Category Archives: Islam

Obama Taps Star General To Build Syrian Rebel Army to Fight ISIS

DAILY BEAST by Josh Rogin and Eli Lake September 21, 2014 General Michael Nagata is promising to build a new force to destroy ISIS but lawmakers worry he has been given an impossible mission. As lawmakers prepared to take a … Continue reading

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Israel Warns of Iranian Sweet Talk; Says Nothing’s Changed

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT ON TERRORISM by Paul Alster September 19, 2014 The international community is allowing the rise of ISIS to distract it from the far more dangerous prospect of a nuclear Iran, Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz warned Wednesday. The comments … Continue reading

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Saving Private Kerry

FRONT PAGE MAG by Daniel Greenfield September 19, 2014 Secretary of State John Kerry didn’t appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to lay out an offensive strategy for defeating ISIS. Instead his real mission was a defensive strategy to protect Obama from … Continue reading

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War against ISIS headed for failure

TORONTO SUN by Tarek Fatah September 16, 2014 When U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sat down in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on the 13th anniversary of 9/11, surrounded by the leaders of 10 Arab states, to build a coalition against … Continue reading

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Syrian rebels seize UN weapons in the Golan

YAHOO NEWS by Staff September 16, 2014 United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Syrian rebels linked to Al-Qaeda have seized UN weapons, uniforms and vehicles from peacekeepers in the Golan and set up a “safe zone” to wage attacks, the … Continue reading

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Zak Ebrahim: I am the son of a terrorist. Here’s how I chose peace [TED VIDEO]

Published on Sep 9, 2014 If you’re raised on dogma and hate, can you choose a different path? Zak Ebrahim was just seven years old when his father helped plan the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. His story is shocking, … Continue reading

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Northerners uneasy after official warns Hezbollah could capture towns

TIMES OF ISRAEL by Marissa Newman September 15, 2014 Residents complain army had said situation was calm, fear tourism could suffer after future war assessment Residents of northern Israel expressed alarm Monday over statements by a senior IDF officer a … Continue reading

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End of an Era: UN Peacekeepers Stop Pretending to Keep Peace

COMMENTARY by Seth Mandel September 15, 2014 The United Nations has come up with a strange follow-up to Israel’s credible accusations that UN facilities allowed themselves to be used essentially as human shields for Hamas in Gaza: the UN is … Continue reading

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Obama’s Self-Defeating Fight

JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick September 15, 2014 The United States has a problem with Islamic State. Its problem is that it refuses to acknowledge why Islamic State is a problem. The problem with Islamic State is not that it … Continue reading

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Why Many Arabs and Muslims Do Not Trust Obama

GATESTONE INSTITUTE by Khaled Abu Toameh September 15, 2014 “This is not our war and we should not be taking part in it.” That is how many Arabs and Muslims reacted to US President Barack Obama’s plan to form an … Continue reading

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