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2008-02-21 09:04:00 « Egyptian couples attend a collective wedding organized by an Islamic organization in Cairo.(Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images) Young Egyptians Embrace Islam February 20, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comIslam is on the rise in Egypt. Egyptian youth are rapidly embracing Islamic fundamentalism. This is a major trend in the region, where 60 percent of the population is under the age of 25. According to a report in the New York Times: While there are few statistics tracking religious observance among the young, there is near-universal agreement that young people are propelling an Islamic revival, one that has been years in the making but is intensifying as the youth bulge in the population is peaking. In Egypt, where the people have always been religious and conservative, young people are now far more observant and strict in their interpretation of their faith. A generation ago, for example, few young women covered their heads, and few Egyptian men mad...
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2008-02-20 14:32:00 « Jerusalem is a holy city to Jews, Muslims and Christians.(PT) Collection Reminds World of Catholic Focus on JerusalemFebruary 19, 2008 From theTrumpet.comAs the Jews and Muslims fight over Jerusalem, remember that the Vatican has a strong interest there as well.Supporting Catholics living in Israel is a priority for Catholics around the world, the prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches says. In the name of the pope, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri is calling for Catholics to donate money for Christians in Israel.In a letter sent to bishops around the world last week, Sandri asked the bishops to support the small group of Catholics in Israel by supporting the annual Good Friday collection. The Catholics who reside in the Holy Land, he said, are a priority for the entire Catholic Church.The Good Friday collection is an annual Catholic tradition, and the money taken largely goes to supporting Franciscan activities in Israel. ?In this way,? wrote the cardinal, ?the Latin community...
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2008-02-19 06:08:00 The Weekend Web February 17, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comWhat do Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Imad Mughniyeh have in common? Plus, why Iran needs nukes. By Stephen Flurry On Thursday, we arrived in Jerusalem for the sixth time in 18 months. The first of those visits, in August 2006, was memorable. While waiting on our connection to Tel Aviv at the Jackson-Hartsfield International Airport in Atlanta, cnn reported that a cease-fire had been reached between Israel and Hezbollah. The Second Lebanon War was over. A little more than a month before that, on the morning of July 12, 2006, Hezbollah terrorists crossed into northern Israel and ambushed two armored Humvees on patrol in northern Israel, killing three idf soldiers and taking two others hostage. Immediately following the intelligence failure, an idf tank chased the kidnappers into Lebanon, only to trigger a huge mine, killing all four soldiers inside. Another soldier who tried to rescue his buddies from...
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2008-02-19 06:00:00 « Kosovars celebrate their parliament?s declaration of independence, February 17.(Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images) Kosovo Declares Independence February 18, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comHow will the international community respond to Kosovo?s newly declared independence? After months of international suspense, Kosovo has declared its independence. In a special session Sunday morning, the Kosovar parliament voted 109-0 in favor of severing ties with Serbia. ?From now onward, Kosovo is proud, independent, sovereign and free,?? said Prime Minister Hashim Thaci, a former anti-Serb guerrilla leader. After the declaration, Thaci personally signed 192 letters to nations around the world asking them to recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state. Serbia remains strongly opposed to Kosovo?s independence. Serbian President Boris Tadic said that ?Serbia will ? do everything in its power to revoke the unilateral and illegal declaration of independence....
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2008-02-16 14:08:00 The Week in ReviewFebruary 16, 2008 From theTrumpet.comA car bomb explodes in Damascus, Kosovo edges closer to independence, the Kremlin threatens Ukraine, and the Australian prime minister makes a farcical apology.Middle EastThe security situation in Pakistan is tenuous ahead of next week?s parliamentary elections, with terrorist bombings continuing to occur. In addition, a little-reported public rally may indicate the future fracturing of Pakistan?s army. Former Pakistani army generals, navy admirals and air force marshals staged a rally in Rawalpindi on February 5, calling for Pervez Musharraf to resign as president of Pakistan. It was a follow-up to an Ex-Servicemen Society meeting held on January 22 at which retired military officials produced a four-point resolution that blamed Musharraf for Pakistan?s continuing turmoil and called for his resignation. A protest by retired military leaders is a good indication that there may be significant differences of opinion among militar...
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2008-02-15 04:21:00 Germany vs. NATO: Playing Hard to Get February 14, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comAs NATO struggles to gain support in Afghanistan, Germany seeks control. By Ron Fraser The 44th annual Munich Security Conference wrapped up two days of intense discussion last weekend with seemingly no major issues resolved. A significant source of tension and division between nato partners at the meeting centered round the general lack of positive response from EU countries to a U.S. call for more support in the Afghan theater. More than a hint of major division between nato members had already arisen during the meeting of nato defense ministers held in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, only days prior to the Munich Security Conference. Both these meetings precede and lay the groundwork for the three-day nato summit to be held in Bucharest 2nd to 4th of April. Till fairly recently the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan had faded into the background due to its being greatly overs...
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2008-02-15 04:17:00 Joel HillikerColumnist Evaluating Israel?s Errors February 13, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comThe long-awaited Winograd report is out, and Israel publicizes its failings before the world. What lessons does the Second Lebanon War teach? Joel Hilliker The Winograd Commission was meant to evaluate Israel?s failings in the Second Lebanon War. Its final report did expose some head-shaking mistakes at the highest levels of the Israeli government and military. But it did more. The report?and the reaction it garnered from politicians and press?also revealed dangerously diseased thinking among the Israeli elite that remains to this day. While urging action to correct the mistakes made, this report exposed why the most important corrective actions will never be taken by this government. That summer 2006 war was irreversibly devastating to Israel. It started when Hezbollah raided Israel, kidnapped two soldiers and killed ei...
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2008-02-13 07:23:00 Joel HillikerColumnist Evaluating Israel?s Errors February 13, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comThe long-awaited Winograd report is out, and Israel publicizes its failings before the world. What lessons does the Second Lebanon War teach? Joel Hilliker The Winograd Commission was meant to evaluate Israel?s failings in the Second Lebanon War. Its final report did expose some head-shaking mistakes at the highest levels of the Israeli government and military. But it did more. The report?and the reaction it garnered from politicians and press?also revealed dangerously diseased thinking among the Israeli elite that remains to this day. While urging action to correct the mistakes made, this report exposed why the most important corrective actions will never be taken by this government. That summer 2006 war was irreversibly devastating to Israel. It started when Hezbollah raided Israel, kidnapped two soldiers and killed ei...
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2008-02-13 07:14:00 « Drought and immigration place increasing demands on the Rio Grande.(Hector Mata/AFP/Getty Images) Border Water Shortage Causes Conflict February 12, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comThe Texas-Mexico dispute over the Rio Grande?s water continues. What is the cause of this world?s water crises? ?Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over,? an old western saying goes. At least the last half of that statement is holding true as 40-plus Texan farmers, ranchers, and irrigation district officials ready themselves to take their incessant water war with Mexico to the next level. The roots of the Texas-Mexican water dispute go back to the 1944 Mexican Water Treaty, which determined how water from the Colorado, Tijuana and Rio Grande drainage basins would be divided between Texas and Mexico. Article 4 of the treaty stipulates that one third of the water reaching the Rio Grande from the Conchos, San Diego, San Rodrigo, Escondido, Las Vacas Arroyo a...
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2008-02-12 15:32:00 « (Bertrand Langlois/AFP/Getty Images) Euros Accepted in New York City February 11, 2008 | From theTrumpet.com The once mighty dollar is suffering more humiliation as shops in New York City begin accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment. According to Reuters: In the latest example that the U.S. dollar just ain?t what it used to be, some shops in New York City have begun accepting euros and other foreign currency as payment for merchandise. ?We had decided that money is money and we?ll take it and just do the exchange whenever we can with our bank,? Robert Chu, owner of East Village Wines, told Reuters television. The increasingly weak U.S. dollar, once considered the king among currencies, has brought waves of European tourists to New York with money to burn and looking to take advantage of hugely favorable exchange rates. ?We didn?t realize we would take so much in and there were that many people traveling or having euros to...
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2008-02-10 09:26:00 « (PT/Getty Images) The Week in Review February 9, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comIran in space?and Afghanistan, suicide bombers in Israel, energy in Europe, and rottenness in British education. Middle East Iran?s space program continues to develop with the launching of a research rocket and the inauguration of what Iranian state television called Iran?s first major space center on Monday. Iran hopes the launch of Explorer-1 will enable its first satellite launch later this year. As U.S. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack points out, this ?is just another troubling development, in that the kinds of technologies and capabilities that are needed in order to launch a space vehicle for orbit are the same kinds of capabilities and technologies that one would employ for a long-range ballistic missile.? The scenario becomes exponentially more concerning when Iran?s nuclear aspirations are considered. As Russia?s deputy foreign minister warned th...
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2008-02-09 04:49:00 « (Dreamstime) Fatherlessness: Neglected on the Political Agenda February 8, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comAmericans looking for a social conservative in this election cycle won?t find one. Presidential candidates from both parties tell us that the health of America?s children occupies a special place in their hearts. But despite the promises of better healthcare or improved education for America?s kids, not a single candidate is making a fuss about one of the most important keys to healthy children: making sure they have a relationship with their father. ?Social science data is crystal clear,? says Peter Cove in the New York Sun. ?Children raised by both a mother and a father have dramatically better prospects.? This issue doesn?t lack the potential for political traction: ?[T]here?s an epidemic of what might be called ?father absence? in the very states that are about to hold primary elections.? And the facts speak for themselves: Chi...
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2008-02-08 03:51:00 Iran Inaugurates New Space Center, Launches Rocket February 7, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comWhat does Ahmadinejad plan on doing with this new technology? Iranian state-run television announced on Monday that Iran has joined the list of nations that possess the technology to build satellites and launch rockets into space. On Monday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated what Iranian state television called Iran?s first major space center before he gave the order to launch the Explorer-1 rocket. Ahmadinejad utilized this inauguration ceremony to unveil Omid, Iran?s first domestically built satellite. The Omid satellite is expected to be launched into space this June, according to the Iranian defense minister. The Explorer-1 research rocket is part of the preparations for this satellite launch.?We need to have an active and influential presence in space,? Ahmadinejad said at the inauguration ceremony. Iran put its first commercial satellite into sp...
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2008-02-04 11:16:00 Iran Fuels Afghan Crisis by Arming the Taliban February 4, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comIran is aiding both sides of the Afghanistan conflict in an attempt to position itself as the dominant power of a forming Islamic caliphate. By Andrew Miiller Afghan police and intelligence agents uncovered 60 Iranian-made mines in a Taliban compound in the Farah province in western Afghanistan on January 24. ?We have intelligence reports that these mines had recently entered Farah from Iran,? Farah Governor Mohyiddin Balouch told Agence France Presse, ?We know that there is a government in Iran which has controls over the borders. Without the knowledge of the Iranian government it is difficult to send weapons out.? These mines are only the latest discovery of an accumulating stockpile of Iranian weapons in the possession of the Taliban. Iranian weapons discovered in Taliban caches by Afghan, U.S. and nato officials in recent months include roadside bombs, ak-47s, C-4 plasti...
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2008-02-02 04:59:00 Britain: Muslim Schools Granted Special RightsFebruary 1, 2008 From theTrumpet.comIslam won yet another battle in its broader struggle to establish a virtual Muslim state inside Britain last week. The Daily Telegraph reports (January 31):Private Muslim schools have been given the power to police themselves, despite widespread fears over religious segregation, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.In a controversial move, they have won the right to appoint their own Ofsted-style inspectors. A new independent watchdog has been set up to be more ?sensitive'? toward Islamic education. ?Under present legislation, most state and private schools are inspected by Ofsted, the government?s standards watchdog. The Association of Muslim Schools and the Christian Schools? Trust applied to the government to set up a separate inspectorate for a small number of private faith schools.The Daily Telegraph has learned the Department for Children, Schools and Families (dcsf) approved plans for the Bridge S...
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2008-01-31 11:10:00 Credit Crunch Hits UK Homes January 30, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comToo much borrowing puts British home owners at risk. Over a million people have ?cause for concern? due to risky lending practices, according to a report by Britain?s largest financial regulator. Nearly a third of new mortgages written between April 2005 and September 2007 contained a higher element of risk, the Financial Services Authority (fsa) says. The fsa pointed to three risk factors among mortgages that it finds worrying: deposits of 10 percent or less, mortgages of longer than 25 years, or mortgages more than 3.5 times the borrower?s annual salary. Individuals with just one of these risk factors may not be at significant risk, said the report, but where people had two or three of them there was a greater danger. About 1.04 million people have at least two of these risk factors; 105,000 have all three. Lyndon Nelson, head of financial strategy and risk at the fsa, po...
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2008-01-31 10:50:00 Credit Crunch Hits UK Homes January 30, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comToo much borrowing puts British home owners at risk. Over a million people have ?cause for concern? due to risky lending practices, according to a report by Britain?s largest financial regulator. Nearly a third of new mortgages written between April 2005 and September 2007 contained a higher element of risk, the Financial Services Authority (fsa) says. The fsa pointed to three risk factors among mortgages that it finds worrying: deposits of 10 percent or less, mortgages of longer than 25 years, or mortgages more than 3.5 times the borrower?s annual salary. Individuals with just one of these risk factors may not be at significant risk, said the report, but where people had two or three of them there was a greater danger. About 1.04 million people have at least two of these risk factors; 105,000 have all three. Lyndon Nelson, head of financial strategy and risk at the fsa, po...
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2008-01-30 13:31:00 European Nationalists to Form New Right-Wing Party January 29, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comMembers to unite over immigration control, Christian values and, some say, xenophobia. Ultra-conservative factions inside Europe are reuniting to form a new right-wing party. The new party, known currently as the ?European Freedom Party? or the ?European Patriotic Party,? is coming together under an anti-immigration, anti-Islamization banner. The leaders of ultra-conservative parties in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria and France announced in Vienna on Friday that they are in talks with several countries and hope to obtain as broad support as possible. EU law requires a European political party to have a minimum of members from seven states. ?Our goal is clear, we want more than 10 parties as members and ideally one party from each EU country,? Austria?s Freedom Party leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, told journalists. ?We say: Patriots of all the countries of Europe, u...
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2008-01-29 04:26:00 Turkey Warns EU Against Becoming ?Club of Christians? January 28, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comThe real reason behind the European Union?s reluctance to accept Turkey surfaces in Davos. After years of jiving around the issue of Turkey?s membership in the EU, Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan got to the core of the reason why Ankara has yet to join the bloc. Speaking to reporters over the weekend at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Babacan warned the European Union not to become a ?club of Christians.? Turkey?s membership in the European Union has been a source of controversy among member states for years, and membership talks between Turkey and the EU have consistently bogged down, largely as a result of EU heavyweights France and Germany staunchly opposing full Turkish membership in the Union. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been especially vocal, unabashedly stating that the Muslim country does not belong in Europe. ?If the EU finds itself as ...
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2008-01-28 06:07:00 Americans Distrust the Media January 27, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comNew poll reveals widening gap between what the media reports and what people actually believe. Earlier this month, a Sacred Heart University Poll found that an increasing percentage of Americans do not trust the reporting of the major news media. Less than 20 percent of those surveyed were able to say they believed all or most of what the media reports?down from 27 percent in 2003. According to the report, The perception is growing among Americans that the news media attempts to influence public opinion?from 79.3 percent strongly or somewhat agreeing in 2003 to 87.6 percent in 2007.And, 86 percent agreed (strongly or somewhat) that the news media attempts to influence public policies?up from 76.7 percent in 2003.Americans surveyed provided poor ratings for the national news media on six different characteristics measured. The average overall positive rating across all six characteristics measured wa...
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2008-01-26 09:30:00 The Week in ReviewJanuary 26, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comEgypt back-stabs Israel and sides with Islamists, the EU wants to reshape NATO its own way, Britain faces a grueling debate over its European identity, plus more. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians streamed across the Egypt/Gaza border unhindered after Hamas destroyed two thirds of the border wall on Wednesday. Mubarak made little effort to stop people from crossing in and out of Egypt. ?I told [the Egyptian border guards] to let them come in and eat and buy food and then return them later as long as they were not carrying weapons,? he told reporters.There may be good reason Mubarak was not too perturbed. ?In all likelihood, the border breach was coordinated on some level between Egypt and Hamas,? Stratfor reported. Supporting this probability is the fact that just the day before, Mubarak was on the phone to the president of Hamas?s sponsor Iran?for the first time ever?discussing Gaza and the need to lift the siege on Gaza. ...
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2008-01-25 14:24:00 Congo: The Overlooked CrisisJanuary 25, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comThe crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo is killing 45,000 people every month. While headlines are filled with hyped-up stories about global warming, the Palestinian humanitarian crisis, and Hollywood actors, true tragedies, such as what is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo, are often overlooked.Warfare, disease and malnutrition are killing Congolese at a rate of 45,000 per month, a study released Tuesday by the International Rescue Committee (irc) has found. Combined with Congo?s 1998-2003 war, a total of 5.4 million people have died in the past decade?nearly 1,500 per day.Congo?s mortality rate is 57 percent higher than that of the rest of sub-Saharan Africa, and more than 8 percent of the nation?s 66 million population has died since 1998, according to the aid organization (Seattle Times, January 23).?Congo?s loss is equivalent to the entire population of Denmark or the state of Colorado perishing...
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2008-01-21 11:36:00 German Military on the MarchJanuary 21, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comAs other nations refuse the U.S. further military support in Afghanistan, Germany steps up to the plate?and beyond. By Ron Fraser ?You?ve come a long way, baby? ? so goes the 1989 Virginia Slims jingle for the ?women?s own? cigarette. The advertisement contained the usual warning about the contents of the cigarette package having the potential to cause death to the consumer.The same phrase from that ditty could readily apply to the rapid rise of the military power of the nation that instigated the most recent world war, its leadership at the time intent on pursuing the goal of global tyranny. But this particular package does not carry with it an explicit warning that its contents have the potential and proven history to pose death to countless millions. In fact, the world has been sold the message that its death-dealing potential is a thing of the past. This makes its return to favor ever so much more dangerous.The Bu...
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2008-01-19 07:05:00 The Week in Review January 19, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comPresident Bush in the Middle East, race in Europe, chaos in Kenya, and more. Middle East U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his eight-day tour of the Middle East Wednesday. He has had little success in what appeared to be the main two goals of the trip: to create peace between Israelis and Palestinians, and to build an anti-Iran alliance among Gulf states. In the case of the peace process, the problem is that President Bush is using the same strategy that has been used for the past 14 years?and that has only ever made things worse. In the wake of his visit to Israel, Gaza erupted in violence and an Israeli political party resigned from the government. The nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party announced January 16 that it is pulling out of the coalition in protest of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert?s caving in to Bush?s pressure to talk to the Palestinians about land exchanges for peace. This lea...
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2008-01-17 03:50:00 We're a tempeh nation By Editorial Desk The Jakarta Post Publication Date: 17-01-2008What would Indonesia's first president Sukarno say if he were alive today about the strike by tempeh producers in Jakarta over the soaring price of imported soybeans, the main ingredient in the fermented soya cake that is a major item in the nation's diet? Sukarno, in some of his speeches to arouse national pride and dignity, coined the phrase "we are not a tempeh nation". In those days, tempeh was considered...
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2008-01-15 15:43:00 Robert MorleyColumnist Selling America for Designer Boots, Top Hats and Thimbles January 15, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comLike a near-concluded game of Monopoly, America is selling off its last properties to maintain its lavish lifestyle. Robert Morley We are living through one of the greatest transfers of wealth ever experienced. As Americans continue to live high on the hog, maintaining unsustainable lifestyles, billions of dollars each day flow out from the United States to the Middle East and countries like China and India to enable us to import foreign goods and foreign oil. Each day, more of our collective wealth, and that of our children, is transferring to the coffers of foreign governments. If this were a Monopoly game, we would have sold Baltic and Mediterranean Avenue long ago. Now we are even looking for buyers for our Park Places and Boardwalks?our most prestigious financial gems. What will we d...
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2008-01-14 07:19:00 America?s Greatest Foreign-Policy Blunder? January 14, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comWas America?s decision to invade Iraq that nation?s worst-ever foreign-policy blunder, or was it just the consequence of a far greater error of judgment? By Ron Fraser ??Iraq,? swears Al Gore, ?was the single worst strategic mistake in American history.? Senate majority leader Harry Reid agrees that the war he voted to authorize is ?the worst foreign-policy mistake in U.S. history,? and indeed is already ?lost.? Many of our historically minded politicians and commanders have weighed in with similar superlatives. Retired General William Odom calls Iraq ?the greatest strategic disaster in United States history.? Senator Chuck Hagel (who voted for the war) is somewhat more cautious; he terms Iraq ?the most dangerous foreign-policy blunder in this country since Vietnam ??? (Victor David Hansen, Claremont Review, Winter 2007/8). Well?is Iraq the single worst mistake in American h...
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2008-01-13 11:32:00 The Week in Review January 12, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comBush visits Israel, Europe hurts for energy, Islamists fill the Philippines, a Big Man gets tried, and much more. Middle East U.S. President George W. Bush is currently on an eight-day tour of the Middle East, visiting Israel, the West Bank, Kuwait, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Dubai, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, according to his official itinerary. Stratfor reports, ?Given the length of time and the scope of his travels, the trip will have to involve the three issues of the region: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the future of Iraq and U.S. relations with Iran. What is not clear is precisely what Bush is trying to achieve with this trip? (January 9). Certainly, if his aim is to build his legacy by making decisive headway in the peace process?as his predecessor Bill Clinton tried to do before him?his efforts will be futile. On Wednesday, even as President Bush was in Israel, the south of the cou...
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2008-01-11 12:05:00 Kremlin Creates Another Nationalistic LawJanuary 11, 2008 From theTrumpet.comA new Russian law says only state-owned firms can use the term ?Russia? in their name.Thousands of Russian and foreign companies could be forced to change their name under a new law in Russia. According to a Russian newspaper, ?[C]ompanies are forbidden to use the official names of countries?both Russian and foreign?as well as their derivatives.?This law could cause trouble for foreign firms like Deutsche Bank, Nestle?s ?Nestle-Russia? and British American Tobacco. Domestic companies will only be able to use ?Russia? and ?Russian Federation? in their name if the government owns over 75 percent of the shares.This new law will do a number of things for Russia. The government could receive a huge amount of cash as companies that don?t change their name are landed with heavy fines. It will also give the government the opportunity to try and grab a larger stake in firms that don?t wish to change their name.Stra...
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2008-01-10 06:53:00 EU Ready to Enter Peace Process January 9, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comIf U.S. efforts to aid the Middle East peace process fail, the EU stands ready to get more involved. The EU needs to take a more active role in the Middle East said Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki this week. ?We want the EU to be active in actions taken in creating an independent Palestinian state,? he said, speaking with Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel a few days after Slovenia took over the EU?s rotating presidency. According to Associated Press, Malki ?said the 27-nation bloc should become a player, and not just a helper, in the recently revived peace process.? Rupel responded by promising that, should the talks begun at Annapolis fail, the EU would resume a key role in the negotiations. ?[I]f there is no progress, the EU will involve itself in the process again, as far as it can,? said Rupel. Rupel added that the EU is ?already quite a player in the region....
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2008-01-06 14:30:00 The Week in ReviewJanuary 5, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comPoppies in Afghanistan, radicals in Egypt, euros in the Mediterranean, critics in Taiwan, riots in Kenya, and much more. Middle EastPakistan continued to dominate news headlines this week, even as the riots following Benazir Bhutto?s death largely subsided. Bhutto?s assassination on Dec. 27, 2007, triggered a wave of nationwide violence that killed almost 60 people and caused more than $200 million worth of damage. In Bhutto?s home province of Sindh, the army was deployed to help quell the unrest. As a result of the instability, the Pakistani general election, originally scheduled for January 8, has been put off till February 18. Besides thrusting the nuclear-armed, Islamist-sympathizing Pakistan into greater political turmoil and instability, Bhutto?s death exposed both the utter inability of the United States to influence Pakistani politics to its advantage, and the hugely flawed idea that democracy is a cure-all for anti-Amer...
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2008-01-04 05:28:00 Malta and Cyprus Adopt Euro January 3, 2008 | From theTrumpet.comThe European Union cements its influence in the Mediterranean. On January 1, Malta and Cyprus officially adopted the euro. Both nations occupy key locations for controlling the Mediterranean, Northern Africa and Southern Europe. With these two island states joining the eurozone, the European Union?s influence in these important areas will become more deeply entrenched. At the beginning of the new year, just after midnight, the countries? leaders withdrew their first euros from cash machines amid fireworks and celebration. Both countries hope for great economic gains from increased investment and tourism thanks to the currency. The EU, however, has its own reasons for wanting Malta and Cyprus in the eurozone. Winston Churchill called the Mediterranean Europe?s ?soft underbelly.? It was Malta?s heroic stand in the face of heavy Nazi bombing and a strong naval blockade that made the invasi...
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2007-12-26 10:49:00 Enriched Confidence: Post-NIE Iran December 26, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comFollowing Washington?s disastrous intelligence estimate, Tehran is taking advantage of the situation. By Philip Nice Tehran is prowling the streets of the Middle East with a new swagger to its step. Following December 3?s National Intelligence Estimate (nie), which claimed Iran had a clandestine nuclear weapons program but abandoned it four years ago, Tehran has been getting all the political and strategic leverage it can out of the situation, which is quite a bit. In response to the report, the man who wants Israel wiped off the map in ?one storm? and looks forward to ?a world without America? claimed ?victory? for Iran and said, ?It was in fact a declaration of surrender.? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his politico-religious bosses were represented in the report as ?rational actors? who responded to international pressure and incentives. Pop quiz: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?s resume inclu...
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2007-12-22 05:45:00 Israel Government Idle as Hamas Broadcasts from Temple Mount December 21, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comIf there?s one thing the Palestinians can depend on from Israel, it?s a consistent flow of concessions. Winning concessions from the Jewish state is virtually a weekly ritual. This week the Israeli government gave Hamas exclusive rights to broadcast its anti-Israel, violence-provoking message via radio from the Temple Mount, while at the same time banning Jews from visiting the site. The decision by Israel occurred as sacred holidays of the Jews and Muslims crossed paths. For Muslims, Wednesday began Eid ul-Adha, the holiday marking the Islamic equivalent of Akeidat Yitzchak, the binding of Isaac (or, as the Muslims believe, Ishmael) by Abraham. For the Jews, Wednesday was a Jewish fast day commemorating the beginning of the siege by Nebuchadnezzar on Jerusalem over 2,500 years ago that resulted in the destruction of the First Temple. Needless to say, Mu...
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2007-12-20 03:36:00 Central Banks Turn On the Printing Presses December 19, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comWhen central banks offer ?unlimited? below-market credit, somebody is scared; but the cure may be worse than the ailment. The European Central Bank (ecb) has opened an unlimited credit window to financial institutions for two weeks to help repair damage from the credit crisis, the bank announced Tuesday. Additionally, the ecb said it had made a record $501.5 billion ready to be loaned to banks affected by the crisis. ?Unlimited? is an awful lot of money. According to Financial Sense columnist Jas Jain, central banks have essentially promised to ?rain money? on the financial sector. $501.5 billion, for example, is enough to purchase JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc.?three of America?s biggest financial institutions?lock, stock and barrel, and still have multiple billions in change left over. According to Stratfor, the ecb?s Decembe...
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2007-12-18 10:53:00 click here for free printed magz! EU Agrees to Beef Up Presence in Kosovo December 18, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comThe European Union is emerging as the driving force behind Kosovo?s independence. European Union leaders agreed last Friday to deploy around 1,800 police and security personnel to Kosovo, a volatile Serbian province expected to announce its independence from Serbia any day now. The EU?s decision to beef up its presence in the Balkans is further evidence of its desire to be the primary facilitator of Kosovo?s independence. Ever since Germany and the Vatican recognized the breakaway states of Croatia and Slovenia in 1991, Europe?s largest states have maintained a subtle divide-and-conquer policy in the Balkans in an effort to secure European dominance of this strategic corridor. Nothing has changed in their current approach to Kosovo. Concurrent with sending more forces into Kosovo, the EU is attempting to woo the Serbians into agreeing ...
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2007-12-11 13:09:00 Germany: EU to Promptly Recognize Kosovo Independence December 10, 2007 | From theTrumpet.com The German foreign minister has confirmed that the European Union will promptly recognize Kosovo?s independence should Pristina make a unilateral declaration. The Itar-Tass news agency reported Monday that Wolfgang Ischinger, a German diplomat who represented the EU in the group of three international mediators (Russia, the United States and the EU) at the talks between Serbia and Kosovar Albanians on the future status of Kosovo, told Radio Berlin Brandenburg that the EU would reach agreement on the problem within a few days. Ischinger was quick to point out, however, that such Kosovar independence would still allow for an EU presence, with Kosovo not being a sovereign country in its own right. ?It will be a state entity, which will continue to be under broad international observation,? he said. ?The nato troops will continue to be deployed there. A further in...
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2007-12-05 05:44:00 Brad MacdonaldColumnist Washington?s Kurdish Quandary November 29, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comAmerica?s geopolitical impotence is being exposed in the rugged hills of northern Iraq. Brad Macdonald The Turkish military has buzzed with activity in recent months. Nearly 100,000 soldiers and a vast array of tanks, heavy artillery and military aircraft have been deployed along Turkey?s border with Iraq. The build-up is a response to increased attacks on Turkey by Kurdish rebels from the Kurdistan Workers? Party (pkk), a tenacious terrorist group operating from the northern hills of Iraq that is bent on establishing a territorial Kurdish state in southeast Turkey, as well as parts of Syria, Iraq and Iran. Multiple parties have much at stake in this ruckus, but no one, not even Turkey, has as much to lose as the United States. The reason for this is essentially a matter of options. Everyone involved has them e...
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2007-12-05 05:35:00 Russian Election: More Evidence of Putin?s Absolute PowerDecember 3, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comIf what happened in Russian politics yesterday occurred in virtually any other nation, it would make blockbuster news. But the sweeping victory of Vladimir Putin?s United Russia party in parliamentary elections on Sunday surprised no one and confirmed the obvious: Putin has near absolute control over Russia.The Economist reports (emphasis ours throughout):It was never in doubt that Vladimir Putin?s United Russia party would get a sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections on Sunday December 2nd. The entire government machine, the court system, the prosecution service, the police, the state media and even the central commission itself were deployed to produce a landslide victory.Nothing was left to chance to ensure a high turnout. In Moscow your correspondent spotted several ?tourist? buses stuffed with people from far-flung regions. They voted early and often. The buses were guarded b...
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2007-12-02 14:01:00 Report: A New ?Cyber Cold War? November 29, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comCybercrime is growing at an alarming rate to become one of the biggest threats to security. In June 1999, the Trumpet explained how computer dependence is America?s Achilles? heel. Since then, technology has evolved fast and furious, and the United States, together with the rest of the world, has grown ever more dependent on computers and networking. Cybercrime has become the arrow directed at that Achilles heel?and not just for America. This fact was confirmed in a report released this week by Internet security company McAfee. The following snippets come from McAfee?s summary of the report. The increasing cyber threat to national security An estimated 120 countries are leveraging the Internet for political, military and economic espionage activities. Cybercrime has expanded from isolated attacks initiated by individuals or small rings to well-funded, well-organized operation...
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2007-12-02 13:38:00 The Week in Review December 1, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comA look back at the Annapolis peace conference, as well as the week?s most important events in Pakistan, Europe, China, Russia, Australia and elsewhere. Middle East The most-high-profile news relating to the Middle East this week centered around the Arab-Israeli peace talks at Annapolis, Maryland. Unsurprisingly, the outcome was an agreement to hold more talks: bi-weekly meetings between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. With full details of the conference yet to be disclosed, the Annapolis summit and the lead-up to it did, however, highlight several significant trends, a primary one being the growing divide between the United States and Israel. Besides an Iranian bomb, the greatest threat to Israel?s existence is diminished support from its long-time ally, the U.S. The dangerous erosion of U.S. support for Israel was revealed in the joint statement on whe...
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2007-11-29 13:35:00 Chinese Warship Injects New Vigor Into Sino-Japanese Relations November 29, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comChina sent a naval destroyer to Japan to prove to Japan and the world that these two nations have nothing to fear from each other. The Chinese People?s Liberation Army (pla) naval missile destroyer Shenzhen docked in Tokyo Bay Wednesday. Far from being an act of aggression, this first visit to Japan by a Chinese warship since World War ii is a diplomatic move symbolizing the improving ties between China and Japan. Chinese new agency Xinhua reports: The Chinese People?s Liberation Army (pla) naval missile destroyer Shenzhen arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday morning for a four-day visit, the first of its kind in the history of the naval force of the pla.Shenzhen, with 345 officials and soldiers on board, was headed by Rear Admiral Xiao Xinnian, vice chief of staff of the South China Sea Fleet of the pla Navy. It entered into the Tokyo Bay earlier in the ...
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2007-11-28 12:56:00 Joel HillikerColumnist Expect Australia to Shift East?and Suffer for It November 28, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comUnder a new prime minister, Australia looks primed to turn its focus away from Britain and America and toward Asia. Here?s why this is a dangerous idea. Last Saturday, Australians booted one of the world?s strongest national leaders and awarded a landslide electoral victory to an untested man with questionable ideas. Prime Minister John Howard recognized an important reality: that, given Australia?s location at the rump of Asia, the nation?s most valuable alliances lie with other nations?though geographically distant?rooted in the same history, culture, religion, language, democratic traditions and national character as its own, particularly Britain and America. His successor, Kevin Rudd, is far more enamored with the prospect of anchoring his nation to its oriental neighbors. This single difference between these two men has enormous implicatio...
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2007-11-23 05:04:00 Nov 12, 2007 22:50 | Updated Nov 13, 2007 8:17Our World: Islam and the nation-stateBy CAROLINE GLICK [Recent columns]Talkbacks for this article: 68Throughout the world, one of the most prevalent causes of war, terrorism and political instability is the ongoing weakening of the nation-state system. There are several reasons that the nation-state as a political unit of sovereignty is under threat. One of the most basic causes of this continuous erosion of national power throughout the world is the transformation of minority-dominated enclaves within nation-states into ungovernable areas where state power is either not applied or applied in a haphazard and generally unconstructive manner.While domestic strife between majority and minority populations has been an enduring feature of democratic and indeed all societies throughout history, the current turbulence constitutes a unique challenge to the nation-state system. This is because much of the internal strife between minority and majo...
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2007-11-10 15:08:00 Merkel Expresses Moral Duty to Protect Israel November 9, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comThe German chancellor has said that her government is committed to defending the Jews against Iran. Germany?s chancellor this week expressed her government?s desire to protect Israel and foster close relations between Germans and the Jewish community, according to an Agence France Presse report. Angela Merkel?s remarks came after receiving the Leo Baeck Prize from the Central Council of Jews in Germany on Tuesday. After accepting the prestigious award, which recognizes those who contribute to the German Jewish community in an extraordinary manner, Merkel said she felt morally bound to bring Germans and Jews closer together. ?It took more than 40 years for Germany as a whole to accept the responsibility it carries to ensure the safety of Israel,? she said. ?Only by accepting Germany?s past can we lay the foundation for the future. Only in as far as we acknowledge our respons...
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2007-11-09 03:37:00 Pakistan Instability Deepens November 8, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comPakistani politics are descending into chaos. If democracy prevails, will Pakistan remain a U.S. ally? Pakistan?s president declared a state of emergency rule and suspended the Pakistani Constitution this past Saturday. He argued that the Pakistani Supreme Court?s decision to release some 60 suspected terrorists made the fight against Islamic terrorism impossible and necessitated a state of emergency rule. Since declaring this state of emergency, President Pervez Musharraf, who originally took control of Pakistan in a 1999 military coup, has replaced the chief justice, curtailed the media, banned public gatherings, and rounded up opposition leaders. Because the Supreme Court was planning to contest the validity of Musharraf?s recent reelection, his critics have used his drastic actions to accuse him of using the terrorists? release issue as a guise to remain in power after having promis...
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2007-11-07 12:38:00 Al Qaeda Targeting Britain?s Teens November 7, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comAl Qaeda terrorists are enjoying a steady stream of recruits from inside British families. Al Qaeda is recruiting British teenagers as young as 15, according to MI5 counterintelligence chief Jonathan Evans. In his first public speech, Evans said al Qaeda was ?the most immediate and acute peacetime threat? the service had ever dealt with since its inception in 1909. Evans, who became MI5?s director of international counter-terrorism Sept. 1, 2001, and director general this spring, was speaking to the Society of Editors Tuesday. ?Terrorists are methodically and intentionally targeting young people and children in this country,? he said. ?They are radicalizing, indoctrinating and grooming young, vulnerable people to carry out acts of terrorism. This year, we have seen individuals as young as 15 and 16 implicated in terrorist-related activity.? Teens have been found in possession of bomb and ...
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2007-11-01 13:19:00 Get this magz for free, click here China Passes U.S. in Top 10 Biggest Companies List November 1, 2007 | From theTrumpet.com China is booming, and that fact has not been lost on stock market investors. For the first time ever, more of the world?s 10 largest companies are Chinese than American. China Life Insurance Co. jumped ahead of AT&T Inc. in market value on October 29, giving China the edge on the United States. Five out of the top 10 companies are now Chinese, compared to three that are American, although U.S.-based Exxon Mobil still retains first place with a valuation of approximately $525 billion. The U.S.?s other two companies in the top ten are General Electric and Microsoft. Back in 1999, near the height of the technology boom, America was home to seven of the world?s top 10 companies, with two Japanese and one German company filling out the rest. In addition, America owned 14 of the top 20 companies. According to Bloomberg, part of the r...
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2007-10-30 12:49:00 Australia?s Treasurer Warns of Global Economic TsunamiOctober 30, 2007 | From theTrumpet.comChina could set off a huge disruption to the global financial system. America may be first to feel it. A ?huge tsunami? of economic instability will engulf the globe?s financial markets if China bows to international pressure to switch the yuan to a free-floating currency, warns Australia?s treasurer. For America: higher interest rates, a falling dollar and soaring inflation may be about to smack home like the biggest wave since the Great Depression.When China floats the yuan, it will be ?a wild ride,? Peter Costello, the Australian treasurer, warned. ?That will set off a huge tsunami that will go through world financial markets.?For years, China has run a massive trade surplus with America?running into the trillions of dollars. Many U.S. officials feel the reason for this, at least in part, is the fact that China has kept its currency undervalued in relation to the dollar.Normally in free ma...
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