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Jordan is a National Security Correspondent for Breitbart News.

Articles by Jordan Schachtel

Massive Blackout Brings Turkey To A Standstill: Iran Cyber Attack?

Turkey is in the process of recovering from a major blackout that has brought the country to a relative standstill. Almost the entire country has been affected by the massive power cut, according to some media reports out of Turkey. Officials are considering the possibility that they were hit by a major cyber attack directed at its critical infrastructure.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses lawmakers at the parliament in Ankar

Netanyahu: Nuke Deal A ‘Reward For Iran’s Aggression’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come out and blasted the impending nuclear deal between the P5+1 world powers and the Iranian regime, calling the accord a historically bad agreement that lets Iran race towards nuclear weapons development.

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U.S. Congressmen Introduce ‘Boycott Our Enemies, Not Israel Act’

Two Republican Congressmen, Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) have introduced the “Boycott Our Enemies, Not Israel Act,” which seeks to push back against the vicious delegitimization campaign employed by the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

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US Drops Anti-ISIS Leaflets In Psy Ops Campaign

The Pentagon has released a copy of an anti-ISIS leaflet to the public that was dropped over Raqqa, Syria earlier in March. Raqqa is known as the de facto capital of the Islamic State’s operations in Syria.

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Exclusive: Hillary Clinton’s ‘Conflict of Interest’

Citizens United has released a devastating new video, titled, “Conflict of Interest,” which asks hard-hitting questions about Hillary Clinton’s lack of transparency in providing information to the public about her Clinton Family Foundation, which brings in over $200 million dollars in revenue each year.

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Bowe Bergdahl Charged With Desertion

Bowe Bergdahl, a U.S. soldier who has long been suspected of abandoning his Afghanistan outpost in 2009, has been charged with desertion, Bergdahl’s attorney has told the media.

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Yemen Factions Prepare For All-Out Civil War

Just as the U.S. presence in Yemen has finalized its complete withdrawal, factions within in the country—such as the Iran-backed Shiite Houthis and Sunni government forces—are said to be preparing to engage in a full-scale civil war to determine who will rule the Gulf state.

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Dem Rep Rips Breitbart Editor as ‘Orthodox’ Jew at Anti-Israel Convention

Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), speaking on Monday at the 2015 J Street convention, praised the far left “Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace” organization for backing her 2010 re-election campaign against Joel Pollak, Breitbart News’s Senior Editor-at-Large and Breitbart California Editor.

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Sydney Theater Apologizes for Rejecting Jewish Play Series to Oppose ‘Colonialism’

The Red Rattler Theater in Sydney, Australia has apologized for refusing a Jewish group’s request to perform at its location. The theater originally denied the group because of its policy that “does not support colonialism/Zionism.” Red Rattler is now reconsidering opening its space to the Jewish group, which planned a series of performances on the Holocaust.

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Obama Mulls Supporting UN Resolution That Pushes Israel Back to Pre-1967 Borders

President Barack Obama is considering agreeing to a United Nations Security Council resolution “embodying the principles of a two-state solution that would be based on the pre-1967 lines between Israel and the West Bank and Gaza Strip and mutually agreed swaps,” a senior administration official has told the New York Times.

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White House Says Iran Deal 50/50 as Negotiations Enter Deadlines Stage

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Tuesday that the chances of securing a nuclear deal with Iran are currently 50/50 “at best,” as the P5+1 negotiators have until March 31 to agree to a basic framework, and then July 1 to sign off on a complete deal.

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Houthis Release Yemen’s Prime Minister from House Arrest

Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who have successfully overtaken much of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, have freed Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and his cabinet ministers after they were kept on house arrest for almost two months.

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Netanyahu on Eve of Elections: No Palestinian Terror State on My Watch

Benjamin Netanyahu, the incumbent Prime Minister of Israel, told NRG news that there is no place for a Palestinian state in the world under current conditions, given its present leadership—making his position on the “peace process” crystal-clear just hours before Israelis are set to vote for the leadership of their next government.

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