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Entries from April 2006

Deep Throats

David Frum wrote on April 26th, 2006 at 12:00 am

A tale of two leaks:
One leak provoked an international scandal–it is the leak of the name of Valerie Plame, the CIA agent who arranged for her husband, Joseph Wilson, to travel to Niger in 2002 to investigate reports of Iraqi attempts to purchase nuclear fuel in Africa. You probably know the rest of the story.   more

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The Truth About Hamas–and Its Followers

David Frum wrote on April 25th, 2006 at 12:00 am

Over the past two years, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its Canadian affiliate, CAIR-Canada, have filed a series of lawsuits against journalists and others who have traced the connection between CAIR and the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. Among the targets of these lawsuits have been the Web site Anti-Cair-net.org, the Canadian terrorism expert   more

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Bush’s Youth

David Frum wrote on April 19th, 2006 at 12:00 am

If the Republicans want to win the next mid term elections, they have to cuddle up to new voters  more

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Maybe The Mullahs Don’t Want War

David Frum wrote on April 18th, 2006 at 12:00 am

Suppose, reader, that you were a mad Iranian mullah determined to obtain nuclear weapons at the earliest opportunity. Would you brag and boast and taunt the West–before you had actually finished your work? Or would you keep very still and quiet, denying everything until you had the bomb safely in your clutches?
The choice seems   more

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The Truth About The Un

David Frum wrote on April 11th, 2006 at 12:00 am

“How corrupt is the UN?” That’s the question asked by Claudia Rossett in the current issue of Commentary magazine. If any reporter on earth can offer a definitive answer, it is Rossett. A former editor at the Wall Street Journal, Rossett has led the investigation of the oil-for-food scandals–and the broader issue of corruption at   more

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Nuclear Jihad

David Frum wrote on April 5th, 2006 at 12:00 am

Suppose, reader, that you were a mad Iranian mullah determined to obtain nuclear weapons at the earliest opportunity. Would you brag and boast and taunt the West – before you had actually finished your work? Or would you keep very still and quiet, denying everything until you had the bomb safely in your clutches?
The   more

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Canada Needs To Be An Adult Again

David Frum wrote on April 4th, 2006 at 12:00 am

Dreamland: How Canada’s Pretend Foreign Policy Has Undermined Sovereignty

By Roy Rempel
“I hope to be able to establish a relationship with more maturity.” So said Prime Minister Stephen Harper (in French) on the eve of his Cancun summit meeting with Presidents Vicente Fox and George W. Bush, and the job is already well begun. Harper’s visit   more

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