Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini openly admits his commitment to Israel, the memory of the Holocaust and the fight against resurgent anti-Semitism, and proudly states that "the Jewish community always receives me as the great friend I feel I am."
In 2007 I wrote this in the Journal of International Security Affairs: "Aweys, who became the [Islamic Courts Union] group’s leader around the same time it began to gain significant power in Somalia, struck an explicitly anti-American posture and spoke of the Islamic Courts’ effort to take control of Somalia as part of the global jihad, vowing to fight America and its allies 'everywhere, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia and Sudan.'â€
More signs of escalation as Pakistan continues its deterioration into a failed state -- a failed state with nuclear weapons. "Taliban attack Christians in Karachi," by Qaiser Felix for AsiaNews
No worries: once they take over Pakistan, Obama will sit down and talk with them without preconditions, and straighten everything out. "Taliban turn children into live bombs," from the Daily Times, April 23 (thanks to Jeffrey Imm):
Israeli businessman returns from Europe after Mossad warns him of kidnapping plot
Gaza – Ma’an – Hamas harshly criticized on Thursday a comment by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the US will not recognize Palestinian government unless the Islamic movement recognizes Israel.
Iraqi TV reports Abu Omar al-Baghdadi has been caught
Obama pledges to confront Holocaust deniers
A diplomatic source has told Al-Masry Al-Youm that Cairo has started preparing the agenda for President Hosni Mubarak's upcoming visit to Washington. The White House announced yesterday that this visit would take place before June 6.
CAIRO, April 22 (UPI) -- Analysts with the United Nations praised a Cairo decision to include human rights in its draft of a counter-terrorism law set to replace a state of emergency.