Sep 25 2009

It Takes An Al Qaeda Villiage

The Telegraph has a disturbing story on Germans flocking to Pakistan’s Taliban-controlled Waziristan tribal region and setting up their own village:

The village, in Taliban-controlled Waziristan, is run by the notorious al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which plots raids on Nato forces in Afghanistan.
A recruitment video presents life in the village as a desirable lifestyle choice [...]

Jul 13 2009

Diplomacy: American and Iranian, part 2

Last week the Obama administration released five Iranian Quds Force commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (occasionally described in press reports as “diplomats”) who were coordinating terrorist attacks in Iraq. Commening on the release of the terrorists, Andrew McCarthy cited Michael Ledeen’s report that the Obama administration had negotiated the release of Roxana [...]

Jul 13 2009

Diplmacy: American and Iranian, part 2

Last week the Obama administration released five Iranian Quds Force commanders from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (occasionally described in press reports as “diplomats”) who were coordinating terrorist attacks in Iraq. Commening on the release of the terrorists, Andrew McCarthy cited Michael Ledeen’s report that the Obama administration had negotiated the release of Roxana [...]