By John Price, Monday April 28, 2014 An Interfaith panel and several Muslim organizations are upset over the film “The Rise of al-Qaeda” depicting the September 11, 2001 terrorist attackers as Islamic jihadists. They do not want the world to believe the hijackers that carried out the heinous attacks against the United States were linked […]
Read MoreRussia’s Takeover of Crimea Needs Careful Action
Opinion: By John Price, Tuesday March 25, 2014 On Friday March 21 President Vladimir Putin signed the annexation treaty making Ukraine’s autonomous Crimea region a part of Russia. The port city of Sevastopol on the Black Sea, home to Russia’s naval fleet in the region, was included. Russia flexing its muscle in Crimea was reminiscent […]
Read MoreAfrica has a history of irrational borders
By John Price, Monday December 30, 2013 In Sudan little thought was given to the vast tribal, ethnic and religious factions when historical boundaries were geographically redefined by the colonial powers. Muslims and Arabs lived in the north, and Christians and animist tribes occupied the south. In the west Darfur region more than eighty tribes […]
Read MoreA Giant is Gone But His Legacy Lives On
By John Price, Thursday December 5, 2013 Nelson Mandela at age 95, lost his battle with respiratory failure, reportedly, the result of recurring infections contracted during his years of prison confinement. Mr. Mandela had spent almost 27 years in a prison cell, eighteen years of which were on Robben Island. His incarceration emboldened thousands of […]
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Republicans Abroad Radio – The Voice of Americans Overseas with Ambassador John Price on Wednesday August 7, 2013, replay: http://www.wsradio.com/wsradio/show_details/32 Segment 1 and Segment 2.
Read MoreNigeria needs help with Islamists, not Kerry lecture
By John Price – SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES, Monday, June 10, 2013 ANALYSIS/OPINION: The United States must do more than lecture embattled Nigeria, a strong U.S. ally in West Africa under assault from al Qaeda-linked Islamists sweeping across the region. The terrorists have shown they can move quickly and seamlessly, attacking anywhere in the […]
Read MoreRepublicans Abroad Radio – June 5th, 2013
Ambassador John Price was a featured guest on Republicans Abroad Radio on June 5th, 2013 Listen to the live online broadcast here: http://www.republicansabroadradio.com/. (Note: this will download a file to your computer. Simply double click the file, and your media player should open the stream and begin playing) Note the above link is for the […]
Read MoreEmbassy Row: Former ambassador says Benghazi debacle will hurt ability to recruit diplomats
The Washington Times By James Morrison, Thursday, May 9, 2013 A former U.S. ambassador with extensive knowledge of terrorist operations in North Africa warned Thursday that the Benghazi debacle will hurt the State Department’s ability to recruit diplomats for dangerous duty if they fear Washington will ignore their concerns about security. “It is dereliction, incompetence, […]
Read MoreU.S. terrorist threat growing with new breed of jihadists
The Washington Times ANALYSIS/OPINION By John Price, Tuesday April 23, 2013 The influence of radical Islam is on the rise around the world — and in the United States. Mosques and Islamic schools called madrassas increasingly are teaching extreme, fundamentalist interpretations of the religion that presumably inspired the Chechen-born suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. […]
Read MoreSomalia: The Price Family Foundation Sponsors Education
Somali And American Fund For Education Somali And American Fund For Education’s Director Hodan Guled and Former U.S. Ambassador John Price visited the town of Faraweyne, Somalia on March 27, 2013. A total of 340 families live in this town, and until last year, the children in this community only had access to one primary school with two […]
Read MoreTimbuktu attacked again this weekend by Islamists
ANALYSIS: Timbuktu has come under attack by Islamic militants again. Last month, I met with then-French Ambassador to Mali Christian Rouyer, who told me that “French troops will stay [in Mali] until the job is finished.” But French President Francois Hollande stated Thursday that French troops in Mali would be reduced from 4,000 to 2,000 […]
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