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Reason: Three reasons Benghazi matters

Ed Morrissey — Fri, 10 May 2013 20:41:08 +0000

Ramirez: Who moved my cheese?

With the lid coming off of what very clearly looks like an attempt to cover up the nature of the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Obama administration apologists have stepped up their efforts to flood the debate with paraphrases of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s attempt to shut down discussion of the White [...]

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UK — and US — pulling some staff from Tripoli as security deteriorates

Ed Morrissey — Fri, 10 May 2013 14:41:03 +0000

US issues a curious warning on Libya travel.

How well has that Western intervention worked out in Libya? Starting well over a year ago, Western nations all pulled out of Benghazi — the city the intervention was supposed to protect — after it became clear to all but the US that radical Islamist “militias” had seized control of the city and region. The [...]

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North Korea threatens “pre-emptive nuclear strikes” on US, South Korea

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:41:41 +0000

South Korea threatens strike on military command.

Impending sanctions has the Kim regime sounding more and more belligerent, and has now begun prompting a similar response from the other end of the Korean peninsula. As the US and China push the UN to tighten the sanctions on Pyonyang, the Foreign Ministry in North Korea threatened to conduct “pre-emptive nuclear strikes” on … [...]

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Germany reverses on Palestinian bid at UN General Assembly

Ed Morrissey — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:21:21 +0000

"We lost Europe."

The UN General Assembly will vote later today to admit the Palestinian Authority as a non-voting observer state, the first official recognition of statehood for the Palestine by the world body — boosted by Western approval, or at least tacit approval. Germany announced earlier this morning that it had reversed its earlier position and decided [...]

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