Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has begun sending thousands of troops into the turbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Egyptian Army was sending scores of combat units to Sinai for another counter-insurgency offensive. They said the Army reinforcements were searching for seven officers abducted on May 16 near the border with Israel and the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto The White House recently released more than 100 pages of e-mails between the CIA, State Department and the White House regarding the now infamous talking points. President Barack Obama insists “there is no there, there,” as he stated during a May 13 press conference. Yet, the opposite is true. [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has expanded military training of youngsters. Palestinian sources said the Izzedin Kassam military wing has been mobilizing thousands of teenagers in the Gaza Strip for military training. They said Kassam introduced the Futuwa program in 2013 to train 37,000 Palestinians ages 15 to 17. “The youth can join [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that the Hamas regime was establishing an infrastructure for missile and rocket production in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency determined that Hamas ordered cells in the West Bank to manufacture missiles and rockets. ISA said Hamas operatives were led by a Palestinian attorney and based [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has reported an Al Qaida plot against a foreign embassy, said by officials to be that of the United States. The Interior Ministry said security forces captured three suspected Al Qaida operatives in the Cairo area. The ministry said the cell planned to conduct a suicide bombing on the [...]
Sol W. Sanders Despite the distractions of a continuing unemployment crisis and the media’s concentration on stories of human depravity, the scandal of the death of four Americans including an ambassador in Benghazi — “a long time ago” according to the administration’s spokesman — will not be put down. Three sets of issues follow [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — A militia hired to protect the U.S. consulate in Libya ended up helping the Al Qaida-attack that killed the American ambassador to the North African state. Congress was told that the February 17 Martyrs Brigade betrayed the State Department and facilitated the storming of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in [...]
Jeffrey T. Kuhner President Obama is presiding over an administration that has engaged in the systematic abuse of power. This is the real meaning of the Benghazi tragedy. State Department whistleblowers testified Wednesday at a House hearing about the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2012, in Libya, which resulted in the killing of four Americans [...]
John J. Metzler UNITED NATIONS — Speaking before delegates at last Autumn’s General Assembly, President Barack Obama eloquently stated “I would like to begin today by telling you about an American named Chris Stevens.” The President passionately described the unfailing commitment, selfless sacrifice and sense of duty of the fallen Ambassador Chris Stevens who along [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON — Sunni rebels have again attacked United Nations peacekeepers in Syria. On May 7, UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon reported that Sunni rebels captured four members of the UN Disengagement Observer Force in Syria’s Golan Heights. The rebels were identified as members of the Al Qaida-aligned Yarmouk Martyrs Brigades, which operates in [...]
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