To Obama, the Geneva Convention applies to stateless terrorists–who are not parties to the convention, and are not lawful combatants–but not to U.S. sailors captured and detained by Iran at gunpoint
Egyptian feminist Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, 23, challenges the strict nature of Islam on her blog and Facebook pages. She went a step further in her protest against the Islamic State (IS) with a photo of Elmahdy and a veiled woman pooping
The official Facebook account for the U.S. Army Fort Lee in Fort Lee, Virginia reported Monday morning that there was an active shooter on the base and the facility was currently on lockdown. “An active shooter incident has been reported
From the BBC: Militant group Boko Haram has said it has set up an Islamic state in the towns and villages it has seized in north-eastern Nigeria. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau was speaking in a video released to congratulate
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two Ebola-related deaths have been confirmed in Congo, the country’s health minister said Sunday, though local officials believe the cases are unrelated to the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 1,400 people. Eight
August 24 should be a special day for all of Ukraine. The separatists in east Ukraine, especially in Donetsk, decided to celebrate Independence Day with a parade of Ukrainian POWs and stolen Ukraine military equipment through the city center on
On August 7, President Obama announced the authorization of airstrikes against the Islamic State after new media sources like Breitbart News and Fox News drew increasing attention to the Yazidis who were trapped in deplorable and life-threatening conditions on Mount
In a step to prevent the deadly disease from spreading, the Sierra Leone government amended its health act to make it illegal for anyone in the country to hide people infected with Ebola. A person faces two years in prison
British Special Forces are forming a special unit with U.S. Delta Force and SEAL Team Six to “smash the Islamic State.” The unit, Task Force Black, will be targeting the command structure of the Islamic State in a bid to
Ralph Peters, the iconoclastic author and military strategist, has been very vocal of late regarding US national security policy and the growth of the global jihadist movement. A former US Army intelligence officer and enlisted man, he is a prolific
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed Friday that over 1000 businesses across the U.S. have been targeted by a cyber attack that allows hackers to steal personal data from customers’ debit and credit cards. Some of the biggest names that
Iraq’s outgoing deputy prime minister Rowsch Shaways, who also serves as a commander for the Kurdish forces leading an offensive against the Islamic State in Mosul, has blamed Baghdad for the blocking of necessary weapon shipments to Peshmerga in order
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia’s mysterious 227-truck convoy returns from Ukraine Philippines to defy China by offering South China Sea sightseeing cruise tours Narendra Modi and rise of Hindutva (Hindu nationalism) in India Russia’s mysterious 227-truck convoy returns
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards is saying its forces have shot down an Israeli drone as it approached an Iranian nuclear site. The Guards issued a statement on its website saying its forces fired a missile at
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — James Foley, the U.S. journalist slain by Islamic State militants after being held in captivity for nearly two years, will be remembered Sunday at a Mass of Remembrance in his hometown. Foley was kidnapped on Thanksgiving
On August 24, 1991, Ukraine’s parliament adopted The Act of Declaration of Independence, thus freeing the country from the USSR. Twenty-three years later, Ukraine is still fighting against Russia, but the war in the east and tensions with Russia did
There is only one person I listen to when it comes to war and the freedom it preserves and protects: Terry Schappert. Terry fought in the first Gulf War as a paratrooper, and in the Iraqi War as a Green
There are murderers, there are terrorists, and then there is Mohammed Deif, the terrorist mastermind who has stood atop Israel’s most wanted list since emerging as leader of Hamas’s notorious Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades in the late 1980s. In the intervening
The media watchdogs at HonestReporting.com have caught Time magazine in a classic antisemitic blood libel, spreading the myth that Jews harvest organs from dead Palestinians. The claim emerges in a video at Time.com about the Israeli military, which states: “in 2009 a
The National Journal called earlier this week for the United States to “declare war on ISIS.” The magazine is right to argue for a new authorization for the use of military force (AUMF), a legislative vehicle that passes these days
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Gulf nation of Qatar is hitting back at suggestions that it supports the Islamic State extremist group, saying that “determined, collective action” is needed to end sectarian violence gripping Iraq and Syria. The
WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling Hillary Rodham Clinton “a war hawk,” Sen. Rand Paul says that if the former secretary of state seeks the presidency, some voters will worry that she will get the U.S. involved in another Mideast war. Paul
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Chinese fighter jet buzzes U.S. surveillance plane in international waters In major escalation, Russia moves trucks, troops, artillery into Ukraine Chinese fighter jet buzzes U.S. surveillance plane in international waters The Obama administration is
The Islamic State (IS) reached Amerli, 100 miles north of Baghdad, two months ago, but the terrorist group is attempting to tighten control of the town. The residents alerted officials in Baghdad just hours after suicide bombs and a mosque
Sectarian violence continues to rise in Iraq as suicide bombs and gunfire killed over 85 people in areas around Baghdad in the Diyala province. On early Friday, a bomber attempted to murder a leader of a local Shi’ite tribe. He
Adi Kochavi and Matan Gilat writing at Vocativ: Any doubts about how ruthless and single-minded the Islamic State (commonly referred to as ISIS) had become were dispelled on Tuesday. A gruesome propaganda video began circulating that evening, showing the purported beheading of James Foley, an American journalist
