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The Latest US Invasion Of Iraq Begins: US Military Search And Rescue Teams Arrive In Northern Iraq
The Latest US Invasion Of Iraq Begins: US Military Search And Rescue Teams Arrive In Northern Iraq Despite numerous explanations that no boots-on-the-ground will be on-the-ground in Iraq in the war against Islamic State, it appears, as CNN reports, that the US military has moved Search-and-Rescue (S&R) assets to Northern Iraq as part of a “constant rebalancing” depending […]
The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen
The Paris Jihad, Ready or Not, Has Begun, and Will Widen “The future must not belong to those who slander the Prophet of Islam.” — Barack Hussein Obama (address to the United Nations General Assembly, September 2012) The jihadist murders at the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, on January 7, 2015, was inevitable and long […]
Saudi border guards killed in attack
Saudi border guards killed in attack Attackers have killed two Saudi Arabian border guards and injured another near the country’s border with Iraq in a shooting and suicide assault, the Saudi Interior Ministry said. The attackers opened fire on a border patrol near the city of Arar on early on Monday, the ministry said. […]
After turbulent 2014, next year may be no calmer | Reuters
After turbulent 2014, next year may be no calmer | Reuters. (Reuters) – From financial crisis in Russia to cyber warfare withNorth Korea, 2014 has generated new flashpoints right into its final days, setting 2015 up to be just as turbulent. Almost all of the major confrontations, such as the battle with Islamic State militants, the West’s […]
This Week In Energy: Low Oil Prices Not The Only Threat To US Energy
This Week In Energy: Low Oil Prices Not The Only Threat To US Energy. Urgent Note: This week, our analyst Dan Dicker provides key insights into the companies now considered to be the walking dead in the energy space. The debt burdens of these companies make for a bleak outlook, and this information is need-to-know […]
ISIL and Iran to dominate Gulf Arab summit – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
ISIL and Iran to dominate Gulf Arab summit – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. Gulf Arab leaders have arrived in the Qatari capital for a summit expected to push forward plans for a unified military command and an Interpol-like agency to counter regional foe Iran and self-declared jihadist groups. Foreign ministers from the six-member […]
Purported Islamic State Video Calls For Attacks On Canadians
Purported Islamic State Video Calls For Attacks On Canadians. OTTAWA – A slickly produced video released on Sunday urged Muslims to launch indiscriminate attacks against Canadians, similar to those carried out in October in Ottawa and Montreal. The SITE Intelligence Group, an American based company that monitors trends within the global jihadist movement, said the […]
Latest ISIS attack on Kobanê implicates Turkey once more | ROAR Magazine
Latest ISIS attack on Kobanê implicates Turkey once more | ROAR Magazine. This weekend ISIS attacked Kobanê from Turkish soil. While Turkish complicity in the attack is hard to prove, the events raises some important questions. In the early hours of Saturday, November 29, on the 75th day of the resistance of Kobanê, the militants […]
Islamic State Expanding into North Africa – SPIEGEL ONLINE
Islamic State Expanding into North Africa – SPIEGEL ONLINE. The caliphate has a beach. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea around 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Crete in Darna. The eastern Libya city has a population of around 80,000, a beautiful old town and an 18th century mosque, from which the black flag […]
Egypt armed group pledges allegiance to ISIL – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Egypt armed group pledges allegiance to ISIL – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. Egypt’s Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, the country’s most active armed group, pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, in a recording posted on its Twitter account. If genuine, the declaration of allegiance would be a […]
Al-Qaeda Declares War on China, Too | The Diplomat
Al-Qaeda Declares War on China, Too | The Diplomat. Al-Qaeda central appears to have joined the Islamic State in calling for jihad against China over its alleged occupation of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. This week, al-Sahab media organization, al-Qaeda’s propaganda arm, released the first issue of its new English-language magazine Resurgence. The magazine has a strong focus on […]
