The Islamic State group, previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), on Tuesday defended its destruction of religious sites in the Iraqi city of Mosul on the grounds that the use of mosques built on graves amounted to idolatry, AFP reported. “The demolition of structures erected above graves is a […]
Islamic State (IS; formerly known as ISIS) has made headlines in the US and Middle East recently, after threatening the Western world and taking large swaths of land in Iraq. However, the threat is much closer to Europe, strategists argue – and one campaign seeks to “wake Europe” to the major threat on its shores. […]
A member of the Islamic State (IS, formerly known as ISIS) has threatened that the organization would soon use unmanned drones to attack Israel. The IS member, a Canadian who left his country to fight alongside the IS in the areas of Iraq and Syria it declared to be an Islamic Caliphate, claimed on Twitter […]
About three out of four voters say the terrorist killer of American journalist James Foley should be sentenced to death if convicted for the murder, a new survey shows. At the same time, Americans strongly oppose paying the ransom demands of terrorists and have mixed feelings about trying to rescue hostages, according to the survey […]
Two polls released this week both ask a question that you would hope wouldn’t need asking: how many people support the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Unfortunately, in all four countries surveyed, the answer is greater than zero, and by a lot. Here is a chart of the results of the polls. The […]
(www.catholic.org) Islamic State terrorists have begun their promised killing of Christians in Mosul, and they have started with the children. According to a report via CNN, a Chaldean-American businessman has said that killings have started in Mosul and children’s heads are being erected on poles in a city park. “There is a park in Mosul,” Mark […]
According to a new Sunday Times report by Toby Harden, “Pentagon sources said Foley and the others might well have been rescued but Obama, concerned about the ramifications of US troops being killed or captured in Syria, took too long to authorise the mission.” It’s claimed that Obama was concerned about his administration being Carterized had the mission failed. […]
By Marc A. Thiessen- Auchwitz, Poland Walking among the starvation cells and gas chambers where more than a million souls perished, it is hard to explain to my 12-year-old son how the free world allowed this happen. Why did the world’s democracies not stop the Nazi movement in its infancy — before it indoctrinated millions with […]
There has been little notice of the president’s insistent use of the acronym “ISIL” to describe the Sunni forces currently rampaging across Iraq, executing Iraqi military and creating a new massive refugee population in an already unstable area. With the exception of Reuters and now the Associated Press, most news organizations have not referred to […]
What a difference a year makes. Around this time last year, the West was gearing up for military action against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. That intervention never came to pass as Russia President Putin negotiated a more peaceful resolution. Now under pressure Obama is contemplating airstrikes on Islamic State militants operating in […]
