WASHINGTON (AP) — The case of Mehdi Nemmouche haunts U.S. intelligence officials. Nemmouche is a Frenchman who authorities say spent 11 months fighting with the Islamic State group in Syria before returning to Europe to act out his rage. On
(AFP) — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has warned that the West will be the next target of the jihadists sweeping through Syria and Iraq, unless there is “rapid” action. The Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has prompted widespread concern
A leading Conservative MP has said that British Prime Minister David Cameron would win a vote in Parliament on bombing ISIS. The Daily Mail says that Sir Richard Ottaway, chair of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee, said that a majority
As many as 12,000 foreigners have gone to Syria to fight the government of Bashar Assad. Many have joined extremist groups, including the al-Nusra front, an al-Qaida affiliate, and the Islamic State group, which now controls a territory straddling Syria
From The Investigative Project on Terrorism: Al-Hayat Media, an important part of the Islamic State’s propaganda machine, released the third issue of its English-language jihadist publication Dabiq Friday. It released its first two editions of the magazine written in the
On Thursday, the Washington Post reported that journalist James Wright Foley, whom ISIS beheaded last week, was also waterboarded by the terrorist groups “several times.” The Post wrote, “James Foley was among the four [hostages] who were waterboarded several times
Islamic State (IS) militants have released a video, titled “Message in Blood,” which shows them beheading “a Kurdish man as a warning to forces fighting the group in northern Iraq.” According to BBC News, the video shows the victim “kneeling near a mosque
This week, Italian paper Il Tempo reported that Pope Francis was “in the crosshairs” of the Islamic State (IS), with the jihadi group calling him the “bearer of false truth.” Il Tempo reported that according to their sources within Italy’s
An Islamic State (IS) laptop captured by a “moderate Syrian rebel group” reportedly contains bubonic plague recipes and information on weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Foreign Policy reports that Abu Ali, commander of the rebel group, found the laptop in
Amid reports that as many as 300 Americans are fighting along ISIS in Iraq and Syria and citing his own record of having introduced two bills while serving in the Senate that would have stripped U.S. citizenship from those “providing material
As the threat from Islamic State grows, one Australian Muslim has written that his religion has problems with extremism, which all Muslims need to confront. Writing for the Brisbane Times, Glenn Mohammed, who is an officer with the Australian Army
British Prime Minister David Cameron reported that “the first ISIL-inspired terrorist acts on the continent of Europe have already taken place,” and declared the group “a greater and deeper threat to our security than we have known before” in a
On Friday, United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron described the grave threat posed by the Islamic State that needed to be rooted out and destroyed. Cameron announced that the United Kingdom raised the terror threat level to “severe” after conferring
Although White House officials have seemingly declared “Mission Accomplished” in the effort to rescue the Yazidis on Mt. Sinjar, the ethno-religious tribe remains completely defenseless and continually under siege by the Islamic State terror group, The Guardian reports. Satellite imagery,
In an appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” White House press Secretary Josh Earnest attempted to walk back President Barack Obama’s remarks from Thursday in which he said the United States did not have a “strategy” to deal with ISIS in
On Thursday, President Obama held a press conference in which he humiliated himself entirely on the question of America’s handling of the terror group ISIS. Explaining that he had to consult Congress and check the pulse of Americans, Obama stated,
The British government has raised the terror threat level today from SUBSTANTIAL to SEVERE, indicating the increased likelihood of an attack on British soil. Home Secretary Teresa May announced the raising of the terror threat on television on Friday afternoon.
A 21-year-old British student has posted a video on social media urging Muslims to join the “golden era of jihad”. Hamzah Parvez had told his family he had gone to study in Germany, but instead went to fight for Islamic
Awww, look who’s got a new pen pal! None other than Major Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, who is inexplicably still capable of such activities as sending letters, and breathing. The world’s most infamous perpetrator of “workplace violence” wants
In response to Obama’s Confusing, Expanding, Nonexistent ISIS Strategy: Confusing is right. Obama today: We don’t have a strategy yet.” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest at yesterday’s press briefing: “…that is a key component of the comprehensive strategy that the
President Obama just finished a brief statement at the White House focused on his response to ISIS in Iraq and Russians in Ukraine. With regard to ISIS, Obama first downplayed U.S. goals in Iraq, then expanded them and finally said
While much attention has been focused on Islamic State (IS) incursions, abductions, and killings in Iraq, a UN report shows IS has committed “mass atrocities” in Syria and is recruiting children as fighters there as well. The report indicates “public
HOUSTON, Texas — Texas’ oil production is up 29 percent from this time last year, according to the Texas Railroad Commission. The state currently produces 2.16 barrels of oil each day. New drilling technology has shifted the focus of the
Watching the guilty men and women dive for cover over the Rotherham affair, I begin to wonder whether their incompetence and neglect stems from their own inadequacies, or from a more profound ignorance on key issue surrounding the vexed subject
Wednesday on CNN, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran Brett McGurk said, “ISIS is al Qaeda” because he said there are many groups that have morphed from each other now all “competing” for the “global jihad mantle.”
