Special to WorldTribune.com U.S.-led coalition air strikes destroyed an Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) facility in Mosul, Iraq that contained “millions of dollars” in cash, according to a Jan. 11 report. Multiple 2,000-pound bombs hit the facility, which a U.S. defense official told AFP contained a stockpile of cash that “we estimate in […]
Special to WorldTribune.com An Iraqi refugee is being detained in California on charges he lied to immigration authorities over his ties to terror groups before regaining entry into the United States. Federal Agents in Sacramento arrested Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, 23, an Iraqi-born Palestinian. Al-Jayab allegedly traveled to Syria “to fight alongside terrorist organizations and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Islam has a PR problem and two days after Christmas, two major leaders on opposite side of the yawning Sunni-Shia schism addressed it openly. Iranian President Hassan Rohani in a Dec. 27 address at an Islamic conference in Teheran said “it is our greatest duty today to correct the image of Islam […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Iraqi forces pushed into the center of Ramadi on Dec. 22 in an offensive aimed at driving out Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) jihadists. “Our forces are advancing toward the government complex in the center of Ramadi,” Iraqi counter-terrorism units’ spokesman Sabah al-Numani said. “The fighting is in the neighborhoods […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Jeffrey T. Kuhner The establishment has become unhinged. Donald Trump’s call to impose a temporary moratorium on Muslim immigration and travel into the United States has caused the political and media class to completely melt down. Liberals openly refer to him as a new “Hitler” or neo-fascist strongman. All of his fellow […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Italy is deploying 450 soldiers to protect Iraq’s vital Mosul Dam from Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL). The dam is 30 miles from the city of Mosul, which ISIL controls. Officials fear a catastrophe for local populations and farmland should the dam fall into disrepair or be sabotaged by the terrorist […]
Special to WorldTribune.com As thousands of its youth join Islamic jihadist organizations, Jordan is being called on to reform an education system entrenched in “a new culture that hates life” and “celebrates death.” As many as 4,000 Jordanians have joined terror organizations such as Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Syria and Iraq. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Iraqi officials say Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants have destroyed a lock on the Euphrates River that served as a bridge in Ramadi as pro-government forces close in on the militant-held city to the west of Baghdad. Iraqi forces have nearly surrounded Ramadi […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Thousands of potential jihadists could become radicalized in the United States, choosing “true Islam” over “the values of our ascendant secular hedonism,” former congressman Tom Tancredo said. “While radical Islam may indeed hold little attraction for the large majority of Muslim immigrants and refugees now relocating in Europe and America, it will […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Seven people were killed in a coordinated attack on a Sinai hotel by Islamic State of Iraq and Levant’s (ISIL’s) affiliate in Egypt. Egypt’s health ministry said on Nov. 25 that two election judges, four policeman and one civilian were killed on Nov. 24 in the attack on the Swiss Inn hotel […]