Photos, Videos of New York City Terror Attack
A vehicle plowed into pedestrians and bicyclists in lower Manhattan Tuesday, leaving a trail of crumpled bikes and lifeless bodies in New York City. In total, eight people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured in the attack. The 29-year-old suspect, Sayfullo Saipov, identified by ABC News and CBS News, continued driving […]
Who Is Sayfullo Saipov?
A man who drove a Home Depot truck down a bike path next to the Hudson River in Lower Manhattan in New York City Tuesday afternoon, killing eight people, including two children, and injuring dozens more, was identified by media as Sayfullo Saipov. The New York Police Department said officially only that it had captured […]
The War On Terror Has Cost America $250 Million A Day For 16 Years
American taxpayers have spent $1.46 trillion on wars abroad since September 11, 2001. The Department of Defense periodically releases a “cost of war” report. The newly released version, obtained by the Federation of American Scientists Secrecy News blog, covers the time from the September 11th terrorist attacks through mid-2017. The Afghanistan War from 2001 to […]
Ann Coulter Politicizes Manhattan Terror Attack
Conservative political commentator Ann Coulter didn’t wait even a few minutes to politicize the deadly terror truck attack in Manhattan on Tuesday, tweeting, “Awaiting Chuck Schumer press conference demanding that we ban Home Depot delivery trucks.” The political right frequently condemns the left for politicizing mass shootings too soon after they’ve occurred, but even before […]
How Russia spawned more ISIL fighters than most nations
Moscow, Russia – Abdulmajid Abakarov, a 12-year-old boy from Russia’s troubled province of Dagestan, had not seen his mother in three years. Zagidat Abakarova, 34, and her two younger children were “forcibly held” in Syria by her husband, who had joined ISIL, Russian officials said. On October 21, the boy waited for her at the […]
White Nationalists Harassed A Tennessee Church
Inside the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch, Tennessee, on Sunday morning, preacher Ben Lambeth stood at the podium, lowered his eyes and spoke solemnly of pain and Satan. He addressed a crowd of survivors of the mass shooting incident that unfolded at the holy space in late September. Members of the scattered and […]
Robert Mueller: straight-shooting former FBI chief
Robert Mueller, the former FBI director heading the probe into alleged collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia, has earned a reputation of being a straight shooter who could be right out of Hollywood’s central casting. A 73-year-old retired Marine Corps officer and former prosecutor, the silver-haired Mueller is one of the few insiders […]
US says has captured suspect in 2012 Benghazi attack
US President Donald Trump said Monday that US special forces had captured a man linked to the 2012 attack on the American mission in the Libyan city of Benghazi. “Yesterday, on my orders, United States forces captured Mustafa al-Imam in Libya,” Trump said in a statement, which came as the White House was rocked by […]
Kashmir: Court to hear plea against Article 35A
Srinagar, India-administered Kashmir – People in Kashmir have their eyes on India’s Supreme Court, which is set to hear a plea against Article 35A that gives special status to Indian-administered Kashmir. Altaf Sheikh, owner of a popular cafe at Srinagar’s Residency Road – the busiest shopping street in the main city of the disputed region
Iraq’s second army: Who are they, what do they want?
For almost two years, US-backed Iraqi government forces, along with Kurdish Peshmerga forces and other allies, fought to push ISIL fighters out of the country. One of the key actors, who played a major role in the campaign declared by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, were Shia-dominated paramilitaries. Roughly 63 factions make up Iraq’s Popular […]