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Radical Syrian Rebels Are About To Blur The Border With Iraq
Following Monday's capture of Syria's largest dam and Tuesday's capture of a key regime airfield, Syrian rebels have surrounded the strategic eastern city of Deir al-Zor, Reuters reports.Seizing the...
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Why Homegrown Terrorists Go Abroad Instead Of Staying In The West
Anwar al-Aulaqi had plenty of opportunities to wage war on the United States.The alleged Al-Qaeda leader (who was killed in a 2011 drone strike) was born in New Mexico and went to college at Colorado...
View ArticleThings Got Personal At The Senate's Hagel Hearing When Ted Cruz Was Scolded...
In what became an increasingly personal Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Chuck Hagel this afternoon, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) called out Republican Ted Cruz for his "over the line" attacks...
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Obama Just Delivered His Big State Of The Union Speech To Congress
President Barack Obama just wrapped up his address to the joint session of Congress — the annual State of the Union address.Check our liveblog for a full recap of the speech.Please follow Politics on...
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Chinese Are Growing Sick Of 'Crazy Dog' North Korea
Chinese social media users berated authorities for their relatively mild response to North Korea's nuclear test, with one likening Pyongyang to a "crazy dog" that had humiliated Beijing.The hostility...
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Russia Is Supplying Syria And Mali With Arms
Russia said Wednesday it was delivering military hardware and light weapons to the governments of Syria and Mali as it expands sales and maintains its footing in some of the world's deadliest...
View ArticleOn The Ground Video Shows Crazy Gun Battle Between Chris Dorner And Police
A state-wide manhunt for Christopher Dorner that began with the murder of a Los Angeles police officer came to a spectacular end yesterday, as police officers closed in on a cabin in Big Bear.Dorner,...
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Check Out The Giant Military Vehicle That Appeared As A Decepticon In...
Warning: Explicit LanguageVideo shows a different explosion than the one described here."I'll never forget it. The bomb was on the right side of the Buffalo," Ryan Tomlinson, a former Marine corporal,...
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Rogue Ex-Cop Was Discharged From The Navy Days Before His Alleged Rampage
Ex-LAPD officer Christopher Dorner was fired back in 2008. Why did he wait nearly five years to allegedly wage war on the department that let him go?Nobody will ever know for sure why Dorner apparently...
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No Charges For UK Soldiers Accused Of Keeping Body Parts As Trophies
Three British military personnel accused of keeping dead Taliban insurgents' body parts as "souvenirs" will not face charges due to a lack of evidence, Britain's Ministry of Defence said on...
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America Has A Lot Of Nerve To Criticize Egypt's 'Climate Of Impunity'
A US State Department official on Monday "expressed concern" about what he called "a 'climate of impunity' over abuses by police and security forces" - in Egypt.The official, Michael Posner, warned...
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Police Appeared To Shout 'Burn This Mother' Down Before Fire Engulfed Rogue...
A six-day California manhunt ended Tuesday with rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner apparently dying in a cabin fire on Bear Mountain.One of many big questions to be answered is how the deadly fire was...
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Obama's Speech Exposed A 'Fatal Flaw' Of The Drone War
During last night's State of the Union address, President Obama stated that "the organization that attacked us on 9/11 is a shadow of its former self."The idea that al-Qaeda is now more idea than...
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Here's What Really Happened In The Final Moments Before Jeff Haney's Fatal...
Captain Jeff Haney was one of the Air Force's best pilots; so when he crashed his F-22 Raptor into the Alaskan countryside in November 2010 it was difficult to believe he was at fault.At least it was...
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Novelist Who Finds Obama 'Elegant' Can't Understand How He Could Lead Such A...
In the most recent issue of The New Yorker, photographer and writer Teju Cole describes President Barack Obama as "an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world" who is "in the...
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The Absurdity Of The War On Terror Is Becoming Clear
As France realizes the difficulty of a "short" campaign in Mali, one can't ignore the pattern of impotence and unintended consequences at the heart of the war on terror.In the days following French...
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Mexican Drug Kingpin Named Chicago's First Public Enemy No. 1 Since Al Capone
On Thursday the Chicago Crime Commission designatedSinaloa drug cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as Public Enemy No. 1.Guzman became the first to hold the classification since gangster Al...
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Harry Reid And The White House Blast Republicans For Their 'Unprecedented...
UPDATE (4:59): Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense on Thursday, something Majority Leader Harry Reid called "unprecedented."The Senate's vote to send...
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Soviet Russia Had The Most Intense Propaganda Posters
Propaganda hit a fevered pitch in the years following the end of World War II with the help of radio and television.In the U.S. there was a lot of red scare and nuclear holocaust propaganda — how could...
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American Appears To Be Fighting Alongside The Syrian Rebels
Two unconfirmed amateur videos posted to YouTube appear to show an American fighting alongside rebel forces in Syria against Bashar al-Assad.The first, posted by Abu Adam Hourani on Jan. 15, identifies...
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