The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) put a somewhat humorous spin on a very serious training exercise this week, asking members of the Air Force cyber unit “Ofek” to disrupt and sabotage fictitious invading alien spacecraft. Continue reading
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Forced from Damascus, Hamas establishing itself in Turkey
Islamist group sets up ‘West Bank and Jerusalem Headquarters’ in Istanbul, taking advantage of deteriorating ties between Ankara and Jerusalem, using it as base for recruitment. Continue reading
How Iran’s military chiefs operate in Iraq
Iraqi Shi’ites have grown to trust powerful Iranian-backed militias, with dozens of paramilitary groups uniting under secretive branch of Iraqi government that takes lead role in many of Iraq’s security operations. Continue reading
Islamic State in Syria abducts at least 150 Christians
(Reuters) – Islamic State militants have abducted at least 150 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria they had raided, Christian Syrian activists said on Tuesday. Continue reading
‘Mein Kampf’: A historical tool, or Hitler’s voice from beyond the grave?
MUNICH — Old copies of the offending tome are kept in a secure “poison cabinet,” a literary danger zone in the dark recesses of the vast Bavarian State Library. A team of experts vets every request to see one, keeping the toxic text away from the prying eyes of the idly curious or those who might seek to exalt it. Continue reading
They Called Him Rabbi Abraham Lincoln
We all know how much Abraham Lincoln did for African-Americans, but until now very little was known of the special place Honest Abe held in his heart for the Jews. In fact, Lincoln showed so much favor to the Jewish community of his time that they called him “Rabbi Abraham.” Continue reading
Islamic State’s new hashtag: #We_Are_Coming_O_Rome
The learned Post informs us that “exactly what ‘Rome’ means to the Islamic State is unclear.” I’m just an ignorant greasy Islamophobe and all that, but I’ll break it this way to Adam Taylor and his “experts”: most likely when the Islamic State says “Rome,” it means “Rome,” which has been a gleam in the eye of the jihadists since, oh, around the ninth century. Continue reading
Once beyond hope, Africa’s Sahel region is now targeted by terror
UNITED NATIONS — The vast swath of nine countries bordering the southern reaches of the Sahara desert are marked by poverty, drought and chronic instability. Yet these oft-forgotten lands are increasingly making the headlines as in the case of Mali a few years ago, when militant Muslim factions made power grabs against weak and often unstable governments. Continue reading
‘ISIS sets sights on Libya as gateway to eventual invasion of Europe’
According to the Telegraph, ISIS jihadists plan to “flood Libya with militiamen from Syria and Iraq, who will then sail across the Mediterranean posing as migrants on people-trafficking vessels.” Continue reading
Obama Tries to Split Religion From Terrorism at Summit
(Bloomberg) — The conference on extremism convened by the Obama administration in Washington this week includes leaders from Muslim groups, focuses on U.S. cities with large Muslim populations, and involves foreign leaders struggling to avert radicalization in their Muslim communities. Continue reading