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This is the second part of a three-part investigative report on the Dutch government’s contribution to the financing of the Ground Zero Mosque. It was translated by our Flemish correspondent VH from the Dutch-language section of the ICLA website. Part

Do the math. The 15 floors planned for the Ground Zero Mosque just don’t add up. What’s the goal? Maybe the Imam’s goal is not simply to force a provocative “insensitivity” about 9-11 on the American public, with the help

Torrential rains continued to pour down on Pakistan, worsening an already catastrophic situation, according to Dawn. The Indus river, which runs down the middle of Pakistan from top to bottom, almost for the entire length of the country, has been

I just got this video with a look at a firefight in Afghanistan like it actually looks. [youtube Bmh8EgvNP0M nolink] Below the fold is another, longer more intense fight from 2 years ago close to the border with Pakistan. There

A suicide bomb attack kills a senior police officer in Pakistan’s northwestern town of Peshawar.

Its easy to feel bad for Britain’s Prince Charles, after all the guy’s main purpose in life is to wait for his mum to die so he can take over her Job. Charlie has spend his life looking for his

As a follow-up to his earlier post on the topic, our Flemish correspondent VH has translated an article from the July 29 issue of Trouw about the Dutch government’s denial that it is helping to fund the mosque at Ground

In May, we exclusively broke the story that Taliban leader, Mullah Omar had been taken into the custody of Pakistan’s Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Since that time, there has been multiple reporting that supports our exclusive, including Colonel Oliver

Pakistan’s president Asif Ali Zardari has been urged to cancel his visit to the UK after David Cameron said parts of the country “exported terrorism”.

It was 20 years ago this week that young people in Kashmir, emboldened by the fall of the Berlin Wall, became a separatist insurgency demanding independence from India. Kashmir, known for its beautiful scenery, has become the focal point today

For what purposes is China going to use its growing military? No, they are not going to invade Florida. (Just drill for oil some 50 miles from Spring Break). Nevertheless, they are asserting hegemonic power and it is primarily related

During the Bush years, when the fight against Islamic terror was still relatively new, big newspapers and other media outlets raced to publish or broadcast major state secrets of the war. The New York Times splashed all over its front

During the Bush years, when the fight against Islamic terror was still relatively new, big newspapers and other media outlets raced to publish or broadcast major state secrets of the war. The New York Times splashed all over its front

*** Updated and clarified In a recent post, respected milblogger Bill Roggio of The Long War Journal had this to say about Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s status, a story we have been discussing since May: Mullah Omar is thought to

*** Updated and clarified In a recent post, respected milblogger Bill Roggio of The Long War Journal had this to say about Taliban leader Mullah Omar’s status, a story we have been discussing since May: Mullah Omar is thought to

Ah, the lefties think they smell blood in the water and the long knives have come out. Not only are they attacking Andrew Breitbart, they’re going after past stories on the BIG sites, most notably my piece on the capture

Ah, the lefties think they smell blood in the water and the long knives have come out. Not only are they attacking Andrew Breitbart, they’re going after past stories on the BIG sites, most notably my piece on the capture

On Tuesday of last week, Talib Hussein, a trusted Afghan soldier, launched a well-planned attack on his British soldier comrades, killing 3, and fled the camp. A spokesman for the Taliban claimed that he was a “sleeper,” planted in the

Previously on Big Peace we exposed Elena Kagan’s active support for Shariah Law. During her years as Dean of Harvard Law School, from 2003-2009, she ran and greatly expanded the Islamic Legal Studies Program. In publications and conferences, her program

The Center for Security Policy’s web ad raising questions about Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination targets her dedication to Shariah law: “As Dean of Harvard Law School, Elena Kagan banned military recruiters from campus because US law said they couldn’t

United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton held separate meetings with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani here and discussed ways to strengthen the bilateral relations

Hundreds of Muslim men staged a protest in Karachi, Pakistan on Sunday against a ban approved by France’s lower house of parliament on wearing burqa-style Islamic veils.

It seemed, no doubt, the fashionable thing to do at the time, and as in all Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan’s close relationships with Islamic law and Shariah jurists, she may have just wanted to please her Saudi donors supporting

“It is a pedagogical and cultural challenge. But it is also an enormous enrichment for both sides.” — Ilse Riesinger, director of the Butterfly School Our Austrian correspondent AMT drew our attention to the following article from last week’s Kurier,

Something slipped in during the July 4th holiday season. DAVID Cameron yesterday spelt out his five-year exit strategy for British forces in Afghanistan. While the Prime Minister said combat troops should be out by 2015, he said there would continue

According to news reports from around the world, two top jihadists are now in custody. Such news should be the cause for celebration by the United States and the rest of the Free World. The Obama administration, however, is likely

Jaw-dropping court testimony by Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square bomber, singlehandedly undermines Obama administration efforts to ignore the dangers of Islamism and jihad. Shahzad’s forthright statement of purpose stands out because jihadis, when facing legal charges, typically save their

As General Petraeus takes command of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, he needs to address five fundamental areas. First, he must increase the tempo with which we are training and delivering qualified Afghan National Army and Police units

**Post updated since publication. SSG Sal Giunta, a paratrooper w/ the 173rd Airborne, is likely to be the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War. He earned this by charging a group of Taliban who were trying

Beginning in June 2007, filmmaker Tim Hetherington and war correspondent Sebastian Junger embedded themselves with a U.S. Army platoon in the truly God-forsaken Korengal Valley of Afghanistan near the Pakistan border. A companion piece to Junger’s new book War, Restrepo

Announcer: Live, from the Lincoln Bedroom, the Executive Broadcasting System presents the EBS Nightly News with Robert Gibbs. ROBERT GIBBS: Good evening. On our broadcast tonight: New Osama tape — bin Laden vows to avenge Muslim pensioners hurt by BP

One month ago we broke the exclusive story of Mullah Omar’s capture. Additional confirmations have come from The Jawa Report, Oliver North, Milblogger Baba Tim, Blackfive.net, and even The Nation. Then, two weeks ago, Newsweek published a report that the

One month ago we broke the exclusive story of Mullah Omar’s capture. Additional confirmations have come from The Jawa Report, Oliver North, Milblogger Baba Tim, Blackfive.net, and even The Nation. Then, two weeks ago, Newsweek published a report that the

In an amusing coincidence, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and I were both in Latin America this week offering fiscal policy advice. But it won’t surprise you to know that Mrs. Clinton’s suggestions are radically different than the advice I

At least seven people have been killed in Pakistan in an attack on military vehicles and goods destined for Nato troops in neighbouring Afghanistan.

On Friday, Newsweek “We Are All Socialists Now” Magazine published an article entitled, “Taliban in Turmoil.” In it they report: Dissension has broken out in the top ranks of Afghanistan’s Taliban. The group has muddled along without an operational head