Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas plans to renew efforts to establish diplomatic and other relations with the West. Hamas leaders said Arab allies were lobbying the European Union and United States to establish ties with the Islamist regime in the Gaza Strip. The Hamas leaders said the focus was for Western nations to […]
Wesley Pruden Sodomy is the latest hot thing in Washington. You don’t have to participate in it to think how cool it is. The love that dare not speak its name has become the passion that shouts from the housetops. Closets are emptying all over town. From now on – “going forward,” in the cliché […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. military’s European Command said that the government of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan was growing increasingly restless amid demands for an expanded defense alliance with the United States. Eucom said Ankara was seeking advanced combat platforms from Washington, including the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle. The report, submitted by […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — NATO has been drafting plans for a military option in Syria. A leading U.S. military commander said NATO was drafting and reviewing military contingencies against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad. U.S. European Command chief Adm. James Stavridis said Washington would join any NATO intervention in Syria. “The alliance […]
Sol W. Sanders That clanking and screeching you hear out of Washington, almost drowning out the caterwauling of the budget debate, is the Obama administration making a 180-degree turn on Pacific Ocean anti-missile defense. As usual with the cloying mainstream media, the significance of this complete reversal of strategy has been obfuscated at the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has been urged by Arab and Muslim organizations to suspend U.S. military aid to Israel. Arab and Muslim lobbyists invited to discuss Obama’s forthcoming visit to Israel and Jordan urged the president to reduce U.S. support for Israel during his second term. The lobbyists said the focus […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Syria’s military was declining. [See also: Syria’s future: Israel favors fragmentation while Saudis want reliable counter to Iran] The intelligence community assessed that the regime of President Bashar Assad was losing military and security assets amid the Sunni revolt. The community also determined […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been linked to an Iranian lobby under federal investigation. Hagel, who overcame severe opposition within Congress, was said to have been supported by the Alavi Foundation, believed subsidized by the Teheran regime. In 2007, Hagel, senator from 1997 until 2011, addressed a conference at Rutgers […]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner Sen. Rand Paul has lit a fuse, one that threatens to blow up President Obama’s secret drone program. The Kentucky Republican on Wednesday held a nearly 13-hour filibuster opposing John O. Brennan’s nomination as CIA director. Mr. Paul’s action was prompted by a shocking admission from the administration: Namely, Attorney General Eric […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — An outgoing U.S. military commander, in an assessment that disputed that of the intelligence community, warned that Iran was moving steadily toward nuclear weapons capability. Gen. James Mattis, ordered into early retirement amid reports that he opposed the Iranian reconciliation policy of President Barack Obama, said international sanctions on Teheran […]