Cardinal Wuerl on Christian slaughter in Middle East: ‘This is Genocide’
From Newsmax Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington, D.C., weighed in on the escalating slaughter of Christians by terrorists and fundamentalist radicals such as the Islamic State in the Middle East on Newsmax TV on Monday. “This is genocide….
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…
Islamic State video ‘shows killing of five men it says spied for UK’
From BBC Islamic State militants have released a video, featuring a man and young boy speaking with British accents, purportedly showing the killing of five men who it says were spying for the UK. In the 10-minute film, the man…
UPDATE: Paris attacks -Police seek ‘dangerous’ Salah Abdeslam
Police seek ‘dangerous’ Salah Abdeslam From BBC Police have issued a photograph of a French national wanted in connection with Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris that left 129 people dead. The man, named as Salah Abdeslam, 26, is described as…
Putin slams Obama on Syria: US has ‘mush for brains’
From Newsmax President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday slammed Washington for refusing to share intelligence with Russia on Syria, and accusing it of muddled thinking. “I believe some of our partners simply have mush for brains,” Putin said, expressing some of…
Islamic State working to develop chemical weapons: Australia
From Newsmax The Islamic State group has shown it is prepared to use chemical weapons and is likely to have among its recruits the technical expertise to develop them, Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said. In a speech late Friday,…
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…
Attorney General to return to Caribbean
By Bert Wilkenson From Caribbean Life Eric Holder will soon be resigning from his office as the first African American attorney general of the United States, but he is working to ensure he has one last high-level meeting with Caribbean…
Islamic State: Diary of life in Mosul
From BBC The northern Iraqi city of Mosul fell to Islamic State (IS) in June, bringing the population under the harsh rule of the jihadists. The militants swiftly introduced a regime in accordance with their radical version of Islam, including…
Foreign policy issues becoming a headache? There’s an AUMF for that
From Huffington Post WASHINGTON — As Congress wrestles with its role in authorizing the president to use military force overseas, a quick look through the archives reveals that the White House has plenty of other active military authorizations to choose…
