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September 30, 2006
National Intelligence Estimates: A Brief Overview
John B. Dwyer
With the heated, ongoing debates over leaked excerpts from the April 2006 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE), it might be a good idea to examine briefly the history and nature of these documents. NIE's originated with the CIA's Office of National... More
September 30, 2006
Charles Manson's Path to Freedom
Henry P. Wickham, Jr.
[satire] Memorandum to: Charles Manson From: Your Counsel Date: October, 2006 Charlie, We are roughly three quarters of the way through 2006 and your next parole hearing is in 2007. I despise useless, futile gestures, and actions that have mere... More
September 30, 2006
The Pope and Muslim Ambassadors
Stefania Lapenna
The Pope recently met with ambassadors from Islamic countries. Although the meeting itself was widely reported, important details and contextual information have not been widely reported even in Italy, much less in the worldwide media. They provide important signals for... More
September 29, 2006
Democrats and the anti-Semitism of Hugo Chavez
Ed Lasky
Various Democrats have looked with favor upon the anti—American Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez over the years, his record of deepening anti—Semitism notwithstanding. Ex—president Carter helped him secure his position by certifying election results that others have cast doubt upon. In 2002,... More
September 29, 2006
Al Gore's Crusade
Richard Baehr
Wednesday night I heard the global warming presentation that former Vice President Al Gore has now given many hundreds of times around the country and the world in recent years. The speech was turned into a movie, An Inconvenient Truth... More
September 29, 2006
The Bin Laden's-Still-Alive Blame Game
Noel Sheppard
There is potentially no more deplorable aspect of politics in the new millennium than the backwards—looking blame game played by both Parties on a daily basis. Whether it's the economy, taxes, budget deficits, or corruption, members on both sides of... More
September 28, 2006
The Dark View of Islam and the American Street
Thomas Lifson
Private conversations and correspondence indicate that I am far from the only person who has recently been giving more credence to what Max Boot of the Los Angeles Times calls 'a dark view of Islam.' The furious, sometimes violent, and often... More
September 28, 2006
How to LIE about the NIE
Marc Sheppard
That most wonderful time of the year has arrived. Oh, the joy of election season! Overpriced, overcooked fundraising dinners; tasteless posters and bumper stickers; sophomoric TV attacks, excruciating debates and, oh yeah — politically motivated leaks to the press. This... More
September 28, 2006
And Hitler Liked Puppies
J.R. Dunn
An interesting example of a phenomenon that might be called 'mainstreaming' turned up in the New York Observer's October 2nd edition. That weekly newpaper, while not of enormous circulation, is a trend— and tone—setter among the smart set of media—saturated... More
September 27, 2006
George W. Bush and the Fancy Theorists
J. Peter Mulhern
Last week the press, discreet as always, published a nugget mined from the top secret National Intelligence Estimate. The banner headlines suggested that our intelligence experts believe the war in Iraq to be an impediment in the "war on terror"... More
September 27, 2006
Clinton Narcissism Killing the Democrats
Noel Sheppard
A funny thing happened on the way to the midterm elections: everybody started talking about Bill Clinton. Television networks, newspapers, present and former DNC chairmen, Speaker of the House wannabes, left—wing shills, you name it. For almost a solid month,... More
September 27, 2006
Iran's Oil Weapon Threat Ringing Hollow
Ed Lasky
Iran's mullahs have threatened an oil embargo in response to pressures exerted to accept curbs on its nuclear program — curbs that it has agreed to when it signed the Nuclear Non—Proliferation Pact. This agreement, and subsequent promises made to... More
September 26, 2006
That Leaked N.I.E. on Iraq is a Flop
Herbert E. Meyer
This weekend someone in Washington leaked to The New York Times the key judgment of a recently—completed — and highly classified —— National Intelligence Estimate: 'The Iraq war has made the overall terrorism problem worse.' According to the leakers quoted... More
September 26, 2006
Rendering the Hamdan v. Rumsfeld Decision
LTC Joseph C. Myers
The recent Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in a feat of tortuous logic and ignoring the Political Question Doctrine, has created Geneva Convention protections for international terrorists, something few students of international humanitarian law anticipated, certainly few in... More
September 26, 2006
Storytelling and the War We Fight
Miguel A. Guanipa
Stories are the stuff of daily life. They give structure and meaning to our existence within the continuous flow of history. They awaken us to the significance of our individual and collective roles within the context of a common narrative.... More
September 25, 2006
Bill Clinton, Bin Laden, and Hysterical Revisions
Noel Sheppard
Last week, former president Bill Clinton took some time out of his busy dating schedule to have a not so friendly chat with Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday. Given his rabidity, Mr. Clinton might consider taking a few milligrams... More
September 25, 2006
Before Death Conversion?
Andrew G. Bostom
The official 'day of rage' demonstrations over Pope Benedict the XVI's Regensburg address are behind us, and a deluge of Muslim—Christian dialogue engagements (starting here; etc.; etc.) loom ahead. But a taboo subject remains unraised, something far more inflammatory than what... More
September 25, 2006
The Fairy Tale Democrats
James Lewis
Like some fabled vampire jerkily rising from his crypt, John F. Kerry crept back in the news, madly signaling a new run for the Democrat Party nomination. As in previous revivals, Kerry is banking on his faithful Teresa, who sprinkled her... More
September 24, 2006
Dear Mr. Buckley
David Yerushalmi
Dear Mr. Buckley: This open letter to you is the result of your essay published September 14th of this year and entitled, 'Is Victory Possible?' In this essay, you quite ably, as we have come to expect from you, describe... More
September 24, 2006
The Internet and Political Analysis
Clarice Feldman
New communications technologies generally bring with them expectations which are rarely fulfilled. In about 1948 my dad, always a fan of technology, decided we should have a television set. My mother warned that we kids would stop reading and become... More
September 23, 2006
Australia, the Beacon of Sanity
Thomas Lifson
Australia is once again making more sense than any other country on earth with regard to issues of culture and immigration. Like its Anglosphere cousins the United States and Canada, Australia's political economy, personal freedom, rule of law, and other... More
September 23, 2006
Iraq's Role in Terrorism
Alyssa A. Lappen
Even as the U.S. faces Iran, it's too soon to abandon Iraq Review of Death to America: The Unreported Battle of Iraq by Ryan Mauro, (PublishAmerica, Sept. 12, 2005), 313 pp., $24.95. Just after the fifth anniversary of Sept. 11——and... More
September 23, 2006
Mahmoud's Big MacGuffin
Michael Curran
What Iran recently accomplished in Lebanon has been called by various names. A red herring, feint or diversion is what it is commonly called when recognized but the term MacGuffin (or McGuffin) is much more suitable when explaining Ahmadinejad's clever... More
September 22, 2006
The Airbus Fiasco
Thomas Lifson
As a supreme symbol of Europe's prowess in aerospace, indeed in modern technology itself, the A 380 superjumbo jet, is melting down. No longer the embodiment of European cooperation and unity, its third announced delivery delay reveals internal chaos, bickering,... More
September 22, 2006
An Ancient Muslim Rage is on Display Again
Andrew G. Bostom
There is no reason for surprise at the vehemence and violence of Islamic rage at the Pope's recent remarks. Islam recognizes no freedom of speech, nor even any freedom of conscience. Infidels should know better. The lessons of history are... More
September 22, 2006
The UN's Hollow Words and Bolton's Meaningful Warning
Greg Reeson
It has now been almost a month since the United Nations demanded that Iran cease its enrichment of uranium or face sanctions from the world community. Sadly, the united front demonstrated during the passing of the U.N. Security Council's resolution... More
September 21, 2006
The Democratic Party and the Jews
Ed Lasky
The Democratic Party has been a congenial political home for many American Jews since the era of FDR. The party welcomed them into its ranks (along with many blacks and urban dwellers) and its programs comported well with many values... More
September 21, 2006
The 911 Pentagon Conspiracy Theory - Final Round
James H. Fetzer and J.R. Dunn
Editor's Note: Following publication of J.R. Dunn's article 'Conspiracy Theories and Media Ignorance', American Thinker published a response one of the principal conspiracy theorists, Prof. James H. Fetzer, and a rejoinder from Mr. Dunn. Today,we present a second and concluding round of... More
September 21, 2006
Some Basics about Jet Engines and 9-11 Conspiracy Theories
Dave Runyan
Some of the 'controversy' around the identification of the aircraft that hit the Pentagon on 9—11 has been caused by the engine parts that appear in the wreckage photos. The assertion has been made that an aircraft other than a... More
September 20, 2006
The Moral Exhibitionism of John McCain
J. Peter Mulhern
If a team of geniuses sat down to design a man who should never be President of the United States they would come up with John McCain. Fortunately the character flaws that make him unfit for the Oval Office also... More
September 20, 2006
Reuters' Global Megaphone Slurs America
Patrick Poole
In the lead—up to the fifth anniversary of 9/11, a glut of news stories appeared decrying the increase of alleged bias against Muslims in America since that tragic day. One such article that has been reprinted in dozens of papers... More
September 20, 2006
Applying the Geneva Convention Will Destroy It
Christopher G. Adamo
Amidst the cascade of caterwauling over the 'plight' of the Islamist monsters being detained at Guantanamo, the potential for an adverse effect on the Geneva Conventions' protections for our captured soldiers has been touted as a self—interested reason to apply... More
September 19, 2006
Letter to DoJ Office of Professional Responsibility
Clarice Feldman
Clarice Feldman has mailed today (9/19/06) the following letter to the Department of Justice, Office of Professional Responsibility regarding the conduct of Patrick Fitzgerald, in the matter of the prosecution Lewis "Scooter" Libby. With her permission, we reproduce it in its entirety.... More
September 19, 2006
The Pope's Dilemma
Rick Moran
Since his election to the papacy in April of 2005, Pope Benedict has bent over backwards in an effort to assuage the concerns of Muslims over issues that place them in conflict with the west. It is therefore something of... More
September 19, 2006
The Pope Battles Dhimmitude
Christopher Chantrill
We have all enjoyed tut—tutting about the Muslim cultural practice of dhimmitude, the notion that under Islam the infidel is a second—class citizen and must defer to the faithful at all times. No eating and drinking in front of the faithful... More
September 19, 2006
The Death of Outrage
Bob Weir
In the category of 'some people never learn,' a Republican Congressman agreed to plead guilty to illegally accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes, giving him the dubious distinction of being the first U.S. lawmaker convicted in the Jack... More
September 18, 2006
Know Your Enemy
J. Peter Mulhern
Five years after we finally noticed that Muslim enemies were at war with us we still haven't identified those enemies or developed a realistic strategy for victory. The depth of our confusion shows in the ridiculous debates that preoccupy our... More
September 18, 2006
911 a Hoax? Scholar for 911 Truth versus American Thinker
James H. Fetzer and J.R. Dunn
Editor's Note: Following publication last Friday of J.R. Dunn's article 'Conspiracy Theories and Media Ignorance', American Thinker received a response from one of the principal advocates of a theory debunked in that article, James H. Fetzer, Distinguished McKnight University Professor Emeritus, University... More
September 18, 2006
Under the Media Radar: They Also Run
Richard Baehr
There are 435 Congressional districts, and in most election years, 5 to 10% of them have competitive races, almost always won by an incumbent. In recent years, a much higher percentage of open seats have turned over between the parties,... More
September 17, 2006
Of Popes and Apologies
Andrew Sumereau
The world listens carefully to the words of any pope. And it is tragic and dangerous when one sows pain, either deliberately or carelessly. He needs to offer a deep and persuasive apology, demonstrating that words can heal. —... More
September 17, 2006
The Pope, Jihad, and 'Dialogue'
Andrew G. Bostom
The most important address commemorating 9/11/01 was delivered on 9/12/06, a day after the fifth anniversary of this cataclysmic act of jihad terrorism. It was not delivered by President Bush, and was not even pronounced in the United States. On... More
September 17, 2006
Faith, Reason, the PC media and Islam
Rosslyn Smith
I read Pope Benedict XVI's address 'Faith, Reason and the University'. It is too bad the media missed the lecture's main thrust of a challenge to modern secularists about their exclusion of peoples of deeply held faith, in their race... More
September 16, 2006
How the Left Enables Nuclear Proliferation
James Lewis
Daniel Ellsberg must surely support Ahmadinejad getting nukes. There are no two ways about it. In a forthcoming article in Harper's Magazine, Ellsberg is going to call for moles in the Bush Administration to leak any plans to stop Ahmadinejad's rush... More
September 16, 2006
The Fanatic is Incorruptible
Michael Curran
'The fanatic is incorruptible: if he kills for an idea, he can just as well get himself killed for one; in either case, tyrant or martyr, he is a monster.' — E.M. Cioran (1911 — 1995) Granted, the Rumanian—born aphorist, Emile... More
September 16, 2006
Iran and Israel
Avigdor Haselkorn
While Israel believes its war with Hezb'allah had reinvigorated its deterrence posture, an Iranian attack on Israel is now more likely than before. Two main reasons account for this forecast. First, Tehran must now realize that its strategy of relying... More
September 15, 2006
Conspiracy Theories and Media Ignorance
J.R. Dunn
The problem with the media doesn't end with bias. You can also throw in pure ignorance. Unless they specialize in a particular topic, journalists tend to be completely uninformed on technical issues, to the point where they often miss how... More
September 15, 2006
Torture Must Be an Option
Bob Weir
The Senate Armed Services Committee may disagree, and notable veterans like Senators McCain, Warner and Graham, joined by General Colin Powell, may spearhead the opposition, but torture must be an option in our war on terror. It might be legitimate to... More
September 15, 2006
How Do You Solve a Problem Like Sharia?
Marc Sheppard
Steal a loaf of bread and one or both of your upper extremities will be hacked off at the wrist. Get caught holding hands with your same—sex fiancé and the only thing the two of you will ever share again... More
September 14, 2006
Why Americans Oppose the Iraq War
Steven M. Warshawsky
The American people strongly supported the original war on terror, when it was aimed at destroying terrorists and punishing the regimes that harbored and supported them. The American people do not support the current incarnation of the war, which is... More
September 14, 2006
Where Never is Heard a Discouraging Word
Bookworm
I've been dismissive of Democratic charges that the Bush administration is suppressing dissent. I think that I, in common with most people, define government suppression of dissent as a situation in which the government tortures, imprisons or kills dissenters. For... More
September 14, 2006
Democrats Falter in Week One of NFL Season
Noel Sheppard
As Democrat football teams started their mini—camps this summer, there was great anticipation concerning the upcoming season. Many sports analysts predicted a left—wing sweep that would end up in a changing of the guard come January. Yet, given the results... More
September 13, 2006
New York Times Company Spirals Further Downward
Thomas Lifson
It is sad to watch a once—great company decline. Jobs are sacrificed, historic facilities closed, and an atmosphere of failure and fear usually permeates the surviving operations. When a company needs to sell—off profitable crown jewels to sustain the lagging... More
September 13, 2006
Clausewitz On Terror
J. R. Dunn
Are we losing the War on Terror? Five years after 9/11, the question is being asked with some urgency, and not by appeasers, defeatists, or the general run of whiner, but by individuals of respect, people of considerable expertise and... More
September 13, 2006
Wholly Shi'ite Alliance?
Andrew G. Bostom
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al—Maliki—who spent years in Iran during his exile from the Saddam Hussein regime—made his first official visit to Iran Tuesday, September 12, 2006 —five years and a day after the cataclysmic jihad terrorist attacks of 9/11/01. ... More
September 12, 2006
The Moral Emptiness of the Left
James Lewis
Life consists of choices, and no choice is graver than war or peace. The 9/11 assault on New York City and Washington, D.C. posed such a choice. Should we go to war against bin Laden and the Taliban? The answer... More
September 12, 2006
Return Engagement: Clinton Spin Away from Party Roots
Christopher Chantrill
The flap over ABC's mini—series The Path to 9/11 is a beautiful thing to behold. It reminds us of the glory years of the Clinton Spin Ballet, Balanchine—like in its exquisite choreography. The principals, Clinton and Clinton, dance a sorrowful adagio... More
September 12, 2006
AP Responds to Captured Iraqi Intelligence Document
Thomas Lifson
We received an email from a Mr. Jack Stokes with an Associated Press email address, containing a statement from Ms. Linda Wagner, Director of Media Relations & Public Affairs, Associated Press. The subject line of the email from Mr. Stokes'... More
September 11, 2006
The Tears No Longer Come
Rick Moran
On this 5th anniversary of the attacks on September 11, 2001, we Americans are engaged in the helpful process of taking stock, carefully toting up the pluses and minuses in our imaginary ledgers of where we are as a nation.... More
September 11, 2006
Heroes
Paul Shlichta
A hero is someone who makes you proud to belong to the same species. If a group of aliens from the Thothian galaxy were to come here, looking for a new planet to colonize after sterilizing it of all contaminating... More
September 11, 2006
Ralph Peters Unhinged
Andrew G. Bostom
Columnist, novelist, and retired United States Army Lt. Col. Ralph Peters has earned a reputation as an often insightful and provocative analyst of military affairs and geopolitics. But of late, he has taken to villifying those who examine the theology... More
September 10, 2006
9/10: A Definitional Day for the Left
Rick Moran
Tomorrow, while much of the country pauses to remember the victims of 9/11 on the five year anniversary of that horrible day, it will occur to many of us what those attacks signified: the day that the United States awoke... More
September 10, 2006
Islam versus the West: Can the West win?
Dennis Sevakis
During a recent trip to a small neighborhood grocery and deli, I was afforded a rare opportunity to gain some insight into the state of political debate in America. A man, who appeared to be in his mid to late... More
September 09, 2006
Knowing the Enemy: A Book Review
David Yerushalmi
Mary Habeck, an associate professor at the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University has published a book that has been billed as an authoritative study of jihadist ideology. The book, Knowing the Enemy, published by the Yale... More
September 09, 2006
A Letter to My Closed-Minded Liberal Friends
Ari Kaufman
If I were to scribe a pithy letter to all the closed—minded liberals who deem me and my ilk closed—minded, it would read: Dear Friends, Oftentimes in recent years, and especially since I renounced my Democratic Party membership, then my Independent label,... More
September 08, 2006
September Song: The Political Season is Changing
Thomas Lifson
Democrats are once again experiencing the adrenalin rush that accompanies the prospect of regaining power in one or both houses of Congress. Polling data tells them that the President has low approval numbers, and the Republican—controlled Congress is even lower... More
September 08, 2006
A Modest Proposal for a Telecommuting Congress
Rosslyn Smith
Many businesses have discovered that there is no real need to keep people in one physical location, in order to effectively and efficiently coordinate their work effort. Telecommuting, the pratice of working from remote locations, be it a client's premises... More
September 08, 2006
Why did Comair 5191 Crash at Lexington?
Dennis Sevakis
Before dawn on Sunday, August 27th past, Comair Flight 5191 carrying fifty passengers and crew crashed during takeoff, while attempting to depart on a runway one—half the length of the one it was cleared to use. The accident killed all aboard... More
September 07, 2006
Musharraf's Deal with the Devil
Rick Moran
The agreement announced yesterday between the Pakistani government and representatives of the Taliban Council in North Waziristan appears on the surface to be an equitable arrangement that addresses the serious problems of Taliban and al—Qaeda incursions across the border into... More
September 07, 2006
The Islamization of European Anti-Semitism
Andrew G. Bostom
On Thursday, September 7, 2006, as first reported by the Times of London this past Saturday (9/2/06), an All—Party Parliamentary Enquiry into Antisemitism is expected to issue its finding that anti—Jewish violence has become endemic in Britain, both on the... More
September 07, 2006
The Stockholm Conference: A Political Obscenity
Rachel Neuwirth
After a month of military action in Lebanon pitting Israel against Hezbollah, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 1701. A cessation of hostilities was reached in mid—August, 2006, and two weeks later a conference was held in Stockholm to specifically... More
September 06, 2006
America's Strong Hand in Dealing with the Mullahs
J.R. Dunn
A dangerous fatalism has gripped too many people with regard to the threat posed by Iran's nuclear weapons program. America holds much better cards than the mullahs. We have let ourselves be spooked for far too long. History is full... More
September 06, 2006
Winning The Battle For Baghdad
John B. Dwyer
On August 20 soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, acting on a tip, conducted a raid that freed a kidnap victim being held in Baghdad's Adhamiya district. In the house where the victim was held... More
September 06, 2006
The Smear Campaign Against ABC's 'The Path to 9/11'
Noel Sheppard
As the fifth anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 approaches, Americans are once again facing the horrors surrounding this event, and the ominous portent it conveyed. Yet, for some reason, one group of citizens has chosen to commemorate this solemn... More
September 05, 2006
Will the Democrats Take the House? It Might Happen
Richard Baehr
It is a lot harder to reliably forecast the likelihood of a change in control for the House than for the Senate. There are 435 House races, and roughly 65 of them are drawing some degree of competitive attention this... More
September 05, 2006
The Travails of Labor and Education
Christopher Chantrill
Over two hundred years ago, in The Wealth of Nations (now available on Google Book Search), Adam Smith applauded the general increase in prosperity in eighteenth century England. Its day—laborers and their wives could all afford to wear leather shoes.... More
September 05, 2006
America, Israel and Iran: Some Troubling Questions
Rachel Neuwirth
As Iran's nuclear program moves ahead, there is something especially puzzling, and even disturbing, about American actions. Three years ago President Bush stated that Iran must not be allowed to go nuclear. As time passes Iran becomes more dangerous and... More
September 04, 2006
A Proven Way to Lessen Dependence on Foreign Oil
Jonathan D. Strong
Until recently, the plan (such as it is) for reducing America (and the world's) dependence on oil from foreign sources, mainly in the Middle East, has been to find more sources of domestic oil and oil from friendlier, non—OPEC countries.... More
September 04, 2006
Welcome to the Land of the Great Satan, Smiling Mullah
Amil Imani
Great news! Great news! The deadly confrontation between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran is about to become history. The dove of peace is here in the person of the Smiling Mullah Khatami. Just look at his serene... More
September 04, 2006
United 93: Plutarch Would Have Loved It
Paul Shlichta
The DVD of United 93 will go on sale today. There are at least five reasons why you should rush out and buy a copy: 1. It is a way of voting against liberal defeatism and mainstream apathy and forgetfulness—a... More
September 03, 2006
On Loyalty
Clarice Feldman
Today at Tigerhawk, National Review's Andrew McCarthy offers an explanation for Armitage's behavior: First, while it now seems abundantly clear that the leak of Plame's identity did not violate the covert agent identity protection act (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.),... More
September 03, 2006
Thank the Beeb for Jew hatred
James Lewis
According to the London Times, ''On Thursday an all—party parliamentary inquiry will state that anti—Semitic violence has become endemic in Britain, both on the streets and university campuses." Read it, and mourn for an England that is no more. Anti—Semitic... More
September 03, 2006
The Nature of Prejudice
Bob Weir
Have you ever been in a situation in which you were talking with a few people at a social gathering and heard one of them make a racial or religious slur? Maybe you were at a party, chatting with a... More
September 02, 2006
Dangerous Liaisons: Wilson, Armitage and the MSM
Clarice Feldman
In an article shamelessly ignoring its role in the Wilson hoax and solicitous of the leaker, the New York Times, on a holiday weekend Saturday, mentions that Richard Armitage was the source of the leak of Plame's identity.* It focuses on whether... More
September 02, 2006
When 88% is not good enough
Rosslyn Smith
In all the publicity about their attack on Senator Joe Lieberman, it has gone almost unnoticed that the far left has also targeted some members of the Black Caucus for their support of highly selective Bush administration policies. This support often... More
September 02, 2006
Strange Bedfellows
Todd Witengier
Liberals will sleep with anybody. No, this isn't just another off—color reference to our esteemed former President Clinton. Instead, I'm referring to political alliances. More specifically, I'm talking about those on the left who would trade in common sense for... More
September 01, 2006
The Death of a President: Political Pornography
Thomas Lifson
Britain's Channel 4 is to broadcast and market worldwide, via the Toronto Film Festival, a docudrama, The Death of a President (DOAP), depicting the future assassination of President Bush, providing the latest and highest budget artifact of the leftist craze... More
September 01, 2006
Why the Dems Don't Get It
James Lewis
The descent of the Democrats into seeming madness is both frightening and puzzling. To those paying attention and of stable mind, the Democrats look something like Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Ancient Mariner: It is an ancient Mariner, And he stoppeth one... More
September 01, 2006
The March of 'God's Army'
Slater Bakhtavar
'[Hezb'allah] is a military force funded, trained by and answerable to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Iran that is pledged — as it has been since the Khomeini revolution of 1979 — to the destruction of Israel and... More
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