Jeffrey T. Kuhner Sen. Ted Cruz is a hero. The Texas Republican’s marathon speech decrying the evils of Obamacare has enraged Washington’s ruling class. Democrats and many Republicans are vilifying him. The establishment media — on the left and right — are portraying him as an out-of-control, ambitious and egotistical cowboy, who is cynically exploiting […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Al Qaida has expanded from Somalia to neighboring Kenya. The Al Qaida-aligned Al Shabab has claimed responsibility for an attack on a shopping mall in Kenya in which 85 people, including two foreign diplomats, were killed. Al Shabab said its fighters took hundreds of hostages in Nairobi on Sept. 21. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Despite growing support for sanctions, Congress remains divided over whether to suspend U.S. military aid to Egypt. Congressional aides said most of the House and Senate leadership seek to maintain the annual $1.55 billion in U.S. aid, 90 percent allocated to the military, to Egypt. But many of the members […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Cliff Kincaid The fingerprints of America’s enemies and adversaries are all over the disclosures about the NSA’s terrorist surveillance program. It is significant that NSA contract employee Edward Snowden would flee to Hong Kong — controlled by China — and that he would select Glenn Greenwald, a far-left columnist, as his […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Iran has established a network that could stage major attacks in the United States, a congressional report said. The House Homeland Security Committee has asserted that Iran built a network throughout the United States. In a report, the committee said the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah is believed to have been directing hundreds […]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — A spate of seven seemingly unexplained serial killings has shocked France with the uncomfortable realization that the specter of terrorism has not vanished. But the shootings of three soldiers and later, the calculated cold- blooded rampage at a Jewish school killing a rabbi and three children, turned the tragedy […]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Iraq has been detaining hundreds of foreign contractors, including those hired to protect the U.S. embassy in Baghdad. Officials and executives said contractors who arrived in Baghdad International Airport were undergoing severe interrogation and in many cases detained. They said the airport detentions, which numbered 100 in early January, reflected […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Based on an article by Cliff Kincaid for Accuracy in Media As homosexual Army soldier Bradley Manning’s treason trial continues at Fort Meade, Maryland, the support he has received from Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been curiously ignored by the major media, now touting Paul as someone who could win the […]