Archduke Ferdinand, call your office. “Russian warships cross Bosphorus, en route to Syria,” from AFP, September 5: Three Russian warships crossed Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait Thursday en route to the eastern Mediterranean, near the Syrian coast, amid concern in the region over potential US-led strikes in response to the Damascus regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons. […]
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“The Syrian government will not change position even if there is World War III”
And given the web of alliances involved, there could be. “Syria says will never give in ‘even if there is WWIII,’” by Rana Moussaoui for AFP, September 4: Syria said Wednesday it was mobilising its allies against a possible US-led military strike over a suspected gas attack and would never give in, even if a […]
Showdown on Syria chemical weapons expected at G-20 summit in Russia
Obama will have to show the proof he has never yet shown. “Showdown on Syria chemical weapons expected at G-20 summit in Russia,” by Holly Yan and Greg Botelho for CNN, September 5: (CNN) — It’s supposed to be a summit about the global economy, but the debate over possible military strikes for Syria’s apparent […]
Al Qaeda-linked Syrian rebels attack Christian village
And Obama is about to send in U.S. military might to aid the cause of these rebels. “Al-Qaeda Linked Syrian Rebels Attack Christian Village,” from AP, September 5: Syrian anti-regime activists say government troops and al-Qaida-linked rebels are fighting over a regime-held Christian village for a second day. The director of the Britain-based Observatory for […]
Kerry’s claim that Syrian rebels are “moderates” belied by U.S. and European intelligence reports
Putin has said that Kerry is simply lying. “Kerry portrait of Syria rebels at odds with intelligence reports,” by Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart for Reuters, September 5: (Reuters) – Secretary of State John Kerry’s public assertions that moderate Syrian opposition groups are growing in influence appear to be at odds with estimates by U.S. […]
Brutality of Syrian jihadists shows futility of U.S. intervention
Better than Assad? Really? “Brutality of Syrian Rebels Posing Dilemma in West,” by C. J. Chivers for the New York Times, September 5: The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers. Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts. They kept their faces pressed to the dirt as the rebels” commander recited a […]
Iran aggressively recruiting Latin American converts to Islam to enter U.S. from Mexico
Why border control is a national security issue. “Iran Aggressively Recruiting “˜Invisible Army” of Latin American Converts to Infiltrate U.S. Through “˜Soft Belly” of the Southern Border,” by Sara Carter in The Blaze, September 3: Iran is recruiting an “invisible army” of revolutionary sympathizers in Latin America to infiltrate the U.S. through the “soft belly” […]
Ecumenical Patriarchate criticizes plan to turn Hagia Sophia into a mosque
Rapidly re-Islamizing Turkey has already converted two churches back into mosques. They were converted to mosques at the time of the jihad conquest of the Byzantine Empire, and then made museums by the secular Turkish government. The same thing happened to the Hagia Sophia of Constantinople, once the foremost and grandest church in the entire […]
Robert Spencer in FrontPage Magazine: No to War in Syria
In FrontPage this morning I explain why what now appears to be inevitable is nonetheless so unwise. A Senate panel has voted to authorize Barack Obama to use military force in Syria. This is a disaster in the making. Just as in Afghanistan, Obama has no goal, no plan for victory. He said that the […]
Al-Qaeda vows to slaughter Christians after U.S. “liberates” Syria
While U.S. leaders continue pushing for war against the Syrian government, today “Al-Qaeda-linked rebels,” reports AP, “launched an assault on a regime-held Christian mountain village in the densely populated west of Syria and new clashes erupted near the capital, Damascus, on Wednesday”¦ In the attack on the village of Maaloula, rebels commandeered a mountaintop hotel […]