WASHINGTON, D.C. — Regardless of what the generals advise and how bad the situation gets the U.S. should not send in combat troops, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters Wednesday. “The worse it gets the less reason I
During a televised debate, last week, candidate for U.S. Congress Staci Appel (D-IA) opposed the idea of revoking passports of Americans who have admitted to joining and fighting with terrorist organizations. Appel said, “I would not be urging taking away
Though the Israeli Security Council has issued a “severe terror alert” for Jews and Israelis traveling abroad, no such threat exists for Israel itself, according to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon. Ya’alon’s comments came during a briefing Tuesday with journalists
In Geneva yesterday, eight bishops and patriarchs of the Churches of the Middle East denounced the “crimes against humanity” committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The religious leaders also stressed the “responsibility of the international community
In response to Muslims Will Support Muslims Over Infidel-Led Mission Against ISIS: As it happens, this morning the new Iraqi prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, just made a big show of announcing that Iraq doesn’t want or need foreign troops to
On Tuesday, President Obama announced a troop surge…in West Africa. Not to combat terrorism, of course – to combat Ebola virus. The plan would involve sending 400,000 Ebola home health and treatment kits, thousands more test kits, and logistical equipment
Friends of Alan Hennings, the British hostage threatened next with execution by ISIS jihadists, say they offered the terrorist organisation money in return for his release, but were turned down. A fellow volunteer has told the Daily Mail that ISIS
Western countries must stop “playing war games” in Ukraine and “poking the Russian bear with a stick” and instead work with Vladimir Putin to defeat the self-proclaimed Islamic State, Nigel Farage has said. Speaking to the European Parliament, the UKIP
“Look, if there was credible evidence that ISIL had plans to attack the United States or there was an imminent threat against the U.S. embassy, the president can always act to defend the nation or defend embassy or American personnel,” Kaine said. “But right now even the head
In an appearance on “CBS This Morning” on Wednesday, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who served in both the Obama and Bush administrations, argued that in order to achieve objectives to destroy the threat of ISIS, including Vice President Joe
President Obama’s pledge to dismantle ISIS, drive it from Iraq, and to strike at its bases in Syria has Secretary of State John Kerry embarking on a coalition-building tour of Gulf and Arab capitals. Kerry’s task is complicated not only
ERBIL, Iraq– During a visit to the front lines with the Kurdish military forces, Breitbart News witnessed firsthand the lack of modern weapons and equipment the Kurdish forces are using to defeat the Islamic State. For example, at a furthest
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “Lou Dobbs Tonight” on the Fox Business Network, Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) criticized President Barack Obama and his administration’s efforts in tackling the ISIS threat in the Middle East. Brooks explained to host Lou Dobbs that
Ferguson demonstrators stormed a St. Louis County Council meeting on Tuesday evening and threatened more violence and to shut down St. Louis Rams and Cardinals games if the officer who shot Michael Brown to death is not arrested or indicted.
Take up the White Man’s burden–The savage wars of peace–Fill full the mouth of FamineAnd bid the sickness cease;And when your goal is nearestThe end for others sought,Watch sloth and heathen FollyBring all your hopes to nought. – Rudyard Kipling,
A new video released by Islamic State terrorists features President Obama and the White House in a movie trailer style release vowing more fighting and violence. The video features slow motion explosions and fighting conducted by militant Islamists while U.S.
On Tuesday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (R-IL) said he would be derelict in his duty to protect America if he supported bills that would secure America’s border first before a broader and more comprehensive amnesty bill is even considered. Appearing on
Pope Francis is at risk of assassination from ISIS, a top Iraqi diplomat has warned. Habeeb al Sadr, Iraqi ambassador to the Vatican, said that the terror group had issued “credible threats” to the kill the Pope, just days before
The Austrian government plans to tighten up laws on sedition and the display of provocative imagery in order to tackle Isis jihadists and their supporters within Austria, The Local has reported. Under the range of new measures, dual citizens who
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused the Obama administration of trying to be “social workers” in Iraq instead of adequately combating ISIS militarily on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “There is no sense of urgency, no sense of seriousness
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) argued that President Barack Obama was “clearly looking forward to leaving [ISIS] to his successor” on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “They’re [ISIS] going to have to be defeated by ground troops, now ideally,
NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says that ISIS may be targeting Times Square, as the terrorist group has made threats on an online message board. ISIS put out messages to recruit “individual wolves in America” to initiate attacks on the
Yosef Abobaker, who was a fixer taken captive along with murdered journalist Steven Sotloff, said that American officials never talked to him after he was released from captivity at the hands of what he claims were ISIS militants in an
Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), the highest-ranking Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that President Obama is “flat not telling the truth” about the nation’s strategy to combat ISIS on CNN’s “The Lead” on Tuesday. “The president is just
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) criticized Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) for his foreign policy positions while praising the national security platform of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto” on the Fox News Channel. “I think that
