The United States withdrawal from Iraq in 2012 was celebrated as a major advancement in ending the war on terror, but as American presence diminishes in the nation, jihadist groups have made significant gains, taking over the second-largest city in
Sunni Islamist militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) have rapidly expanded their control of Iraq as a whole. The group is now said to be within range of overtaking Iraq’s biggest oil refinery in the
BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and security forces abandoned their posts following clashes with the insurgents. Fighters from the Islamic
The Fall of ‘Entertainment Weekly’ Ann Helen Petersen has written a lengthy history of the rise and fall of Entertainment Weekly, the 24 year-old publication that is now nothing more than a pamphlet. Online, EW is even worse – everyday
Mosul, the capital of the Nineveh province in Iraq, is currently under assault. In a letter posted on the website First Things, Dominican Friar Fr. Najeeb Michaeel, O.P. has written from Mosul: Bad news. I write you in a situation of
After taking over Iraq’s second biggest city in Mosul, Jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIS) have deployed further into several areas of Iraq. Iraqi Colonel Ahmed Taha said the ISIS overtook the areas of Hawijah, Zab,
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Thailand’s military junta uses sexy ‘army girls’ to change minds Iraq in major crisis after catastrophic fall of Mosul to ISIS Iraq’s president Nouri Al-Maliki declares state of emergency Thailand’s military junta uses sexy
Allegations continue to surface that a staff member for California Democratic Rep. Lois Capps attempted to help a fellow staffer escape jail time after he drove while drunk and killed a young woman. Those allegations have apparently prompted an investigation by
REUTERS – Sunni Islamist insurgents seized control of Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi’ite-led government, which called on parliament to declare a state of emergency. The capture of
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called upon the Iraq parliament to convene an emergency session and adopt martial law, according to CBS News. The news comes shortly after the Al Qaeda-aligned group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) reportedly
Moments after ABC News correspondent Martha Raddatz reported after investigating the U.S. military is aware of two separate times U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked off base on his own accord former Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM) said, “There is no
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Ukraine’s new president promises peace in a united Ukraine Russia forced to change tactics after Ukraine’s election Jihadist violence across Iraq continues to grow Ukraine’s new president promises peace in a united Ukraine Petro
In response to From “swift boaters” to “psychopaths”: It should come as no surprise that the HUD flack who trial-ballooned the Bergdahl “Platoon long on psychopaths” narrative on Twitter, is a former Votes Vets operative who participated in an anti-Rush
A caller to Mark Levin’s radio program on Wednesday that identified himself as Billy stated he was a Navy Lt. Commander who “flew over 50 combat missions over Iraq” argued that “if the reports are true” Bowe Bergdahl is a
An Obama administration official upset with the direction of the Bergdhal story voiced his concern on Twitter on Wednesday, floating a theory that put Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in a more sympathetic light–and his fellow soldiers as part of the problem.
The United States is set this week to ship the first of 36 F-16 Lockheed Martin Fighting Falcon fighter jets to the Iraqi military, reports said. Iraq’s ambassador to the US Lukman Faily said the delivery of the fighter jets
Despite being far less formal than the UK’s House of Windsor, the House of Bourbon which rules Spain has had its fair share of allegations of being ‘out of touch’. An aged King presiding over a virtually bankrupt state whilst
Former First Lady Hillary Clinton has now seen fit to memorialize nearly every bit of her life and career … except for the eight years during which she served as a Senator from New York. The fact that she was
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has declined an invitation to Saudi Arabia, a gesture the Iranian government accepted as “friendly” that could have potentially eased tensions between the two nations. Zarif cited multilateral nuclear talks as preventing him from
WASHINGTON — California Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter expressed concern Monday at the level of urgency surrounding the decision to swap five Taliban militants for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and questioned why other Americans in militant custody were not included in
PARIS (AP) — Four people were arrested Monday in a sweep against French jihadist recruiters, the country’s top security official said a day after authorities announced the detention of a French suspect in the deadly shooting at a Jewish museum.
Once again the weekend brings death to Chicago with five dead and 14 wounded, ten of those in a less than 4-hour period. With all the violence this year, Chicago has seen a 7 percent rise in shootings over last
French police arrested Mehdi Nemmouche on Friday for an attack on a Jewish museum in Brussels in May that killed three. Authorities say Nemmouche took responsibility for the shootings and may have ties to the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq
PARIS (AP) — A suspected French jihadist arrested over killings at a Belgian Jewish museum had traveled to Syria and claimed responsibility for the shootings in a video, prosecutors said Sunday. Fears have been mounting in European countries that the
A court in Spain on Thursday convicted a Saudi man dubbed “Al-Qaeda’s librarian” of the charge of membership in a terrorist organisation and sentenced his to eight years in jail. The National Court, the top criminal court in the country,
