Analysis & Commentary
“A World Without America…” Can Ahmadinejad Achieve His Goal?
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack would be triggered by a nuclear warhead detonated at high altitude over America. The resulting blast would create an EMP, a shockwave that could “cripple military and civilian communications, power, transportation, water, food, and other infrastructure” and potentially kill millions of Americans.
“The Human Cost of Terrorism”
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) will host a two-day photo exhibition in The Hague, Holland, showing the photos and stories of the some of the thousands of Israelis – Jews, Christians and Muslims, white and black, young and old – who have been murdered or maimed in Palestinian terrorist attacks since 2000.
Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West by FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen
Washington, D.C. (October 13, 2009) - FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen’s prescient and challenging new book, Accomplice to Evil; Iran and the War Against the West, offers a raw picture of the Iranian regime, an alternative for the Iranian people, and a clear path for U.S. foreign policy.
Ad in Financial Times Questions Russia’s G8 Membership
“Today, the Russian press is no longer free. The Russian judiciary is not independent. Industries have been selectively taken over by the state or Putin’s cronies. Political opponents have been both persecuted and prosecuted,” May wrote in the July 5 National Review Online.
Adding Hezbollah’s Television Station to Terrorism List “Important First Step”
The U.S. State Department’s decision to add Hezbollah’s TV station al-Manar to the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) is an important first step toward getting it off the air, but there is much more that needs to be done, said Avi Jorisch senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies (FDD) and author of Beacon of Hatred, Inside Hizballah’s Al-Manar Television.
American Investigators Ready to Go to Jenin
Washington, DC - The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies is prepared to send a team of impartial, professional investigators to assist with fact-finding in regard to the fighting that occurred last month in Jenin.
Americans Increasingly Link Iran, Syria, and Saudi Arabia to Terrorism
A growing number of Americans believe that Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia are supporting terrorism, according to a poll conducted by ARNSI (the Alliance for Research on National Security Issues).
ARNSI Poll- Americans Support Israel’s ‘Fence’
Most Americans support
As Saddam Trial Resumes, FDD Reminds of Regime’s Horrors
As the trial of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein resumes, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies has placed on its website videos from inside Iraq of torture and murder ordered by Saddam Hussein.
Bestselling Author Pulls No Punches in New Plan to Solve America’s Energy Crisis
In his latest book, The Plan: How to Save America When the Oil Stops-or the Day Before (Dialog Press), he lays out the precise circumstances that could cause a protracted oil interruption and what to do about it.
Bipartisan Officials Urge Reauthorization of All Expiring Patriot Act Provisions
FDD Senior Fellow Andrew C. McCarthy today joined with fellow members of the Bipartisan Working Group of Former Government Officials to urge Congress to reauthorize all sixteen expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act and the “lone wolf” provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
CATM Applauds Jordan for Removing Terrorist TV Series
The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) applauded the Jordanian government for pulling from broadcast an infamous anti-Semitic television program that has become staple fare for terrorists seeking to incite hatred and violence.
CATM Congratulates Satellite Companies for Removing Hezbollah’s Terrorist Radio
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), and its Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM), congratulates France Telecom’s GlobeCast satellite distributor and the Spanish satellite provider Hispasat for removing Hezbollah’s al-Nour radio from broadcast over three satellites reaching Latin America, Asia and Europe.
CATM Praises European Commission for Urging Ban of Hezbollah’s Al-Manar Television
“This is a clear recognition that terrorist media, especially Hezbollah's al-Manar television, is just as deadly as those who make the bombs and plan the attacks,” said Roberta Bonazzi, the executive director of the European Foundation for Democracy, a Brussels-based think tank and advocacy group, and a member of CATM. “Terrorist propaganda that encourages children to strap on suicide belts and slaughter innocents must never be tolerated.”
CATM Praises Thaicom for Ceasing to Broadcast Hezbollah’s Terror TV
The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) praised the Thailand-based satellite company Thaicom for ceasing its broadcast of Al-Manar Television, owned by Hezbollah, which the US government designated a terrorist organization in 2006.
CATM Praises the Netherlands for Banning Iranian-Backed Terrorist Broadcasts
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 31, 2006)—The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) today praised the Netherlands for banning two Iranian-funded television stations – Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV and Iranian Sahar TV1 – after concluding that both sought to spread hatred and inspire acts of terrorism.
CATM Praises U.S. Senate Action Against Hezbollah’s Al-Manar Television
The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) praised the Senate for unanimously adopting an amendment aimed at naming Hezbollah’s global satellite channel, al-Manar, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) entity.
CATM Removes Hezbollah’s Al-Manar Television from Satellite Broadcasting into North and South Americ
The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) today praised satellite company Hispamar for removing the terrorist group Hezbollah’s al-Manar television station from broadcast into North and South America. This marks the second time that CATM has taken al-Manar off the airwaves in the United States and throughout the Americas.
CATM Removes Hezbollah’s Al-Manar Website From Service Provider
) – The Coalition Against Terrorist Media said that the website of Hezbollah's al-Manar television (www.manartv.com.lb) was taken down over the weekend and forced to move to a new address, www.almanar.com.lb, on a server in India.
CATM Urges European Union to Take Action against Hezbollah’s Al-Manar Television
The Coalition Against Terrorist Media is spreading its efforts to remove Hezbollah’s al-Manar television from the airwaves to Europe. Avi Jorisch, executive director of the coalition and senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, recently met with members of the European Parliament and will return to Brussels this week for the March 17 meeting of the European audiovisual authorities.
