would utilize Baku runways. Tehran is a mere 300 miles away. The operation is for all […]
About Hillary Clinton’s meeting with Saudi King…
The Obama administration seems bound and determined to see a Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan) victory in Syria. Make no mistake. If Bashar Al-Assad is overthrown, that’s what will happen. This greatly serves the interests of Turkey, which borders Syria to the north. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Saudi King Abduallah this week, ostensibly, to […]
Iran, Hezbollah step up support of Syria’s Assad (why that is a good thing)
Folks, please do not be fooled into thinking that because Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah are aggressively coming to Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad’s aid means that the United States should support the Syrian rebels. Some of our most senior Senators – McCain, Lieberman, and Graham – have already fallen into that trap. As […]
Yusuf al-Qaradawi denouncing… Hezbollah?
So, the Shiite / Sunni divide DOES exist. These guys are so predictable. If ever there was an ideology that has “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” as a central component, that ideology is Islam, which also adds another component; drop your “friend” in the grease as soon as you don’t need him […]
Hezbollah, Iranian proxies roaming the United States in greater numbers
This is actually a related post to the one from earlier today. At a House Homeland Security Committee meeting today, it was learned that Iran has “hundreds” of operatives inside the United States right now. That means Hezbollah. Via IPT: Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hizballah have seeded the United States with hundreds of operatives, […]
More reasons not to assist Syrian Rebels?
While prominent U.S. Senators like John McCain, Lindsey Graham, and Joe Lieberman all seem to think that providing assistance to the Syrian rebels in the form of weapons or bombing campaigns is a good idea, more reasons such a strategy would be foolhardy can be found to America’s south. Remember, by siding with Syria’s rebels, […]
Is Saudi Arabia Exporting more Oil in Anticipation of Iranian Sanctions?
Earlier this week, we reported on the Jerusalem Post story that charges Saudi Arabia with sending weapons to the Syrian rebels and how the extremely acrimonious relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia can only be exacerbated by such a development. Now it looks like we can add another layer to this as Saudi Arabia appears […]
Report: Saudi Arabia enters the Syrian Fray, sends Weapons to Rebels (Muslim Brotherhood)
If you want to see the front line of the war between Sunni and Shia today, look no further than Syria, which has become a place where it’s getting increasingly difficult to find middle ground. In most cases, you’re either with the Iranian-backed Assad regime or with the Muslim Brotherhood-backed rebels. Allegorically, it’s a very […]
BBC Report: Hamas Leaders to lay off Israel if war with Iran
For years, Iran has been funding Hamas to join Hezbollah to fight Israel. The situation in Syria has changed everything. Last month, Hamas publicly stated that it would be siding with the Syrian (Muslim Brotherhood) rebels against the Iranian-backed regime of Bashar al-Assad. This stance has all but pitted them against a now scorned Iran. […]
TLC Cancels All American Muslim
Last December, The Learning Channel (TLC) was at the center of controversy when its program, All American Muslim, saw the loss of one of its sponsors – Lowe’s – due to its Islamic content. We reported on the radical background of one of the Imams featured in the program, Husham Al-Hussainy. The show has now […]
Senator John McCain just refuses to learn the Middle Eastern lesson
Is it me or has John McCain become a human ventriloquist dummy for the Muslim Brotherhood? Last year, he called the Libyan rebels his “heroes.” Earlier this year, he defended the Muslim Brotherhood’s rise to power in Egypt. Now, he seems bound and determined to remove Bashar al-Assad from power and he says merely arming […]
Occupy AIPAC leaves behind Pro-Hamas and Pro-Taliban Graffiti
The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has become the target of a strain of the Occupy Wall Street crowd. In particular, outside the Washington, D.C. convention center, Occupy AIPAC left its sentiment behind in the form of graffiti that expressed support for both Hamas and the Taliban. Via the Daily Caller: Graffiti reading “Victory […]
Video: United States, Al-Qaeda, and Hamas vs. Iran, Russia, and China
Though this is a couple of weeks old, it’s important now, in the context of Hamas formally ditching Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and, by extension, Iran as an ally. The video was posted at Verum Serum, which is home to a very reputable blog but even they don’t seem to understand what’s going on with the […]
Welcome to Islam: Hamas turns its Back on Bashar al-Assad
In case you’re wondering, yes, I’m blue in the face. If you’ve ever had a dream in which you’re screaming at people about something important and they ignore you like you’re not even there, that’s what I feel like sometimes. I have been making the argument that the best possible outcome in Syria would be […]