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9 Oct. 2019
US Military Gains Custody Of 2 British Men Accused Of Involvement In Death Of Journalist James Foley
Plan to prosecute them in a Virginia court
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9 Oct. 2019
Trump Says He’ll ‘Wipe Out’ Turkish Economy If Turkey Takes Out Kurdish Population
‘I will wipe out his economy if that happens’
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17 Apr. 2024
The Social Compact with Canadian Jews Is Broken and Needs to be Restored
Given their small numbers and the omnipresence of antisemitism, the Jewish community is reliant on protection from society: the courts, the legal system, the police and public sentiment itself. That is the social compact under which the community is able
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21 Mar. 2017
The Most Dangerous Addiction of Them All: Entitlements
All addictions — whether to drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex or cigarettes — are very hard to escape. There is one addiction, however, that may be more difficult than any other to escape, in part because it is not even regarded as an addiction. It is entitlements addiction, the addiction to getting something for nothing. One
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17 Apr. 2024
Open Letter to US Adversaries, the White House, Congress, Donald Trump, and the Pentagon
In the end, because of Israel’s robust defense technology, Iran’s recent drone and ballistic missile attack on Israel’s urban centers was little more than a potentially deadly fireworks show, reportedly choreographed by the United States, in
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10 Apr. 2024
Tehran Flooding Judea and Samaria with Weapons, Iranian Officials Tell NYT
Iranian officials told the Times that Tehran had not singled out one particular terrorist organization it would support with firearms and ammunition, choosing instead to inundate the area with weapons. The majority of the weapons smuggled into Judea and
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28 Feb. 2017
A Nation of Immigrants — Only If They Assimilate
I am writing this column in Japan, a country whose crime rate is the lowest among countries with large populations. I asked my Japanese translator, a middle-aged woman, what she thought. “Why is there is so little crime in Japan?” I asked. Without taking a moment to reflect, she responded, “Because we don’t allow immigration...
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4 Apr. 2017
It’s Time for Conservatives to Celebrate This President
Do conservatives — or non-leftists, for that matter — appreciate just how terrific Donald Trump has been as president? And how lucky we are that he won the presidency? I don’t know the answer. What I do know is that they ought to be deeply appreciative of him, and deeply grateful for luck or providence,
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14 Apr. 2024
The Destruction of Iran's Terrorist Hub in Damascus Was Entirely Justified
Iran’s decision to rely on groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas to prosecute its war against Israel has resulted in the Israelis regularly having to retaliate with air strikes against Iranian and Hezbollah targets in Syria and Lebanon in an attempt to
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2 Mar. 2018
Two arrested in Japanese fast-train bid-rigging case
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Kajima Corp official and a former executive of Taisei Corp were arrested on Friday as part of an investigation into the suspected rigging of bids for a Japanese high-speed rail project, prosecutors said. Prosecutors are in
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2 Mar. 2018
Indonesia considers house arrest for ailing radical cleric
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Indonesian government is considering house arrest or other forms of clemency for the ailing radical cleric who was the ideological leader of the Bali bombers and is now in prison for helping to fund a jihadist training cam
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2 Mar. 2018
Burkina Faso police director general says capital is being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso police director general says capital is being attacked by suspected Islamic extremists.
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