06-13-11: ** 81% of U.S. Mosques promote Jihad (Plus: Countering the Threat Lurking in Iran)

Revise U.S. Military Strategy Now Joint Force Strike Operations: Lily Pad Series by Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, US Army (Ret) Lily Pads are bases in protected locations, from where air movements can be made into enemy territory and back again. These bases make strategic and logistical sense. * VIDEOS * TODAY'S HOT PICKS * 1. Video: FSM Contributor Frank Gaffney: 81% of U.S. Mosques promote Jihad 2. Video: TSA Suspends 12 Agents, Plans to Fire 36 For Improperly Screening Bags 3. 'A Down's Syndrome baby will expand your world': How Sarah Palin (R) imagined God talking to her in extraordinary and touching letter about her unborn son 4. Video: Party Chairs Exchange Blows In First Public Showdown [Reince Priebus (R) & Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D)] 5. Video: Obama (D) Pleads for Patience on Economic Recovery 6. Mission Impossible? American treasure hunter launches search for Bin Laden's body in depths of North Arabian Sea 7. Video: Minutes After Muslims Allowed to Participate in the Friday Prayers They Throw Rocks at Jewish Worshipers Praying at the Western Wall 8. The administration is freely giving Russia sensitive information about missile defense that weakens U.S. national security. 9. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) finally considering he may have to resign amid sexting scandal 10. Video: 1st Photos of Congresswoman Giffords (D) Released Since Shooting Countering the Threat Lurking in Iran Fred Gedrich One of the greatest dangers to Middle East peace and security is the threat of Shiite Islamic extremism emanating from Iran. Damascus, the Double Standard Gadi Adelman America, along with NATO, started a no fly zone over Libya to stop the killing of rebels. Now that Syria is using tanks and helicopters against unarmed civilians, why has the world sat idly by? *** Each day it becomes clearer that the U.S. has no real end plan for Libya. As in Egypt, we don't even know who we are backing. We don't need to "measure our interests" because we have none. Do you agree? Click here to comment The "Nice" Niece Suicide Bomber Nancy Kobrin, PhD, Joan Lachkar, PhD When a Somali politician was blown up by his close relative, tensions between Somali family members and the callousness of Islamist terrorism came together in an act of horror. The Choice Is Ours: What will it be? Victor Sharpe Students are the leaders of tomorrow. Because of leftist and Islamist propagandizing, most are now infected, perhaps terminally, with an aberrant hatred of Jews and of Israel. Today's Hot Topics We choose, you peruse. 1. Consumers' electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close... As stricter environmental regulations approach [CHICAGO TRIBUNE] 2. Americans in a funk as housing, jobs stall (WT) 3. Russia objects to U.S. warship in Black Sea [YAHOO] 4. White House Plans To Discuss Jobs At Company Shifting Focus To China [DAILY CALLER] 5. Sheriff's Office Issues Domestic Terrorism Warning [KSAT] 6. Sarah Palin email frenzy backfires on her media antagonists [TELEGRAPH] 7. Alabama's Tough New Immigration Law Can Withstand Legal Challenges, Experts Say [FOX] 8. Iraqis Blast U.S. Congressman's War Repayment Idea [FOX] 9. White House Pressuring Netanyahu To Accept His Demands Israel Withdraw To 1967 Borders [HAARETZ] 10. Female politicians rarely get caught up in sex scandals...When It Comes to Scandal, Girls Won't Be Boys [NYT] How About Extending the Voting Rights Act to the Entire Country? Frank Hill Is your vote treated the same as everyone else's in the nation? There are rules for one part of the country and not for the rest of the nation? How can that be considered 'fair and equal'? No Short Term Middle East Solutions Alan Caruba The history of America since independence began with its sailors held hostage by Middle Eastern pirates and has continued with it being blackmailed by oil-producing nations. Just Desserts Diana West After the revelation that Osama bin Laden had lived in Pakistan for half a decade unnoticed, the U.S. now pledges to share more information with Pakistan. Is this wise? Will the GOP Pull a 'Pelosi' on Patent Rights? Frank Gaffney, Jr. A so-called "patent reform" bill amounts to an effort to alter fundamentally the first right enshrined in our Constitution: the right to intellectual property. The Norquist Cell: Operation GroverKhan Gary H. Johnson, Jr. Frank Gaffney has leveled some searing accusations against Grover Norquist, most notably claiming that Norquist has legitimized and enabled the "entryism" of Islamists into mainstream American politics. Shields and Swords William B. Morse There are many Americans today who are still wedded to the false notion that remaining vulnerable to strategic ballistic missile attacks is a good idea. The Coordinates of Radicalism Andrew McCarthy Here is the unsettling but sedulously avoided truth: What radicalizes Muslims is Islam. Sharia compliance correlates with violent attitudes among American Muslims. Yale, Jews and Double Standards Caroline Glick Last week Yale University announced its decision to close down its institute for the study of anti-Semitism. Has academia become a victim of a political agenda? lick here to sign up for FSM's e-mail updates!