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Returning to Peace Through Strength

Returning to Peace Through Strength

Less than three weeks from election day, the nation faces threats as dangerous and more diverse than September 11, 2001. This predicament can be directly traced to the misguided, reckless, and naive policies of the Obama administration. The threat of

Group Says Ex-Iraqi Pilots Training Syria Fighters

Group Says Ex-Iraqi Pilots Training Syria Fighters

BEIRUT (AP) — Former Iraqi air force pilots are training extremists from the Islamic State group to fly three warplanes captured earlier from air bases belonging to the Syrian army, a Syrian activist group said Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory

11 Wounded in Explosion in Egypt's Nile Delta

11 Wounded in Explosion in Egypt's Nile Delta

Two bombs exploded in Egypt’s Nile Delta Tanta city on Thursday, wounding 11 people. No deaths were reported.  AP reported, “two bombs went off in a city in northern Egypt late Thursday, striking a Sufi Muslim religious festival and wounding 11

Attacks in Baghdad Kill at Least 50 People

Attacks in Baghdad Kill at Least 50 People

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants unleashed a wave of attacks in Iraq on Thursday, mainly targeting Shiite areas in and around the capital of Baghdad, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens, authorities said. The Islamic State group has overrun

Venezuela, New Zealand Win UN Seats but Turkey Rebuffed

Venezuela, New Zealand Win UN Seats but Turkey Rebuffed

(AFP) Angola, Malaysia, New Zealand, Spain and Venezuela won coveted seats at the UN Security Council on Thursday, but Turkey suffered a humbling defeat in its bid to join the world’s “top table.” The five countries garnered the required two-thirds

UK Has Already Seen 'Hundreds' of Terror Arrests this Year

UK Has Already Seen 'Hundreds' of Terror Arrests this Year

British police have foiled several terror attacks and arrested hundreds of suspects so far this year, a counter-terror chief has said. Mark Rowley, one of Britain’s most senior anti-terror officers, has said that police are dealing with an “exceptionally high”

British Jihadis Could Be Prosecuted For Treason

British Jihadis Could Be Prosecuted For Treason

British Jihadis fighting for ISIS could be prosecuted for treason under laws that have not been used since the execution of British Nazis after World War II. The Foreign Secretary confirmed he was considering using Treason, in an answer to

War by Algebra Defies the True Nature of War

War by Algebra Defies the True Nature of War

Many Americans think of war as a great national struggle, as was the case during WWII, where violence rose to the belligerents’ objectives. These were “total” wars between nation-states driven by incompatible political ideologies supported by the mobilization of industrial-age economies. 

Ramped up Air Strikes Stall Islamic State Advance on Kobani

Ramped up Air Strikes Stall Islamic State Advance on Kobani

(Reuters) – The advance of Islamic State fighters on Kobani stalled on Thursday according to a monitoring group, after U.S.-led coalition warplanes launched their heaviest bombardment yet on the militants, who have been assaulting the Syrian border town for nearly

Ebola: Obama's Latest Failure

Ebola: Obama's Latest Failure

On Wednesday, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) confirmed a second Dallas healthcare worker who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first Ebola patient to die in the United States, has also been infected. Unfortunately, that person is reported to

Bill Ayers: America Is A Terrorist Nation

Bill Ayers: America Is A Terrorist Nation

This week on on Fox News Radio’s “The Alan Colmes Show,”  Bill Ayers, one-time leader of the Weather Underground and reported Chicago political mentor of a young Barack Obama said America is a terrorist nation that creates groups like ISIS.

US Names Syria-Iraq Campaign 'Inherent Resolve'

US Names Syria-Iraq Campaign 'Inherent Resolve'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks into its air campaign against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, the Pentagon has finally announced a name for the operation: “Inherent Resolve.” That’s the word from a spokesman for the Joint Chiefs of Staff,