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
A Parisian court has given Andre Bamberski a one-year suspended prison sentence for his involvement in the kidnapping of the man who murdered his daughter. Bamberski’s daughter Kalinka was killed in 1982 in Germany by her stepfather. Bamberski waged a
Although President Obama personally requested in his most recent Rose Garden speech that Iraqi PM Maliki reach out to his Sunni counterparts, it appears Obama’s wish has fallen upon deaf ears. Maliki has in fact done the exact opposite, as
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Iraq accuses of Saudi Arabia of sponsoring ISIS and ‘genocide’ Generational Dynamics historical analysis of the violence in Iraq Iraq in the 1930s generational Awakening era The next steps for Iraq Was the 2003
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired some of the nation’s top army generals amid the growing territorial dominance of the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), hoping the overhaul would fend off future attacks from the terrorists
After an official government statement accused Saudi Arabia of “genocide,” it only took hours for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to release a unity statement video on Iraqi television. As America calls for the Iraqi government to do more to include Sunnis
A video of ISIS jihadists allegedly in charge of Baiji, Iraq has been released by Weasel Zippers. The city is home to Iraq’s largest oil refinery. Social media is filled with alleged pictures of ISIS attacks in Iraq. More images appearing
Iraq has asked the United States to conduct air strikes against jihadist-led Sunni militants that have seized key cities and large swathes of the country, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Wednesday.
On June 17 “an accidental explosion” at a central China armory “killed 17 soldiers while they were stacking ammunition.” The armory is located “on the outskirts of Hengyang.” The Associated Press reports that China’s Xinhua News Agency says the cause
Writing at Business Insider, Brett LoGiurato examines the disastrous new numbers coming out about Americans’ disapproval of Barack Obama’s foreign policy. President Barack Obama has seen support for his foreign policy plummet to an all-time low, according to a new Wall Street Journal-NBC poll released
A 15-hour flight to Hong Kong proved a particular ordeal for one US passenger who accidentally trapped his middle finger in a toilet rubbish bin early Wednesday, police said. Police said in a statement the 32-year-old suffered the accident on
From the Financial Times: It is not a corporation and does not have shareholders, but the military success and brutality of the jihadi group surging through Iraq have been recorded with the level of precision often reserved for company accounts.
Spain’s King Juan Carlos signs an act of abdication Wednesday to end his 39-year reign, as a flag-festooned Madrid spruces up its streets for the people to hail his 46-year-old son as their new king, Felipe VI. The 76-year-old Juan
Iraq’s premier vowed Wednesday to “face terrorism” and insisted security forces had suffered a “setback” rather than defeat, as militants pressing a major offensive attacked the country’s largest oil refinery. The militants also seized three villages in north Iraq Wednesday,
(Reuters) – Iran’s president vowed on Wednesday to defend Shi’ite holy sites in Iraq, where Sunni militants battled their way into the biggest oil refinery in what is rapidly turning into a sectarian war across the frontiers of the Middle East.
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The killers in the Kenyan village singled out non-Muslims, shooting them point-blank or slitting their throats, just like the previous night in an adjacent hamlet. A Somali extremist group claimed responsibility but Kenya’s president on Tuesday
As news breaks of an arrest in the attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi that killed, among others, Ambassador Christopher Stevens, questions continue to surface regarding those responsible for investigating the incident. Of particular note is House Intelligence
A spate of daring high-seas attacks off Southeast Asia is stoking fears that its vital shipping lanes could once again become a hotspot for piracy unless regional powers act fast. For centuries, pirates were the scourge of the Malacca Strait
The death toll in west Africa’s three-nation Ebola outbreak has risen to 337, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. Fresh data from the UN health agency showed that the number of deaths in Guinea, the hardest-hit country, has reached 264,
US officials announced Tuesday that a joint Special Forces and FBI operation successfully nabbed Libyan national Ahmed Abu Khatallah, the man suspected as the “ringleader” for the 2012 attack on the American Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Just one month following
“We must be self-sufficient. Why can’t we send our defense equipment to other nations?” asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday as he attended the inaugural act of India’s largest warship, the INS Vikramaditya. The newly minted prime minister used the
Austria’s first openly gay politician, Greens Member of the European Parliament Ulrike Lunacek, became the target of a toxic acid attack while giving an interview on the sidelines of the nation’s annual Rainbow Parade celebrating LGBT Austrians. According to Austria’s The
The kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank last week has triggered an enormous and ongoing Israeli crackdown on Hamas, causing the organization to suffer a setback to its presence in the Palestinian territories. Eyal Yifrach, 19, and
The Chinese government announced a mass execution of 13 terrorism suspects in northwest Xinjiang province, home to many of the nation’s ethnic Uyghur population. The group was involved in seven difference cases, according to state reports, and the executions follow
On Monday, a hospital in Sudan used by members of the internationally recognized NGO Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was hit by Sudanese air force bombing runs. Doctors Without Borders said in a statement, “As bombs struck the
Islamabad, June 17 (QNA) – The Pakistan Air Force aircraft pounded militant hideouts early Tuesday in parts of North Waziristan, killing more than 50 militants, sources said. The air strikes were conducted in Mir Ali and other areas of the
