Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jay Solomon reports on Barack Obama's trip. Reporters flying to Berlin with Barack Obama were confused upon arrival to see an honor guard in front of another plane. Some thought the German government had made a mistake. But then the national emblem of the Iraqi government became visible on the nearby 747’s wing tail. Turns out Iraqi [...]
Across the Bay (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Pace Jay Solomon's Syrian sources (Imad Mustapha), my own sources tell me that Assistant Secretary of State David Welch will not be meeting with the Syrian "private citizens" (or to be more accurate, the "private property" of Maher Assad and Firas Tlass) currently on a Search for Common Ground and ICG-organized visit in DC to sell snake oil, illusions and lies to people eager to be deluded...
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
ARTICLE: "Mideast's Balance of Power Shifts Away From U.S.: Regional Players Bypass Washington In Brokering Deals," by Jay Solomon, Cam Simpson and Farnaz Fassihi, Wall Street Journal, 21 July 2008, p. A6. The region weakly--but with some urgency--creates its...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Jay Solomon reports on foreign policy and the presidential race. Not all American conservatives are so enamored of Republican John McCain's calls to kick Russia out of the G-8, or to establish a League of Democracies to counter the United Nations. Former U.N. ambassador John Bolton, a McCain supporter, joined some Democratic critics Tuesday by saying [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 08/01/2008
... to settle all outstanding claims tied to Libya-related terrorism from the 1980s, reports the WSJ’s Jay Solomon. The agreement reportedly calls for Tripoli to make a single payment of more then $1 billion to a U.S. government-administered entity. That entity would oversee the compensation for victims of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 and other terrorist attacks tied to Gadhafi’s regime....
Grasping Reality with Both Hands (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
From WSJ's Washington Wire: > Obama Praises McCain's Comments on Iraq: Jay Solomon reports on the presidential race from London. > > Barack Obama praised comments by his rival, John McCain, suggesting the Republican might support a 16-month timeline for withdrawing American troops from Iraq. > Sen. Obama talks with U.K. Conservative Party Leader David Cameron outside the Houses of Parliament...
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008
Jay Solomon reports on the presidential race from London. Barack Obama praised comments by his rival, John McCain, suggesting the Republican might support a 16-month timeline for withdrawing American troops from Iraq. Sen. Obama talks with U.K. Conservative Party Leader David Cameron outside the Houses of Parliament in London. (AP Photo) Obama has promoted his Iraq strategy [...]
Crooks and Liars (Free subscription) | 07/30/2008
... Rising, Fishnik Abrashi Washington Post: Dan Balz New York Times: Jeff Zeleny Wall Street Journal: Jay Solomon Newsweek: Richard Wolffe New York Post: Charles Hurt Universal Press Syndicate: Richard Reeves United Press International: Martin Walker International Press Service: Julio Godoy, Peter Hirschberg
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Jay Solomon and Mike Esterl report on Barack Obama's visit to Europe. Barack Obama brought his European charm offensive to Paris Friday, as French supporters lined the streets outside of the French president’s office, the Palace Elysee, to catch a view of the American politican. Some carried placards or screamed, “Obama.” French President Nicolas Sarkozy greeted the [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/25/2008
Jay Solomon reports from Germany on the presidential race. The Obama campaign is responding to criticism for its canceling of a planned visit to a U.S. military hospital in Landstuhl, Germany. The trip was to follow Sen. Barack Obama’s speech Thursday in Berlin that was attended by 200,000 Europeans. Obama’s opponents have used the cancelled visit to [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jay Solomon reports on the Obama visit to Europe. An estimated 200,000 packed into downtown Berlin Thursday night to hear Barack Obama give his much-anticipated European address. Wearing a dark suit and light-blue tie, the Democratic presidential candidate casually strode onto a stage placed at the foot of Berlin’s Victory Column to intermittent chants of “Obama, Obama, [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jay Solomon reports from Jerusalem’s Western Wall. Seeking to further burnish his ties to the Jewish people, Barack Obama paid an early morning visit Thursday to Jerusalem’s Western Wall. The site is among the most sacred for the Jewish faithful. And its location in Jerusalem’s Old City is among the most disputed sites in the world. Obama left [...]
Law Blog - WSJ.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Jay Solomon reports on Barack Obama's trip. John McCain may be casting Barack Obama as too inexperienced to lead the free world. But the Democratic presidential candidate can now thank the Israeli government for a crash course on the inner-workings of the Middle East. Barack Obama and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak hold gifts given to [...]
SyriaComment (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
[Landis comment] Jay Solomon et. al,'s article (copied below) is excellent. My only nit to pick with it is the choice of ending with Walid Jumblatt's quote, "Where was America when Hezbollah took over in May?" The implication is that America should have done something. Solomon lets this criticism hang in the air - as [...]
ISRAEL TRUTH TIMES (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
... "response" and how it was "covered" by the Mainstream media. While the Wall Street Journal's Jay Solomon and Cam Simpson noted the question, they did not note the response. Why not? Well, ABC News' Jake Tapper did, and it's telling and frightening (thanks to my friends Sean and Frank at WCBM for the tip): Yarmulke-wearing fraud Obama Won't Say No to Holocaust Upon arrival at Yad Vashem,...
