
The tomb of Iraq’s late dictator Saddam Hussein was virtually leveled in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi security forces in a fight for control of the city of Tikrit.
by Breitbart News15 Mar 2015, 2:47 PM PST0

Bob Schieffer could barely contain his outrage at Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) for daring to warn the Iranian leadership that any nuclear deal would have to be ratified by the Senate, under the U.S. Constitution, to be binding. As Cotton explained in his appearance on CBS News’ Face the Nation, Iran is clearly not hearing that from the Obama administration itself, which is desperate to achieve “peace at any price,” rather than using constitutional constraints as leverage to force a better deal.
by Joel B. Pollak15 Mar 2015, 1:53 PM PST0

The Times of Israel is leading Sunday evening with a profile of Amos Yadlin, the Israeli left’s choice for defense minister if the Zionist Union wins Tuesday’s election and is able to form a coalition government. Though Yadlin was a pilot during the mission to destroy Iraq’s nuclear reactor in 1981, and allegedly helped destroy Syria’s reactor in 2007, he suffers under some of the left’s more destructive policy delusions.
by Joel B. Pollak15 Mar 2015, 1:34 PM PST0

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough wrote a letter on Saturday night to Senator Bob Corker (and the rest of the U.S. Congress) on behalf of the President regarding the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran.
by Jordan Schachtel15 Mar 2015, 11:51 AM PST0

Politico reports that while Democratic senators attack Tom Cotton over his letter to Iran, they support his position on reviewing the agreement the White House hopes to make with the Islamist nation whose leadership has vowed multiple times to annihilate the state of Israel.
by Breitbart News15 Mar 2015, 11:43 AM PST0

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) defended the letter he wrote, which he and 46 of his Republican colleagues signed, to Iranian leaders to a “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer, who at one point asked, “Are
by Pam Key15 Mar 2015, 11:29 AM PST0

Earlier this week, Edwin Black revealed that the New Israel Fund (NIF) received more than $1 million from the U.S. State Department. This week I can reveal that the governments of Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, and the Netherlands have also funded the extremist activities of NIF-funded organizations.
by Pamela Geller15 Mar 2015, 11:04 AM PST0

Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” Secretary of State John Kerry criticized Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), the senator who penned the letter he and 46 of his Republican colleagues signed to Iran’s leaders by pointing out he is “somebody who has been
by Pam Key15 Mar 2015, 10:49 AM PST0

Sunday on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” Fox News host Greta Van Susteren said the open letter to Iran’s leaders signed by 47 Republican senators was “horrific.” Van Susteren said, “I think that letter was horrific, It end runs
by Pam Key15 Mar 2015, 10:47 AM PST0

The common cause of repelling the Islamic State from Iraq has brought about a sectarian team-up that was considered unthinkable before: Asaib Ahl al-Haq, a Shiite militia in Iraq, picked up 250 Sunni recruits and formed the first Sunni unit in its history.
by John Hayward15 Mar 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said while he thought the letter to Iranian leaders 47 Republican sent was an “unacceptable level of contempt for the office of the president,” but that would not interfere with his
by Pam Key15 Mar 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” in discussing an open letter to Iran’s leaders signed by 47 Republican senators, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the “manufactured controversy” surrounding the letter is “a case of selective outrage.” McConnell said, “I
by Pam Key15 Mar 2015, 8:10 AM PST0

An Iranian who is living in between the United States and Iran in California told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he and many other Iranians who are nationals of the Islamic Republic are selling their U.S. assets in order to increase the supply of U.S. dollars inside of Iran and to help stimulate their country’s economic growth.
by Adelle Nazarian15 Mar 2015, 4:43 AM PST0

CIA Director John Brennan refused to refer to the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group as an “Islamic” terrorist organization in a Friday speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, repeating White House rhetoric.
by Jordan Schachtel14 Mar 2015, 9:04 PM PST0

Former Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen Michael Flynn (Ret.) argued that US aid to the Kurds is “too slow” on a Fox News Channel special on Saturday. “We have to rely on these guys, and they’re doing some very
by Ian Hanchett14 Mar 2015, 8:16 PM PST0

Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments” Mark Levin argued that the State Department has admitted the letter written by 47 Republican Senators to Iran is not a problem on Friday. Levin played a clip of State Department
by Ian Hanchett14 Mar 2015, 4:25 PM PST0

Actor and director Sean Penn argued that the letter to Iran by 47 Republican Senators was “mutiny” and “perhaps” criminal on Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time.” “When a young William Jefferson Clinton was at Oxford and protesting the Vietnam War, and
by Ian Hanchett14 Mar 2015, 1:12 PM PST0

Grammy award-winning Rapper Nelly visited one of Iraq’s most unstable areas this week, the autonomous Kurdistan region, to raise money for victims of ISIS.
by Kipp Jones14 Mar 2015, 12:47 PM PST0

On Fox & Friends this morning, Breitbart National Security editor and Major General Horner Chair of Military Theory at the Marine Corps University Dr. Sebastian Gorka warned that any intervention against the Islamic State in Iraq on the part of Iran was not a positive development for the United States, as the warring factions of Islam are both fighting to establish a caliphate.
by Frances Martel14 Mar 2015, 10:33 AM PST0

Events in February, half a world apart, should give the staunchest “Team Obama” supporters pause to question this Administration’s mental health in understanding the evil plaguing the Middle East, primarily, and the West secondarily.
by James Zumwalt14 Mar 2015, 9:51 AM PST0

Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued “it’s obvious the administration wants to go to the UN and to cut out the Congress” on Iran on Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “It’s obvious the administration wants to go to the
by Ian Hanchett13 Mar 2015, 4:21 PM PST0

Senator John Thune (R-SD) said that he “wouldn’t put it past” the president to bypass Congress on Iran, which he stated would be “insane” on Friday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” “I wouldn’t put it past him, but that’s insane. You know,
by Ian Hanchett13 Mar 2015, 3:45 PM PST0

The latest communique from the Islamic State, alleged to contain the voice of spokesman Abu Mohammad al-Adnani, specifically mentioned attacks on Paris would come before the conquest of Rome.
by John Hayward13 Mar 2015, 1:55 PM PST0

WASHINGTON, DC — Rep. Steve Russell (R-OK), a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Iraq war veteran, told Breitbart News that he is “very concerned” about the growing Iranian influence in Iraq where Iranian-backed Shiite militias are fighting the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Edwin Mora13 Mar 2015, 1:38 PM PST0

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was upset on Thursday that Republican Senators wrote a letter to him and Iran’s leadership, stressing that they possessed certain constitutional powers that could not be usurped during nuclear negotiations with the state-sponsor of terror.
by Jordan Schachtel13 Mar 2015, 10:53 AM PST0