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
L’ISLE-VERTE, Quebec, Jan. 23 (UPI) —Fire demolished a seniors’ residence Thursday Quebec, Canada, leaving three people dead and 30 unaccounted for, officials said. Firefighters said they received a call about the fire at La Residence du Havre in L’Isle-Verte approximately
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine anti-government protesters issue ultimatum after five are killed Iran says it’s not dismantling any nuclear components China says that war with Japan is inevitable because they hate each other Ukraine anti-government protesters issue
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) today updated its policy dealing with religious apparel and hair grooming that U.S. service members can wear or display while in uniform, allowing body art and piercings in some cases. “The new policy
Customs agents in Long Beach, California, caught naturalized citizen Mozaffar Khazaee allegedly attempting to send Iran “technical manuals, specification sheets, and other proprietary material” on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. He was arrested and January 21st charged with “two counts
On January 22nd U.S. State Department officials acknowledged they were following Israel’s arrest of two al Qaeda recruits with Jerusalem residency. The two men were “apprehended in a plot to target the… American embassy in Tel Aviv” and Israel’s domestic defensive
BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 22 (UPI) —Argentine shoppers on the Internet are being asked to pay up to 50 percent tax on what they hoped will be bargains to escape gouging by local sellers. The government began clamping down on Argentine
Islamist militant Eldar Magatov was killed by Russian police as they carried out security operations and searches in preparation for the Sochi Winter Olympics. Magatov “was a suspect in numerous attacks on Russian targets” and was killed “in a shootout
Contrary to the claims of the White House–which, as the Weekly Standard notes, refuses to release the text of the nuclear deal with Iran–the Iranian regime has not agreed to dismantle any part of its nuclear program, according to Foreign
U.S. military leaders have submitted a proposal to the Obama White House that would leave behind a 10,000-strong military force in Afghanistan after 2014 when the combat mission ends. The Wall Street Journal first reported the plan, and Fox News confirmed it.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) today identified the U.S. soldier who was killed in a Taliban attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan on Jan. 20. The DOD reported that 42-year old U.S. Army Chief Warrant
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carrying out routine vehicle inspections in the Jordan Valley discovered “an improvised firearm and ammunition” hidden in a child’s bookbag in a car driven by a Palestinian. According to the IDFblog, the driver of the vehicle
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Suicide bombing in Hezbollah stronghold in Lebanon kills four Putin’s anti-gay campaign a high-risk appeal to Russia’s ‘traditional values’ Western leaders sickened by Assad’s ‘industrial strength’ torture in Syria Syria report shows Bashar al-Assad
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (UPI) —A software glitch on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website may have compromised personal information of veterans, officials said. Veterans who logged in to the department’s eBenefits site were able to see other former service
Edward Snowden has rejected suggestions he was a Russian spy, saying he acted alone in exposing US surveillance programs. In an interview the magazine said was carried out by “encrypted means” from Moscow, the 30-year-old said he “clearly and unambiguously
Talks on the future of Syria opened in Geneva today, with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry among the many foreign ministers present. Iran will not be participating after the United Nations withdrew a formal invitation under American pressure–an invitation
On Monday, four members of an anti-fracking group wound up in jail for using bicycle locks and glue to fasten themselves to gas pumps at a petrol station in Great Lever, England. The group sacrificed themselves in order to protest
Catherine Samba-Panza, a French-educated businesswoman and lawyer, has been elected President of the Central African Republic. Samba-Panza was formerly mayor of the CAR’s capital Bangui, a city with a population of roughly 750,000. The UN has warned of “seeds of
Chinese authorities on Tuesday executed a man who held six women as sex slaves in his basement and murdered two of them, a court official and state media said. Li Hao, a 36-year-old former clerk, was put to death after
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) apprehended a total of 414,397 illegal immigrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border at and between ports of entry in FY 2013, a fourteen percent increase from the previous year. About 57 percent (235,567) of all
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich’s girlfriend caused some Martin Luther King, Jr. Day outrage by having a photo taken as she sat in a chair fashioned as a lifelike, subservient, half-naked black woman. The offensive image appeared on Miroslava Duma’s fashion
Billowing across the Pacific Ocean from China and landing on the western shore of the United States are significant quantities of toxic air pollutants, including sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, and black carbon. Ironically, a great deal of that
Israeli and Palestinian activists gathered in Ramallah for a “peace conference” earlier this month organized by Minds of Peace, a non-for-profit dedicated to a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unfortunately, journalist Khaled Abu Toameh writes for the Gatestone Institute, Palestinian protesters
A report released by war crimes prosecutors and forensic experts points to thousands of “photographs of dead bodies and alleged detainees killed in Syrian government custody” as “direct evidence” of torture by the Bashar al-Assad government. According to CNN, “the
In a a move that would surprise exactly no one, President Barack Obama is reported to be considering using his executive powers to relieve some sanctions on Iran, regardless of whether Congress passes new bipartisan sanctions currently under consideration that
Kiev, Ukraine’s capitol, has been the sight of protests since the government turned down a trade agreement with the European Union (EU) for one with Russia. Everything got worse when President Viktor Yanukovych signed a new anti-protest bill on January
