Jun 5, 2013 No Comments ›› Toro520
Via DEBKA file: A large American military force disembarked Tuesday, June 4, at the southern Jordanian port of Aqaba – ready for deployment on the kingdom’s Syrian border, debkafile’s exclusive military sources report. The force made its way north along the Aqaba-Jerash-Ajilon mountain road bisecting Jordan from south to north, under heavy Jordanian military escort. Our sources disclose ...
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WATCH – Tuesday Night Jihadi Bitch Slaying: Machine Gun Fire Support For U.S. Army Patrol Under Fire
Jun 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
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Jun 4, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from EXPRESS MILLIONS of pounds have been earmarked to pay Taliban fighters to lay down their weapons in the run-up to the withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan. Senior British officers are leading the £6.6million ISAF project that offers insurgents immunity from prosecution and £100 to “leave the battlefield” for a period of 12 months. The aim, ...
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Jun 3, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from FREE BEACON A senior Hezbollah leader said the Iranian-backed terror group is ready to wage war against Israel in the Golan Heights. Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Naim Qassem said in a recent interview that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to make good on a threat to bring his country’s civil war to Israel. “I believe ...
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Jun 3, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from THE TELEGRAPH Yusef al-Qaradawi, who is based in Qatar and has been a leading voice supporting the Arab Spring, warned that Iranian Shia were trying to "eat" Sunni Muslims, who are a majority in the Muslim world. He referred to Alawites, the followers of the Muslim sect to which President Bashar al-Assad of ...
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Jun 3, 2013 No Comments ›› Infidel
Excerpted from The Telegraph: In an effort to show it takes its new responsibilities in government seriously, Al-Qaeda’s branch in Iraq and Syria has set up a complaints department. The organisation is the leading militia in the north-eastern part of rebel-held Syria, and has taken control of parts of the civilian administration ...
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Jun 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Infidel
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels fought with the gunmen from the Hezbollah militia in a deadly clash on Lebanese soil, a security official and local media said Sunday, in the latest sign Syria’s civil war is spilling over the country’s borders. It was the worst clash on Lebanese ...
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Jun 2, 2013 No Comments ›› Toro520
Excerpted from the Miami Herald: A Guantánamo prisoner who was waterboarded by the CIA suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and depression but is sane enough to face a capital terror trial on charges of orchestrating al-Qaida’s 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole, according to a report filed at the war court. A board of U.S. military ...
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Jun 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from The Jerusalem Post: Britain is prepared to send arms to Syrian rebels should peace talks set for this month fail to bring about an end to the conflict, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing UK officials. The EU ban on arming rebels expired last Monday, paving the way for the UK to send ...
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Jun 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Baghdad - More than 1,000 people were killed in violence across Iraq in May, according to the United Nations mission to the country. The UN figures, released on Saturday, showed that 1,045 civilians and security personnel were killed last month, which surpasses the 712 killed in April, and making it the deadliest month recorded since June ...
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Jun 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Darby Crash
(CNSNews.com) – Just weeks before presidential elections in Iran set the course of Iran-U.S. relations for the next four years, the State Department in a report Thursday accused Tehran of escalated terrorist activity around the world. The 2012 Country Reports on Terrorism highlighted terror plots involving Qods Force – the foreign operations arm of the Islamic ...
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Jun 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jack Flash
“So there’s two ironies you have to overcome if you want to get involved in a war in Syria. The first irony is you will be allied with al-Qaida. The second irony is most of the Christians are on the other side, so you may be arming Islamic rebels who may well be killing Christians. ...
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Jun 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Infidel
Excerpted from Defcon Hill: President Obama is waiting to say how large of a military presence the U.S. will keep in Afghanistan after 2014 despite increasing calls from both supporters and critics for a firm decision. Obama has pledged that the United States will withdraw half of the 66,000 troops still deployed in Afghanistan by early ...
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Jun 1, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from Fox News: The Obama administration is looking to transfer a detainee who is being held overseas and is said to have "blood on his hands" to the U.S. for a military trial, sources close to the military commission process tell Fox News. The move could be a test case for bringing detainees captured overseas ...
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May 31, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
Excerpted from USNI NEWS Iran could have enough launchers to send a salvo of medium range ballistic missiles that would overwhelm Israeli ballistic missile defense systems, according to a Wednesday report from IHS Jane’s. A May, 26 broadcast on Iranian television showcased a collection of transporter erector launchers (TELs) capable of launching the Iranian Shahab-3 guided ballistic ...
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May 31, 2013 No Comments ›› Jack Flash
Excerpted from NBC News: Marines at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan will lose a key daily meal starting Saturday, causing some to forgo a hot breakfast and others to work six-plus hours without refueling on cooked food, according to Marines at the base and Marine Corps officials. The midnight ration service — known there as “midrats" — ...
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May 31, 2013 No Comments ›› Jake Hammer
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The family of a 33-year-old Michigan woman says the FBI confirmed Thursday that she was killed in fighting in Syria. She was identified as Nicole Lynn Mansfield of Flint. Her cousin, David Speelman of Flint, told The Associated Press that FBI ...
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