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Clifford D. May
Scripps Howard News Service
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Lee Smith
The Weekly Standard
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Thomas Joscelyn
The Weekly Standard
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"Dictators & Dissidents"
December 6-7, 2012
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Obama Needs to Push EU to Ban Hezbollah
Senator Joseph Lieberman (I., Conn.) sponsored a resolution earlier this month urging “the President to make available to European allies and the European public information about Hizballah’s terrorist activities.” more...
Tackling Tehran
With each passing month, Iran appears closer to the nuclear capability threshold everyone expects to be a regional game-changer. With diplomacy unable to yield a desirable compromise and widespread... more...
‘Foreigners’ Reported Killed in US Drone Strike in Pakistan
The US launched its first airstrike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agencies in 11 days, killing four "militants," possibly inkling some foreigners. The remotely-piloted Predators... more...
A Historic Settlement?
On Monday, the Hezbollah-aligned al-Akhbar published an interview with Syria’s Vice President Farouq al-Sharaa entitled “Decisive military victory is an illusion. The solution is a historic settlement.” more...
Jews in the Judean Desert?
More than 40,000 people have been slaughtered in Syria and the death toll rises daily. The European Union does not appear to be particularly concerned. North Korea’s rulers have launched a three-stage rocket... more...
FDD Applauds Canada for Designating Iran’s Quds Force a Terrorist Group
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies congratulates Canada for designating the Iranian regime’s Quds Force as a terrorist organization. more...
Will EU Heed Washington’s Calls to Ban Hezbollah?
US senators urged the European Union last week, in a resolution sponsored by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Connecticut), to take sanctions action against Hezbollah in Europe. more...
After Abbas
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas went to the United Nations last month and brought his people one step closer to statehood. But amid all the fanfare, Western diplomats quietly conceded that the General Assembly... more...