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Obama Tries To Make Secret Deal With Iran
According to Iranian newspaper Hamshahri, President Barack Obama recently sent a private message to Ayatollah Khamenei and the rest of Iran’s leadership, just before Tuesday’s deadline. The messenger was implied to be Iraq’s Prime Minister, Haider Al-Abadi. Al-Abadi visited Tehran to meet with Khamenei back on June 17th, less than two weeks after he met … Continue reading "Obama Tries To Make Secret Deal With Iran"
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Jihad In Post-Soviet Central Asia
Recently on the Free Fire blog, there was a report on the defection of Colonel Gulmurod Halimov, the head of Tajikistan’s elite OMON counter-terrorist unit, trained by both American Special Forces and Russian Specnaz, to Islamic State. Shortly after the news broke of Halimov’s defection, Tajikistan declared Islamic State a terrorist organization by means of … Continue reading "Jihad In Post-Soviet Central Asia"
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Iran Reconnects With Hamas
Despite the fact that the Iranian government is the champion for radical Shia Islam and Hamas being armed Palestinian front for the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood, the two organizations have had a long history of cooperating in order to confound Israeli interests. Yet, Iran’s support for Syrian dictator Bashar Assad during the civil war damaged theretofore … Continue reading "Iran Reconnects With Hamas"
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Iran Rearms Itself, Hezbollah, and Hamas
Russia has revealed plans to continue with a long-delayed sale of surface to air missiles to Iran and the creation of an oil-for-goods swap program. This news comes in the wake of the Iran nuclear talks where eventual lifting of sanctions was discussed. President Putin signed a decree ending the ban on the sale of … Continue reading "Iran Rearms Itself, Hezbollah, and Hamas"
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Hezbollah Retaliates against Israel for death of Jihad Mugniyeh
Israel’s military reports that two soldiers have been killed and another seven were wounded in a Hezbollah ambush on a military convoy near Mount Dov and Shebaa Farms Wednesday. Hezbollah fighters attacked the convoy with shoulder-fired anti-tank rockets. Additionally, Israeli army units stationed in Israeli communities were struck by artillery near Mount Hermon. These event … Continue reading "Hezbollah Retaliates against Israel for death of Jihad Mugniyeh"
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France’s Attempt to Downplay Jihad Attack Unlikely to Convince
Recently, there has been a number of violent incidents which bear the hallmark of jihad, including a man with a knife attacking French police while yelling Allahu Akbar, and another man plowed his vehicle into a crowded Christmas Market yelling the same phrase, and citing the plight of “Palestinian children” as his motivation, one in … Continue reading "France’s Attempt to Downplay Jihad Attack Unlikely to Convince"