Security raids in France, Switzerland point to spreading terror threat

Security raids in France, Switzerland point to spreading terror threat

Special to WorldTribune.com by Dr. Jack Caravelli, Geostrategy-Direct One month after the horrific terrorist attacks in Paris took 130 lives, two incidents barely reported in the U.S. media, one in Paris and one in Geneva, signal new terrorism threats in the heart of Europe. After the Nov. 13 Paris attacks, French law enforcement and security […]

The scandal of official silence as Christianity emerges as world’s most persecuted religion

The scandal of official silence as Christianity emerges as world’s most persecuted religion

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders The lack of public outcry over the continued persecution and murder of Christians in the Middle East is a scandal of enormous proportions. Only a few websites devoted to possible rescuing these victims dogs the internet. But pronouncements from public figures and even the leaders of Western Christendom […]

ISIL moving inland from Sirte, Libya for ‘access to oil wells’

ISIL moving inland from Sirte, Libya for ‘access to oil wells’

Special to WorldTribune.com With an eye on Libya’s oil fields, Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is fighting to expand its territory beyond its coastal stronghold in Sirte. French Defense Minister Jean Yves Le Drian said ISIL jihadists have begun to move inland. “They are in Sirte, their territory extends 250 kilometers [155 miles] […]

EU diplomats warn U.S. visa restrictions could bring reciprocal response

EU diplomats warn U.S. visa restrictions could bring reciprocal response

Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Diplomats from the 28-member European Union have warned Washington there could be a reciprocal response if it implements measures making it more difficult for EU citizens to enter the United States. EU Ambassador to the United States David O’Sullivan wrote in the Washington political journal The […]

Idiocy: Wrong time, wrong place, wrong speech

Idiocy: Wrong time, wrong place, wrong speech

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders President Obama is known, of course, for his great rhetorical gifts. Few recent presidents have had his gift for gab, as it is said colloquially. But the speech he gave in Paris Monday strikes us as nothing less than bizarre. In a Paris still wracked with the pain […]

Good intelligence, bad intelligence and ‘damn lies’

Good intelligence, bad intelligence and ‘damn lies’

Special to WorldTribune.com By Sol W. Sanders Some of those who pursue a lifetime career in the 17 intelligence sectors of our armed forces and the civilian agencies promulgate a good deal of goobledegook. As in all highly touted [and relatively highly compensated] professions, it is part of “protecting” the turf. But if truth were […]

Should the West simply surrender to ISIL and the ‘religion of peace’?

Should the West simply surrender to ISIL and the ‘religion of peace’?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy “France is at war,” President Francois Hollande said after ISIL attack (as if it had not happened before – 9/11, Madrid in 2004, London in 2005, Boston in 2003, Marathon bombing, countless acts of terrorism in Israel, Russia, Kenya, Nigeria, and finally “Charlie Hebdo”). Hollande is awakened from a […]

Obama welcomes an Islamist Trojan horse: Consider who is selecting our refugees

Obama welcomes an Islamist Trojan horse: Consider who is selecting our refugees

Jeffrey T. Kuhner “President Obama is a threat to our country,” Donald Trump told me in a recent interview. He’s right. Mr. Obama now poses a clear and present danger to America. His stubborn insistence on resettling so-called “refugees” from Syria threatens to Balkanize our country and subvert it from within. The president is willing […]

France strikes ISIL from newly-deployed carrier in eastern Med

France strikes ISIL from newly-deployed carrier in eastern Med

Special to WorldTribune.com French Rafale warplanes from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier attacked Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) targets in Syria on Nov. 23. “Two air force Mirage 2000s were engaged in the mission,” the French defense ministry said. “Simultaneously four Rafale Marines from the aircraft carrier joined them over Syria.” According […]

World War IV, 14 years on, is being lost by the West

World War IV, 14 years on, is being lost by the West

Special to WorldTribune.com By Norman Bailey As in previous conflicts, Western civilization is being hampered in the war with radical Islam by widespread denial. The world has been at war for sixty-eight of the past hundred years. World War I lasted four years, World War II six years, the Cold War 44 years, and the […]