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US Senate calls for air strikes on Iraq

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“What I heard today scared the hell out of me,” Senator Lindsey Graham said following a Senate briefing on Iraq. Sen. Lindsey Graham has called on US President Barack Obama to authorize airstrikes in Iraq in order to halt the progress of al-Qaeda groups. “There is no scenario where we can stop the bleeding in Iraq without American airpower,” Sen. Graham (R-S.C.) said after leaving a... 

Christian Persecution Gets Worse in Every Country the US "Liberates"

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When the U.S. military “liberates” a nation, shouldn’t it result in more liberty, freedom and peace for the people living there? Instead, we find just the opposite. In fact, in every single case since 9/11, when the U.S. military has “liberated” a nation it has resulted in the persecution of Christians in that country becoming much worse. In areas where we spent hundreds of billions of dollars... 

Australian-Israeli doctor on a 'humanitarian' mission in Syria

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The most famous Michael Harari was a James Bond-style Mossad agent and gun-runner. However the Dr Michael Harari recently in the news is an Australian trained paediatrician (apparently no direct relative to the spy) who helps al Qaeda fighters and their families get back on their feet. Dr Harari held a speech on 8 May at Sydney University on his treatment of injured children at Ziv, which has taken... 

Media silent about Christian crucifixions in Syria

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Could you imagine the uproar in the mainstream media that we would see if a member of a politically favored class of people was crucified for who or what they are? There would be front page headlines for weeks. But because members of a politically favored class (Muslims) are doing it to members of a non-politically favored class (Christians), it is not newsworthy at all according to the media. In... 

DHS Gave Muslim Brotherhood VIP Treatment, No TSA Pat Downs

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A newly released document obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request confirms that the State Department ordered the Department of Homeland Security to spare members of the Muslim Brotherhood traveling to the US in 2012 a TSA pat down or any kind of secondary screening. The one page document (PDF), obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, shows that members of a Muslim Brotherhood... 

11 die in Somali capital terrorist bomb attack

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Photo taken on September 12, 2012 shows the Jazeera hotel in Mogadishu as AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) forces stand guard after a bomb exploded while newly elected Somali president Hasan Sheikh Mahmud was staying. At least 11 people have been killed and 17 others wounded in three bomb blasts that hit the Somali capital Mogadishu. The attacks were carried out late on Wednesday near Jazeera... 

Federal Judge Rules NSA Surveillance Legal

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U.S. District Judge William Paley ruled today that the NSA’s rampant violations of the Fourth Amendment are legal. He cited al-Qaeda and 9/11 when he dismissed a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the NSA’s surveillance program. Paley said the NSA program “represents the government’s counter-punch” to al-Qaeda. Despite recent evidence to the contrary, Paley... 

Clapper reveals Bush-era docs showing NSA spying dragnet started 2001

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Obama’s Director for National Intelligence, James Clapper, has declassified new documents that reveal how the NSA was first given the green light to start collecting bulk communication data in the hunt for Al-Qaeda terrorists after 9/11. President Barack Obama’s administration has for the first time publicly confirmed “the existence of collection activities authorized by President George... 

US court revives 9/11 case against Saudi Arabia

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A federal appeals court in New York City has revived litigation against Saudi Arabia on behalf of families of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. More than twelve years after the 9/11 attacks and eight years after a lower federal court ruled Saudi Arabia had immunity from prosecution, a three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled on Thursday that families of... 

Blast hits area near Yemen’s Ministry of Defense, 52 Dead

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An explosion has hit an area near Yemen’s Ministry of Defense in the capital, Sana’a, security sources say. Armed clashes erupted near the ministry after the explosion, which occurred on Thursday. Following the incident, the Yemeni military said at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured in the bomb attack. “The attack took place shortly after working hours started at the ministry,”... 

Al-Qaeda finds new home in Kosovo

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The police of Kosovo arrested six Albanians in Pristina and Gnjilane suspected of preparing terrorist attacks. Reportedly, the detainees were preparing an explosion of one of the man-made lakes to flood several villages. There are reports saying that Kosovo is being converted into a base for training terrorists. In general, the boomerang, launched by the West, is back. Al-Qaeda has established itself... 

Leader of al-Nusra Front killed in Syria

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Leader of the al-Nusra Front, an Al-Qaeda affiliated fighting force in Syria, has been killed, state television reported. According to reports Abu Mohammad al-Golani, has been killed in the Western province of Latakia. Syrian State TV did not provide any further details. There has been no immediate comment from opposition groups. However reports are emerging that al-Golani was not killed as he was... 

US moves Marines to Italy as situation in Libya becomes tense

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Two hundred United States Marines are being mobilized from a base in Spain to an Italian site neighboring Libya where an Army raid over the weekend resulted in the capture of suspected Al-Qaeda terrorist, Abu Anas al-Libi. CNN reported early Tuesday that a US military official confirmed the repositioning of 200 heavily armed Marines to the naval base at Sigonella, Italy, a Sicilian fort south of Catania... 

US forces target Al-Shabaab leader in Somalia, seize Al-Qaeda leader in Libya

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US forces carried out two major operations in Africa on Saturday, targeting an al-Shabaab leader in Somalia in connection with the recent Nairobi mall siege and nabbing an Al-Qaeda leader in Libya wanted for the 1998 bombings of US embassies. A US Navy SEAL team approached a seaside house in the Somali town of Baraawe before sunrise in hopes of targeting an Al-Qaeda linked suspect. The operation,... 

Syrian rebels destroy holy Jewish mausoleums in Tadouf

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Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Syria have destroyed several Jewish mausoleums in the historical town of Tadouf in the northern city of Aleppo. Militants reportedly demolished a number of the most ancient Jewish mausoleums in the town. Foreign-backed militants have so far destroyed many religious sites in Syria since the unrest began in 2011. Earlier this month, members of the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra... 
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