All Palestinians in Gaza Are Eligible for Asylum in France, Court Rules
All Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip will be eligible for the first time to apply for asylum in France, a court ruled on Friday
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Danish Volunteer Soldier Alleges Ukrainians Have Executed Russian Prisoners
A Danish soldier who volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian armed forces has made unverified claims that Ukrainian soldiers have been executing Russian prisoners of war.
Zelensky Softens Army’s ‘Slaughtered Like Pigs’ Threat to Russian Soldiers: If You Surrender, We Will Treat You ‘Decently’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged Russian soldiers fighting against his country to surrender in remarks on Monday, promising Ukraine would treat “decently” – a message at odds with Ukraine’s Armed Forces declaring on Facebook that surrendering soldiers would be “slaughtered like pigs.”
Nolte: Geneva Conventions Forbid Forcing Soldiers to Sleep In Parking Garage
The Geneva Conventions expressly forbid forcing prisoners of war from sleeping on concrete, or in parking garages.
Under the Obama Administration, There Will Be No Victory Through Air Power — Unless You Count ‘Climate Change’
Here’s a disturbing report, made all the more disturbing because of the grisly familiarity of the topic: ISIS has executed 175 of the 300 Syrian cement workers it kidnapped on April 7.
Former CIA Chief: Military Could Disobey Donald Trump’s Orders
Michael Hayden, former director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says that if Donald Trump were elected president, the U.S. military would deliberately disobey some of the orders that Trump has threatened to issue.
Iran Re-Enacts U.S. Navy Kidnapping to Celebrate Anniversary of Revolution
The U.S. Navy has condemned Iran’s new propaganda film, in which a U.S. sailor is shown weeping in captivity, as “outrageous and unacceptable.” Meanwhile, a defiant Iran is re-enacting the capture of the American sailors on January 10 as street theater, during celebrations marking the anniversary of the Iranian revolution.
Iran Releases Footage of Captive U.S. Sailor Crying
Iran has released new footage of the American sailors they illegally detained on the eve of President Obama’s final State of the Union address, including photos of one U.S. sailor crying while in detention.
Iran Dictator: Seizure of American Sailors ‘Act of God’
Ayatollah Khamenei, the self-declared Supreme Leader of Iran, praised his Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for its arrest and detention of U.S. sailors for allegedly entering Iran’s waters.
One Week Later, Kerry Claims He Was ‘Very Angry’ at Iran Over Videos of U.S. Sailors
A week after the Iranian military arrested, detained overnight, and later released ten U.S. sailors, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he was “very angry” that they Ayatollah’s militants decided to use the situation for propaganda purposes, in an apparent violation of the Geneva Conventions.
50 GOP Lawmakers to John Kerry: Reconsider Alignment with Iran
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Rep. Robert Pittenger wrote a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, co-signed by 49 of his Republican colleagues in the House, urging him to “reconsider” the Obama administration’s “strategic alignment with the Iranian government” in the wake of the Islamic Republic’s capture of 10 U.S. Navy sailors and Tehran’s recent illegal ballistic missile tests.
Pentagon: We Don’t Yet Know If Sailors Defended Themselves Before Iran Capture
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It remains uncertain whether or not 10 U.S. Navy sailors defended themselves before they were detained by Iran along with their two boats, according to the Pentagon.
In Facing Jihad, a ‘Politically Correct War’ Is a Losing War
In the aftermath of Islamic terrorist (e.g., jihadists) attacks in Paris, France and San Bernardino, California, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump created a political and media firestorm by provocatively suggesting the U.S. is fighting a ‘politically correct’ war, and since jihadists ‘don’t care about their lives…so you have to take out their families.’
