U.S., Israel Discuss Triggers for Bombing Iran’s Nuclear Infrastructure  – The Obama administration is trying to assure Israel privately that it would strike Iran militarily if Tehran’s nuclear program crosses certain “red lines”—while attempting to dissuade the Israelis from acting unilaterally. Eli Lake reports exclusively.

When Defense Secretary Leon Panetta opined earlier this month that an Israeli attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities could “consume the Middle East in a confrontation and a conflict that we would regret,” the Israelis went ballistic behind the scenes. Michael Oren, Israel’s ambassador to Washington, lodged a formal diplomatic protest known as a demarche. And the White House was thrust into action, reassuring the Israelis that the administration had its own “red lines” that would trigger military action against Iran, and that there is no need for Jerusalem to act unilaterally. (more…)

The “no-way” knee jerk reaction one would normally have to reading such an incendiary headline is unfortunately tempered by reality.  Yes,… sadly;  Way.  

To understand this article outlining how the Obama administration could possibly even fathom to use Al-Qardawi, the spiritual leader for the Muslim Brotherhood, to negotiate with the Taliban, you must first remember the comment from Vice-President Biden that drew jaws to the floor like 10G magnets under a mouth full of fillings.  

Biden said two weeks ago “the Taliban were not our enemy“, remember that?   Obviously there was considerable backlash from those who are indeed connected to reality, and who do actually recognize that bullets being shot, and IED bombs being deployed to kill U.S. forces in Afghanistan, are being fired at us and set by the Taliban.  But I digress.

So here is an interesting article outlining the motive that Joe Biden would have to begin to change the narrative:  (Via IPT) Radical Islamist cleric and longtime Muslim Brotherhood spiritual guide Yusuf al-Qaradawi serves as a “key mediator in secret talks between the U.S. and the Taliban,” according to unnamed government sources referenced in a report published late Wednesday in The Hindu.

In early December, the report said, “Qaradawi helped draw a road map for a deal between the Taliban and the United States, aimed at giving the superpower a face-saving political settlement ahead of its planned withdrawal from Afghanistan.” The United States is expected to begin pulling out of Afghanistan in 2014. (more…)

The outlook just keeps looking worse and worse…….
CAIRO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood and Salafists have won 42 individual seats in the run-off round of the first stage of the country’s parliamentary elections, state media reported Wednesday, citing preliminary results.

The two most powerful Islamic forces in Egypt gained 80 percent of the 52 individual seats contested in the run-off, consolidating their gains in the first stage of the multi-phase polls, the Ahram newspaper said. Final results for the second round of vote will be announced Thursday. (more…)

(Haaretz) — The Muslim Brotherhood’s party appeared to be leading Egypt’s elections on Wednesday after 90 percent of the votes in a number of cities and provinces were counted, according to Al Jazeera.

Egypt’s Al Nour party, considered a radical Islamic party, appeared to be in second place behind the Muslim Brotherhood, and the centrist party is only in third place, according to Al Jazeera. (more…)

CAIRO — The Muslim Brotherhood goes into Egypt’s first free election in living memory with a strong hand enhanced by recent unrest. Well-organized, the Islamists will be able to get out their vote, even if fears of violence hit the overall turnout.

By far the best-drilled group in the country, the Islamists were in a good position even before the latest unrest triggered by protests against the military rulers who assumed power after Hosni Mubarak was overthrown in February. (more…)

Last weekend hundreds of thousands of Egyptians took to Tahrir Square in what was the largest swell of protest since the Hosni Mubarak overthrow.   The radical elements within the egyptian angst are being mostly ignored and not reported by the mainstream Western media.   However, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the anticipated outcome of radical Islamists controlling the government in the upcoming election is all but certain.  The Egyptian military has been in a precarious position of trying to be the counter balance to offset the rise of al-Qadea elements.
(RT CAIRO) — There’s growing belief among some commentators that the Muslim Brotherhood may be behind the new protests in Cairo. Jerusalem Post author and correspondent Yaakov Lappin says that there is a chance that Islamists could eventually take power in Egypt.

“Unlike the first round, the first time that Egypt blew up with this kind of anti-regime violence, the Muslim Brotherhood is now leading these demonstrations, this civil unrest,” he told RT. (more…)

*BUMPED* Russia Warns Israel Not To Strike Iran – Military action against Iran would be a “very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences“, Russia’s foreign minister has warned.  (Read More)
You might have read much media chatter about a possible air strike being planned by the Israelis on Iranian nuclear facilities in an effort to stop them from finishing their design for a nuclear weapon.   Some people have speculated and queried about whether the United States would be informed of any Israeli action prior to it occurring.
However, there are more tentacles to this story than the mainstream news media is putting forth.    Today (Monday) Russia and China are meeting privately to discuss their strategic alliance and geographic interest in Pakistan and Iran.   In addition,  last week there was an event that scarcely made the news, but future historians might mark as an inflection point of change for the United States in the Middle East and Euro-Asia. (more…)

Look at the flags in this march photograph dated 10/28/11.  Is there ANY doubt what the intentions of the Benghazi rebels are?   Seriously.  
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Abdel Jalil begins implementing strict Sharia Law with the overturning of Polygamy ban and forbidding banks from charging interest.
(Telegraph) — Libya’s interim leader outlined more radical plans to introduce Islamic law than expected as he declared the official liberation of the country.

Mustafa Abdul-Jalil, the chairman of the National Transitional Council and de fact president, had already declared that Libyan laws in future would have Sharia, the Islamic code, as its “basic source”. (more…)

Posted without comment.   Really, what more is there to say….. Congratulations Obama
BENGHAZI, Libya Oct 23 (Reuters) – Libya’s National Transitional Council leader Mustafa Abdel Jalil kneeled in prayer after taking the stand in a celebration of liberation on Sunday after 42 years of one-man rule by Muammar Gaddafi and promised to uphold Islamic law.

“We as a Muslim nation have taken Islamic sharia as the source of legislation, therefore any law that contradicts the principles of Islam is legally nullified,” he said. (more…)