Category: ISIS

So if one thing that the “War on Terror” has taught me, it’s persistence. You have to remain constant. In this latest article, we are warned by Lt. Gen Townsend, that Raqqa is at the epicenter of logistics for the daesh. We know, where they are. We know they’re plotting attacks on the West. Time […]

The Americans don’t trust the Iranians, the Iranians covet Iraq, the Sunnis and Shia have been at each other’s throats for 1,000 years and the Kurds prefer to be left alone. (FOX)- As coalitions go, the one pieced together to dislodge ISIS from its Iraqi stronghold in Mosul is an odd one. For now, its […]

ISIS is planning additional “significant” external operations against the West from its de-facto capital in Raqqa, Syria, the top U.S. commander in Iraq told reporters Wednesday. (FOX)- “I will say that we actually aren’t sure how pressing it is, and that’s what’s worrying us,” Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend said via teleconference from Baghdad. “We know […]

Iraqi special forces have moved more than 1,000 people from villages near the front lines of the battle to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul and surrounding areas, where the U.N. says militants have committed a number of atrocities in recent days, officials said Wednesday. (FOX)- Special forces Maj. Gen. Haider Fadhil said residents […]

German police on Tuesday stormed an accommodation facility for refugees and 12 homes around the country that were believed to house people suspected of financing terrorism. (Reuters)- Police searched residences in the eastern states of Thuringia and Saxony as well as in Bavaria, the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia and in Hamburg, police in Thuringia […]

Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested two imams suspected of promoting the Islamic State armed group on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. (NewYorkTimes)- A ministry statement said the Moroccan-born imams were arrested Tuesday in the town of Sant Antoni de Portmany. The ministry said they used the Masllid al Fath mosque where they worked […]

A renegade sniper has been striking fear into the hearts of ISIS thugs in Mosul — picking them off one-by-one, reports claim. (FOX)- The mysterious marksman — dubbed the “Sniper of Mosul” — is believed to be behind shootings in four separate neighborhoods in Iraq’s second largest city. But officials think the resistance fighter could […]

The Islamic State terror group claimed responsibility Tuesday for a massacre at a police training center in southwestern Pakistan that left 59 dead — but a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban claimed its fighters launched the attack. (FOX)- Pakistani officials feared the death toll could rise further, as the four-hours-long siege — one of […]

Kurdish forces taking part in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) militants are besieging a key town to the north. (BBC)- Peshmerga fighters have surrounded Bashiqa, which lies on a crucial supply route only 12km (8 miles) from Mosul, on three sides, a commander said. But the threat […]

A Foster mom who took in a child refugee has told of her horror after discovering he was a 21-year-old jihadi. (TheSun.UK)- Kind-hearted Rosie welcomed Jamal into her family after social workers said he was a 12-year-old orphan who had fled Afghanistan. But she became suspicious when she noticed how hairy he was, and how […]