Terrorist attack in Somalia, Pakistani suicide bombs. Al-Shabaab attacks in Somalia Al-Shabaab are Islamic extremists waging jihad in Somalia. Last Thursday, they invaded the Somali president’s home. Somali forces held them off. 4 attackers and 5 soldiers killed. Last month, they called for shopping malls attacks in UK/US. Pakistani Taliban bombs Christian churches The Pakistani Taliban set off two bombs …
Airstrikes in Syria
Jets from several countries hit 12 locations US, Saudi, French, and UAE jets have hit ISIS targets in Syria. The growing coalition against ISIS is targeting their money. The strikes were aimed at oil refineries used by ISIS. Still, ISIS has access to ~$1 billion stolen from Iraqi banks. ISIS has likely now spread its commanders among civilians. The Netherlands, …
Obama Isis Speech
The President lays out US strategy Check out our summary of what’s going on in Syria. Click here. US is currently conducting airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq. Obama says the US will now go on the offensive in Syria. US troops won’t be used except for 1,600 “military advisors”. Action will include air strikes and training rebels against ISIS. The …
Syria Needs Help Too
ISIS takes key military air base in Syria Syria has been in a civil war since 2011. ISIS has grown rapidly in the chaos. ISIS has conquered large regions of northern Syria and Iraq. On Monday, ISIS took over an important military air base. Syria moved its military planes before ISIS took over. Syria says it is now ready for …
Hamas/Israel Ceasefire Melts
Ceasefire doesn’t even last 2 hours Israel and Palestine have been bombing each other for weeks. Over 1,500 have died in Gaza. Thousands have been wounded. The truce started Friday morning and was to last 72 hours. Some reports say it lasted only 90 minutes. Both sides are blaming the other for restarting the fighting. An Israeli soldier was …
SOPA vs CISPA vs CISA
Free Speech, Privacy, and Copyrights SOPA, 2011 Current status: Shelved Pro: Current laws don’t protect content creators from people who pirate or steal their intellectual property. Con: Law allows anyone to take down any site without due process. Could easily be abused. Supported by: Motion Picture Association of America Opposed by: Google, Yahoo!, Facebook, Twitter, eBay CISPA, 2012,’13 Current status: …
Zee Germans Are Coming: US Spy Discovered in German Military
In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed a world-wide data dragnet by NSA: a US intel agnecy. In Oct ‘13 it was also revealed that NSA monitors the cellphone of the German Chancelor, Angela Merkel. Obama has given Merkel personal assurances that the NSA is no longer monitoring her phone. In July ‘14 it was learned that a US spy in a …
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