A Canadian imam known for his pacifist sermons warned that Islamist militant group IS was actively recruiting in Canada and said one member issued him a death threat. Syed Soharwardy, founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada (ISCC), on
Daniel O’Shea, former Coordinator for the Hostage Working Group at the US’s Iraq Embassy said that paying ransoms to kidnappers will lead to more kidnappings, and worried that the recent swap of Taliban prisoners for Bowe Bergdahl is a reversal
Is the man who ran for President as the anti-war candidate about to take America to war in Iraq and Syria? Listening to the Obama administration this week, it certainly sounds that way. U.S. engagement with ISIS started as a
(Reuters) – Authorities suspect around 130 people resident in Austria – most of them foreign nationals – have allied themselves with Islamist militants fighting abroad, officials in Vienna said on Friday, raising their estimate by nearly a third. Public safety
Breitbart News spoke with Dr. Robert P. George, McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University, about his call to action to destroy the Islamic State Terror group, the persecution of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East, as
In the wake of a Government Accountability Office report that concluded the Obama administration broke the law when it released five Taliban Guantanamo prisoners for Bowe Bergdahl, House Speaker John Boehner slammed the administration’s propensity to ignore laws. “[I]t is
Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, the leader, or “caliph” of the Islamic State terror group is reportedly on the move from Iraq to Syria, according to a top Kurdish official. It was said that Baghdadi feared U.S. airstrikes were rapidly closing
After finally choosing to view the barbaric, on-camera beheading of freelance war correspondent James Foley, I’ve been left with a level of rage known only to those of us who have sacrificed unspeakable offerings on the altar of world peace.
Pentagon Press Secretary Rear Admiral John Kirby was asked if ISIS was still a “JV team” at Friday’s press briefing. Kirby said that ISIS has “grown in capability with speed” since President Obama referred to ISIS as a “JV team”
The former head of the British Army General the Lord Dannatt has called on the UK and America to open up discussions about working with Syria to defeat ISIS. Lord Dannatt appeared on the BBC Today programme to say that despite
The events of recent days have hardened support for UK airstrikes on Islamic State terrorists in Iraq, a poll by YouGov for The Times has revealed. The news comes amid accusations of government apathy on the growing threat from Islamic
It took her more than nine years of working in the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, but Yasmina Haifi finally uncovered the secret truth about the Islamic State: It isn’t Islamic at all. Actually, it’s a Jewish plot. Yes,
Ralph Peters, the iconoclastic author and military strategist has been very vocal of late regarding US national security policy and the growth of the global jihadist movement. A former US Army intelligence officer, he is a prolific and very successful
Despite Obama’s claim that we have al Qaeda on the run, attacks by al Qaeda and other global jihadis have taken a sharp swing upwards says Sebastian Gorka in a recent article and interview. As events in Iraq and Syria
(Reuters) – A British Muslim leader called for action on Thursday to tackle a jihadi sub-culture after an Islamic State video showed a suspected Briton beheading U.S. journalist James Foley, held hostage in Syria. In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
The acquisition by the Davis and Sacramento police departments, as well as the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, of excess military equipment from the U.S. Defense Department has the Sacramento Bee in a tizzy. The Davis police acquired a $689,000 Mine-Resistant,
Daniel O’Shea, a reserve Navy SEAL Officer who served as Coordinator for the Hostage Working Group at the United States’ Iraq Embassy criticized the Department of Defense and the White House for releasing details about a failed hostage rescue mission
A Turkish newspaper claimed that Ankara has agreed to surrender territory to the Islamic State (IS) in exchange for 49 Turkish citizens who were taken hostage by the terror group in June. Taraf daily news reported that Turkey has agreed
Note from Senior Management: Washington’s premier journal for savvy political insiders today called for Congress to issue President Obama a new authorization for use of combat troops in Iraq to engage The Islamic State. We reprint here. When a centrist Democrat, a
Texas Governor Rick Perry called for a stronger American response to the threat of Islamic State terrorists, just a day after President Obama addressed the topic. Perry criticized President Obama for allowing ISIS to enjoy a “triumphant summer,” sweeping across
The suspected British killer of US journalist James Foley will be found and brought to justice “sooner or later”, Britain’s former anti-terrorism chief said Thursday. Richard Barrett, former head of counterterrorism at foreign intelligence service MI6, told BBC Radio 4’s
The family and freelance employer of slain photojournalist James Foley received a “vitriolic” email from the Islamic State last week declaring their intent to kill Foley, GlobalPost President Philip Balboni said at a press conference yesterday. A week before the
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), a member of the House Intelligence Committee, predicted that ISIS is “going to try to attack us on the homeland” on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day.” “I think we had to know that when we
BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic extremists fired rockets and tank shells Wednesday at a major air base in northeastern Syria, kicking off a long-anticipated offensive to seize the last position held by the Syrian government in a province that is a
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama expressed revulsion on Wednesday at the beheading of an American journalist by Islamist militants and vowed the United States would do what it must to protect its citizens as international condemnation of the insurgents grew. Not
