Saudi textbooks reflect bin Laden’s rants
WASHINGTON (BP)–Al-Qaida now appears as the unattractive weak horse of Osama bin Laden’s theory and will find it more difficult to attract recruits and funding. This is an essential battle won for the United States. However, it is not the end of the war. The glorification of jihad and the Islamist ideology stirring militancy against […]
FIRST-PERSON: Why the United States was thrown off the U.N.’s Human Rights Commission
WASHINGTON (BP)--Americans were shocked when our European allies took the lead in recent days in ousting us from the United Nations Human Rights Commission. Having served as a member of the U.S. delegation at the recently concluded annual session of the commission, I was less surprised. Contrary to reports in the media, the ouster was not a reaction to American "unilateralism" on issues such as missile defense and global warming. Rather, the Europeans' action reflects the abandonment of their historical commitment to human rights.
