World Threats

A bit older of an article, but important nonetheless. From CAN: Muslims in London confronted a group of about a dozen extremists over their incendiary demonstrations, forcing police to intervene to hold the two groups apart, The Daily Mail reported May 30. The extremists had recently caused controversy by holding a protest against British soldiers [...]

Iranian sources are telling me that the numbers participating in the demonstrations have increased a bit today due to the Guardian Council’s announcement that the elections were the “cleanest” ever. NIAC reports that a member of the Guardian Council has said that Mousavi will not be allowed to run in future elections. The regime has [...]

Thousands are demonstrating at Tehran University against the regime’s killing and arresting of student protestors. Click here and here for footage sent to us of the demonstrations. Click here for video sent to us of clashes on Satar Khan Street yesterday. The security forces have closed all entrances and exits to Tehran University except for [...]

The Daily NK is reporting here that the DPRK is preparing to smuggle goods into North Korea from the PRC should the PRC decide to enforce the sanctions under Security Council Resolution 1874. This is one indicator that the North Korean economy may be under more than normal stress. This report dovetails with the report [...]

The terrorist group has stated what we already knew: They want to seize and use Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal. The head of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan, Mustafa Abd al-Yazid even said: “God willing, the nuclear weapons will not fall into the hands of the Americans and the mujahideen would take them and use them against the Americans.” [...]

Attention-whore Chavez has put his armed forces on alert, and has pledged to topple any new government that takes power in Honduras following the military coup, saying “We will bring them down. We will bring them down, I tell you.” Venezuela is also threatening a military response if any of its officials are harmed or [...]

Reuters is reporting that during the coup, the Cuban ambassador was taken away by the troops and that the Venezuelan ambassador was beaten and left by the side of the road. In response, President Chavez of Venezuela has put his armed forces on alert. The same Reuters story has the leaders of the ALBA countries [...]

Amir Taheri opines that the opposition movement can be divided into three parts: The “minimalists” following Mousavi that are focusing on one demand (new, free election) that does not call for altering the constitution; those following Mehdi Karroubi, who wants new laws to prevent security forces from interfering in politics, constitutional amendments, and removal of Khamenei [...]

CNN reports that 5,000 marched in Tehran near Ghoba Mosque, as police told them to move faster (and the crowd purpously walked slowly). The rally was supposed to honor Mohammed Behesthi, a cleric who was killed in a bombing 28 years ago today by the Mujahideen-e-Khalq opposition group. However, the rally was more of an [...]

Soldiers surrounded the home of President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras today, a democratically-elected friend of Castro and Chavez, and forced him into exile. This coup came shortly before the nation voted on whether to create an assembly to rewrite the constitution on Zelaya’s orders, even though the Supreme Court said it was illegal and it was opposed by [...]

Joshua Muravchik has written one of the best articles discussing the trend against extremism in the Muslim world I have read.  He writes that the moderates have had significant victories in elections in Morocco (2007), Jordan (2007), Pakistan (2008), Indonesia (2009), Kuwait (2009), and Lebanon (2009). Polls have also shown a near-apocalyptic (for the extremists) [...]