President Barack Obama tried to fend off criticism of his Iraq policy, as that country fell into the clutches of a terrorist army this week, by insisting that he was considering “all the options” for a response. “I don’t rule
Friday in London at an international summit on ending sexual violence in conflict, Secretary of State John Kerry addressed the unfolding crisis in Iraq by admitting it was a direct consequence of the Syria civil war left unchecked. Kerry seemingly
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Thursday threatened U.S. military strikes in Iraq against Sunni Islamist militants who have surged out of the north to menace Baghdad and want to establish their own state in Iraq and Syria. Iraqi Kurdish forces took advantage
BAGHDAD (AP) — The Shiite-led government of Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remained in paralysis Friday, unable to form a coherent response after al-Qaida-inspired militants blitzed and captured entire chunks of the nation’s Sunni heartland this week, including major cities,
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Islamist terrorists in Iraq and Syria have begun creeping toward neighboring countries, sources close to the Islamic fundamentalists revealed this week, according to a report from the Gatestone Institute. The terrorists, who belong to The Islamic State of Iraq and
Thursday at the Council on Foreign Relations, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during her tenure though she understood Syria was a larger regional “wicked” problem, she could not have predicted an al Qaeda splinter group named the Islamic
Thursday at State Department daily briefing, Associated Press reporter Matt Lee grilled spokesperson Jen Psaki about President Barack Obama’s decision to completely withdraw troops from Iraq. As an al-Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), are
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a jihadist group formerly affiliated with al Qaeda, is in the midst of a horrifying takeover of Iraq that threatens to overtake the nation’s government completely. As the terrorists march toward Baghdad,
ISIS, which stands for The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, is an islamic extremist group which now controls portions of northern Syria and is expanding into Iraq at a rapid pace. Today the group published a set of rules
Thursday, President Barack Obama spoke about the ongoing crisis in Iraq following an Oval Office meeting with visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott. The president said he will not rule out “anything” because Iraq will need assistance to ensure that
The United States withdrawal from Iraq in 2012 was celebrated as a major advancement in ending the war on terror, but as American presence diminishes in the nation, jihadist groups have made significant gains, taking over the second-largest city in
BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and security forces abandoned their posts following clashes with the insurgents. Fighters from the Islamic
Mosul, the capital of the Nineveh province in Iraq, is currently under assault. In a letter posted on the website First Things, Dominican Friar Fr. Najeeb Michaeel, O.P. has written from Mosul: Bad news. I write you in a situation of
Terror groups are now pointing well over a hundred thousand missiles at Israel, a top IDF officer told listeners at the Herzliya Conference, as reported by Israel National News. Itai Brun, director of research in the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence branch, said
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Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for complaining that she was “dead broke” after they left the White House. Paul pointed to Hillary Clinton’s $8 million book deal that she signed before the pair left
REUTERS – Sunni Islamist insurgents seized control of Iraq’s second largest city of Mosul early on Tuesday in a spectacular show of strength against the Shi’ite-led government, which called on parliament to declare a state of emergency. The capture of
Israel’s plain-spoken Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Tuesday gave a wide-ranging assessment of security challenges facing Israel, reports The Jerusalem Post. Speaking at the Herzliya Conference, Israel’s foremost annual global policy gathering, Ya’alon was skeptical of the recent Hamas-Fatah Palestinian
In a wide-ranging address, Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Benny Gantz spoke about the gamut of security challenges to Israel on Monday morning at the Herzliya Conference, reports The Times of Israel and Israel National News. The conference, hosted
On Monday’s broadcast of Hugh Hewitt’s radio program, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) reacted to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s takeaways as the nation’s top diplomat in her new memoir “Hard Choices.” According to Rubio, Clinton fell short in some
European Union officials have told a Lebanese newspaper they do not believe the Algerian-French gunman who allegedly murdered three people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels and seriously injured another acted alone, according to a report in the Jerusalem Post.
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pentagon issues annual report on China’s military Al-Sisi’s election as Egypt’s president tainted by low turnout Former ambassador to Syria harshly criticizes Obama’s policies Pentagon issues annual report on China’s military China is developing
The European Union has lost control of its foreign policy to Washington and now “there are no independent states left in Europe,” Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s anti-establishment Front National, said in an interview with the Russian news channel
The next National Women’s Studies Association annual meeting will take place in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 13-16, 2014 and is aptly named “Feminist Transgressions.” Indeed, the conference itself is “transgressive” in that it minimizes the cause of women
