With all the publicity ISIS gets, there aren’t many first-hand accounts from people they’ve taken prisoner escaping and living to tell the tale. Through Hamody Jasim, a former Sergeant Major in the Iraqi military, Independent Journal was given a rare opportunity. Jasim, the author of the Terrorist Whisperer, connected us with Master Sergeant Karam Saad, whom he served with during the…
Category: Syria
Ankara’s Hidden Hand: Turkish Covert Ops Then and Now
To put it mildly, Turkey has been substantially involved in Syria since the eruption of the Arab Spring in 2011. After Turkish F-16s recently downed a Su-24 Russian tactical bomber over the region where Turkmen anti-Assad groups are based, Turkish President Erdogan tacitly confirmed Turkey’s covert support for Syrian rebels fighting against Damascus, stating that “anyone…
Mosul: Turkey’s Fulda Gap
With all the hoopla lately between Russia and Turkey, this is an interesting article to consider. As I have been studying the history of the Middle East this year, I have added The Fall of the Ottomans to my 2016 reading list. -SF “Our national borders pass through Antioch and span east-ward, containing Mosul,…
Crusader Corner: Islamic Countries BAN Christmas
With all the hooplah lately about Donald Trump being called a bigot and xenophobe because of his stance toward islam and muslims, I ask you, what is it called when an ENTIRE COUNTRY that is dominated by a so called “peaceful” and “tolerant” religion (islam) BANS the celebration of Christmas? I say let’s call islam…
Forged ISIS Video Praises Obama’s Backing
Is is Real or is it Memorex Folks?? An apparently forged ISIS video disseminated online Monday praised President Obama and called for joint U.S. action with the terrorist group against Russian intervention in Syria. The five-minute video also called for designating Obama as the caliph, or ruler, of ISIS. ISIS supporters on Twitter were quick…
Islam, Europe and the Tet Offensive, Take Two
Matthew Bracken is a former Navy SEAL with a BA in Russian Studies from the University of Virginia. In 1983 he led a Naval Special Warfare detachment to Beirut, Lebanon. Links to his short stories and essays can be found at EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com. More than a decade ago I wrote my first novel, Enemies Foreign and…
Crusader Corner #6: U.S. Vets Return to Iraq to fight ISIS
KIRKUK, Iraq — Some American veterans of Iraq can’t bear watching the country they fought to secure lost to the forces of ISIS. Incredibly, some are returning to Iraq as volunteer soldiers. For these former U.S. soldiers it’s a return to a deadly war zone, but this time they’re fighting alongside the Kurdish Peshmerga forces….
Border Security Alert: Sneaky Syrians at it Again; 8 try to Cross in Laredo, Texas
First Honduras, now Texas, something tells me there is a definite effort by these Syrian “Refugees” to enter the United States illegally…now why is that when Europe is taking them with open arms? We have made it clear we don’t want them..I guess it is our Starbucks that is attracting them right?-SF Two federal agents…
Russian Airliner Bomb Revealed
The soda can that Muslims used to kill 224 people on Russian airliner Islamic State (ISIS) releases photo of the soda can that was used to take down the Russian airliner over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Read the Original Article at Bare Naked Islam
Crusader Corner #5: Showtimes Hit Show “Homeland” Nails the Truth about Islam
“Any man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ as he blows himself up is an adherent of the same religion children are forced to memorize, repeat, and is regurgitated by Muslim clerics the world over” Shockingly, in Showtime TV’s hit show, ‘Homeland,’ Hollywood gets it right for a change about the existential threat Islam poses to the civilized…