middle east
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Ambassador Slams Obama – Israel Relationship Praises Trump
The Israeli Ambassador took the opportunity at today’s annual AIPAC policy conference to take a major shot at former President Barack Obama. The rebuke came before a packed house at the meeting. Ambassador Ron Dermer told the assembled group that President Trump’s administration has brought a level of closeness between the two allies that has…
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Over 200 Dead Across 5 Countries in 48 Hours by Islamic Terrorists
Since Friday, across the Middle East and North Africa, Islamic terrorist groups have murdered over 200 people in bloody global assaults. Outside of a popular soccer stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, 39 people were killed while another 155 are wounded. Two remotely detonated car bombs were used which has been a Kurdish Worker’s Party signature tactic.…
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BREAKING! American hostage, Luke Somers, killed by al-Qaeda captors in Yemen during rescue attempt
American, South African hostages killed in Yemen Associated Press AHMED AL-HAJ and JULIE PACE, Associated Press © AP Photo/Militant Video This image made from video posted online by militants on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows Luke Somers, an American photojournalist born in Britain…SANAA, Yemen…
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French ISIS fighters want to come home, plead for clemency. No way! Go hump a goat!
Letters from French fighters published in a newspaper reveal disappointment with jihad December 3, 2014 2:00PM ET From Michael Pizzi, america.aljazeera.com/ Letters from disillusioned French fighters in Syria published by a French newspaper this week have revived a contentious debate in Europe about what to do with radicalized recruits to foreign wars who wish to…
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RON PAUL: Ebola Concern Is ‘Way Overblown’
Concern over the spread of the Ebola virus in the United States is “way overblown” right now thanks to panic induced by mainstream media and the federal government, according to former Republican congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul. Paul, known for his conservative libertarian stances against many forms of government intervention, said during an…
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DICK CHENEY: ‘Next Attack On America Will Be Far Deadlier Than 9/11’
Former Vice President Dick Cheney warned that the next terrorist attack on the US will be far worse than 9/11 during a nearly two-hour interview. He also took pride in the use of waterboarding and in giving the National Security Agency free reign. The 73-year-old sat down with neoconservative political pundit Bill Kristol on Sunday…
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US Gov’t Admits There’s A Much More Dangerous Terrorist Group Than ISIS
New intelligence has emerged warning Washington that its upcoming confrontation with the Islamic State may leave it blind to a more sinister and direct threat from a much lesser known terrorist group that has arisen from the ashes of the Syrian war. According to government sources, the Al-Qaeda offshoot group is led by a former…
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US will have ‘many more’ 9/11s if it fails to act against Islamic State
If the US fails to attack Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria, the country could face the prospect of “many” terrorist attacks similar to September 11, a top-ranking Democrat says. It comes as the House debates arming Syrian rebels to fight IS. Speaking during a floor debate at the House of Representatives on…
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US Department of Justice launches new intel-gathering program to ‘counter extremism’
The US Department of Justice said it is launching a national pilot program in a number of cities to try and detect American extremists interested in joining terrorist organizations and fighting in countries like Syria and Iraq. US Attorney General Eric Holder said in a video message Monday that the program is designed to bring…
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Israel investigating own forces for Gaza abuse
The Israeli Defense Forces are launching criminal probes into five cases of alleged misconduct and breach of international law by their own soldiers in the summer operation in the Gaza Strip. This will be part of a series totaling 99 investigations. The probes will include an investigation into the infamous bombing of a UN-run school,…
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Obama and Arabs Find a Common Enemy – the Islamic State
Given all the mutations that the Middle East has gone through thanks to the emergence of al Qaeda during the resistance to the Soviet takeover of Afghanistan, watching what is occurring now with an even more fanatical group calling itself the Islamic State (ISIS) and proclaiming itself the new caliphate has proven even more lethal…
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OBAMA: ‘We will hunt down ISIS, wherever they are’
US President Obama plans to address the nation on Wednesday, promising to “hunt down” Islamic State extremists “wherever they are,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press. The address will take place one day before the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. READ: ISIS Propaganda Mastermind Said To Be University of Massachusetts Graduate Obama said he believes…
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REPORT: ISIS militants have executed up to 770 Iraqi troops in Tikrit
Islamic State militants killed up to 770 captured Iraqi soldiers after they captured a former US military base in Tikrit back in June, a new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. Three new mass execution sites have been discovered at the Camp Speicher air base near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, the…
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Killed ISIS fighter reported to have worked at Minneapolis International Airport
Abdirahmaan Muhumed, the second known American to die while fighting alongside Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants, was formerly an employee with a Delta Airlines subsidiary at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Muhumed had a security clearance at the airport, access to the tarmac, and access to planes, as his job was to clean aircraft,…
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UPDATE: Barrack Obama is still an idiot! Blames the rise of ISIS on US military intervention, post-9/11. In other words, Bush did it!
OBAMA BLAMING AMERICA: ‘Tis the Season to Charge with Treason By Allan Erickson, Clash Daily The last place BHO should show his face is at the American Legion national convention, but true to form, he cares little about what is wise, appropriate or advisable. President Pussyfoot was not satisfied appearing before the hostile audience recently.…
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ISIS Tortured James Foley, other Westerners using CIA tactics
The American photojournalist who was beheaded by Islamic State militants was also tortured using some of the same methods employed by the CIA in its controversial, post-9/11 interrogation program. James Foley was subjected to waterboarding multiple times while being imprisoned by the Islamic State, as were three other kidnapped Westerners. According to the Washington Post, several…
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ISIS Committing War Crimes in Syria
Both the Islamic State militants and the Syrian government have committed crimes against humanity during the civil war in Syria, a report by a special UN panel says. The report, conducted by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry, accuses the Islamic State militants of “widespread and systematic attacks on the civilian population” in Syria. “In areas of…
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YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! Saudi Foreign Minister: Time for Islamic World to Recognize Israel
Awesome!!!! The most hopeful news regarding Middle East/global peace I have seen in decades! WOW, I never thought I would see this! This is very good news… Via Breitbart: Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister said that now is the time to recognize Israel as a legitimate entity in the Middle East, stressing that the Palestinian arm…
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ISIS growing quicker than ever, numbering close to 100,000
The number of Islamic State recruits is much higher than that estimated by foreign observers – around 100,000, says one of Iraq’s foremost security experts with unique access to intelligence. The terrorists are swallowing up other insurgent groups. Foreign estimates put the figure between 20,000 and 50,000. “[The] Islamic State didn’t come from nowhere,” according to…
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PENTAGON: ‘ISIS threat beyond anything we’ve seen’
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Thursday that Islamic State militants could possibly pose an even bigger threat to the United States than Al-Qaeda, and pledged efforts to weaken the group would continue. “[Islamic State militants] are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it’s in Iraq or anywhere else,” he said, as…
