Baghdad looks to be the first place where Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters meet serious resistance on their blitzkrieg through Iraq. However, this has not stopped the Al Qaeda splinter group’s forces from announcing their intended
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, (ISIL) the group that has been described by some as “worse” and “more reckless” than Al Qaeda itself. Some see al-Baghdadi as a threat comparable
Obama’s weak and dangerous foreign policy is once again demonstrating to America’s enemies that the U.S. is willing to negotiate with terrorists, and comprise its national security, as well as the security of those countries who rely on the U.S.
Fox News Channel’s Catherine Herridge reported Mohammad Fazl, one of the five top Taliban commanders that were swapped for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, played a key role in al Qaeda’s planing of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. On September
In October 2011, President Obama stated that the last American troops would leave Iraq by the end of the year. “Today,” he chortled, “I can report that, as promised, the rest of our troops in Iraq will come home by
The seizure of Iraq’s second largest city by a group too ruthless to make it in “core” al Qaeda represents the culmination of years of history and a U.S. foreign policy that has failed to properly conceive of and counter the Al
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) spokesman Abu Mohammed al-Adnani took to the airwaves Thursday. “Continue your march as the battle is not yet raging,” he reportedly said. Adnani warned Baghdad that it was within sights of the
Khair Mundos, one of the top officials of radical Islamist terror group Abu Sayyaf, has been arrested in a Manila slum Wednesday after escaping from prison in 2007. Among other duties, Mundos was responsible for keeping ties with al Qaeda.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) described the situation in Iraq as “an unmitigated disaster” in an interview on The Laura Ingraham Show on Thursday. Rogers relayed figures that say Iraq’s al Qaeda affiliate had gained $400 million
The UK is ruling out military involvement in Iraq’s efforts to retake Mosul from an Al Qaeda splinter group. According to BBC News, UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said his country will “[consider] sending humanitarian aid” from their “very large”
There have been suggestions among some in the media that the Haqqani Network (who were the terrorists Bowe Bergdahl was with) is somehow a separate entity from the Taliban. Al Qaeda is not even being mentioned in this regard, which
The chaos that is unfolding in Iraq is being portrayed in the media as an unexpected development. It certainly is an unnecessary fate for a country that had, until recently, a chance of survival. Yet it is not only the
On June 11 Iraq announced it will join with Kurdish forces in an attempt to drive insurgents from Mosul. Mosul was “seized” by “an Al Qaeda splinter group” on June 10. According to Reuters, Iraq foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari said:
The Al Qaeda-affiliate Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan now claim they were ultimately responsible for the assault in Pakistan on Karachi’s international airport. The militant Islamist group said they fought side by side with the Pakistani Taliban during the raid that
Retired Air Force Col. Jim Waurishuk told Fox News “Your World” host Neil Cavuto on Thursday that the five Guantanamo Bay detainees released in exchange for Bowe Bergdahl will re-join terrorist efforts against the United States and pose a threat
The controversial British MP George Galloway has claimed that he urged Syria’s tyrant president Bashar al Assad to go to the ballot box and stand for election in the war torn country. Galloway – who has previously praised Saddam Hussein’s
Note from Senior Management: Sir Max Hastings is one of the foremost journalists, war correspondents, and military historians of our time. A former Executive Editor of the Daily Telegraph, he is the author of over 25 books including Bomber Command;
It’s an old American saying: “Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!” President Obama’s National Security Adviser went on another Sunday show last weekend. She proceeded to tell the nation and the world that the
This morning in an interview on WMAL Radio, a former Special Forces commander called for justice and an apology from recently released Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to the families of those soldiers that died trying to find and rescue the then
DUBAI (Reuters) – A video of French hostage Serge Lazarevic, appealing to France’s President Francois Hollande to negotiate his release after two years in captivity in the Sahara, was aired by Dubai-based Akhbar Al Aan TV on Tuesday. In the
Tuesday on NewsMax TV, former U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Oliver North said U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was not a prisoner of war because he was actually being held “hostage” by the Haqqanis, a terrorist group separate from the
WASHINGTON, D.C.–South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham was exercised over President Obama’s explanation Tuesday for trading five Taliban detainees for Bowe Bergdahl. During a press conference in Warsaw, Poland Tuesday Obama argued that America “has always had a pretty sacred
After deserting his forward operating base in Afghanistan in 2009, Sgt. Bowe Bergdhal left behind a note saying that he wanted to renounce his American citizenship, according to Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin. Griffin said Tuesday on the Fox News Channel
If we use the terrorists’ methods, the old canard goes, we become just as bad as they are–or worse. Well, the Taliban and Al Qaeda live in a lawless society dominated by strongmen–and now, increasingly, so do we. Empathy aside,
On Sunday’s “State of the Union” on CNN, House Intelligence Committee chairman Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) explained to moderator Candy Crowley why the Obama administration’s deal to secure American prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl’s release for five Guantanamo detainees was
Breitbart News had the exclusive opportunity to sit down with Lt. Col. Rudy Atallah, former head of African counterterrorism for the Pentagon to discuss Boko Haram and Islamist movements in Africa. Rudolph Atallah is the former Africa Counterterrorism Director for the
(AFP) Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday vowed total war against terrorism as the country’s security forces stepped up efforts to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists 45 days ago. Nigeria returned to democracy on May 29,
On Tuesday, The New York Times ran as its feature op-ed a story titled “The New Danger in Benghazi.“ Author Ethan Chorin wrote of a Libyan general by the name of Khalifa Haftar who is mounting an offensive against radical
On Sunday, President Barack Obama traveled to Afghanistan to do a photo op with the troops amid fallout from the burgeoning Veterans Administration scandal. Announcing his visit, the White House promptly released a list of guests, including the name of
Despite a promise during peace talks that they would not engage in any terrorist activity during the course of the nation’s presidential election, reports have surfaced of at least three different incidents of attempted terror attacks by the Revolutionary Armed
Father Paolo Dall’Oglio was abducted by an “Al Qaeda-linked militant” in Syria in July 2013, and was believed to still be alive. However, according to Mid East Faces, “ISIS defector” Abu Mohammad Assuri indicates Father Paolo was shot 14 times
The Hague’s International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) recently released a report that shatters leftist talking points on the political situation in North Africa. The report, titled “Security in the Sinai: Present and Future,” details not only the Sinai peninsula’s decent
On Sunday, President Barack Obama made a surprise visit to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, the eve of the observed Memorial Day. Transcript as follows: OBAMA: Hello, Bagram! (Applause.) Well, I know it’s a little late, but I was in
Mr. Abdul Fattah Sisi has run a quiet election campaign. The former Egyptian general and Minister of Defense rose to prominence after siding with the protest by 33 million Egyptians that toppled the Muslim Brotherhood rule of Muhammad Morsi. Sisi
On Friday, Egyptian security forces took out the leader of Muslim Brotherhood affiliated terrorist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis in the Sinai Peninsula. An Egyptian army spokesman said the operation was a success, as forces neutralized six “extremely dangerous criminal elements.”
Former Pentagon Spokesman J.D. Gordon has seen the facilities at Guantánamo Bay and can attest personally to the fact that the al Qaeda operatives being detained at the naval base received better and faster care than veterans in the United
The past year has seen an ongoing debate among U.S. policy makers over what exactly happened in Egypt last summer. The Obama administration and former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton very visibly supported the Muslim Brotherhood government of Mohammed Morsi.
An al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist group fighting in the Syrian Civil War has reportedly reached Israel’s Golan Heights border with Syria. According to Reuters, the Syrian al Qaeda-linked al Nusra Front rebels have staked their claim to the land. One of the
As the Colombian presidential election scheduled Sunday inches nearer, the candidates continue to flesh out their opinions on fighting the FARC, a terror group that nearly turned the nation into a failed state in the 1990s. Óscar Iván Zuluaga, the
While the Obama administration was publicly declaring Al Qaeda was on the run during the 2012 election cycle, behind the scenes they were pushing to “scale back the fight” against Al Qaeda. One problem–the intelligence community would not play along.
