Category: Islam
US airstrike in Iraq kills ‘most dangerous’ Australian Islamic State operative
Australia’s most dangerous known Islamic State movement operative had been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq, the government said Thursday. (FOX)- The United States had confirmed that Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambodi, was killed in Mosul on Friday, Attorney-General George Brandis said. The 24-year-old Australian citizen of Cambodian and Fijian heritage […]
Read MoreKenya Police Say They Foiled ISIS-Linked Plot to Unleash Anthrax Attack
An ISIS-linked terror group was planning to carry out “large-scale attacks” in Kenya comparable to the 2013 Westgate mall siege that left dozens of people dead, local police said Wednesday. (NBC)- Kenya’s National Police Service said it had foiled a plot due to unfold last Friday that involved medical experts with plans to “unleash a […]
Read MoreThe ISIS files, Secret deals with Assad
ISIS: Leaked documents, defectors reveal Palmyra, oil deals with Assad THEY are the top secret files Islamic State don’t want the world to know about and risk humiliating and opening a government up to scrutiny. (News.com)- Leaked documents obtained by British broadcaster Sky News reveal the terror group has been colluding with the Assad Government […]
Read MoreCarter says fight against Islamic State ‘far from over’
Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday the war against the Islamic State in the Middle East is “far from over,” despite recent statements from the Obama administration about “accelerating” the war against the terror group and retaking 40 percent of its territory. (FOX)- Carter spoke at the top of a 12-nation ministerial meeting in Stuttgart, […]
Read MoreKnock Knock. Who’s there? 21 Virgins!!! [VIDEO]
Israel’s controversial ‘roof knocking’ tactic appears in Iraq. And this time, it’s the U.S. doing it. (WashingtonPost)- “Roof knocking” is a controversial Israeli military practice used in the Gaza Strip. It works on a simple logic designed to minimize civilian casualties. Occupants of a building are given a warning a few minutes before a military strike. The first warning is […]
Read More‘kill them wherever they are’: ISIS hackers publish ‘hitlist’ of 70 US military personnel
Islamic State (ISIS) hackers have published a “hitlist” of over 70 US military personnel who have been involved in drone strikes against terror targets in Syria and asked their followers to ‘kill them wherever they are’. (DNAIndia)- According to ‘The Sunday Times’, the hackers have links with Britain and call themselves ‘Islamic State Hacking Division’ […]
Read MoreIraq protests disband after ISIS bombings kill at least 52 people
Anti-government protesters disbanded at least temporarily Sunday from the heavily fortified Green Zone they had stormed a day earlier after the Islamic State group (ISIS) carried out its second major attack in Iraq in as many days — a pair of car bombs that killed more than 30 people. (FOX)- The country’s political crisis intensified […]
Read MoreTruman aircraft carrier to stay in Gulf, keep up strikes on ISIS
The Pentagon has ordered the USS Harry Truman to remain in the Persian Gulf for an extra 30 days to continue strikes against the Islamic State, the Navy announced late Friday. (FOX)- Aircraft from the Truman carrier have dropped more than 1,000 bombs on the terror group’s targets since arriving in the Gulf late last […]
Read MoreAt least 21 killed in Baghdad car bomb targeting Shiite pilgrims
A car-bombing Saturday in southeastern Baghdad killed at least 21 people wounded at least 42 others, according to police and hospital officials. (FOX)- The attack targeted Shiite pilgrims walking to Baghdad’s holy Kadhimiyah shrine, according to local police officials at the scene. But other Iraqi security officials say the attack targeted an open-air market. The […]
Read MoreNYPD contacts thousands whose names appear on Internet ‘terror target’ list
Thousands of New Yorkers are being discreetly informed by NYPD detectives that their names have appeared on a list of “potential targets,” possibly compiled by terrorists, authorities confirmed to FoxNews.com. (FOX)- NYPD officials confirmed the existence of the list of more than 3,000 names, but did not elaborate on how it was formulated or the […]
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