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Jordan is a National Security Correspondent for Breitbart News.

Articles by Jordan Schachtel

Iran Sends Conflicting Messages about Nuke Site Inspections

One of Iran’s lead negotiators in the ongoing P5+1 nuclear talks stated over the weekend that Iran was willing to allow for “managed access” to its nuclear sites as part of a final agreement with world powers.

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Iranian General Soleimani Promotes US-ISIS Alliance Conspiracy Theory

A well-heard narrative appeared Monday that high-ranking Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani took shots at President Obama and U.S. foreign policy, with outlets such as Reuters and the Associated Press (AP) featuring his comments as a blistering rebuke of the United States’s presence in the Middle East. Unlike the selective comments indicated, Soleimani was not condemning a lack of effort against ISIS on America’s part, but implying that President Obama was intentionally aiding the terrorist group.

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Iran Threatens to Use Proxy Hezbollah to ‘Destroy Tel Aviv’

A top Iranian official has threatened Israel that Tehran’s proxy, the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah, has over 80,000 missiles at its disposal, and that the Shiite jihadists are ready to fire upon Jerusalem at a moment’s notice.

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New Disclosures Reveal Clinton Ca$hed $500K to $1 Million from Qatari Govt for 2 Speeches

The Clinton Foundation disclosed approximately $26.4 million dollars in donations Thursday that had previously been withheld from having any oversight from public entities. Among the most alarming findings in the new disclosures was that former President Bill Clinton had been paid between $500,000 to $1,000,000 dollars by the government of Qatar to deliver two separate speeches.

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Iran Wants 24 Days Notice Prior to Nuke Inspections

As part of a final nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 world powers (U.S., UK, Germany, France, Russia, China), Tehran has demanded at least twenty-four days notice before inspectors are allowed to review their nuclear enrichment sites, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has reportedly disclosed.

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China Plans Mission to ‘Dark’ Side of Moon

China is working on a lunar project with plans to land a space probe and rover on the “dark” side of the moon, according to one of the top engineers in its Lunar Exploration Program (CLEP). If the mission is successful, it would be the first time that a probe has ever landed on the far side of the moon.

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Report: Saudi Arabia To Buy Nukes From Pakistan

After becoming increasingly fearful of a nuclear-armed Iran, reports have stated that Saudi Arabia intends on purchasing nuclear weapons from Pakistan, following a week where some of the Kingdom’s high-ranking officials attended a Gulf summit organized by U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Report: German Intelligence Helped Track Down Al Qaeda’s Osama Bin Laden

Germany’s equivalent to the CIA, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), helped U.S. intelligence services pinpoint the location of Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden at his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, according to a new report published Sunday by Germany’s most circulated newspaper.

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Bahrain King Snubs Obama to Meet Queen of England, Attend UK Horse Show

Instead of participating in a Camp David summit of Gulf leaders – which was organized by U.S. President Barack Obama to garner support from Gulf Arab leaders – the King of Bahrain decided to attend the Royal Windsor Horse Show, where he met on Friday with Queen Elizabeth II and other British royalty.

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Iranian Ayatollah: We ‘Will Never Allow’ Inspections of Nuke Sites

Iran will never allow Western powers or the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect Tehran’s military sites as part of a final agreement with the P5+1 world powers, Iran’s Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani said Friday in an address to Tehran University students.

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Report: Czechs Thwart Iranian Plot to Buy Nuclear Material from US Company

Czech Republic officials thwarted an attempt by the government of Iran to purchase a “large shipment” of nuclear material this year, using “false documentation” in an attempt to secure its safe passage to Tehran, according to unnamed United Nations experts and Western sources, who told Reuters late Wednesday.

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Report: Hundreds of UK Nationals Have Returned Home from Jihad In Syria

Over 700 potential terrorists have left the United Kingdom in order to carry out jihad in the Middle East, according to London’s Metropolitan Police Service, also known as Scotland Yard. Alarmingly, about half of the jihadis have now returned to the UK, reports have stated.

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Report: ISIS #2 Leader Killed In Airstrike

The Iraqi Defense Ministry said Wednesday that an airstrike has neutralized the second-in-command of the Islamic State terror group, but the U.S. military has denied that coalition forces are responsible for carrying out an attack aimed at eliminating the jihadist.

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Human Rights Watch Director Rips US In Interview With Iran Media

Ken Roth, the director of Human Rights Watch, spoke exclusively with the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) network earlier this week about the ongoing conflict in Yemen, blaming the United States for Saudi Arabia’s alleged use of cluster munitions.

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Obama Rips Israel and Iran in Interview with Saudi Paper

In his first interview with an Arabic-language news organization on Wednesday, President Obama spoke with Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat about various issues related to the Middle East, the Iranian nuclear program, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Security Beefed Up Around Garland Shooters’ Mosque

Phoenix police officers have been tasked with providing extra patrols around the area of the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix, the mosque attended by two now-deceased radical jihadists who attempted to commit mass murder last week at a “Draw Muhammad” free speech event in Garland, Texas.

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Muslim Comic Obeidallah: Radical Islam ‘Made Up’

Forget about the hundreds-of-thousands that are being slaughtered in the Middle East under the banner of Islam, radical Islam is a “made-up idea,” according to Dean Obeidallah, the Daily Beast’s resident comedian/writer.

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National Security Experts Condemn Hersh Report on Bin Laden Raid

Journalist Seymour “Sy” Hersh has written a piece in the London Review of Books alleging that U.S. President Barack Obama engaged in a massive coverup surrounding the 2011 operation that resulted in the death of al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden.

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World Health Organization: Liberia Is Now Ebola-Free

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Saturday that Liberia is now officially free of the deadly Ebola virus, closing the case on an epidemic that killed thousands in the west African nation.

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