
Analysts are puzzled by ISIS’s burning alive of Jordan’s pilot; Jordan promises revenge against ISIS for killing pilot; Japan’s nationalism surges over ISIS killings of two Japanese hostages
by John J. Xenakis4 Feb 2015, 6:03 AM PST0

An Iraqi father single-handedly attacked a group of Islamic State jihadists with an AK-47, killing seven, before losing his life in his attempt to avenge his son, killed on video by the terrorist group.
by Frances Martel3 Feb 2015, 9:51 PM PST0

Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin said that political and media reactions to terrorism were “like having a PTA meeting” on Tuesday. “We are at war. Now, we don’t act like it, we have our
by Ian Hanchett3 Feb 2015, 9:51 PM PST0

Four years into the great experiment of American withdrawal and cowardice, the Middle East has been transformed.
by Ben Shapiro3 Feb 2015, 8:13 PM PST0

President Barack Obama told the Today Show the United States is working to release a 26-year-old American woman from the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). The terrorists captured the woman on August 30.
by Mary Chastain3 Feb 2015, 6:00 PM PST0

It’s not entirely news that the under-equipped Kurdish forces holding the front lines against ISIS in Iraq have accepted help from Iran. There have been reports of arms shipments from Iran to Iraqi Kurdistan since last summer, as promised military support from the West proved slow in arriving.
by John Hayward3 Feb 2015, 4:59 PM PST0

On Tuesday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer reacted to the video released by ISIS earlier in the day showing the Jordanian pilot held captive being burned alive. According to Krauthammer, the move by
by Jeff Poor3 Feb 2015, 4:18 PM PST0

Saudi Arabian government officials faced extreme backlash after a leaked video showed the brutal public beheading of a woman, who proclaimed her innocence as a man chopped off her head. The video led to many comparisons to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), who also behead their victims in public.
by Mary Chastain3 Feb 2015, 4:04 PM PST0

Representative Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), an Iraq War veteran, said that while President Obama’s statement on ISIS’ killing of a Jordanian pilot “misses the point,” others, like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) were “trying to incite religious bigotry and fomenting hatred” on
by Ian Hanchett3 Feb 2015, 2:16 PM PST0

Tuesday at a Pentagon press conference to address the ISIS video of a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive, spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said, “Now I don’t need to remind you that this pilot was himself a Muslim. So
by Pam Key3 Feb 2015, 1:54 PM PST0

Tuesday President Barack Obama reacted to ISIS releasing a video showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive. President Obama said, “You know, I just got word of the video that had been released. I don’t know the details on
by Pam Key3 Feb 2015, 11:31 AM PST0

Radical Islamists associated with the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) and jihad celebrated the gruesome death of innocent Jordanian pilot Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh on Twitter. The terrorists burned him alive and recorded the death, which was released online.
by Mary Chastain3 Feb 2015, 11:11 AM PST0

The Islamic State has released a video online showing the execution of captive Jordanian pilot Mu’ath al-Kaseasbeh, who appears in the video being immolated while held in a cage.
by John Hayward3 Feb 2015, 9:51 AM PST0

Members of Japan’s opposition party are beginning to publicly criticize Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his choice to send humanitarian aid to nations fighting the Islamic State, a decision blamed for triggering a hostage crisis that took the lives of two Japanese citizens.
by John Hayward3 Feb 2015, 9:36 AM PST0

In George Orwell’s landmark novel 1984, Big Brother’s dictatorial state uses “newspeak” and its Ministry of Truth to turn falsehood into manufactured “truth” and reality into lies. The administration’s explanation of what drives the terrorists responsible for 9/11, the Fort Hood shooting, and the Boston bombing sounds everyday more and more like a product of The Ministry of Truth.
by Dr. Sebastian Gorka3 Feb 2015, 8:19 AM PST0

Ever since his election two years ago, Baghdad’s Archbishop Louis Sako has not been one to mince words. Speaking at a symposium in Baghdad this weekend, Sako called for concrete action to effectively hamstring the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.3 Feb 2015, 6:35 AM PST0

ISIS members marched into a Syrian town Friday evening demanding that all crosses be removed from the churches or have the buildings be completely destroyed, according to the Assyrian Patriotic Party.
by Breitbart News3 Feb 2015, 6:24 AM PST0

Norway’s TV2 interviewed Norwegian 14-year-old Hussein Abbas in Iraq to fight against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL). His father Abbas al-Asadi leads the Shia militia.
by Mary Chastain2 Feb 2015, 8:20 PM PST0

Shocking images from LiveLeak show what appears to be a Syrian man sentenced to death by Islamic State terrorists for being gay. He is thrown from the top of a building and miraculously survives, but after that, the rest of the town can no longer claim ISIS as his killer.
by Breitbart News2 Feb 2015, 7:49 PM PST0

Columnist Charles Krauthammer argued that President Obama “pretends that the strategy is to destroy ISIS because he has to” on Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “I think there is a strategy, but Obama won’t say it. He
by Ian Hanchett2 Feb 2015, 4:40 PM PST0

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) continues to purge anything they deem to defy Islam in Mosul, Iraq, which they captured in June 2014. In December, they raided the Central Library of Mosul to destroy all non-Islamic books.
by Mary Chastain2 Feb 2015, 12:50 PM PST0

The Islamic State’s brutal murder of its second Japanese hostage, Kenji Goto, has Japan’s government talking about vengeance — a major shift in tone for post-war Japan, observers have noted.
by John Hayward2 Feb 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates criticized President Obama’s goal to destroy the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) jihadist group as “unrealistic” and “unattainable.”
by Edwin Mora2 Feb 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

Islamist militants have opened a special market in Mosul for the sale of goods confiscated from the houses and churches of Christians. The Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) has dubbed the open-air market the “Spoils of Nasara” (Spoils of Christians).
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.2 Feb 2015, 10:31 AM PST0

A second shipment of Russian-made Mi-28NE attack helicopters arrived in Iraq over the weekend. The first shipment of Russian attack helicopters was received in late August.
by AWR Hawkins2 Feb 2015, 8:46 AM PST0