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Expert: More Than 12,000 Foreign Fighters From 74 Countries Went To Syria
More than 12,000 foreigners from 74 countries have gone to fight with rebels in Syria, 60 to 70 percent from other Middle Eastern countries and about 20 to 25 percent from Western nations, a leading...
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ISIS Has Committed A Grave Strategic Error — Here’s How The US Should Exploit It
The warning is delivered with an ominous tone: “You are no longer fighting an insurgency. We are an Islamic army, and a state…”With these words, the dark-hooded messenger in the James Foley execution...
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Here Are The Key Factors Shaping Obama's Big Speech About ISIS
There are several critical aspects of the U.S. strategy in Iraq that the President may not be able to address in full. They will, however, be critical to what the United States can and cannot do in the...
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This Public University Has A Plan To Compete With For-Profit Colleges That...
In an effort to compete with for-profit universities to enroll veterans, the University of North Carolina (UNC) education system is partnering with a new educational startup called Ranku.The UNC system...
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Here's How Vladimir Putin Is Revolutionizing Information Warfare
At the NATO summit in Wales last week, General Philip Breedlove, the military alliance’s top commander, made a bold declaration. Russia, he said, is waging “the most amazing information warfare...
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There's No End In Sight For America's Middle East War Duties
Thirteen years after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, this was supposed to be a season of relief, with Iraq managing on its own and most U.S. troops finally ending their combat duty in Afghanistan.Instead,...
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Here's What Middle East Countries Can Offer To An Anti-ISIS Coalition
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is to travel to the Middle East this week, with stops in Saudi Arabia and Jordan, to try to line up support for a coalition to take on the extremist Islamic State...
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ISIS Has Sealed Its Own Fate
At last the essential building blocks of a coalition against the ultra-violent criminal conspiracy that used to call itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and now calls itself simply the...
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Here's A Rundown Of The Ukraine Ceasefire And What Comes Next
On Friday September 5, a ceasefire between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatist rebels in the east of the country (mainly Donestk and Luhansk oblasts) went into effect, following the...
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Iran Nuclear Talks Are Still A Mess As Iran Says West Must Drop Demands
Iran said world powers should abandon their "illogical demands" over its nuclear program, ahead of talks on Thursday to try to bridge wide differences in positions and end the decade-old dispute by...
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The Islamic State's Financial Independence Poses A Quandry
Sometimes they came pretending to buy things. Sometimes they texted, sometimes they called, but the message was always the same: "Give us money."Months before they took control of the Iraqi city of...
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A Facebook Page With Less Than 15,000 Fans Sparked Panic On A California...
An anonymously-run Facebook page with little more than 14,500 fans sparked temporary panic at a major Marine Corps base in California by promoting the idea that an active shooting was taking place on...
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America's Plan To Fight ISIS Is Decent — But It Will Take Too Long
When Barack Obama spoke to the American public on September 10th, his words had a bearing on more than just Islamic State. His scheme to deal with the "cancer" of IS, the gravest terrorist threat since...
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Russia Sends Second Humanitarian Convoy Into Ukraine — And No One Said A Word...
The first 35 vehicles in a second Russian aid convoy heading for rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine have crossed the border, Russian news agencies reported late Friday."Russian customs officers and...
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Women May Finally Go Through One Of The US Army's Most Grueling Training Courses
The US Army is seeking female volunteers for its grueling two-month Ranger School for an integrated assessment to take place next spring, reports Michelle Tan at The Army Times.“Right now we’re going...
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The Latest Living Medal Of Honor Recipient Survived In The Jungle For Nearly...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Vietnam War soldiers — one still living, one killed in action — received the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony on Monday, nearly 50 years after they threw themselves into...
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Here's How ISIS Funds The World's Richest Terrorist Operation
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Top Estonian Colonel: Putin Is Planning To Dominate Europe
Estonia may be one of NATO's smallest members, but its air force commander had the strongest words for Russian aggression in Ukraine at a gathering of allied military leaders.Russian President Vladimir...
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Al Qaeda's International Affiliates Are Urging Jihadist Unity Against The US...
Powerful Al-Qaeda branches in Yemen and North Africa called Tuesday for jihadists in Iraq and Syria to unite against the common threat from a US-led coalition.An unprecedented joint statement from...
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Here's What The War With ISIS Teaches Us About Strategy
Few words are as ubiquitous and amorphous as the word “strategy.” This has certainly been true regarding the U.S. response to ISIS. On September 10th, President Obama intended to present a clear...
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