At least 276 people, mostly militants, were killed and 25 others were wounded.
The United Arab Emirates has rejoined the air campaign against the Islamic State militants, after the United States moved search-and-rescue assets to northern Iraq. The move came despite protests from Baghdad over placing Black Hawk helicopters in Kurdish territory.
NBC anchor Brian Williams just makes stuff up, and the world is shocked – but, then again, if you’ve been a regular reader of Antiwar.com, you already knew what a liar he is. The Twitteratti are in a tizzy over Williams’ blatant fibbery: he’s been telling the same story for years, all about how he …
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Seeing clips of that 22-minute video of the immolation of the Jordanian pilot, one wonders: Who would be drawn to the cause of these barbarians who perpetrated such an atrocity? While the video might firm up the faith of fanatics, would it not evoke rage and revulsion across the Islamic world? After all, this was …
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Originally posted at TomDispatch. He was undoubtedly one of the worst “lone-wolf” terrorists in modern history. On July 22, 2011, after trying to take out Norway’s political leadership in Oslo with a car bomb and killing eight people, Anders Breivik boarded a ferry wearing a homemade police uniform and took it to a nearby island …
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Earlier this week, we learned it was possible to witness a captive of ISIS being burned to death. Soon afterwards, I concluded I had no interest in doing so. An anecdotal Internet browse made me suspect others feel differently. (Obviously, anyone on the Internet can find as much torture and death pornography as they wish, …
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The United States has deployed search and rescue aircraft to northern Iraq after the United Arab Emirates suspended their operations following the capture of a Jordanian pilot in Syria.
The Sinai Peninsula has moved from the margins of Egyptian body politic to the uncontested center, as Egypt’s strong man – President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi – finds himself greatly undercut by the rise of an insurgency that seems to be growing stronger with time. Another series of deadly and coordinated attacks, on January 29, shattered …
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When the Senate released its shocking report on CIA torture late last year, it renewed a debate from the Bush years about the merits of so-called “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Polls released afterward suggested that most Americans thought that torture was effective and, in some cases, justified. Yet the report was very clear: Torture produced virtually …
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The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child said on Wednesday that large numbers of children are being recruited by Islamic State militants for suicide missions or other dangerous jobs. Others are being sexually abused or used as human shields.
Two weeks ago, an Israeli helicopter crossed the Syrian border and killed five Hezbollah fighters and an Iranian general. Media accounts made much of the fact that among the dead Hezbollah fighters was Jihad Mughniyah. That particular killing was significant because Jihad Mughniyeh was the son of Imad Mughniyah. Imad Mugniyah was a senior Hezbollah …
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