Al Qaida’s Syria beachhead forces Israel to finally see it as threat

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Al Qaida’s Syria beachhead forces Israel to finally see it as threat

Special to WorldTribune.com Geostrategy-Direct.com WASHINGTON — At a seminar, former CIA deputy director Michael Morell said Egypt was struggling to eliminate Al Qaida from Sinai. In an address to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Morell, who retired from the agency in 2013, said Al Qaida was spreading throughout the Middle East and for […]

Benghazi e-mail finally answers the basic questions: Who knew what, when?

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Benghazi e-mail finally answers the basic questions: Who knew what, when?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The pieces of the Benghazi puzzle are falling into place and the conclusions are damning: America’s intelligence community, our leading military commanders and then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta knew within fifteen minutes of the commencement of hostilities on Sept. 11, 2012 that the American compound in Libya was attacked […]