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How Many Americans Has Obama Killed?

hd — Tue, 14 May 2013 16:12:17 +0000

Excerpt: Three days after the tenth anniversary of September 11, left-wing activist Spencer Ackerman struck a blow for Muslim terrorism by denouncing FBI training materials

The Armenian hero Turkey would prefer to forget

hd — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:03:12 +0000

The Independent 13 May 2013
By Robert Fisk

The Armenian-Turkish officer Torossian was awarded medals by Enver Pasha

Think Captain Terossian. Confronted by the chilling hundredth anniversary of the genocide of one and a half million Armenian men, women and children at the hands of the Ottoman Turks in 1915, Turkey’s government is planning to swamp memories of the Armenian massacres with ceremonies commemorating the Turkish victory over the Allies at the battle of Gallipoli in the same year.

Already, loyalist academics have done their best to ignore the presence of thousands of Arab troops among the 1915 Turkish armies at Gallipoli -- and are now even branding an Armenian Turkish artillery officer who was decorated for his bravery at Gallipoli as a liar who fabricated his own biography.

More than 80,000 killed in Syria conflict, NGO says

hd — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:03:05 +0000

More than 80,000 people have been killed in Syria's conflict since it erupted more than two years ago, a monitoring group said on Sunday. Nearly half of those who died

Sharia Thugs Take Over Syrian City

hd — Mon, 13 May 2013 15:55:46 +0000

This is the real Syrian rebel army. So you tell me, though it’s a nightmare there, just who exactly are we to help out a bunch of Islamic fundamentalists intent on

French Islamist set for handover to Malian army

hd — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:48:49 +0000

A notorious French Islamist militant has been handed over to Malian military authorities after his arrest last week, and could face extradition to his home country, it was

Israel's sights set on Hezbollah – not Assad

hd — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:43:22 +0000

TEL AVIV, Israel – Syrian rebels have cheered Israel’s strikes against Syrian government facilities, while the Syrian government has said the attacks prove Israel is backing

Syria Learns: Don’t Cross Israel’s ‘Red Line’

hd — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:08:02 +0000

Israel’s air force is reported to have attacked last Thursday a shipment of advanced surface-to-surface missiles from Iran that were believed to be on their way to Hezbollah in

Al-Qaeda chief’s brother warns France of retaliation for Mali

hd — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:20:39 +0000

France is "playing with fire” in Mali, the brother of Al-Qaeda’s chief said in an interview published Monday, warning that Islamic fighters would retaliate in the African

Video: US Confirms Chemical Weapons Used in Syria

hd — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:35:01 +0000

Common Sense About the Syrian Mess

hd — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:54:46 +0000

"I know what the world thinks of us, we are Communists, and of course I have said very clearly that we are not Communists; very clearly.” –Fidel Castro, 1959

U.S. policy toward Syria has changed but it is too late. A senior State Department official said at the meeting just concluded of opposition groups: "We have to help the moderates, people like [Chief of Staff of the Free Syrian Army] Salim Idris….”

Nigeria to probe army after battle with Islamists

hd — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:09:10 +0000

Nigeria is to investigate its army's conduct after clashes between troops and Islamist fighters in the northeast killed nearly 200 people, the single deadliest event since the

Germany offers to keep 800 troops in Afghanistan

hd — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:58:09 +0000

Germany on Thursday offered to keep 600-800 troops in Afghanistan for two years from 2015, after the end of NATO combat operations there, to help train and advise the national

French jihadist killed fighting in Syria

hd — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:28:53 +0000

Belgian police carried out 46 early morning raids on radical Islamist groups early Tuesday morning in an attempt to stop the recruitment of volunteers to fight the regime of

Footage shows Lebanon's Hezbollah fighting in Syria

hd — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:02:28 +0000

Hezbollah-backed fighters are taking an ever more active role in the ongoing Syrian conflict along the border with Lebanon. They claim their mission is to protect Shiites on

Frenchman active in Belgian Islamist circles killed in Syria

hd — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:33:01 +0000

A 38-year-old Frenchman well-known in radical Islamist circles in Belgium was killed Sunday while fighting for an Islamist brigade in Syria, Belgian media said. Raphael

UN Peacekeeping Force Proposed for Mali

hd — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:02:22 +0000

France has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would authorize a U.N. peacekeeping force to stabilize key towns in northern Mali and help promote a return to democracy and

Mali soldiers get their own EU military academy

hd — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:41:17 +0000

The European Union Training Mission has begun rebuilding Mali’s fractured army so it can defend against fresh attacks by Islamists when French forces begin withdrawing in

Qatar Orders 500 U.S. Javelin Anti-Tank Missiles

hd — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 13:32:58 +0000

Last week, just before America broke for the long weekend, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced (link opens a PDF) that it has notified Congress of plans to make a

Ros-Lehtinen: Syrian Rebels Co-Opted by Extremists

hd — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:36:03 +0000

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen says now is not the time to arm rebels working to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The Florida Republican, who is

France: 10 Islamists Killed in Timbuktu

hd — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:35:10 +0000

France says about 10 Islamist fighters were killed on Thursday, March 21, as French and Malian forces repelled an attack on the northern Mali city of Timbuktu. A French army