Category: Islam
ISIS tightens grip on Yazidi captives held as sex slaves
The advertisement on the Telegram app is as chilling as it is incongruous: A girl for sale is “Virgin. Beautiful. 12 years old…. Her price has reached $12,500 and she will be sold soon.” (FOX)- The posting in Arabic appeared on an encrypted conversation along with ads for kittens, weapons and tactical gear. It was […]
Read MoreMystery surrounds whereabouts of former Gitmo detainee in South America
A South American airline issued a memo to its employees Monday to be on the lookout for a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who was resettled in Uruguay after being freed by the U.S. and has since vanished. (FOX)- Danilo Alves, a spokesman for Colombia-based Avianca Airlines in Sao Paulo, told The Associated Press that the […]
Read MorePremature detonation! Suicide bomber thwarted, detonates early.
A suicide bomber carried out an attack early on Monday near a U.S. diplomatic site in the western Saudi city of Jiddah, according to the Interior Ministry. (FOX)- The ministry said the attacker detonated his suicide vest when security guards approached him near the parking lot of a hospital. The attacker died and two security […]
Read MoreUS airstrike kills 2 senior Islamic State military leaders in Iraq, Pentagon says
The Pentagon said Thursday that two senior Islamic State leaders were killed in a U.S. airstrike in the Iraqi city of Mosul on June 25. (FOX)- The Pentagon said the airstrike killed deputy war minister Basim Muhammad Ahmad Sultan al-Bajari and a military commander identified as Hatim Talib al-Hamduni. The announcement comes after a U.S. […]
Read MoreDEADLY DAY IN BAGHDAD!
At least 91 killed, 170 wounded in separate bombings across Iraqi capital (FOX)- At least 91 people were killed Sunday in two bombings in the Iraqi capital, including a large-scale attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 86 people — among them 15 children — in a central shopping district, officials said. The […]
Read MoreBLOODBATH IN BANGLADESH
Islamic radicals murder 20 hostages in café siege, quizzing their victims on the Koran — then butchering those who failed to recite passages (FOX)- At least seven Islamic terrorists attacked an upscale restaurant in the diplomatic quarter of Bangladesh’s capital Friday night, killing 20 people and taking more than a dozen others hostage before confronting […]
Read MoreOne-armed ISIS commander eyed as mastermind of Istanbul massacre
The mastermind of Tuesday’s Istanbul airport massacre appears to be a one-armed Chechen terrorist who trained Russian-speaking militants, had a long history of supporting terror and was known as “Akhmed One-Arm,” according to several government documents and regional media reports. (FOX)- Akhmed Chatayev was identified by the pro-government Yeni Safak newspaper as the organizer of […]
Read MoreFallujah Intact, as Iraqi Army learns lesson of Ramadi
The long-awaited liberation of Fallujah this week came with minimal damage to the city’s infrastructure, Iraqi officials claim, unlike the disastrous campaign to free Ramadi from ISIS, in which bomb damage and civilian casualties amounted to a Pyrrhic victory. (FOX)– Backed by U.S. air power – which on Wednesday took out a convoy of 250 […]
Read MoreTaliban twin suicide attack on Afghan police cadets kills at least 37
Taliban militants launched a twin suicide attack on Thursday, targeting a convoy of buses carrying Afghan police cadets outside of the capital and killing 37 people, mostly policemen, and wounding 40, an Afghan official said. (FOX)- “The Taliban have once again shown their total disregard for human life. Their increased use of improvised explosive devises are taking […]
Read MoreAmericans not always told when named on ISIS ‘kill lists,’
Lawmaker demands answers from FBI (FOX)- Americans who land on ISIS “hit lists” may never find out they have been marked for death by the terror group, said a key lawmaker Tuesday, as he called on the FBI to explain its obligations and procedures in contacting potential targets. Several of the murky lists have appeared […]
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