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
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl is coming home to America as early as Friday morning. The former Taliban captive has been deemed ready to enter a new phase of his recovery after being released in exchange for five high-ranking Taliban officials this
South African authorities arrested a man for stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s new lover then cutting open his heart and eating it. The cannibalistic assailant reportedly ate the victim’s heart using a knife and fork as utensils. The suspect is a Zimbabwean
MUNICH, Germany, June 12 (UPI) — The copyright on Adolf Hitler’s book Mein Kampf will expire at the end of 2015, and German legal scholars are debating whether the book should be studied or suppressed. The book of Hitler’s philosophical
Rio de Janeiro airport workers had planned to strike Thursday in order to maximize their outreach and effectiveness. However, their plans fell apart after a court threatened massive fines if they didn’t return to work immediately. According to the Brazilian
Not content with causing major instability with deadly attacks and mass kidnappings, Boko Haram is targeting the World Cup. Viewing centers set up in northeastern Nigeria have canceled screenings of Nigerian World Cup matches after Boko Haram threatened to bomb
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke about the wave of violence hitting Iraq from Islamic militants, asserting that the United States does not have a responsibility to assist the country with military action. Pelosi called the violence “troubling” but asserted
With violence from Sunni militants on the rise in western Iraq, the U.S. last month denied Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki’s requests for military aid. According to The New York Times, the Iraqi PM “secretly asked the Obama administration
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is seeking a new head gardener for his residences in Canberra and Sydney. The job application is an exhausting 50 pages, reports the Sydney Morning Herald, and spectacularly detailed, demanding, among other things, that the
On Wednesday, the West African nation of Sierra Leone shut down its border with neighbors’ Guinea and Liberia to try and contain a widespread Ebola virus outbreak. The country declared a state of emergency, shutting down all of its schools,
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a jihadist group formerly affiliated with al Qaeda, is in the midst of a horrifying takeover of Iraq that threatens to overtake the nation’s government completely. As the terrorists march toward Baghdad,
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani took to the airwaves Thursday. “Continue your march as the battle is not yet raging,” he reportedly said. Adnani warned Baghdad that it was within sights of the
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi visited a hospitalized woman sexually assaulted by a mob at a celebration of his inauguration on Wednesday, apologizing publicly to her for the crime and to “every Egyptian woman.” Sisi, who visited the woman with a bouquet
Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, whose release from captivity under the Taliban has sparked an uproar among those concerned that freeing five high-ranking Taliban officials for his freedom puts Americans in danger, made have exhibited signs of mental illness before joining the
Khair Mundos, one of the top officials of radical Islamist terror group Abu Sayyaf, has been arrested in a Manila slum Wednesday after escaping from prison in 2007. Among other duties, Mundos was responsible for keeping ties with al Qaeda.
Speaker John Boehner criticized President Obama for his failure to react to the crisis in Iraq. Islamist militants have surged into Iraq seizing major cities in the country as well as financial resources and American provided ammunition and equipment. Under Obama,
As many as 20% of men working in sugar cane fields in Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Costa Rica may be suffering from chronic kidney disease and not know it, according to new research on finding an epidemic of unknown
SAO PAULO, June 12 (UPI) — Brazilian police used tear gas on Thursday to block a small group of World Cup protesters from making their way to Corinthians Stadium in Sao Paulo. The protesters reportedly planned to stage an anti-World
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov finally admitted Russia is helping the pro-Russians in east Ukraine. This revelation comes to light while Interfax-Ukraine reports three Russian tanks entered Ukraine near Snizhne and gunmen captured a bus full of children in the
The UK is ruling out military involvement in Iraq’s efforts to retake Mosul from an Al Qaeda splinter group. According to BBC News, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said his country will “[consider] sending humanitarian aid” from their “very large”
(Reuters) – Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday after government forces abandoned their posts in the face of a sweeping Sunni Islamist rebel push towards Baghdad that threatens Iraq’s future as a unified
(Reuters) – As NATO refocuses on its eastern borders after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the United States is quietly deploying more troops to train special forces in former Soviet bloc states anxious about Moscow’s intentions. Major exercises began last month
When you think of our troops who are fighting for our freedoms, what comes to mind? Courage, honor, bravery, determination, and selfless sacrifice are just a few words that I think of to try and describe our fearless warriors, who
There have been suggestions among some in the media that the Haqqani Network (who were the terrorists Bowe Bergdahl was with) is somehow a separate entity from the Taliban. Al Qaeda is not even being mentioned in this regard, which
The chaos that is unfolding in Iraq is being portrayed in the media as an unexpected development. It certainly is an unnecessary fate for a country that had, until recently, a chance of survival. Yet it is not only the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com ISIS sweeps across Iraq, captures Tikrit The collapse of Iraq’s army What next for ISIS and its leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi? ISIS sweeps across Iraq, captures Tikrit Families in massive traffic jam fleeing Mosul
