3-20-13 National Security Updates

By Ryan Mauro

New Syrian Rebel Leader Was CAIR Official

The Syrian Opposition Coalition has elected an interim prime minister under U.S. pressure. And it chose a former representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in Texas named Ghassan Hitto, disappointing secularists who “withdrew before the vote to protest what they described as a hasty foreign-backed push to appoint Hitto.” [more...]

Obama Meets With Pro-Hezbollah Groups Ahead of Mideast Trip

On Monday, President Obama prepared for his trip to the Middle East by meeting with around 10 Muslim and Arab officials that provided him with "recommendations." The attendees included representatives from the Muslim Public Affairs Council and the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, two anti-Israel groups with a record of pro-Hezbollah advocacy. The meeting came four days after his meeting with Jewish leaders. [more...]

Christie Continues Engagement with Hamas-Linked Mosque

Last month, N.J. Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa attended the Friday services of the Islamic Center of Passaic County, continuing the Christie Administration’s engagement with the Hamas-linked mosque and its imam, Mohammad Qatanani. Immigration officials have sought unsuccessfully to tie Mohammad Qatanani to Palestinian terrorist groups and he is supported by Christie and N.J. law enforcement. Actually, the Department of Homeland Security is still seeking his deportation because of the extensive evidence linking him to Hamas. [more...]

Imam Preaches Armed Jihad in VA High School

An Islamist imam spoke in support of armed jihad at an event held in a Virginia high school on January 26, a video from the event shows. The event was put together by the First Hijrah Foundation and held at the TC Williams high school in Virginia. According to the organizers, the event's purpose was to "to commemorate the first anniversary of Ethiopian Muslims' peaceful struggle for justice and freedom of religion and fundraising for the families of the unjustly detained scholars of Ethiopian Muslims." [more...]

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The Man Shaping Obama’s Strategy on Israel

By Joseph Klein

The New York Times published a front page story on Saturday, March 16th lauding Benjamin J. Rhodes, President Obama's "35-year old deputy national security adviser with a soft voice, strong opinions and a reputation around the White House as the man who channels Mr. Obama on foreign policy." Rhodes successfully led the charge to persuade Obama to throw Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak under the bus and to intervene militarily in Libya to help topple Muammar el-Qadaffi. Now Rhodes is shaping President Obama's public charm offensive that will be on display during his visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this week. [more...]

2-21-13 National Security Updates

By Ryan Mauro

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American Muslim Jurists: Offensive Jihad -- Not Yet

The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America (AMJA) opposes offensive jihad in the West, but for reasons that may surprise you. In an Arabic fatwa (religious decree) that doesn’t appear on its English Web site, it states that “the Islamic community does not possess the strength to engage in offensive jihad at this time [emphasis added].” This doesn’t mean that all jihad is to be abandoned. “With our current capabilities, we are aspiring towards defensive jihad, and to improve our position with regards to jurisprudence at this stage. But there is a different discussion for each situation,” it said. [more...]

CAIR: War on Terror Is Made Up

On February 11, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sent out a newsletter with the subject line, “Creating America’s War on Terror.” The message is that the U.S. government is victimizing Muslim Americans under the guise of a made-up war on terrorism. The Islamist terror threat is the creation of a money-seeking FBI. In making its case, CAIR linked to a radio segment on an interfaith-themed radio show. [more...]

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2-15-13 National Security Updates

By Ryan Mauro

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Report: Hamas Thugs Come to Morsi's Rescue

The Muslim Brotherhood is losing the very thing that brought it to power in Egypt: popularity. President Morsi’s power grab and his Sharia-instituting constitution has destabilized his rule, sparking ongoing protests and bloody clashes. There are now unverified reports that Morsi has even resorted to importing Hamas terrorists to serve as loyal protectors. [more...]

Wounded Pakistani Girl - More Powerful Symbol than Ever

The Taliban and like-minded Islamists should be scared. Malala Yousafzai, only 14-years old when she was shot in the head by a Taliban terrorist for daring to promote girls’ education, is recovering from surgery in the U.K. and is already promoting the Malala Fund to support her cause and vowing to continue her fight. [more...]

Syrian Possibly Behind U.S. Embassy Bombing in Turkey

On Friday, February 1, a suicide bombing took place outside the U.S. embassy in Turkey, killing a Turkish security guard and wounding another. The Turkish government says this was not the work of Islamist terrorists. The bomber belonged to the Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C), a Marxist-Leninist terrorist group and a group has ties to the Assad dictatorship of Syria. This raises the possibility that Assad used DHKP-C to take revenge on Turkey for supporting the Syrian rebels. [more...]

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U.N. Dithers in Response to North Korean Provocation

By Joseph Klein

Once again North Korea has thumbed its nose at the international community, including its ally China, by confirming on Tuesday (February 12th) that it had conducted its third and most powerful nuclear test. "A third nuclear test has been successfully staged," the North's state-run Korean Central News agency said. "The nuclear test was conducted as part of measures to protect our national security and sovereignty against the reckless hostility of the United States that violated our republic’s right for a peaceful satellite launch." [more...]

Why Israel Was Justified in Attacking Syria

By Joseph Klein

Last August, Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah threatened Israel with the use of precision rockets in Hezbollah's possession which, Nasrallah warned, could turn the lives of "hundreds of thousands of Zionists to real hell, and we can talk about tens of thousands of dead." Yet the international community has not lifted a finger to enforce the terms of the Security Council resolutions requiring the disarming of Hezbollah, not to mention the embargo on further arms shipments to Hezbollah. With Syria in a virtual death spiral and more sophisticated arms on their way to Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel saw little choice but to enforce the Security Council resolutions itself for the sake of protecting its own civilian population.

Israel stopped its fighting with Hezbollah in 2006 upon assurances that effective steps would be taken to stop the flow of arms to Hezbollah. The opposite has occurred. Israel could no longer stand by and watch a flood of conventional and unconventional weapons leaving war-torn Syria and ending up in the hands of terrorists who had threatened to kill tens of thousands of Israelis. Israel did no more than enforce the Security Council’s own resolutions. [more...]

Petition: America Demands Answers on Benghazi

Last Friday, a terrorist blew himself up at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey. Unfortunately, it probably won’t be the last time this occurs. This is what happens when American leadership signals weakness, indecision and wavering in response to the threat of radical Islam.

Our enemies didn’t miss President Obama’s mixed-message response to the Benghazi consulate attack. They are very well aware that an arrest has yet to be made. And Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's outrageous response during her congressional testimony: "What difference, at this point, does it make?" didn't get past them either.

While the American people still don’t have answers to many of the questions swirling around Benghazi, our enemies have drawn their own conclusions: they see weakness, confusion and indecision, and they have become emboldened as a result. Answers to the critical questions about the attack on America that weren’t forthcoming at the House and Senate hearings are long overdue.

This is why ACT! for America is mobilizing citizens to sign an open letter to the House leadership demanding the creation of a House Select Committee to thoroughly investigate what happened in Benghazi.

We and the victims' families demand answers to questions, such as:

• Exactly who was responsible for the attack?
• Why is it that not even one of the terror suspects has been taken into custody?
• Why did members of the Administration falsely claim on numerous occasions that a low-budget movie was the catalyst for the attack - an explanation known to be untrue?
• Why was there no immediate military response during the attack to either rescue the victims or recover the bodies?
• Is it true - as the New York Times reported - that militants involved in the recent attack of an Algerian gas complex were also involved in the Benghazi incident?

Rep. Frank Wolf has introduced H. Res. 36, which calls for the creation of this Select Committee. The House leadership needs to hear from the grassroots that there is a demand for the creation of this committee to thoroughly investigate what happened in Benghazi.

How many more of our embassies are now in the crosshairs of Islamic jihadists as a result of this Administration's lack of leadership and a call for justice?