Since leaving the Senate in 1995, U.S. envoy George J. Mitchell has taken on one seemingly intractable problem after another. ...more

January 26, 2009

War in the Gaza Strip demonstrates yet again that the current governance paradigm for the Palestinian people has failed. Terrorists financed and supplied by Iran control Gaza; the Palestinian Authority is broken, probably irretrievably; and economic development is stalled in Gaza and the West Bank. Palestinians are suffering the consequences of regional power struggles played out through them as surrogates. ...more

January 7, 2009

Max Risner of Hudson says United States should tap carbon fuel resources to break dependence on Middle Eastern sources. ...more

August 13, 2008

The guilty plea signed on Friday by former University of South Florida student Ahmed Mohamed confirms the worst fears of many in the post-9/11 United States: Despite the government's efforts to keep them out, individuals who espouse Islamic terrorism continue to slip into the United States. ...more

June 17, 2008

The United Arab Emirates announced Thursday it will name an ambassador to Baghdad in the coming days, the first Arab country to restore full diplomatic ties to Iraq since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. ...more

June 6, 2008

Hundreds of mourners visited the tomb of Saddam Hussein on Sunday to light candles and recite the Quran in memory of the ousted dictator who was hanged a year ago. ...more

December 31, 2007

Egypt and Saudi Arabia backed an upcoming U.S.-sponsored Mideast peace conference Saturday as a way to set the stage for a final agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, an Egyptian official said. ...more

November 11, 2007

TAMPA - A University of South Florida student told investigators he made a videotape about remote bomb detonation to help people in Arab countries fight invading infidels, including U.S. military forces, according to an FBI affidavit. ...more

September 27, 2007