Top U.S. General: Caribbean mosque has ‘associated itself’ with Islamic State
by EDWIN MORA From Breitbart WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) chief has indicated that one of a few “radical” mosques in the Caribbean has linked itself to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), noting that the number of Islamic…
Donald Trump may not get the nomination, but he has already won
By Jonathan Chait From New York Mag In his speech from the Oval Office on Sunday night, President Obama took care to urge his fellow citizens not to equate the extremism of ISIS with the beliefs of Muslims as a…
Misguided U.S. foreign policy fueled terrorism
By Lekan Oguntoyinbo NNPA Columnist From The Dallas Weekly They were young and largely impoverished. To find work, they had migrated from their native Egypt to a mid-coastal city in Libya, an unstable country that in recent years has become…
ISIS book author: 45 burnings prove atrocities of the dark ages
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Reports Tuesday that the Islamic State burned to death 45 people in Iraq just days after posting a video showing the beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians proves that “we’re witnessing atrocities that were reserved for…
China signaled it may join operations against ISIS in Iraq
By Jeremy Bender From Business Insider As the US-led campaign against the Islamic State grinds on, China has unexpectedly offered to help in the war effort, Najmeh Bozorgmehr and Lucy Hornby report for the Financial Times. Wang Yi, China’s foreign…
Caribbean governments must take steps to remain secure in face of terrorism threat
By David Jessop · From Stabroek News Four weeks ago, this column urged the Caribbean to begin to think the unthinkable. It suggested that there are some individuals whose values are not those of the vast majority and who mean…
Trinidad and Tobago security minister confirms nationals fighting for ISIS
From Caribbean360 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, October 15, 2014, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has confirmed that “several nationals’ are fighting alongside supporters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and is considering ways of dealing with those…
Caribbean Muslims And Isis
By Bert Wilkinson From the AmNews Islamic leadership groups in Trinidad are to meet this week to discuss and assess reports that dozens of local Muslim activists have left the prosperous twin-island republic with Tobago for the Middle East to…
ISIS within a mile of Baghdad
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Islamic State militants are reportedly within a mile of Baghdad despite battling Iraqi forces and U.S.-led airstrikes, and there is “immense fear among everybody,” the vicar of the only Anglican church in Iraq said Tuesday….
Still determined to force-feed us war
By Les Slater From Caribbean Life When FDR delivered his historic “day that will live in infamy” speech about the Japanese Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, there was no great cajoling effort needed to get the American public on board…
