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McCain's Vice President? I vote for Michael Steele
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Two different articles I saw this morning gave radically different predictions as to who Republican candidate John McCain's Vice Presidential nominee is likely to be. WorldNetDaily is reporting that it's a 'good possibility' that Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will be selected. The report is based on 'Palestinian officials' who heard from 'US politicians.' "We were told by U.S. politicians
Hamas and Jihad beat Israel into submission
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I'm not keen on the headline at the top of this post, but it's certainly the interpretation that the terror groups are going to put on Israel's latest action and it may even (unfortunately) be the correct interpretation. Yesterday afternoon, the backyard of a home in Moshav Yesha, a small village on the 'Gaza Belt' took a direct hit from a Kassam rocket. 70-year old Shuli Katz (pictured), a
Obama: 'Israel a constant sore'
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Are Barack Hussein Obama's true colors coming out? Or are we going to hear again that he's tired as we heard over the weekend when he said that there were 57 states in the United States?Obama was interviewed Monday by Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic Monthly. The interview is posted on Goldberg's blog. It has to be read to be believed:JG: Do you think that Israel is a drag on America’s
How Syria hid its nukes
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With forty 'developing countries' seeking nuclear capabilities (only for civilian energy purposes of course /sarc), the Washington Post reports today on how the Syrians managed to hide the construction of a nuclear plant from the world almost until the very end (Hat Tip: Hot Air). U.S. and Israeli officials have said the facility was a nearly completed nuclear reactor built with North Korean help
Ya Libnan: Time to disarm Hezbullah
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I wonder how many other Lebanese have come to the realization that Jameel Theyabi has apparently reached that for Lebanon to survive as anything other than an Islamic caliphate it is necessary to disarm Hezbullah. The true face of Hezbollah has finally been revealed. Its "ideological" mask has been lifted too. Bearing a Syrian Iranian face, this mask has concealed long years of blackmail.
Video: Al-Jazeera on whether the Lebanese army is aligned with Hezbullah
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One of the problems with Lebanese politics is the belief that its army is only useful against its imaginary external enemy to the south (Israel). These people have been brainwashed into believing that Israel has designs on Lebanese territory, which is of course complete nonsense. Keep that in mind as you watch this panel discussion from al-Jazeera on the relationship between the Lebanese army and
Debbie Schlussel: Hezbullah 'fighters' speak Farsi
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Debbie Schlussel is reporting that some Hezbullah 'fighters' who were captured in Lebanon over the past couple of days are Farsi-speaking Iranians.My exclusive Lebanese Intelligence sources tell me that a number of Hezbollah terrorist fighters have been caught, over the weekend, and they cannot speak Arabic, only Farsi. They are Iranian and have identified themselves or been identified by third
Bush: Abbas a 'man of peace', Olmert an 'honest guy'
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I'm debating which of the two headlines above is more ridiculous. Both came from an interview that the JPost's David Horovitz and three other Israeli journalists conducted with US President George W. Bush in the oval office in preparation for his trip to Israel this week. Bush said that dealing with the Middle East is the top priority in these last months of his administration. He told the Post
Lebanese army in cahoots with Hezbullah
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The IDF has declared a high alert on Israel's border with Lebanon. Let's go to the videotape and then I'll have the second part of this story.One of the reasons the IDF is so worried about what's going on in Lebanon is that it is clear that not only is the Lebanese army not going to do anything to stop Hezbullah - they are actually helping Hezbullah out. Witness accounts of Hezbollah's
Be careful about listening to 'rabbis'
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At The American Thinker, Peggy Shapiro discusses an email she received from a 'rabbi Wolf' who is apparently a neighbor and friend of Barack Hussein Obama. Rabbi Wolf magnanimously asks us not to tarnish Obama's image with those of his closest advisors and guides. What would Rabbi Wolf have said of a close associate of Goebbels? We can't judge him by the company he keeps? If Obama felt
