
Youssuf Saed Abdulazeez—the father of the gunman, who on Thursday killed four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee—is a Palestinian from the city of Nablus in the West Bank, and he was previously investigated by federal officials for connections to an unnamed terrorist organization, the New York Times reported.
by Jordan Schachtel17 Jul 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

The New York Times published an embarrassing look at what went on behind the scenes during the long, long months of “nuclear negotiations” with Iran. Apparently, it involved a good deal of Iran shouting at the hapless U.S. team and declaring its demands non-negotiable, while Team Obama threw in one towel after another.
by John Hayward17 Jul 2015, 7:26 PM PST0

The suspect in the fatal shootings of four U.S. Marines traveled to Jordan and possibly other Middle Eastern countries last year, authorities said on Friday, as the investigation focused on any signs of a connection to Islamist militants.
by Breitbart News17 Jul 2015, 6:13 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) affiliate in Egypt’s Sinai claimed it destroyed an Egyptian navy vessel off the peninsula’s Mediterranean coast with rockets, various news outlets report.
by Edwin Mora17 Jul 2015, 6:09 PM PST0

Mohammad Abdulazeez, the Tennessee college graduate slain after a shooting spree which killed four U.S. Marines, reportedly failed a background check to work at a nuclear power plant in Ohio.
by Breitbart News17 Jul 2015, 3:58 PM PST0

Iraqi Brigadier General Saad Maan told the Associated Press the country closed its border with Jordan to fight the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The terrorist group controls the land between the crossing point of Trebil and Baghdad.
by Mary Chastain17 Jul 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR)–a group founded by members of the Muslim Brotherhood and designated as a terrorist organization in the UAE–is concerned that damage to a Manassas, VA mosque’s air conditioning unit is a result of a possible anti-Muslim “bias motive,” the group said in two separate press releases from its national branch this week; one statement before and one a day after the slaughter of four Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by Kuwaiti-born Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez.
by Jordan Schachtel17 Jul 2015, 9:31 AM PST0

Some called it “Divine Intervention,” while others described the timing of the Iran deal announcement during the Christians United For Israel (CUFI) 10th annual Summit as “bashert,” the Yiddish word for destiny or fate.
by Paul Miller17 Jul 2015, 7:19 AM PST0

Secretary of State John Kerry stated that during the Iran talks “there was not a meeting that took place…where we did not raise the issue of our American citizens being held,” and they are “very, very hopeful” Iran will “do
by Ian Hanchett17 Jul 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

On Wednesday, the United States returned to Iraq stolen antiquities captured in a raid on ISIS.
by Michael Lucchese17 Jul 2015, 6:21 AM PST0

The president of the Centre for Strategy, Military and Security Studies in Syria told the Daily Mail the all-female Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) group, Al-Khansaa Brigade, is expected to attempt attacks on Christian sites in Europe.
by Mary Chastain16 Jul 2015, 2:03 PM PST0

Wendy Sherman, the chief negotiator for the United States in the recently agreed upon nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran, has admitted that President Obama’s guarantee of “anytime, anyplace access” to Iran’s several nuclear facilities was more rhetoric than reality.
by Jordan Schachtel16 Jul 2015, 12:23 PM PST0

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had strong words for British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond at a joint news conference in Jerusalem on Thursday, telling him that western powers had failed to achieve a deal that prevented Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.
by Joel B. Pollak16 Jul 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

Representative Brad Sherman (D-CA) said the Iran deal has “the good, the bad, and the ugly” and will be “ugly next decade” when Iran “will be a threshold nuclear state” on Thursday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel. He
by Ian Hanchett16 Jul 2015, 12:01 PM PST0

Lord Weidenfeld, an influential British publisher who was helped by Christians to escape Nazi-occupied Austria during his youth, has set up a fund to help save Syrian and Iraqi Christian refugees from the Islamic State (ISIS) terror group.
by Jordan Schachtel16 Jul 2015, 9:43 AM PST0

Wednesday night on Fox New Channel’s “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) discussed CBS’s Major Garrett’s question about the American hostages in Iran to President Barack Obama during his press conference regarding the Iran nuclear deal and said
by Pam Key16 Jul 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

Despite recent gains in national elections, Kurds in Turkey are threatening strikes against the country’s dam construction sites in Kurdish territory in the southeast. A statement from the Union of Kurdistan Communities, known by the acronym KCK, said that the construction project is primarily military in nature and, therefore, violates the ceasefire the group negotiated with the government.
by Michael Lucchese16 Jul 2015, 6:43 AM PST0

The Iran nuclear deal is a horrific, humiliating handout that rewards the world’s biggest sponsor of terrorism with money, power, global recognition, and a path to a nuclear bomb.
by Gov. Mike Huckabee16 Jul 2015, 3:00 AM PST0

The families of the four Americans currently being held hostage in Iran commented on the nuclear deal that the Shiite powerhouse reached with the U.S. and five other world powers.
by Edwin Mora15 Jul 2015, 7:51 PM PST0

The Daily Mail continues to release bits of a 22-minute video that shows the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) massacre at the Speicher military base in Tikrit. This time the clip shows a 12-year-old boy killing people and throwing bodies into the Tigris River.
by Mary Chastain15 Jul 2015, 7:29 PM PST0

Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz repeated references he heard to the Iran nuclear deal as the “the jihadist stimulus deal” and said “If this deal goes through, the Obama administration will become the leading financier of terrorism against America
by Ian Hanchett15 Jul 2015, 7:27 PM PST0

Wednesday, CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta defended his colleague CBS’s Major Garrett’s question to President Barack Obama about the American hostages freedom not being part of the Iran nuclear deal Acosta said, “Well, he can get testy at times, and
by Pam Key15 Jul 2015, 5:46 PM PST0

National Security Adviser Susan Rice said “we should expect” that some of the money Iran gets under sanctions relief as a result of the nuclear deal “would go to the Iranian military and could potentially be used for the kinds
by Ian Hanchett15 Jul 2015, 3:54 PM PST0

Wisconsin Governor and Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker praised CBS’ Major Garrett for asking President Obama about Americans held captive in Iran on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt Show.” Walker said of Garrett, “Hat tip for him giving that kind of question
by Ian Hanchett15 Jul 2015, 3:34 PM PST0

According to a report from an Iraqi security official, ISIS found a new low to sink to when it used an orphaned baby to demonstrate improvised explosive devices to a gaggle of recruits.
by John Hayward15 Jul 2015, 3:00 PM PST0