While American officials discuss terrorist bombing scenarios as a “possibility” for the crash of a Russian jetliner over Egypt on October 31, and President Obama has used that word in his public comments so far, CNN reports intelligence agencies are increasingly confident of this diagnosis. One official, speaking off the record, said it was “99.9 percent certain” that a terrorist bomb brought the plane down.
by John Hayward9 Nov 2015, 2:48 PM PST0
After the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) captured Sinjar, the surviving Yazidis fled onto Mount Sinjar. A year later, those forced from their homes will do anything to take back everything stolen by the terrorist group.
by Mary Chastain9 Nov 2015, 2:24 PM PST0
Thousands of Russians in Egypt decided to defy security warnings and continue their vacations following the October 31 plane crash that killed 224 people traveling to Moscow.
by Mary Chastain9 Nov 2015, 11:20 AM PST0
For just a $30 fee, security measures can be completely waived for passengers traveling through the Sinai’s Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport, from where a Russia-bound jet took off in late October and crashed a few hundred miles into its route, killing all 224 people on board.
by Jordan Schachtel9 Nov 2015, 10:21 AM PST0
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, has promised to evacuate the Sinjar area of northern Iraq once the Islamic State ceases to be a threat to the local Yazidi population. This statement follows days of reports that internal disputes between the PKK and other Kurdish groups have stalled a planned assault on ISIS.
by Frances Martel9 Nov 2015, 8:28 AM PST0
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a report accusing Shiite militias in Iraq of using child soldiers to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The terrorist group is widely known for also using this practice.
by Mary Chastain9 Nov 2015, 8:18 AM PST0
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, while addressing the Reagan National Defense Forum, said the United States needs “much more than airstrikes” to defeat the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Iraq and Syria.
by Edwin Mora9 Nov 2015, 7:12 AM PST0
Members of Al Shabaab, a Somali terrorist group traditionally allied with Al Qaeda, have released a video on social media in which they are seen pledging allegiance to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Reports indicate Al Shabaab leadership is looking to find and kills its pro-ISIS members.
by Frances Martel9 Nov 2015, 7:10 AM PST0
ISTANBUL – A Turkish man detained as a suspected would-be suicide bomber in northern Turkey was actually wearing a burqa to disguise himself to meet a secret lover from a dating site, local media reported Sunday. Locals in the Black Sea
by AFP9 Nov 2015, 3:26 AM PST0
The life of a Kurdish peshmerga fighter is not easy. Rudaw reports on the latest hardship bedeviling those on the front lines against ISIS: Swarms of insects, large and aggressive enough to raise concerns about the health of those caught in their path.
by John Hayward8 Nov 2015, 7:35 PM PST0
With the G-20 summit due in a week and world leaders including U.S. President Barack Obama scheduled to attend, Turkish police have moved against twenty suspected ISIS militants in the southern province of Antalya.
by John Hayward8 Nov 2015, 7:09 PM PST0
An Islamic scholar, Varun Soni, the dean of Religious Life at the University of Southern California, recently appeared on Oprah Winfrey’s “Belief” series, and explained that all the head choppers and rapists and suicide bombers who do their deeds while screaming “Allahu akbar” are all misunderstanding jihad.
by Pamela Geller8 Nov 2015, 6:14 PM PST0
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” while discussing the strong possibility that an ISIS bomb brought down the Russian passenger jetliner in Egypt, former CIA deputy director and CBS senior security contributor Michael Morell warned it was a “big deal” because
by Pam Key8 Nov 2015, 2:23 PM PST0
Since mid-September, 12 Israelis have been killed in Palestinian attacks, most of them stabbings.
by Breitbart News8 Nov 2015, 1:33 PM PST0
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said President Barack Obama’s decision to send 50 Special Operations troops into Syria is not a strategy that will work long-term. Gillibrand said ISIS taking down a passenger plane with
by Pam Key8 Nov 2015, 11:38 AM PST0
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” while discussing the strong evidence that it was an ISIS bomb that brought down a Russian passenger airplane over Egypt, the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said she hopes
by Pam Key8 Nov 2015, 10:12 AM PST0
This week on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace while discussing the possibility of the Russian plane crash being caused by an ISIS bomb, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) said he is “greatly concerned” about
by Pam Key8 Nov 2015, 8:43 AM PST0
University of California Merced mass stabber Faisal Mohammad left behind a manifesto that referenced Allan numerous times and revealed plans to “cut someone’s head off.”
by AWR Hawkins7 Nov 2015, 10:23 AM PST0
A 32-year-old former drug dealer radicalised in prison has been arrested for plotting to attack a French Socialist MP as a means to “serve Islam.” The self-proclaimed Islamic radical was released from prison in February this year. It is understood that he
by Sarkis Zeronian7 Nov 2015, 5:56 AM PST0
The regime in Tehran is recruiting Shiite refugees in neighboring Afghanistan and sending them into battle in defense of forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Nov 2015, 5:54 PM PST0
With only one year left in President Obama’s tenure, the White House continues to hint at the possibility that the President may use his executive powers to unilaterally shut down Guantánamo Bay prison without the consent of Congress.
by Jordan Schachtel6 Nov 2015, 12:29 PM PST0
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) showed Reuters a report that claims the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and another rebel group in Syria used chemical weapons.
by Mary Chastain6 Nov 2015, 11:18 AM PST0
One of the reasons American and British intelligence agencies suspect an ISIS-linked terrorist attack brought down the Russian Metrojet passenger plane over Egypt is the volume of online chatter between ISIS militants, who appear genuinely convinced their operatives bombed the plane. The Internet has proven useful for spreading both claims of such foul deeds and the knowledge needed to perpetrate them.
by John Hayward6 Nov 2015, 11:07 AM PST0
Faisal Mohammad–the UC Merced mass stabber who stabbed two students, a student adviser, and a construction worker on Wednesday–left behind a manifesto revealing he also planned to ambush campus police, steal their guns, and shoot fellow students who had “barred [him] from a study group.”
by AWR Hawkins6 Nov 2015, 9:47 AM PST0
A gang of teenage Muslim migrants have been sentenced to less than two years in youth offender centres for beating and raping a vulnerable Swedish woman at an isolated beauty spot. The assault took place at the end of summer, when
by Oliver Lane6 Nov 2015, 9:46 AM PST0
