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Why did I quit being a Republican?
It is one of the most difficult decisions of my life to quit being a Republican. The more people I talk to, the more confident I feel that the GOP has completely lost its anchor […]
US teen’ travel stirs terror appeal concerns
DENVER (TIP): The case of three teenage girls being investigated for trying to join Islamic State militants poses vexing questions for US officials about the use of social media by terror groups to recruit people […]
Terrorists attack Canada
OTTAWA (TIP): An unarmed Canadian military guard was shot in Ottawa Wednesday, October 22 morning by Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a convert to Islam and a selfdeclared jihadist whose alleged photo was posted hours after the shooting […]
US edges up to Mission Creep in Middle East
WASHINGTON (TIP): Mission Creep, a term that has come to describe a gradual shift in objectives during the course of a military campaign, often resulting in unplanned long-term commitment, came into the American lexicon during […]
A Benevolent Law Abused
Racketeers use SIJS to make big money By I.S. Saluja & The Indian Panorama Investigative Team Number of Undocumented Children Who Cross U.S. Border Alone Has Tripled (The Pew Charitable Trusts: May 9, 2013) Each […]
US mobilizes allies to widen assault on ISIS
WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States has begun to mobilize a broad coalition of allies behind potential American military action in Syria and is moving toward expanded airstrikes in northern Iraq, administration officials said on August […]
Devil’s Brew in Middle East
By S Nihal Singh America’s Receding Ability to Bring Peace “The major power in the region, the United States, is increasingly compromised by its total support of Israel, largely due to domestic factors, and its […]
Foreign funding and the Maharajas among NGOs
“At the heart of the dilemmas presented by the evolving situation is the kind of Middle East major regional and world powers want to see. More importantly, where will the present series of conflicts take […]
MILITANTS TAKE IRAQI GASFIELD TOWN
BAGHDAD (TIP): Militants took a town an hour from Baghdad that is home to four natural gasfields on June 26, another gain by Sunni insurgents who have swiftly taken large areas to the north and […]
Iraqi Kurds take Kirkuk, Sunni rebels surge towards Baghdad
BAGHDAD/ARBIL (TIP): Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on June 12 after government forces abandoned their posts in the face of a sweeping Sunni Islamist rebel push towards Baghdad that […]