8-22-13 National Security Updates

By Ryan Mauro

It's been a big week in national security/Middle East news. Last week, I was on The Blaze twice and recorded two segments for CBN and over a dozen radio shows.

Million Muslim March: I was the one that originally brought a lot of attention to MD Rabbi Alam, the organizer of the "Million Muslim March." He’s very extreme and I’d be happy to debate him on your program. He seems very willing to do media. My articles on him:

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/missouri-pro-life-group-endorses-islamist-911-truther

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/missouri-right-to-life-stands-by-endorsement-of-islamist-911-truther

EGYPT: I’m getting lots of photos and videos from Egyptians who are furious at the media’s pro-Muslim Brotherhood coverage. The excessive force is deplorable, but there’s a complete other side to the story. I have constant updates on the situation but here’s one article I wrote with a lot of good information:

http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/muslim-brotherhood-vowing-bring-down-egyptian-regime

2016: I have an article coming out very soon about MD Governor Martin O’Malley, who said he is going to run in 2016. The article focuses on his very troubling stances regarding American Islamists, but also a little analysis of polls. Here’s an interesting observation:

"Other parts of the poll show there is an opportunity to challenge Clinton and, if she doesn’t run, Biden. Clinton is the least favorite candidate of 27% of Democrats and Biden is only three points behind her. About 20% favor a candidate that wasn’t listed and 20% are undecided. There is an opening for O’Malley and other candidates to make a good impression."

IRAN: Startling new video has Iran’s "moderate" president bragging about advancing the nuclear program through deception. There’s some additional smoking gun quotes in my article here:

http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/video-irans-rouhani-brags-nuclear-progress-deception

Also, the “moderate” president has nominated a Justice Minister that Iranian opposition sources tell me was involved in a 1988 massacre of political prisoners. The Defense Minister is a founder of Hezbollah.

Israeli-Palestinian "peace" talks: Obviously, I believe they will fail. Here’s one disturbing story I wrote. Kerry & Rice met with Muslim groups including at least two with extremist pasts in preparation for the peace talks. Unlike the Jewish groups they met with, the White House won’t release the names of the Muslim groups they met with.

http://www.clarionproject.org/analysis/white-house-refuses-identify-muslims-invited-meeting

Other stories at the Clarion Project: Acid attack on British teenage girls for singing in Yemen; U.N. agency financing Palestinian jihad; Al-Qaeda-linked rebels have captured an air base in Syria; the Second Wave of the Arab Spring: Finally, Some Good News!

Ryan Mauro is the ClarionProject.org's National Security Analyst, a fellow with the Clarion Project and is frequently interviewed on Fox News.

The Illusion of Peace Negotiations

By Joseph Klein

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are in Washington this week to meet face to face under State Department auspices. Although the talks are focusing initially on procedural issues rather than any substantive matters, Secretary of State John Kerry hailed their resumption as a major accomplishment.

In announcing the appointment of Martin Indyk, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, as the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations during a press briefing Monday morning, Kerry praised "the courageous leadership of Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Abbas" and "their willingness to make difficult decisions." [more...]

The Brotherhood’s Reach for Jihad

By Joseph Klein

Violence in Egypt continues to boil over on the streets of Cairo and other Egyptian cities, although you wouldn't necessarily know it from the media's obsession with the George Zimmerman verdict and the royal birth in England.

The New York Times described "running battles with firearms, bottles and rocks near Tahrir Square in Cairo and on the edges of two protest sites that have been held by Mr. Morsi's [former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi] Islamist supporters for weeks." At least nine people were killed in Cairo on Tuesday, bringing the total fatalities to 14 this week to date. This is on top of the more than 50 people, mostly Morsi supporters, who lost their lives on July 8th. [more...]

7-18-13 National Security Updates

By Ryan Mauro

Popular U.S. Imam: Constitution Inferior to Sharia

While you were spending Memorial Day weekend barbequing and honoring the U.S. servicemen who gave their lives for the country, 18,000 people attended an annual Muslim-American conference in Connecticut. An additional 14,000 watched online. And the message they heard from one prominent speaker was particularly offensive in light of the holiday: The U.S. Constitution is inferior to Islamic Sharia Law. [more...]

Iranian Gov't Front Group Funded Over 60 Islamic Sites in U.S.

 

Last week, the Clarion Project documented how an Iranian regime "propaganda" front donated to over 30 universities in North America. Published financial reports from that same front reveal that it also funded over 60 Islamic organizations, mosques, and Persian schools around the country. [more...]

 

Time to Label Nigerian Schoolchildren Slaughterers 'Terrorists'

The Clarion Project has started a petition to designate the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram as, well, a terrorist group. The Obama Administration's desire to end the war on terror and not pick any new fights is overriding common-sense and moral clarity. The United Kingdom has just branded Boko Haram as a terrorist group, so it's up to American citizens to sign the petition and tell their government to stop dragging its feet. [more...]

Go here to sign Clarion Project's petition calling on the Obama administration to designate Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Make a difference, sign now.

Not Too Fast: Morsi Downfall May Yet Herald Sharia for Egypt

The overthrow of Egyptian President Morsi is the biggest blow to the Muslim Brotherhood since its founding in 1928, but we mustn't allow our joy to make us overlook one disappointing fact: The Defense Minister is widely reported to be an Islamist and the new "constitutional declaration" declares Sunni Sharia to be the "main source of legislation." [more...]

Sounds of Silence: U.S. Islamists on the Egypt Revolution

The removal of Egyptian President Morsi due to a popular revolution and broadly supported military intervention is the top news headline in the world. But if you look at the Web sites of some of the most powerful Muslim Brotherhood-originated groups in America, you'd think you dreamt it all. It’s like it never happened. [more...]

Ryan Mauro is the ClarionProject.org’s National Security Analyst, a fellow with the Clarion Project and is frequently interviewed on Fox News.

U.S. Refuses to Designate Nigerian Jihadists as Foreign Terror Group

By Ryan Mauro

The Al-Qaeda-affiliated Boko Haram group in Nigeria is, by any definition, a foreign terrorist organization. The Obama Administration is refusing to designate it as such, arguing that it is not a direct threat to the U.S. In other words, it is choosing appeasement over moral clarity.

Boko Haram is roughly translated to mean that Western education is sacrilegious. The Islamist group is openly committed to "war" against the Federal Republic of Nigeria in order to create a “pure” Islamic country governed by Sharia law. Members often cite the Koranic verse, "anyone who is not governed by what Allah has revealed is among transgressors." [more...]

Go here to sign Clarion Project's petition calling on the Obama administration to designate Boko Haram a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Make a difference, sign now.

Ryan Mauro is the ClarionProject.org’s National Security Analyst, a fellow with the Clarion Project and is frequently interviewed on Fox News.

FBI's Most-Wanted Ads Blocked by Muslim Brotherhood Group

By Ryan Mauro

The U.S. government has long offered rewards for its most wanted terrorists as a way of incentivizing people to be on the lookout. Its success obviously relies upon widespread knowledge of the award and what the terrorists look like. For the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a U.S. Muslim Brotherhood entity, the fact that Americans would become aware that a majority of the most-wanted terrorists are Islamic extremists compelled it to take action. As usual, CAIR cried "Islamophobia," deployed its interfaith partners and was successful in having the most-wanted terrorist ads taken down. [more...]

Senator McCain's Arab Spring Syndrome

By Joseph Klein

Senator John McCain is suffering from the Arab Spring Syndrome. He remains convinced that democracy will flower in places like Syria and Egypt if given a chance.  He evidently believes that Islamists can be persuaded to fully participate in the electoral process and accept the will of the people. In the words of Bruce S. Thornton, a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, "McCain has a naive faith in the magic powers of 'democracy' to change a culture steeped in 14 centuries of religious intolerance, supremacism, and violence." [more...]