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Israeli Petrol Company Halts Fuel Supplies to Palestinian Authority West Bank — The Israeli company that provides fuel to the Palestinian areas is cutting off supplies due to growing debts, Israeli and Palestinian officials said Wednesday, a move that could deepen a humanitarian crisis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The head of the Palestinian petrol commission, Mujahid Salame, said he expected gasoline supplies to run out by Thursday. "If this happens, there will be a humanitarian crisis," he said. Countrywatch: Israel He said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was in touch with American and European diplomats in hopes of...

Facing Down Iran Mark Steyn Our lives depend on it. Most Westerners read the map of the world like a Broadway marquee: north is top of the bill—America, Britain, Europe, Russia—and the rest dribbles away into a mass of supporting players punctuated by occasional Star Guests: India, China, Australia. Everyone else gets rounded up into groups: “Africa,” “Asia,” “Latin America.” But if you’re one of the down-page crowd, the center of the world is wherever you happen to be. Take Iran: it doesn’t fit into any of the groups. Indeed, it’s a buffer zone between most of the important ones:...

Just when I thought the whole Rush McNabb flap was getting to be boring Fox Sports had to go and open its mouth. If they had any decency, integrity and intellectual honesty they would have just let it go and not bothered to comment. But this is Terry Bradshaw, James Brown and Howie and Jimmy Johnson…not exactly the world elite in brains. I mean I used to enjoy their silly antics and found them amusing...but rocket scientists they were not. Note I said used to. This Sunday I turned them off. For good. The first glaringly annoying aspect of there...

http://www.petitiononline.com/USHR1146/petition.html HR 1146 is a bill that would pull the U.S. out of the U.N.

There is a lot of talk about how the U.N. is showing itself to be irrelevant and ineffective in the Iraq crisis. Such incompetence, many people are arguing, is just another reason why the United States should deal the death blow to the organization and withdraw. People are correct to conclude that the United States should withdraw from the U.N. but they are mistaken if they believe that the reason for this is the U.N.’s irrelevance. There are far more insidious reason’s for bringing an end to the organization to that. In order to see the true scope of the...

The time has come for the Administration to put it's money where it's mouth is and act. For months now we have been told about how dangerous Saddam Husein is, how deadly serious their weapons of mass destruction are. For months we have been told that Saddam is not disarming and must be made to disarm. I am sold. I believe. In fact most Americans believe. So what are we waiting for. Lets do it already. We are rapidly beginning to look foolish in this endeavor (which no doubt is precisely what France, Germany etc. want) First we say the...

America is Alone Alone? It may seem strange to some people to think of the United States as alone. I mean after all we get fed day after day with article after article, news story after news story, and politico speak after politico speak about all of our “friends”. Just look at the impressive list Great Britain, France, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Germany, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey. They list goes on and on. Interesting enough Israel rarely gets called our “friend” which I find ironic since their interests actually do coincide with ours…but that is a story for another day....

If only this were a knock-knock sort of joke. At least then there might be some humor in it. Unfortunately, it is the United Nations that is the real joke. And the United States that is the punch line. Just what is the problem with the United Nations? Well that is a long list but let me try to hit on some salient points. Lets start with the obvious. The United Nations represents the worst aspect of democracy to a tee. Being a true democratic organization allowing one vote for one country the UN has become a front for all...

The Coming World War Many people will disagree with the assertion made by the title. War they will say is not inevitable. Unfortunately they are not looking at the facts…or at least they are not looking at the history. 1400 years ago an Islamic Empire established itself, sweeping across North Africa and into Spain and even Southern France before finally being stopped by the Franks. This clash between Islam and Western Civilization (or as some would refer to it a clash between Islam and Christendom) has not ceased since that day. Muslim incursions into Europe occurred again and again over...

<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld issued a classified memo to the U.S. Special Operations command, ordering it to "capture or kill" the top leadership of al Qaeda, sources told CNN Friday.</p> <p>It would be the first time during the war on terrorism that a mission puts Special Operations, instead of the U.S. Central Command, in charge of its own counterterrorism efforts. The U.S. Central Command has been leading the war on terrorism.</p>