pajamasmedia.com - 1/5/2009
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After years of refusing to see Iran’s aggressive intentions, most sensible observers of things Middle Eastern now recognize that the most important terrorist organizations, from Islamic Jihad to Hezbollah and Hamas, are essentially Iranian proxies. Figaro this weekend carries a story ...
jpost.com - 1/3/2009
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jpost.com —
The Hamas government has placed dozens of Fatah
members under house arrest out of fear that they...
might exploit the current IDF operation to regain control of the Gaza Strip. The move came amid reports that the Fatah leadership in the West Bank has ...
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Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators' | Middle East | ...
theatlantic.com - 1/5/2009
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theatlantic.com —
Israel has just embarked on a land invasion
of the Gaza Strip after a week of aerial...
bombing. Gaza is bordered by Egypt, and was under Egyptian military control from 1949 through 1967. And yet in a startling rebuke to geography and recent history and ...
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Iran's Postmodern Beast in Gaza - The Atlantic
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timesonline.co.uk - 1/4/2009
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timesonline.co.uk —
Flares streamed into the sky and exploded like
fireworks, lighting up the overcrowded territory. Residents in Gaza...
City reported heavy bombing which appeared to have cut electricity supplies. Tzipi Livni, the Israeli Foreign Minister and candidate ...
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Israel splits Gaza in three as soldiers battle Hamas
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Trouble In Mullah-Land
Power Line —
Michael Ledeen, one of our foremost observers of Iran, thinks the Mullahs are worried:
Iran could well lose this battle, and defeat is very dangerous to a regime like Tehran's, which claims divine sanction for its actions and proclaims the imminent arrival of its messiah and of the triumph of global jihad. If Allah is responsible for victory, what can be said about humiliating defeat? The mullahs are well aware of the stakes, as we can see in their recent behavior.
For some time now, the regime in Tehran has shown signs of urgency, sometimes ...
Ledeen: Iranian regime failing as proxies lose ground
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... Normally, Michael Ledeen wouldn’t qualify as an optimist, especially on Iran. That’s what makes his column today on the mullahcracy’s fortunes interesting reading, as Ledeen sees the regime teetering after its proxies have lost ground. But is Ledeen a little too hopeful? First of all, the dramatic drop in oil prices is devastating to the mullahs, who had planned to be able to fund terrorist proxies throughout the Middle East, Europe and the Americas. Suddenly their bottom line is tinged with red, and this carries over onto their domestic balance sheets, which were already ...
No, Mike, Wishful Thinking Won’t Make It So - But Bombs Might
Daily Pundit —
Faster, Please! » Is Iran in Trouble?
After years of refusing to see Iran’s aggressive intentions, most sensible observers of things Middle Eastern now recognize that the most important terrorist organizations, from Islamic Jihad to Hezbollah and Hamas, are essentially Iranian proxies.
Duh. As if we here at DP haven’t been noticing this rather obvious fact for years now - which makes GWB’s obsession with Iraq look even crazier in hindsight than it did when he started out with it.
Of course Ledeen has been predicting ...
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/5/2009
Gates of Vienna —
... Is Iran in Trouble? by Michael Ledeen After years of refusing to see Iran’s aggressive intentions, most sensible observers of things Middle Eastern now recognize that the most important terrorist organizations, from Islamic Jihad to Hezbollah and Hamas, are essentially Iranian proxies. Figaro this weekend carries a story bluntly headlined “Iran Behind Hamas’ Grad Missiles,” and flatly states that Hamas military commanders have been trained in Iran and Syria to use the deadliest missiles in ...
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The Real Connection between Iran and Hamas
counterterrorismblog.org 1/13/2009 — Iran’s active state sponsorship of Middle East terrorist groups is well documented, from terrorist
and insurgent groups in Iraq and Afghanistan to Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas and PIJ in the West Bank and Gaza. The Iranian regime has been ...
Kristol Blue Extrapolation
swampland.blogs.time.com 1/6/2009 — Leave it to Bill Kristol to take the situation in Gaza--a necessary corrective action on Israel's part, I believe (with a few caveats)--and transform it into a call for war with Iran. But here he is, in today's Times:
The huge challenge for the ...
The business of princes
pajamasmedia.com 1/7/2009 — Kathryn Jean Lopez at the National Review cites a former CIA person who thinks Leon Panetta is a good appointment for DCI simply because he’s an outsider to the agency and would be in a position to break its culture. Panetta wouldn’t be ...
In Gaza, the real enemy is Iran - Los Angeles Times
latimes.com 1/4/2009 — Reporting from Jerusalem -- The images from the fighting in Gaza are harrowing but ultimately deceptive. They portray a mighty invading army, one equipped with F-16 jets that have bombed a civilian population defended by a few thousand fighters armed ...
We must talk Iran out of the bomb
theglobeandmail.com 12/24/2008 — When Barack Obama takes office in January, he will be greeted by many difficult challenges, beginning with the acute economic crisis. But he will not have the luxury of focusing on this exclusively. He will also have to contend with an array of ...
Obama picks Ross for policy on Mideast
israpundit.com 1/9/2009 — Nicholas Kralev, Washington Times
The incoming Obama administration has chosen former Middle East negotiator Dennis Ross to coordinate policy toward Iran and is unlikely to shift policy toward Israel in the near term, people familiar with the ...
Iran accuses Barack Obama of 'cowboy talk'
telegraph.co.uk 12/12/2008 — Iran's conservative parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani has branded US PresidentElect Barack Obama's comments on Tehran's nuclear activities as "cowboy" talk the ISNA news agency reported.
President Neophyte On Iran During The Fear Speech
stoptheaclu.com 2/10/2009 — So, how does Barry want to deal with Iran? Let's go to the transcript, which CNN scrubbed of all the um's and ah's and big pauses, sounding like a single dad trying to explain the birds and the bees to his daughter
Question: Thank you, Mr. President. ...
Bush puts onus on Hamas for any Gaza truce —
Reuters: Politics 1/5/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Monday that any ceasefire to end the Gaza crisis must include provisions to prevent Hamas from continuing to use the coastal strip to fire rockets into Israel.
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