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Around Town …

By On April 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Over at the Export Law Blog a nice jab at the State Department’s definition of what should constitute a “defense service” under U.S. law. A gut feeling though, this rule is not going to die an easy death. I think the media, and the Obama Administration, spent too much time yesterday on the birther [...]

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FARCleaks

By On April 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Three years after Colombia’s successful raid of a terrorist camp in Ecuador, a European think tank has announced that it will release a report of the contents of a computer seized during the operation that belonged to a FARC commander, Raul Reyes. According to the International Institute for Strategic Studies announcement the publication:

“provides unique insights [...]

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The UN’s Ongoing War on Israel

By On April 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Over at the Legal Insurrection blog, Cornell School of Law Professor Jacobson penned an item that reminds us all of the lunacy that is the United Nations Human Rights Council:

Yemen government forces have cracked down leading to many deaths.  Iran routinely decimates opposition protesters. So what is the U.N. Human Rights Council going to do [...]

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Made in Pyongyang

By On April 13, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In October 2008, the Bush Administration removed North Korea, according to some proliferation experts erroneously, from the state sponsors of terrorism list. Now a Republican House of Representatives is considering a trade agreement (KORUS FTA) that may give the North Koreans a way to avoid U.S. sanctions on goods from the communist state. The legislation [...]

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Hialeah PA Arms Smuggling Trial Begins

By On January 25, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Miami Herald reports this morning that the Hialeah “terrorists” trial started this week in South Florida.

Abdalaziz Aziz Hamayel, a Palestinian national, and his co-conspirator Yanny Agula Urbay, a Cuban national, sought to purchase and export to the Palestinian Authority at least 300 M-16 rifles, 9 mm handguns, Uzi submachine guns, silencers, [...]

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VoA: US Officials Say Iran is Feeling Pinch of Economic Sanctions

By On December 2, 2010 · 2 Comments

Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey testified yesterday before a Congressional committee on the implementation of economic sanctions on the Iranian regime.   He said quite a bit during the hearing, but what was most of note were his comments on the recently enacted law, the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act [...]

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