The first minute of the infamous ISIS has never been shown on any major news outlet … until now. Also, exclusive extended interview with former CIA Station Chief Gary Berntsen. On three separate occasions, Berntsen led several of CIA’s most
On Wednesday’s “The Five” on the Fox News Channel, co-panelist Greg Gutfeld opened the show with a scathing critique of President Barack Obama and his demeanor when speaking publicly about the threat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Gutfeld compared
On Wednesday’s “Your World” on the Fox News Channel, conservative commentator Pat Buchanan expressed his opposition to any efforts to introduce a U.S. ground troop element in Iraq to take on the threat of ISIS. Buchanan insisted the onus should
On Wednesday, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul seemed to reverse course on the crisis in the Middle East, calling now for the military destruction of the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization. In recent weeks, Paul has vacillated between downplaying the threat
Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” Maricopa Co., AZ Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the only way to stop ISIS from coming over the U.S.-Mexico border is to work with the Mexican government and put the U.S. military on
Though President Barack Obama hasn’t consulted America’s legislative branch on what to do about the ISIS threat, Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA)–a national security hawk from Virginia–is stepping forward himself to introduce legislation that would congressionally authorize military action against ISIS
From David Martosko at The Daily Mail: A key Democratic lawmaker threatened congressional hearings on Tuesday over the Obama administration’s lack of action to confront ISIS, the Islamist terror group responsible for beheading two American journalists and distributing the gory
In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said that America’s strategy is not to contain ISIS, but to destroy them, and that he “wasn’t aware” of President Barack Obama’s comments about making ISIS “a manageable problem.”
“If we are joined by the international community, we can continue to shrink ISIL’s sphere of influence, its effectiveness, its financing, its military capabilities, to the point where it is a manageable problem…what we’ve got to do is make sure
Iraq’s minister of defense posted two pictures of an alleged Chinese Islamic fighter with the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, formerly known as ISIS. This would be the first confirmation of a Chinese national within the jihadist group. The Facebook post
An estimated one thousand relatives of Iraqi soldiers that have gone missing since surrendering to the Islamic State terrorist group in June stormed the Iraqi Parliament on Tuesday, demanding legislators act to retrieve their family members. According to Agence France-Presse,
It’s very good news that the stricken aid workers and doctors brought back to the United States for ebola treatment have responded well to the experimental drugs they were given. But after weeks of assiduously downplaying the scale of the
Wednesday, Vice President Joe Biden went off on ISIS saying America will “follow them to the gates of Hell” to get justice. Biden said, “When people harm Americans, we don’t retreat. We don’t forget. We take care of those who
Senator Franken sent a letter to Attorney General Holder Tuesday in which he was critical of President Obama’s handling of the response to ISIS. “I was troubled by the President’s recent suggestion that the Administration has not yet developed a
In a move unusual for a group known to have a sophisticated propaganda outfit, the jihadist terror group the Islamic State “apologized” yesterday after a video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff surfaced online. The admission that the
The Islamic State has claimed on social media that it is utilizing captured Syrian pilots to learn how to fly stolen jets, according to a CNN Arabic report over the weekend. The Syrian pilots, which are part of the Syrian
National Journal Senior Political Correspondent Ron Fournier said that President Obama’s comments that ISIS can be made “a manageable problem” were “awfully passive” and “unsettling” on Wednesday’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” on MSNBC. “That’s awfully passive language to be using about
The family of Steven Sotloff, the latest American journalist beheaded by ISIS, is reportedly “outraged” at the Obama administration for “deliberate leaks” they interpret as “an attempt to absolve the administration of inaction.” This reporting comes Wednesday from no less
Steven Sotloff, the US journalist beheaded by ISIS, was Jewish, had moved to Israel to study, became an Israeli citizen, and, while in captivity, risked his life to fast on Yom Kippur and pray towards Jerusalem. The Israeli government Wednesday
The first live captured suicide bomber known to be working with the Islamic State in Syria says the area is teeming with jihadists from all over the world– from everywhere in the Middle East, Asia, and the West. In an
The Obama administration seems to have finally recognized the ISIS threat, calling the beheading of an American journalist “a terrorist attack on the United States” and vowing to confront the “militants” and “extremists” in Syria and Iraq. A worthy goal
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) is calling for President Barack Obama to convene a joint session of Congress and make the case that the United States must “destroy” the Islamic State terrorist organization. “If I were president, I would call a
In a press statement Tuesday regarding the report of a second ISIS beheading of an American citizen, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) said that though President Obama stated he “currently has no strategy to deal with ISIS,” a fact that
Vice President Joe Biden delivered a passionate speech at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire, vowing to bring Islamic State terrorists to justice. Mentioning the deaths of American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff, Biden referred to the Islamic State
At a press conference in Estonia, Wednesday, Obama sent conflicting signals about his ultimate goal in the fight against ISIS, saying initially that the objective is to “degrade and destroy” the terror group, but moments later saying the objective is
