For all the ridicule heaped upon George W. Bush’s so-called “Coalition of the Willing” by President Obama, Vice President Biden and Secretary of State John Kerry, among others, the US-led 2003 operation to liberate Iraq and overthrow the regime of
A cell of seasoned al-Qaeda fighters from Afghanistan and Pakistan has joined forces with al-Qaeda’s Yemen affiliate to pilot innovative methods aimed at smuggling explosives onto U.S.-bound airliners, according to U.S. officials. Citing unnamed U.S. officials and classified intelligence
In January, President Barack Obama dismissed the Islamic State (ISIS) as merely a “JV team.” Last week, Obama reversed that position and told NBC News ISIS is “not a JV team.” Similarly, two weeks ago Obama said the Islamic State
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister David Cameron is summoning military and security chiefs for an emergency meeting Sunday in response to the beheading of a British hostage and a threat against another. The meeting comes after Islamic extremists released a
US President Barack Obama expressed solidarity with ally Britain, after British captive David Haines was murdered by Islamic State militants claiming revenge for the countries’ campaign against them. “The United States strongly condemns the barbaric murder of UK citizen David
Indonesia’s anti-terrorism police have arrested four Turks suspected of being linked to the Islamic State jihadist group, a spokesman said on Sunday. The elite Detachment 88 police squad arrested the men, along with three Indonesians, after tailing their car on
In response to ISIS beheads another hostage: RE John’s question: are we still putting all our eggs in the “send guns to the good-guy Syrian rebels” basket? Because I’ve got a sick feeling we’re going to learn Haines was initially
The Islamic State jihadist group claimed it executed British aid worker David Haines, in retaliation for British leader David Cameron entering a coalition with the United States against the militants. This would be the third such execution in recent weeks,
On Friday’s broadcast of PBS’s “NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks echoed his sentiments of President Barack Obama from his column published earlier in the day in which he referred to Obama as a “reluctant” warrior. Partial transcript as
On August 28, a contingent of UN peacekeepers from the Philippines found themselves under siege and were allegedly ordered to surrender. They refused the order, choosing instead to fight, and after three days, secured an avenue of escape and their
Over 40 undercover ISIS cells now exist in Lebanon, according to the Daily Star in Lebanon. A Lebanese security organization asserts that each of the cells includes three or four members who come from Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, or the
Ali Muhammad Brown has confessed to murdering four innocent Americans in the name of Islam and jihad. By Brown’s own account, the murders were an act of vengeance for Muslim deaths in “Iraq, Syria, [and] Afghanistan… All these lives are
British jihadists are running brothels in Syria, forcing kidnapped Yazidi women to work as sex slaves. The British women have risen to the top ranks of the all-female al-Khanssaa Brigade, a wing of the Islamic State’s (IS) Sharia police force
A Canadian Islamic preacher detained for being a security threat in the Philippines has agreed to be deported, an immigration official said on Saturday. Jamaican-born Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips will be flown back to Canada as soon as possible, said
A new poll finds that Americans who are following the news of the Islamic State terror group, also known as ISIS, are more worried than ever that the terrorists are a threat to the United States, with many fearing that
Boko Haram has control of a swath of land the size of Ireland and the group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, says he will rule the land as a caliphate in a fashion similar to ISIS’s Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. According to Newsweek,
ISIS, the terror group that also calls itself the Islamic State, “can muster between 20,000 and 31,500 fighters across Iraq and Syria,” according to a CIA spokesman, CNN reported today. U.S. officials previously estimated ISIS had only as many as
Germany said Friday it had prohibited activities in support of the Islamic State, warning the “terrorist” group operating in Iraq and Syria also posed a threat to Europe. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the immediate ban included the recruitment
(AFP) US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Ankara Friday for talks aimed at building a coalition against Islamic State jihadists, a visit that comes after Turkey refused to allow the use of its air bases for launching attacks
The jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra, which is linked to al-Qaeda, released 45 Fijian United Nations peacekeepers in Syria to Israeli military in Golan Heights. The terrorists captured the group on the Syrian and Israeli border. On Wednesday, al-Nusra released a
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com President George W. Obama presents his ISIS strategy Obama pledges ‘to degrade and ultimately destroy’ ISIS CIA increases estimate: ISIS has 20,000 to 31,500 fighters Iran faces a double threat from ISIS President George
German and Turkish officials have announced that they will not send fighter jets to Iraq and Syria as part of a coalition effort to conduct air strikes against the Islamic State terror group.Turkey has in addition also refused its airspace
As the ISIS threat continues to sweep across Iraq and Syria, Newsweek reports that one of the major cities of neighbouring Turkey has become a “recruiting ground” for the extremist group: When Deniz Sahin’s ex-husband phoned out of the blue
On September 11, both Britain and Germany made clear that they will not be participating in President Obama’s planned airstrikes against ISIS. This came one day after Obama assured Americans that the United States would be “joined by a broad
White House press Secretary Josh Earnest was asked by a CNN reporter during Thursday’s press briefing about his former boss Jay Carney’s performance on CNN Wednesday night during a debate on Iraq and Syria with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Carney
