Less than 24-hours before President Obama’s scheduled Afghanistan policy announcement, Sen. John Kerry released a report entitled: “Tora Bora Revisited: How We Failed to Get Bin Laden and Why it Matters Today.”
If Sen. Kerry, the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relation’s report is a precursor to President Obama’s Afghanistan policy, expect a litany of Bush bashing to abundantly flow on Tuesday night.
In the opening Letter of Transmittal to his colleagues, Sen. Kerry took a deliberate swipe at the Bush Administration when he wrote in part: “Our inability to …

This is not a surprise for those who have been watching Iran’s actions and actually taking them at their word when they say such things like “Death to America” while sending lethal weapons into Iraq and Afghanistan, for starters. This latest move, in Iran’s continued quest for hegemony in the region and beyond, will probably only be a surprise to those who thought it was possible to negotiate with the largest state sponsor of terrorism. I am afraid time will show what a mistake it was for the leaders …

Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism, not only told Norway off today but also rejected the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) censure that rebuked the regime for secretly building a uranium enrichment plant. Iran claims the move was “intimidation” which would poison its negotiations with world powers.
TEHRAN, Iran -Iran summoned Norway’s ambassador Friday and said the country had no right to criticize the Islamic Republic for confiscating Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal.
In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said the confiscation of the gold …

For those who believe that negotiations with the Iranian Regime are possible, might want to know that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has made it abundantly clear again that the Iranian Regime will continue to wage war against the enemy. “Presently the fight against the enemy’s soft war is top priority,” he said.
Iran Daily has the story: Adversaries Out of Step

The Leader of the Islamic Revolution warned on Wednesday that hostile powers are trying to create a climate of conflict in Iran with their policy of …

Via the indefatigable Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs. Go there for full report and for pictures.
Fox News, Rowan Scarborough reports:
Navy SEALs have secretly captured one of the most wanted terrorists in Iraq — the alleged mastermind of the murder and mutilation of four Blackwater USA security guards in Fallujah in 2004. And three of the SEALs who captured him are now facing criminal charges, sources told FoxNews.com.
The three, all members of the Navy’s elite commando unit, have refused non-judicial punishment — called an admiral’s mast — and have requested …

This interesting report is from Asharq Alawsat, a leading Arabic International Daily.
Russia: A Promising Market for Islamic Finance
By Lahem al Nasser
Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat- There are around 47 million Muslims in Russia, which means that Muslims make up around one third of Russia’s overall population. This figure is expected to rise to 50 percent by 2050 due to the high birth rate among the Muslim community, the decrease in the non-Muslim Russian population which is decreasing at a rate of 1 million people per year, as well as the immigrations …

Only a few short weeks ago admitted 9/11 terror mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was going to plead guilty in a military commission, now thanks to Obama’s Attorney Genreal Eric Holder, KSH, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, Ramzi Binalshibh and Waleed bin Attash are coming to New York City to plead not guilty in federal district court.

NEW YORK — The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer …

Every passing day brings Iran’s totalitarian regime closer to building the bomb. Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism, is making plans to protect their nuclear facilities. Associated Press has the details.
TEHRAN, Iran -Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country’s concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily
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The drill comes as a top clerical official renewed his threat to target “the heart of Tel Aviv” …

Former governor Sarah Palin is apparently such a threat to the Obama Administration that Organizing for America sent out an email today asking for donations to the tune of $500,000 to stop her.
Take a look.
Right now, Sarah Palin is on a highly publicized, nationwide book tour, attacking President Obama and his plan for health reform at every turn.
It’s dangerous. Remember, this is the person who coined the term “Death Panels” — and opened the flood gates for months of false attacks by special interests and partisan extremists.
Whatever …

NPR has done an excellent job uncovering information on Maj. Nidal Hassan. Here’s the latest — a damning memo.
[Editor's Note: This is a transcript of the memo obtained by NPR. It is not a facsimile or PDF of the actual document.]
National Capital Consortium
Psychiatry Residency Program
Borden Pavilion, Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Bldg.6, Rm. 2059, 6900 Georgia Ave, NW
Washington DC, 20307-5001
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Consortium Participating Instructions: Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, National Naval Medical Center, Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center
May 17, 2007
Memorandum for: Credentials Committee
Subject: CPT Nidal Hasan
1. …

On November 2, I reported on the upcoming Teaparties Against Amnesty here.

Below is a video showing violence that broke out during one of the protests.
The video is from Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), the protest organizers.

Obama’s “Buy American” protectionism policies have forced America’s long time allies to pursue business opportunities else where. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s administration inks another trade deal, this one with Jordan.
Here’s the official press release:

Canada Introduces Implementing Legislation for Free Trade Agreement with Jordan
The Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food and Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board, on behalf of the Honourable Stockwell Day, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway, today introduced legislation to implement the Canada-Jordan free trade agreement (FTA) and …

While the Obama Administration told the Iranian people risking their lives in their fight for freedom from the murderous Regime that the U.S. would not “meddle” in Iran’s internal affairs, Canada wholeheartedly supports the Iranian People and the Green Revolution.
Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism.
Check out this marvelous video.

Related: For Iranians, who have been brutalized for three decades by the Regime, there is no ambiguity, “Obama, You are Either With Them or With Us.”
Meanwhile, the news out of Iran grows more ominous. U.N. …

Michael Yon, the courageous war correspondent, who is currently in Afghanistan tweeted a link to this video. Check out his online magazine often for his latest dispatches.

At the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) two-day summit that wrapped on Sunday, world leaders and delegates “let their hair down” and were treated to entertainment that included a show with the theme, “Our World, One World.”
Watch the festivities.

America has officially returned to the mind-set of 9/10/2001. Just like the Clinton Administration, the Obama administration is treating terrorism as a law enforcement matter. The consequences of Obama’s AG Eric Holder’s decision to bring Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, the self-confessed mastermind behind the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack to Manhattan for a civilian trial will be incalculable. For starters, New York is already a bull-eye for terrorists– that threat just grew exponentially. Imagine the security measures that will be afforded to KSM compliments of the NYPD, diverting valuable resources from …

From the Washington Post by Jeffrey Smith and Joby Warrick.
Pakistan’s “Father” of the Nuclear Bomb, A.Q. Khan (full name is Abdul Qadeer Khan) reportedly has been
complaining “to friends that his movements and contacts are being unjustly controlled by the government, whose bidding he did — providing a potential motive for his disclosures.”
Read full report. Accounts by controversial scientist assert China gave Pakistan enough enriched uranium in ’82 to make 2 bombs
In 1982, a Pakistani military C-130 left the western Chinese city of Urumqi with a highly unusual cargo: enough …

This came via Pamela Geller’s fearless Atlas Shrugs.
Rachel Ehrenfeld, the courageous author of Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop it, uncovers this latest Clinton Iranian Connection
On Dec. 19, 2008, at 2 p.m., the New York-based Alavi Foundation, which supports Iranian causes, contributed between $25,000 and $50,000 to the William J. Clinton Foundation. This can be best described as the ultimate chutzpah, for on the very same day, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York indicted the president of the Alavi Foundation, Farshid …