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Should the world prepare for war with Iran?
2007-10-20 16:43:00 The Russian president, just back from a visit to Iran , has spoken to the Israel i prime minister on Tehran’s nuclear programme. Should the world prepare for war with Iran? Send us your views. More About: World , The World , Arab World
Syria dismantling facility targeted by IAF
2007-10-19 20:13:00 Syria has begun dismantling the ruins of a site that was bombed by the Israel Air Force on September 6, the Washington Post reported Friday. According to the report, which quotes senior U.S. officials, this could be an attempt by Syria to avoid an international inspection of the bombed facility. The dismantling of the damaged site, which ... More About: Syria
Terrorists Keep Blogs, Too
2007-10-19 18:18:00 Islamists use the Web to spread propaganda, communicate anonymously, share training guides, get organized — even sell t-shirts. So it’s not exactly a shock that Muslim extremists are blogging, too. Dancho Danchev reviews a handful of terrorist blogs — and warns that “these are just the tip of the iceberg, but yet another clear ... More About: Blogs , Terrorists
Al-Boraq Media Presents Arabic-Subtitled Copy of the ?The Ultimate Sniper?
2007-10-19 17:34:00 Al-Boraq Media , a jihadist propaganda group tied to the password-protected forum, al-Boraq, published an Arabic -subtitled copy of the video, ?The Ultimate Sniper?, 49:16 minutes in length, to its site yesterday, October 15, 2007, which was then distributed to several jihadist forums. The production is a straight dubbing of Major John Plaster?s video of the same ... More About: Presents , Copy
Mubarak?s health declines rapidly
2007-10-19 15:05:00 The condition of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has undergone a sharp decline. Western intelligence sources said Mubarak, 79, collapsed last week before a scheduled visit to Saudi Arabia. Mubarak failed to attend the summit and has since been under close medical supervision. “His condition is not life-threatening, ... More About: Health , Arab World , Heal
Ahmadinejad & Annapolis
2007-10-19 14:52:00 I found this Article by Ammon Rubinstein on the Jerusalem Post and thought that I should share it: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ’s declaration regarding a worldwide Muslim referendum on the transfer of Israel to Europe, America or Alaska further serves to underscore the fact that we are dealing with a lunatic - a shrewd one, yes, but ... More About: Iran , Arab World , Annapolis
Poll finds quarter of Germans believe there were some positive aspects to N
2007-10-19 14:32:00 A poll published Wednesday showed a quarter of Germans believe there were at least some positive aspects to Nazi rule ? a finding that comes after a popular talk show host was fired for praising Nazi Germany’s attitude toward motherhood.Poll sters for the Forsa agency, commissioned by the weekly Stern magazine, asked whether National Socialism also ... More About: Israel , Aspects , Anti-Semitism , Positive
Israel Struck a Nuclear Project in Syria, Analysts Say
2007-10-14 21:34:00 This is what the NYT is reporting. The Israel i strike on Syria last month is getting more and more interesting. Israel?s air attack on Syria last month was directed against a site that Israeli and American intelligence analysts judged was a partly constructed nuclear reactor, apparently modeled on one North Korea has used to create ... More About: Middle East , Nuclear , Project
A small Dictionary of Middle-East Stereotypes
2007-10-13 19:57:00 What with so many members of the media obscuring the facts rather than presenting them clearly, Laurent Murawiec thoughtfully provides us with a usage dictionary to help us interpret pro-Arab newspeople and commentators speaking and writing on the Middle East . He offers us the actual meaning of what appear on the surface to be common ... More About: Israel , Stereotypes , Small
Falafel King
2007-10-13 16:52:00 In this fun and humorous game, which appeals to both adults and children, you play a busy falafel vendor trying to satisfy impatient customers. You wanna be the Falafel King ? Then Check out this Falafel game! More About: Israel
Top N. Korean official leaves for visit to Syria
2007-10-13 16:39:00 High-level official leaves country for an overseas trip including visit to Damascus, state media reports, amid suspicions two countries might be cooperating on secret nuclear program. A high-level North Korean official left on Saturday for an overseas trip including a visit to Syria , the North’s state media reported, amid suspicions the two countries might ... More About: Israel , Visit , Official
Cheney mulled Israeli strike on Iran
2007-09-23 21:39:00 From Ynet: Vice President Dick Chen ey had at one point considered asking Israel to launch limited missile strikes at an Iran ian nuclear site to provoke a retaliation, Newsweek magazine reported on Sunday. Citing two unidentified sources, Newsweek said former Cheney Middle East adviser David Wurmser told a small group several months ago that Cheney was considering asking ... More About: Strike
IDF raid seized nuclear material
2007-09-23 21:03:00 Israel Defense Forces commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a raid on a secret military site in Syria before the Israel Air Force allegedly bombed it this month, British newspaper The Sunday Times reported Sunday. The paper quoted Israeli sources as saying Israeli special forces had been gathering intelligence for several months in ... More About: Israel , Nuclear , Material , Materia
Iran shows off new missile, taunts Israel
2007-09-22 21:55:00 Islamic Republic displays long-range Ghadr-1 missile during parade that calls for ‘death to America and Israel ’; head of Revolutionary Guards says ‘enemy will regret any attack on us’ And they can’t stop threatening… More About: Iran , Arab World , Missile , Missi
IAF sends fighter jets after Syrian aircraft
2007-09-22 20:08:00 Ynet reports that IDF sources told them Saturday that Israel i Air Force fighter jets were sent out to follow a Syria n aircraft which was detected by IDF radars and then disappeared. The aircraft ? which did not appear to be hostile - was later located over the Syrian border, where it appeared to have crashed. The ... More About: Aircraft , Jets , Fighter
Bomb found in Tel Aviv
2007-09-22 19:36:00 Security forces found early Saturday morning an explosive belt in Tel Aviv designated to be used in a suicide attack over the Yom Kippur holiday. The belt was found in an apartment in the city occupied by Palestinians residing there illegally. It was apparently smuggled in parts from the West Bank City of Nablus. Sappers came to ... More About: Terrorism , Israel , Palestine , Bomb
Last Jew in Afghanistan marks Yom Kippur alone
2007-09-22 19:07:00 Another interesting thing I found on Yahoo News: Zebulon Simentov, the last Jew in Afghanistan , is once again marking the Jewish holy day of fasting in solitude, in a deserted synagogue in the capital of a devoutly Islamic nation. “I have everything I need for the 24 hours of praying and fasting,” Simentov tells AFP before the ... More About: Marks
Israeli held in Lebanon
2007-09-22 17:57:00 Just in: An dual citizen of Israel and Germany has been arrested in Lebanon on charges of espionage, a Lebanese judicial source said on Saturday. According to Lebanese publication Al-Akhbar Wa-Sapir, Daniel Sharon was arrested on Thursday during an investigation into the murder of a Lebanese citizen. During questioning, it emerged that Sharon had visited Lebanon 11 ... More About: Israeli , Held , Anon
French Judge Orders France 2 to Turn over ?Missing? A-Durra Tape
2007-09-22 16:17:00 A French Appellate Court ordered the state-owned French television station France 2 to turn over the rushes of video footage it filmed on September 30, 2000. The unedited material was needed, the court said, in order to conclude as to whether or not the station faked a report about the killing of a 12-year-old Palestinian ... More About: Israel , Judge , Palestine
Israel?s mystery raid on Syria?
2007-09-22 11:20:00 While you should read the articles, here’s generally what analysts and commentators are saying presently about the mysterious Israel i air attack: The strategic forecasting firm Stratfor best sums up the view of global analysts in reports, “”The mystery is deep and we are baffled, but ... More About: Middle East , Syria , Mystery , Arab World
Attack of the Jewish Ninja!
2007-09-21 21:48:00 A must see at ‘Just-Whatever‘ - Enjoy! More About: Israel , Jewish , Ninja , Attack , Atta
Dozens dead in Syrian chemical weapons experiment
2007-09-21 21:00:00 Great news from the respected Jane’s Defence Weekly: Dozens of Syrian military officers and Iranian engineers were killed on July 26 in Halab, Syria, as they were attempting to mount a chemical warhead with mustard gas on a Scud-C ... More About: Middle East , Israel , Experiment , Dead , Weapons
Declaration of war
2007-09-21 18:21:00 Tensions have been on the rise in the area since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip in mid-June. Hamas responded to the Israel i government’s announcement to declare the Gaza Strip as an “enemy entity” saying the move amounted to a “declaration of war”. Tzipi Livni, Israel’s foreign minister, said the Israeli cabinet “made this decision ... More About: Declaration , Lara , Clar
IDF foils suicide attack
2007-09-21 17:24:00 A senior Hamas leader in Nablus was arrested Friday morning by IDF forces completing an operation in the Beit Ilma refugee camp in the West Bank city. Duvdevan unit forces arrested Niyad Shkirat at the end of a long operation which lasted for the past few days. Forty-nine other wanted Palestinians were also captured during the ... More About: Terrorism , Middle East , Israel , Palestine , Suicide
Rights group says Hizbullah trying to silence it
2007-08-29 19:28:00 I was quite stunned about the Chutzpa those Hizbollah Terrorists have, when I found this on ynews: Human Rights Watch accuses Lebanese terror group of trying to ’shut it up’ prior to publication of report criticizing rocket attacks on Israel during last summer’s war. They accused Hizbullah of trying to silence it on Wednesday as the US-based ... More About: Middle East , Lebanon
Pa forces save IDF officer
2007-08-27 17:35:00 IDF major en route to northern West Bank accidentally enters Jenin. Angry mob attacks his car, force him out and beat him. Palestinian security officers save him from crowd moments before they torched his car. Islamic Jihad slam PA security for denying them opportunity to kidnap officer. Due to a navigational error, the officer lost his ... More About: Middle East , Israel , Palestine , Save , Forces
Iran on anti-racism committee
2007-08-24 17:49:00 First I thought this must be a joke what ynet is reporting today. Iran , the world?s most notorious state exponent of anti-semitism, is being given a seat on the UN committee responsible for planning a UN-sponsored global anti-racism conference slated to take place in 2009. The preparatory committee will meet for the first time in ... More About: Middle East , Racism , Anti , Committee
Gaza Clashes
2007-08-24 17:02:00 Thousands of Palestinians loyal to President Abbas confront Hamas gunmen in biggest protest against Islamic group since it seized power in Gaza in June. Gunmen fire at protesters and reporters, witnesses said, but no injuries reported; three journalists detained. Well, it looks like they are again killing each other… More About: Palestine , Clash
Qassam hits Kindergarten in Sderot
2007-08-21 18:07:00 Channel 2 news reports that a Qassam rocket hits a Kindergarten in Sederot, Israel . Luckily the its Vacation in Israel, so no children where at the site. Only a little media attention did the strike get. Probably it would have been different if this event would have occurred 10 days later. The ... More About: Terrorism , Gaza , Hits , Sderot
Hamas Children?s TV
More articles from this author:2007-08-17 17:07:00 Following are excerpts from an episode of the children’s program Pioneers of Tomorrow, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on August 10, 2007: “We Must Arise in Order to Take Revenge Upon the Criminal Jews, the Occupying Zionists” Nahoul, a giant bee: “My friends, Al-Aqsa awaits you. My dears, Al-Aqsa is very sad. My friends, Al-Aqsa is being ... More About: Terrorism , Children , Israel , Palestine , Gaza 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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