Anti-Trump author and MSNBC terrorism analyst Malcolm Nance has labeled the anti-government extremists who plotted to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer “VanillaISIS” and claim they follow “their al-Baghdadi,” Donald Trump. “These people were radicalized by the very fact that a black man could sit in the Oval Office,” Nance said of the recently-arrested Michigan would-be kidnappers and other radical groups in the US. “Where they are […]
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Alexanda Amon Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British jihadis who made up a brutal Islamic State cell dubbed “The Beatles,” speak during an interview with The Associated Press at a security center in Kobani, Syria, in March 2018. Hussein Malla/AP hide caption toggle caption Hussein Malla/AP Alexanda Amon Kotey (left) and El Shafee Elsheikh, who were allegedly among four British […]
Long before The New York Times began its review of the reporting in her critically acclaimed podcast, the paper was aware of deep concerns about star correspondent Rukmini Callimachi’s work, including from the family of James Foley, the American journalist brutally killed by ISIS in 2014. “She left our family with a lot of pain from her un-professionalism and lies,” James’ brother Michael Foley told The […]
Fake News Hoax About ISIS Exposed By Ben Norton, The Grayzone. September 30, 2020 Fake News Hoax About ISIS Exposed2020-09-302020-09-30https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/caliphate-isis-podcast-fake-news.jpg200px200px NY Times podcast star lied about joining ISIS. The main source for the hit New York Times podcast Caliphate lied about serving as an ISIS executioner. It’s just the latest in a series of fake national security-related stories published by the US newspaper of record. The […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean The reportage written by Hala Nouhad Nasreddine for Middle East Monitor is a truly disturbing one. It is a detailed investigation that connects the financial scandal on money laundering and the money transaction for very suspicious transactions revealed by the documents of the dossier called FinCEN Files and revealed by Buzzfeed. Operations they would have helped to fund […]
from Al Manar TV The Lebanese Army Command’s Orientation Directorate issued a communiqué on Saturday, indicating that “the Army Intelligence Directorate managed to arrest members of a terrorist cell linked to the ISIL terrorist organization that was in the process of carrying out security activities inside Lebanon. ”The communiqué added that the investigations showed that the commander of that cell is the terrorist in hiding, Khaled […]
…from SouthFront.org Russian and Syrian forces eliminated 327 ISIS militants during a joint security operation that took place in the desert areas of Homs and Deir Ezzor from August 18 to August 24. According to the Russian side, strikes of the Syrian Air Force, the Russian Aerospace Forces, field artillery and actions of special forces units in the desert also allowed to eliminate 134 shelters, 17 […]
…from SouthFront.org The military situation in Syria continued deteriorating in the recent days. On August 21, the Syrian Army and its allies increased their anti-ISIS raids in the Palmyra-Deir Ezzor-Al-Mayadin triangle. According to pro-government sources, these efforts are being actively supported by recently deployed reinforcements from the Iranian-backed Liwa Fatemiyoun armed group. On August 20, ISIS claimed responsibility for the recent attack on Russian troops in […]
President Trump is destroying Obama’s insane Middle East policies one day at a time and the world is a much safer place. Politico Magazine surprisingly uncovered and released a report critical of the Obama Administration shortly after the 2016 election entitled, “The secret backstory of how Obama let Hezbollah off the hook“. The long piece started: In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, […]
Afghan security personnel take position on the top of a building where insurgents were hiding in the city of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, on Monday. The day before, militants from the Islamic State attacked a prison holding many ISIS members. Rahmat Gul/AP hide caption toggle caption Rahmat Gul/AP Afghan security personnel take position on the top of a building where insurgents were hiding in the city of Jalalabad, […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano «There are about a thousand Syrians who fled via Zuwara and Sabratha towards Europe last week, using boats provided by a European country in support of the coast guard under al-Sarraj government, but they are now being exploited in illegal immigration». The Libyan National Army spokesman, Major General Ahmed al-Mismari, has revealed «Turkey’s involvement […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean Great operations are underway in Libya both to show muscle in view of an ever more difficult diplomatic negotiation, and to prepare a strategic plan for the possible great battle in Sirte for the possible huge battle in Sirte in the possibility of an attack by the troops of the Government of National Agreement (GNA) by President Fayez […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione originale in Italiano «It is with joy that I communicate that yesterday, 20 July 2020, the Maronite cathedral of Sant’Elia in Aleppo (Syria), badly damaged during the war, after long repairs had been officially reopened and reconsecrated». In a summary email Alessandro Monteduro, director of ACS Italy, opens a glimmer of light on the future of Syria […]
Scroll down for video controls Gordon Duff is a Marine combat veteran of the Vietnam War. He is a disabled veteran and has worked on veterans and POW issues for decades. Gordon is an accredited diplomat and is generally accepted as one of the top global intelligence specialists. He manages the world’s largest private intelligence organization and regularly consults with governments challenged by security issues. Duff […]
…from SouthFront Clashes between government forces and ISIS terrorists have continued in central Syria since July 2, when ISIS cells stormed army positions in eastern Homs. In response, the Syrians supported by the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a security operation in the desert. Sporadic clashes and airstrikes were reported in the area over the next few days. On July 4, ISIS terrorists even ambushed a unit […]
A senior French ISIS member, who converted to Islam at 21, has been locked up for 30 years. It’s the first time a Paris court has imposed a sentence for jihadist crimes committed in Syria. Tyler Vilus, 30, was found guilty of aggravated murder, being a member of a terrorist group, and heading up a group of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) fighters in Syria. The […]
…from SouthFront Since the start of the week, the Syrian Army has repelled several ISIS attacks on its positions in the desert in central Syria. The most recent attack took place in eastern Homs early on July 2 and became the largest one so far. Clashes lasted for several hours and Syrian troops even called for support from the Russian Aerospace Forces. Pro-opposition media claim that […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy Versione Originale in Italiano «In 2018, the same financial police who made the bust in Salerno confiscated nearly 100 million tablets of the narcotic meant for ISIS operatives in Libya that were being shuttled from pill mills in India and Sri Lanka by way of Italy’s notoriously unguarded port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria». The Daily Beast writes […]
CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, ITALY—When Italian customs police discovered a modest cache of amphetamines with the logo “Captagon” in a container of counterfeit shirts in the southern port of Salerno a few months ago, they knew they were on to something big. Captagon-branded fenethylline (a variant of amphetamine) is a favorite drug among addicts in the Middle East and was found in the hideout of the terrorists […]
By Brian Glyn Williams, The Conversation An Islamic State follower posted the hashtag “#AmericaBurning” in a discussion on the Telegram chat system in early June, and another posted a message that read “You are waking up this morning to news of the destruction of America, the dismantling of its States, and civil war.” Another Islamic State website proclaimed “Destruction, fragmentation. America is burning,” while an Islamic […]
ISIS continues its series of attacks on the Syrian Army in desert areas in central Syria. Following the large attack on the army near Itriyah last week, ISIS cells stormed positions of pro-government forces in the vicinity of the city of al-Mayadin on the western bank of the Euphrates. According to pro-militant sources, the terrorists killed 8 Iranian-backed fighters and captured 3 others. Earlier in June, […]
The Trump administration is taking seriously a shocking claim from its enemy in Afghanistan that the Taliban foiled an Islamic State plot to assassinate a senior U.S. diplomat, U.S. officials confirm to The Daily Beast. Officials said they’re investigating an assertion, made in a recent Taliban video, that the local branch of the so-called Islamic State recruited two men to murder Zalmay Khalilzad, the State Department’s […]
Six years ago today ISIS slaughtered THOUSANDS of Shiite men captured in Mosul. The Western media claimed the captured men were soldiers.But we still claim the young men were innocent Shia who were in soccer shirts when they were driven out of the city and slaughtered in a ditch. TRENDING: Seattle Officials Deliver Porta Potties in Support of Antifa – Mayor Defends Autonomous Zone, “CHAZ is […]
An Iraqi soldier stands guard near a U.S. military air carrier at the Qayyarah Airfield West, before the U.S. transferred the base to Iraqi forces in March. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images An Iraqi soldier stands guard near a U.S. military air carrier at the Qayyarah Airfield West, before the U.S. transferred the base to Iraqi forces […]
Early this past March, a team of U.S. Marine Raiders—the Corps’ Special Operations forces—found itself locked in a firefight with well-entrenched jihadist insurgents in the mountains near the town of Makhmur in northern Iraq. The Marines were attached to an Iraqi counterterrorism task force at the time. Their mission was to clear the insurgents out of a tunnel complex at the base of the mountains. Before […]
Transcripts of conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak show that incoming National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was looking out for US interests and sought Russian help against terrorists, while the FBI framed him. Flynn and Kislyak spoke several times in December 2016 and January 2017, during the presidential transition. Within days of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the FBI interviewed Flynn with an intent – as shown […]
The commander of SOCOM said battling violent extremists groups will remain the number one priority for American commandos. Source link
GAZIANTEP, Turkey—Iraq is witnessing the biggest resurgence by the so-called Islamic State since the government officially declared victory over the organization on Dec. 7, 2017. Beginning over the weekend, ISIS launched coordinated attacks on pro-Iranian militiamen in nearly two dozen areas across both the Sunni north and Shi’a south of the country. According to statistics cited by Iraqi government and pro-Iranian sources, 30 members of the Iraq security forces were killed […]