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Five Tough Facts About Inflation and Fed Policy

Five Tough Facts About Inflation and Fed Policy

Inflation is soaring, and the Federal Reserve is looking away. It has printed trillions of dollars to save big banks from their financial crisis debauchery and to keep interest rates low to spur economic recovery, but those have not improved

Israel Defies Obama over Iraq Unity, Kurdish Independence

Israel Defies Obama over Iraq Unity, Kurdish Independence

Though the far-left has long believed that Israel pushed the U.S. into war in Iraq, the fact is that Israel has kept a safe (albeit supportive) distance from American policy there–until now. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explicitly endorsed Kurdish

Netanyahu Calls for Jordan Support, Kurdish Independence

Netanyahu Calls for Jordan Support, Kurdish Independence

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the international community on Sunday to support Jordan in the fight against “Islamic extremism” and to back the independence of Iraq’s Kurds. His remarks follow reports in Israeli media that officials in Tel Aviv

ISIS Crucifies Jihadis for Being 'Too Soft'

ISIS Crucifies Jihadis for Being 'Too Soft'

Islamist terror group ISIS has reportedly crucified eight jihadis from a rival rebel group in Syria for being too moderate. The Sun says that the bodies of the eight militants were still on view in a square in Aleppo yesterday,

Iraqi Forces Clash with Militants in Tikrit

Iraqi Forces Clash with Militants in Tikrit

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi helicopter gunships struck suspected insurgent positions in Tikrit on Sunday as part of a government offensive to retake the predominantly Sunni hometown of former dictator Saddam Hussein from Sunni militants led by the al-Qaida breakaway Islamic

NGO: ISIS crucifies 9 men in Syria's Aleppo

NGO: ISIS crucifies 9 men in Syria's Aleppo

A jihadist group in Syria has publicly executed and crucified nine men, eight of them rebels fighting both President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and the jihadists, a monitor said on Sunday. The report comes amid fierce clashes on the outskirts of

Why ISIS Won't Take Baghdad

Why ISIS Won't Take Baghdad

From the Daily Beast: BEIRUT, Lebanon — Fighters loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) have at times been as close as six miles to Baghdad, according to Iraqi and Kurdish commanders interviewed by The Daily Beast.

Israel steps up campaign against 'bad' nuclear Iran deal

Israel steps up campaign against 'bad' nuclear Iran deal

Israel’s National Security Adviser Yossi Cohen and Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz will travel to Washington over the weekend to press Israel’s concern about a “bad” nuclear deal with Iran, reports The Jerusalem Post. The Islamic Republic and the western powers

Morocco Eyes Regional Clout as a Moderate Muslim Model

Morocco Eyes Regional Clout as a Moderate Muslim Model

Morocco is promoting its moderate version of Islam as a counterweight to the widening jihadist threat in the Sahara, training hundreds of imams from affected countries, but analysts question its motives. The initiative is well-timed. Islamist violence is plaguing Libya

Satellite Images Reveal ISIS Massacre

Satellite Images Reveal ISIS Massacre

Human Rights Watch did a detailed analysis matching satellite imagery and ISIS photographs exposing the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) mass executions in Tikrit, which the group seized control of on June 11. While HRW said the numbers