Wednesday, November 13, 2013

11-13-13 National Security Updates


Rouhani's Deceptive Negotiations: We've Seen This Play's Rehearsal

By striking a nuclear deal with the U.S., the Iran's so-called "moderate" President Rouhani is hoping to take one step back so he can take two steps forward. When he was the nuclear negotiator, he bragged about how he skillfully and deceptively manipulated the West so the program could advance. We've already seen the rehearsal for this play. [more...]


Islamist Super-Bloc Begins Forming in the Middle East

A monumental strategic shift is taking place in the Middle East as an Islamist super-bloc is forming. Turkey and the Muslim Brotherhood are making up with Iran and Hezbollah. Egypt and the Gulf states are forming their own alliance. The U.S. outreach to Iran and the Brotherhood has left it missing from the equation. [more...]


Egyptian Paper Names 30 Brotherhood Operatives in U.S.

One of Egypt’s most widely-read newspapers El-Watan has published a list of 30 alleged Muslim Brotherhood fronts and operatives in the U.S. that were tasked with winning public support for the Islamist group. Citing unnamed "informed sources," journalist Ahmed al-Tahiri says the Muslim Brotherhood has a “lobby inside America.” Raymond Ibrahim translated the article verbatim. It opens by describing the goal of the political influence operation: [more...]


Federal Agency Funds Student Outreach by Brotherhood Entity

The National Endowment for the Humanities says it "strengthens our republic by promoting excellence in the humanities." Apparently, the federal agency believes that funding student outreach by the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity, fits this description. On October 24, IIIT held an outreach event at Shenandoah University in Winchester, VA with the school's Muslim Students Association, another group founded by the Muslim Brotherhood. [more...]

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