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AMCD Supports the State Department’s Efforts to Counter Iranian Disinformation
September 28, 2020 During the Cold War, the United States carried on a robust counter-propaganda campaign against the Soviet Union involving Radio Free Europe, Encounter magazine and numerous efforts set out in speeches by every President since Eisenhower. Senators and Congressmen from both parties and numberless op-ed writers published strong attacks on the Soviets in…
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AMCD Applauds US Snap-Back Sanctions on Iran
September 23, 2020 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy applauds Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for initiating the re-imposition of sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran. Under the flawed JCPOA agreement, Iran would be able to begin buying and selling “all manner of conventional weapons” beginning on October 18. Though the UN was obligated to re-impose sanctions…
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CAIR’s War on Walid Phares and his book Future Jihad
by Dorothy Logan (September 22, 2020) They lost. Freedom won. The brazen move by the Islamist lobby to sue an American professor for his choice of course text was a first and was seemingly aimed at using the courts to set a precedent allowing students to “cancel” any book they don’t agree with. In a…
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AMCD Praises Middle East Peace Accord
September 16, 2020 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy applauds the historic peace agreement between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain signed September 15 at the White House. President Trump has courageously broken free from the paralysis that has gripped US policy in the Middle East for the last 25 years or more. As more moderate…
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Academic Freedom Upheld: Case Dismissed involving Phares’ Book, ‘Future Jihad’
September 5, 2020 American Mideast Coalition for Democracy’s advisor, Dr. Walid Phares, was gratified by the decision to dismiss the case brought by Mohamed Sabra and the Council on American Islamic Relations of Arizona against Maricopa County Community College and Professor Nicholas Damask in federal court. CAIR’s attorneys argued that Sabra “was punished for refusing…
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AMCD Praises Trump Administration’s Historic Peace Deal between Israel and the UAE
August 21, 2020 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy unequivocally supports President Trump’s bold and historic peace initiative to normalize relations between our two allies in the Middle East, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Though our advisor, Dr. Walid Phares, was not standing behind the President when the deal was announced, he played a critical…
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120 Killed by RSF/Janjaweed in Sudan Darfar Region
by Lt. Gen. Abakar M. Abdallah[i] The Security situation in Darfur is volatile and worsening as Rapid Support/Janjaweed (RSF/Janjaweed) carried out attacks against villages throughout Darfur. The toll is over 120 dead, 93 injured. These attacks were carried out by the RSF Janjaweed to implement Arab Coalition plan adopted by the former Bashir Khartoum regime completing…
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Politico Hit Piece Against a Trump Appointee, A Brotherhood Task?
by Hossein Khorram and Ibrahim Ahmed (July 27, 2020) A recent article by Nahal Toosi in Politico is essentially a hit piece against a highly qualified appointee to USAID. Tera Dahl has been labeled by the outlet as a contentious hire, but all the reasons given simply point to her “conservative” connections as the sole source of contentiousness.…
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Biden Panders to Islamists, Threatens Freedom of Speech
by Hossein Khorram (July 23, 2020) Former Vice-President Joe Biden addressed the Million Muslim Votes summit, an initiative backed by Muslim Brotherhood activism on Monday by video and made three promises. One: He would end the ban on travel to the US from countries that cannot adequately vet their citizens for terrorist links. He referred to this wrongly as…
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AMCD Applauds Saudi Ruling on Women Living Independently
July 16, 2020 The American Mideast Coalition for Democracy applauds the Saudi court ruling that allows women to live independently without permission from a male guardian. The ruling stated that “an adult, rational woman living independently is not a crime.” “This is a crucial milestone for Saudi women,” said AMCD Executive Director Rebecca Bynum. “Women have long been…