According to Janes Defence Weekly, via the Jerusalem Post, comes word that Iran and Syria are now short some officers, engineers and scientists. Proof of cooperation between Iran and Syria in the proliferation and development of weapons of mass destruction was brought to light Monday in a Jane's Defence Weekly report that dozens of Iranian […]
There's good foreign aid and there's bad foreign aid. Helping prevent the spread of AIDS in Africa: Good. Giving one red cent to the neanderthal thugs sitting on the Middle East's largest proven oil reserves: Bad. The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Friday to prohibit any aid to Saudi Arabia as lawmakers accused the […]
A new report reveals that the Iranians tried to capture some Aussie sailors back in 2004 -- and the Aussies were having none of it. The BBC reported earlier today that Iranian naval forces tried to capture the boarding team, but were repelled in the face of machine guns and "highly colourful language". Quoting a […]
Today's New York Times op-ed page has a piece from an alternate universe. The piece, "What Hamas Wants," is by the political adviser to Hamas' since-deposed Palestinian prime minister. THE events in Gaza over the last few days have been described in the West as a coup. In essence, they have been the opposite. Eighteen […]
For those of you following the news the past week, you'll know that the Gaza Strip has turned into ground zero for the Palestinian civil war. For the record, we here at Hoystory wish to remind you that Islamic terrorists don't just hate Jews, they hate Christians too. Father Manuel Musalam, leader of the small […]
Democrats want the CIA to spend resources on global warming Richard Perle takes on George Tenet and the CIA Nancy Pelosi's buddy jails a human rights activist
Former President Bill Clinton has opened his mouth again and re-emphasizes that he wasted a chance at peace in the Middle East so that he could be serviced by an intern. A peace agreement between Israel and Syria could be reached within 35 minutes, former U.S. president Bill Clinton told the Lebanon-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper […]
Let's take a quick moment to chuckle at the fact that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has said that she'd go to Iran to talk with Iranian President wacko/figurehead Mahmoud Imadinnerjacket without preconditions but initially wouldn't talk with President Bush about the supplemental funding bill for the troops in Iraq unless he agreed to […]
Former Saudi ambassasdor to the United States, Prince "Big" Turki Al-Faisal, had some interesting things to say today. This bit, I'm going to take as an invitation. “We fear nothing. We are not closed. And we do not cocoon ourselves...Unfortunately, after Sept.11 our traditions, customs, and religion were put under the spotlight,” he said. So, […]
Great Britain is no longer a great power -- and it's not because of a lack of military might. A recent poll commissioned by the Daily Telegraph (U.K.) reveals that British public opinion is pretty cool with the capture of their sailors and Royal Marines by the Iranians. 7% favour preparing for miltiary action at […]