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Sexual Starvation and Jihad Fantasies

January 28, 2010 By Miranda Devine 6 Comments

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Dr. Jamie Glazov provides the best psychological explanation for what drives Islamist suicide bombers like Abdulmutallab.

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Obama takes steps to bolster security – latimes.com

January 8, 2010 By Jacob Laksin Leave a Comment

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Declaring that “the buck stops with me,” President Obama on Thursday released the results of an internal investigation into the Christmas Day airline bombing attempt and ordered a series of incremental measures meant to close gaps in the U.S. intelligence system that failed to detect it in advance.The president avoided blaming any particular agency or [...]

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Sullivan Suck Up Watch: Obama the Un-Bush?

January 7, 2010 By Peter Collier Leave a Comment

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Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan served once more as low level public relations officer for the administration when he pretends to buy the White House spin that Obama has heroically spoken out about the underwear bomber in a way that shows how much he means business and marks him once again as the “un Bush.”
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Security Theater Now Playing at Your Airport – by Daniel Pipes

January 5, 2010 By Daniel Pipes 21 Comments

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Is America willing to embrace the strategies necessary to stop terrorism?

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Top 10 Disasters of Flight 253 – by Jamie Glazov

January 5, 2010 By Jamie Glazov 26 Comments

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The catastrophe of Abdulmutallab’s attempted Christmas present was only the beginning.

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What the Near-Tragedy in Detroit Revealed – by Daniel Pipes

December 28, 2009 By Daniel Pipes 43 Comments

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Will America now open its eyes to the sad state of counterterrorism eight years after 9/11?

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Security reviews under way after airliner attack – AP

December 27, 2009 By Jacob Laksin Leave a Comment

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Investigators piecing together a brazen attempt to bring down a trans-Atlantic airliner said Sunday the suspect tucked a small bag holding his deadly concoction on his body, using an explosive that would have been easily detected with the right airport equipment. His success in smuggling and partially igniting the material on Friday’s flight to Detroit [...]

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Passengers help foil attack on Detroit-bound plane – AP

December 26, 2009 By Jacob Laksin 1 Comment

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ROMULUS, Mich. – An attempted terrorist attack on a Christmas Day flight began with a pop and a puff of smoke — sending passengers scrambling to subdue a Nigerian man who claimed to be acting on orders from al-Qaida to blow up the airliner, officials and travelers said. The commotion began as Northwest Airlines Flight [...]

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