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On Sunday, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair defended himself against critics pointing to his decision to help then-President George W. Bush remove Saddam Hussein in 2003 as the reason ISIS has taken over a large section of Iraq. Blair

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

UKIP leader Nigel Farage has today spoken out against former Prime Minister Tony Blair’s comments on the present situation in Iraq and Syria. In recent days the former Labour Party leader has claimed that a failure to intervene in Syria

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

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

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

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

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,

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Sunday’s attack on Pakistan airport signals terror tactical shift President Obama considers military action in Iraq Foreign exchange price fixing will exceed libor scandal in criminality Sunday’s attack on Pakistan airport signals terror tactical

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,

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

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Thailand’s military junta uses sexy ‘army girls’ to change minds Iraq in major crisis after catastrophic fall of Mosul to ISIS Iraq’s president Nouri Al-Maliki declares state of emergency Thailand’s military junta uses sexy

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

A report by the Secure Free Society reveals this week that Venezuela and Cuba have been providing passports and national identification cards to Middle Eastern immigrants, later used to surreptitiously enter the United States and Canada, with Venezuela providing a

In response to the shooting on May 24 at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, the German interior minister, Thomas de Maizière, has said there will be closer cooperation between European Union states against fighters returning from Syria, after the suspected