Month: March 2011
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The Trump Speculation: Was Obama Born a Muslim?
I know that Donald Trump’s speculation that even if President Obama has a birth certificate he might not want people to see it because it lists his religion as Muslim is nothing more than a desperate attempt to find a foothold from which he can jump into the campaign for the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination,…
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News and Analysis (3/31/11)
While debate continues over the size of the al-Qaeda presence among the Libyan rebels, one thing is certain: “Gen. Khalifa Haftr, the self-proclaimed commander of the Free Libyan Army,” is a defector from the Libyan army who lived in the U.S. until his recent return for an appointment “to lead the rebel army earlier this…
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Libya and “the Obama Doctrine”
Listening to President Obama’s defense of his policy in Libya, you could tell that he is a lawyer. He carefully crafted a case to justify military intervention in Libya specifically, while appearing to rebut criticisms such as inconsistency in his policy with respect to other countries in which the Arab revolt is taking place, failure…
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News and Analysis (3/30/11)
Minaret of Freedom Institute president Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad explores: Libya and “the Obama Doctrine” (Minaret of Freedom Institute) With the rebel loss of “the key oil port of Ras Lanuf and the nearby town of Bin Jawad,” their “full retreat from Brega” and “the rebel-held town of Misrata … still … under attack from pro-Gaddafi troops,”…
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News and Analysis (3/29/11)
Obama’s argument for military intervention in Libya was less than convincing: Analysis: War Obama Described Doesn’t Match the Fight, Which Gives Air Cover to Libyan Rebels (AP / Washington Post) Obama’s Libya Speech: Did It Outline Where Intervention Is Headed? (Christian Science Monitor) “[H]undreds of thousands of regime supporters poured on to the streets” of…
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News and Analysis (3/28/11)
After capturing two oil refineries the rebels face the challenge of taking Gaddafi’s home town on their road to Tripoli: Libyan Rebel Gains Could Be Fleeting, U.S. Military Says (NY Times) While Islamophobes are distracted by their paranoia over the conservative Muslim Brotherhood, real extremists are making inroads in Egypt and talking about politics for…
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News and Analysis (3/24/11)
As the Egyptian cabinet imposes “a law criminalizing protests and strikes” under which “anyone organizing or calling for a protest will be sentenced to jail and/or a fine of LE500,000” … New Egyptian Law Criminalizes Protests (Al Masry Al Yowm) … Gates promises Egypt a continued flow of U.S. Taxpayer money … Gates Assures Egypt…
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News and Analysis (3/23/11)
With Egypt’s emergency laws still firmly in place … Yemen MPs Pass Emergency Laws to Quash Uprising (Guardian) … but opposition spokesman Mohamed Qahtan is intimidated, warning Saleh, “Friday will be the ‘Friday of the March Forward’, with hundreds of thousands of people…We will arrive where you are and we will remove you”: Yemen Opposition Calls Mass…
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News and Analysis (3/22/11)
As a “US Jet Crashes in Libya; Fighting Rages in Cities” and “rebels struggle to retake territory, despite UN help“; “We don’t depend on anyone but God, not France or America. We started this revolution without them through the sweat of our own brow, and that is how we will finish it” – Ahmed al-Aroufi, front-line Libyan rebel…
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News and Analysis (3/21/11)
Has Amr Moussa realized too late that he has let the colonial powers in through the back door of the “no-fly zone?” The Arab League Invited Interventionist Genie Out of the Bottle in Libya (Minaret of Freedom) An ex-marine told “Spy or you don’t fly” is only one of 450,000 never charged with anything still…
