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Gunmen Seize Iraq-Syria Border Crossing

Gunmen Seize Iraq-Syria Border Crossing

Gunmen took control Tuesday of Al-Qaim, the Iraqi side of a border crossing with Syria, after security forces withdrew, police and army officers said. The gunmen were loyal to the rebel Free Syrian Army and Al-Qaeda’s Syrian franchise Al-Nusra Front,

Economics and the Failure of US Foreign Policy

Economics and the Failure of US Foreign Policy

U.S. foreign policy is failing. Russia is pushing into Ukraine and threatening Eastern Europe; China is bullying Japan, the Philippines, and Vietnam in the East and South China Seas; and terrorist groups in the Middle East and Africa can be

Spanish Police Arrest EIGHT Suspected Jihad Recruiters

Spanish Police Arrest EIGHT Suspected Jihad Recruiters

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested eight people suspected of forming a group that recruited jihadist militants to fight in Iraq and Syria. A statement said the eight were arrested early Monday in Madrid. It said

Obama, Bergdahl, and the Iraqi Deserters

Obama, Bergdahl, and the Iraqi Deserters

As terrorists overwhelmed Iraqi security forces, President Barack Obama attempted to wash his hands of any responsibility for Iraq’s fate last week. “The fact that they are not willing to stand and fight and defend their posts against admittedly hardened

ISIS Posts Images of Mass Killing in Iraq

ISIS Posts Images of Mass Killing in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — As the Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad’s defenses Sunday, the Islamic militant group that captured two major cities last week posted graphic photos that appeared to show its fighters massacring dozens of captured Iraqi soldiers. The pictures on

Jihad and the Culture of Hostagetaking

Jihad and the Culture of Hostagetaking

The disappearance and presumed kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers took place on Thursday evening, Israel time. By Friday evening, Israel time, the IDF had released their names and photos.   They are: Gil-ad Shaar, Naftali Frenkel, and Eyal Yifrach. It has been confirmed that

Young Iraqis Volunteer to Fight Surging Militants

Young Iraqis Volunteer to Fight Surging Militants

BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of young Iraqi men gripped by religious and nationalistic fervor streamed into volunteer centers Saturday across Baghdad, answering a call by the country’s top Shiite cleric to join the fight against Sunni militants advancing in the

Angelina Jolie: We Should Have Done More in Syria

Angelina Jolie: We Should Have Done More in Syria

Friday on MSNBC’s “Ronan Farrow Daily,” Academy Award-wining actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie, who has been working to assist the people caught in the humanitarian crisis caused by the armed conflicts throughout the Middle East, said while

Baghdad as Saigon?: The Obama Nixon Nexus

Baghdad as Saigon?: The Obama Nixon Nexus

Will Baghdad soon fall as Saigon once did? If it does, then how can we justify the sacrifice of 4,500 soldiers who died to win an against-all-odds victory incomparable to any in American military history? Closer to home: Despite being

6 Reasons Obama Lost Iraq

6 Reasons Obama Lost Iraq

As hundreds of thousands flee before the onrushing Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist army, media defenders of the Obama administration are rushing to prop up the ailing Obama foreign policy. “Who lost Iraq?” writes the Washington Post‘s

Humanitarian Crisis Grows as ISIS Advances in Iraq

Humanitarian Crisis Grows as ISIS Advances in Iraq

While the advances by jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claim most headlines regarding the current turmoil in Iraq, a growing humanitarian crisis threatens hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians who may find themselves under the rule