CSP Daily Brief: Monday, August 26, 2013
The Latest From the Center…
- Frank Gaffney’s Weekly Article: Obama’s vanishing deterrent
- Shariah Finance Watch: US Sanctions Islamic School in Pakistan for Supporting Lashkar e Taiba
- Shariah Finance Watch: Report: Obama’s Brother Tied to Muslim Brotherhood Investments
- Shariah Finance Watch: An Idea from Pat Condell: Boycott Halal
…and From our Colleagues
- Mackenzie Eaglen in Breaking Defense: Hagel’s Strategic Review Falls Short; Make Hard Choices Now
- Deborah Weiss: Fort Hood Trial: Don’t Say the “T” Word
- Gatestone Institute: Britain: Muslim TV Hate Preachers “Inciting Murder”
Secure Freedom Radio
- Hezbollah’s Role in the Middle East Turnmoil: with Shoshana Bryen, Emanuele Ottolenghi, Michael Ledeen, Bill Gertz
- Secure Freedom Minute: Boko Haram
News
- U.S. Talks Tough on Syria, Ramps Up Attack Planning
- 4 US Destroyers Positioned Near Syria as Obama, Security Team Discuss Options
- Israeli intelligence ties Syrian gas attack to Assad
- UN says vehicle shot at by snipers near Damascus
- U.S. would only act on Syria with international community: Hagel
- Turkey says it would join coalition against Assad
- Bashar Assad: ‘Failure awaits’ the U.S. in Syria
- Convicted Fort Hood gunman begins sentencing phase
- Military Removes Commander of Nuclear Unit
- Russians investigate West Coast missile defense base
- Egyptian Islamist groups seek truce
- Thousands of Bahrainis march peacefully for democratic reforms
- Palestinians call off peace talks after clash
- Joint chiefs chairman heads to Jordan for security talks
- Insurgents in Iraq kill 23, officials say
- Iran’s Khamenei blames outsiders for Middle East’s woes
- Afghan leader in Pakistan to discuss peace talks
- Taliban suicide bombers kill 2 Afghan soldiers
- China Launches Three ASAT Satellites: Small maneuvering orbiters include one with a robotic arm
Commentary
- CROWLEY: The Two Big Reasons Obama Might Strike Syria
- GOLAN-VIELLA: Washington’s Strange Strategy-Review Ritual
- GOMPERT AND KELLY: U.S., China and an unthinkable war
- LEDEEN: The Road to Damascus Starts in Tehran
- O’GRADY: Chavez’s Inflation Bites His Successor
- ROBERTS: Syria’s Gas Attack on Civilization
- SMITH: Assad Calls Obama’s Bluff
- STRAUB: Veterans Affairs Vows to End Backlog of Disability Claims
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