The interesting discussion is all on the Republican side, and there were some strong exchanges in Las Vegas. Contrary to Chris Christie’s dismissal of the debate over surveillance between Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio as so much senatorial jibber-jabber, there are serious questions of liberty, security, and privacy to discuss. (Having said that, Governor Christie’s tone will probably appeal to voters who want strong leadership and decisive action on national security, as will Donald Trump’s.)
by John Hayward16 Dec 2015, 8:02 AM PST0
Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed that al-Qaeda’s al-Nusra Front and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) should not participate in any Syrian peace talks.
by Mary Chastain16 Dec 2015, 7:41 AM PST0
Widespread outrage greeted Department of Homeland Security director Jeh Johnson’s revelation that immigration officials have been secretly barred from looking at the social media posts of prospective immigrants, due to political correctness and fears that such investigations would result in “bad public relations.”
by John Hayward16 Dec 2015, 6:42 AM PST0
The Egyptian government still maintains it has found no evidence that the crash of a Russian Metrojet passenger plane in Sinai was caused by a terrorist attack, according to a statement from the Egyptian civil aviation ministry released on Monday.
by John Hayward16 Dec 2015, 6:13 AM PST0
If you are a moron, you could interpret Donald Trump’s statements in the GOP debate tonight to mean he wants to start shutting down specific websites or services on the internet. He clarified later that he was talking about geography: limiting access to, say, Syria or wherever Islamic State is operating from.
by Milo Yiannopoulos15 Dec 2015, 9:00 PM PST0
Turkish authorities have arrested and detained a suspected Islamic State militant for allegedly planning a suicide attack on the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
by Adelle Nazarian15 Dec 2015, 7:24 PM PST0
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to increase scrutiny of social-media posts by visa applicants before certain individuals are permitted to enter the United States, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has learned from a person familiar with the plan.
by Edwin Mora15 Dec 2015, 6:06 PM PST0
The brother of Abdullah Ocalan, the head of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), claims Iraqi Kurdistan President Masoud Barzani turned down two opportunities to meet with the Kurdish guerrilla chief while visiting Ankara, Turkey to discuss the fight against the Islamic State.
by Frances Martel15 Dec 2015, 1:09 PM PST0
Mohamed Elshinawy, a 30-year-old Maryland resident originally from Egypt, has been charged with soliciting some $8,700 from Islamic State operatives and plotting a terrorist attack in the United States.
by John Hayward15 Dec 2015, 12:50 PM PST0
The Iran-backed Shia terrorist group Hezbollah has lost an estimated 1,300 to 1,500 soldiers, more than one-third of its force, while fighting against rebels and the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) in Syria on behalf of dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to Israeli experts.
by Edwin Mora15 Dec 2015, 12:45 PM PST0
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) says U.S. military intelligence reports and analysis about the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) were “doctored” to give the impression the group was weaker than analysts had actually concluded.
by Adelle Nazarian15 Dec 2015, 12:38 PM PST0
The Leominster police department sent out a warning to residents about a phone scam in which the caller claims to be a member of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL).
by Mary Chastain15 Dec 2015, 11:56 AM PST0
Homeland showrunner Alex Gansa says that the ISIS-related storyline in Season 5 of the hit Showtime series was never meant to so closely mirror the real-world exploits of the terror group – it just happened to turn out that way.
by Daniel Nussbaum15 Dec 2015, 11:23 AM PST0
Teenage hackers have apparently traced a number of Islamic State Twitter accounts to internet addresses linked to Britain’s Department of Work and Pensions (DWP). The group of four teenagers, who call themselves VandaSec, claim to have unearthed evidence that at
by Nick Hallett15 Dec 2015, 9:48 AM PST0
Former Representative Patrick Murphy (D-PA), President Obama’s nominee for Undersecretary of the Army stated that ISIS is not contained in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. In response to a question from Senator John McCain (R-AZ) on
by Ian Hanchett15 Dec 2015, 9:36 AM PST0
The biggest component, Rubio explained, was to puncture the notion that somehow joining the fight under the Islamic State was glamorous – when the reality proved that it was miserable, especially for foreign fighters. “They often treat you like cannon fodder, they give you the worst assignments, you’re the first ones they throw into battle and the first ones killed,” he said, describing life in the caliphate cities as “hell on earth” without the basic public services.
by Charlie Spiering15 Dec 2015, 8:25 AM PST0
Officials investigating areas previously controlled by the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) have found underground dungeons the terrorist group uses to keep its sex slaves, most of the Yazidi minority religious sect. The whereabouts of the women forced into these dungeons are unknown.
by Mary Chastain15 Dec 2015, 6:27 AM PST0
Senior counter-terrorism officers have revealed that UK authorities are allowing potential terrorists to leave the UK freely, if it is calculated that the Islamists are more dangerous left in this country. The MI5 officer said that no one had been
by Liam Deacon15 Dec 2015, 6:11 AM PST0
PARIS – French police arrested two men and a woman on Tuesday in connection with deadly Islamist militant attacks on Paris last month and in January, judiciary officials said. In a separate event that highlighted the knock-on impact of tensions
by Reuters15 Dec 2015, 6:06 AM PST0
Local Church officials have opened a new Catholic university in Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, which Erbil Archbishop Bashar Warda has called “a way of fighting back against Islamic State.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Dec 2015, 4:47 AM PST0
TEL AVIV – In light of the alarming number of young Jordanians joining terrorist organizations like the Islamic State, Jordanian educators and officials are calling for an overhaul of the country’s “extremist” school curricula. According to unofficial statistics, about 4,000
by Deborah Danan15 Dec 2015, 4:33 AM PST0
Pressure is growing on social networks to play a bigger role in finding and weeding out jihadists and others looking to recruit members and plot deadly attacks. But it’s more complicated than it sounds: networks like Facebook and Twitter support
by AFP15 Dec 2015, 1:40 AM PST0
A London resident has been convicted of planning a Lee Rigby style attack before Remembrance Sunday last year. He had listened to a “truly chilling” Islamic State fatwa calling on Muslims to kill western police officers, the court heard. Nadir Syed, 22,
by Liam Deacon15 Dec 2015, 1:10 AM PST0
With the Iowa caucuses less than two months away, presidential candidate Donald Trump continues to dominate the field of candidates in the Republican primary race, but because Ben Carson has plummeted to third or fourth place in most of the national polls, Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Marco Rubio have surged and could pose to challenge Trump’s top-dog status.
by Javier Manjarres14 Dec 2015, 7:38 PM PST0
Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin took to Facebook and Twitter Monday to assert her message to the Islamic State, which issued a fatwa – or religious decree – that authorizes its members to kill newborn babies with Down Syndrome, congenital deformities, and disabled children.
by Dr. Susan Berry14 Dec 2015, 6:57 PM PST0
