Iran State TV station FARS announced Saturday morning that four American dual-nationality prisoners were released from Iranian custody in a “prisoner swap” with the United States.
Just hours after the Obama Administration (obviously attempting damage control) finally decided to come clean with the truth surrounding what happened that fateful night in Benghazi, and hours before Rep. Darrell Issa’s Congressional hearings on the attack gavel into motion
French police have uncovered bomb-making material during a probe into a group of Islamic extremists detained at the weekend for allegedly targeting Jews, prosecutors said Wednesday. Describing the group as a serious threat, Paris prosecutor Francois Molins said the detention
(AP) State Dept. description of attack in sync with GOPBy LARRY MARGASAK and BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe State Department now says it never believed the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, was a film protest gone awry,
A U.S. security officer asked the State Dept. for more security in Libya — he received no response. When security officer Eric Nordstrom asked for more security in Libya in light of more than 200 security breaches from July 2011
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: German Chancellor Merkel greeted with hate-filled protests in Athens Greece Nato will defend Turkey as border tension with Syria escalates Turkey’s politics become bitterly sectarian IMF warns of an ‘alarmingly high’ risk of deep
Three-quarters of African countries and several “Arab Spring” nations are at high or extreme risk of a food crisis, according to an analysis published on Wednesday. In a survey of 197 countries, 59 are most at risk of food insecurity,
A State Department official told Capitol Hill staffers the Islamist attacks in Benghazi, Libya were planned and highly organized the day after they occurred, contradicting the Obama Administration’s scapegoating of a YouTube clip. Fox News reported on Monday that Under Secretary of
Tomorrow marks the beginning of a major Congressional hearing on the terror attack In Libya and in a desperately transparent attempt to get ahead of damaging news, at the very last minute tonight, the State Department finally came clean: – –
By JORGE RUEDAAssociated PressCARACAS, VenezuelaVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that he will keep supporting Syria’s leader and called for the U.S. to rethink its stance toward the war-shattered nation. Chavez likened the violence in Syria to the fighting in
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and LARRY MARGASAKAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe State Department said Tuesday it never concluded that the consulate attack in Libya stemmed from protests over an American-made video ridiculing Islam, raising further questions about why the Obama administration used that explanation
The House Committee On Oversight and Government Reform will have a hearing on the Benghazi attack and possible cover-up tomorrow. The hearing will focus on “The Security Failures of Benghazi.” It will include a review of attacks that took place
Some U.S. intelligence personnel claim the Obama administration tried to cover up details of the Benghazi attack as part of a broader attempt to cover up Egyptian and Iranian support for jihadists throughout North Africa and the Middle East. To
(AP) France boosts security at synagoguesBy ANGELA CHARLTONAssociated PressPARISFrance is boosting security at Jewish religious sites after blank bullets were fired on a synagogue west of Paris, and amid renewed concerns about anti-Semitism around the country. French President Francois Hollande
(AP) Frenchman, American win Nobel for quantum physicsBy KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMA French-American duo shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to observe the bizarre properties of the quantum world, research that has led
Libya has already gathered “considerable’ evidence to prosecute the son of slain Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi for crimes against humanity, a lawyer told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. The domestic investigation “has already produced considerable results,” Philippe Sands said
Speaking in Chicago to a gathering of media, government, and corporate personnel, Lara Logan said the Taliban remains a threat and that administration claims to the contrary are “nonsensical.” Logan has covered wars in the Middle East for years for
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Massive security planned for Merkel’s visit to Athens Greece Supporters of alleged rapist Julian Assange ordered to forfeit $150,000 bail money Mitt Romney advocates sending weapons to Syrian opposition fighters Thousands of people in
Veterans for a Strong America (VSA) has released a television commercial focusing on the Obama administration’s mishandling of classified information and the ultimate price Navy SEAL Team Six’s Aaron Vaughn paid as a consequence. The commercial shows former Sec. of Defense
In a well-written and very well-delivered and wide-ranging foreign policy speech (full transcript here) that touched on everything from Russia to North Africa to the Middle East, Governor Mitt Romney wasted no time in laying out a vision for America
A new poll of 3100 active and reserve troops proves that America’s best and bravest — those men and women who choose to risk everything for a cause bigger then themselves — are overwhelmingly in favor of firing Barack Obama
TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 8 (UPI) —Libya’s rule was in the hands of factious lawmakers Monday after they ousted the newly elected prime minister following their rejection of his proposed Cabinet. The Parliament, known as the General National Congress, voted 125
(Reuters) – China’s top telecoms gear makers should be shut out of the U.S. market as potential Chinese state influence on them poses a security threat, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee said in a draft of a report
(AP) Nobel prize to Briton, Japanese for stem cell workBy KARL RITTER and LOUISE NORDSTROMAssociated PressSTOCKHOLMBritish researcher John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka of Japan won this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for discovering that mature, specialized
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – The armed wings of Gaza’s ruling Hamas movement and the Islamic Jihad group announced Monday they had fired a series of rockets at Israel, a day after an Israeli air strike that injured 10
A string of rebel strongholds, including in Daraa and Homs provinces and the commercial capital Aleppo, were rocked by shelling and clashes from dawn on Monday that left at least 23 people dead, a watchdog said. Twenty of the deaths
