Turkey has captured one of the wives of the slain leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday. Erdogan broke the news while giving a speech at Ankara University, without elaborating on the operation of giving the woman’s name. Baghdadi had four wives, according to one […]
What Baghdadi’s Death Tells Us About the Real Terror Threat…
What’s the best place to look for the terrorist leader of a defeated Islamic terrorist group? When his men are on the run, look for his hideout in or near the country that sponsors him. We didn’t find Osama bin Laden hiding in a cave in Afghanistan, but in a compound in a Pakistani military […]
Pentagon Expands Permanent Africa Presence with $110M Drone Base in Niger…
Signaling what will be a major uptick in US drone activity across western Africa, US African Command (AFRICOM) announced Friday its airbase Agadez, Niger has gone operational, not just flying surveillance drones as was originally expected, but also armed combat drones. Flights from the base, called Air Base 201, began last week and the patrols […]
The Killing of Baghdadi: Syrians Recall Terrifying Night of U.S. Raid…
Although it is situated in a war zone, the Syrian village of Barisha is a largely sleepy and picturesque place. Some 6,000 people live in the village that lies 5km from the Turkish border, and there are also about 1,000 Syrians displaced from Idlib and elsewhere who have pitched their tents in the red earth […]
Relatives of Islamic State Victims Speak Out After al-Baghdadi’s Death…
The news of the death of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was not enough consolation for many of those who suffered at the hands of the organization. “If only the news I heard was of the death of them all, that might have eased things a bit,” said Um Alaa, the wife of a man […]
Baghdadi Story Reveals Divided — and Broken — News Media by Matt Taibbi…
Two sets of headlines over the weekend described the suicide of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. From the Washington Post Sunday morning: “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48.” The Post has since rewritten that, though the description of an “austere religious scholar with wire-rimmed glasses” remains in […]
WAT?!!?: Syria Fuss Over Moving Fewer Than 25 U.S. Troops…
The change in U.S. policy in Syria that triggered a media storm on Monday involves the redeployment of fewer than 25 troops from the Turkish border to elsewhere in Syria, a State Department official was quoted as saying. The Times of Israel reported: “The United States has pulled back a “very small number” of troops […]
Syria – Trump Gives a Green Light for Another Turkish Invasion…
FLASHBACK: Obama and Clinton Were Aware of American Arms Through Benghazi and Warned About Rise of Islamic State…
US Doesn’t Endorse Turkish Operation in Syria, Won’t Help in Any Way…
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