Last week I was interviewed by Rick Wiles on TruNews. Topics dealt with the Islamic State, Christian persecution, and the Obama administration. The interview can be heard below; it starts around the 9:30 mark: http://youtu.be/yJ9AONcOyoc?t=9m30s … [Read more...]
Exposed: Decade-Old Plan to Create Islamic State—and Obama Helped
FrontPage Magazine Although the birth of the Islamic state and the herald of the caliphate are often regarded as some of 2014’s “big shockers,” they were foretold in striking detail and with an accurate timeline by an al-Qaeda insider nearly one decade ago. On August 12, 2005, Spiegel Online International published an article titled “The Future of Terrorism: What al-Qaeda … [Read more...]
How Obama’s Arab Spring Created the Islamic State
FrontPage Magazine Over a decade ago, the U.S. conquered Iraq; its military and intelligence were on the ground for years with autonomy. In other words, U.S. influence and authority was more pronounced in Iraq than probably any other Muslim country in the world. And yet it is in this one Muslim nation, where the U.S. had most authority, where U.S. blood and treasure were … [Read more...]
Obama: Islamic State Acting Out of ‘Expediency’
French After my article "Islamic State Atrocities: Products of Grievances'?" appeared, a reader sent me the following email, which makes similar points, specifically about Obama's use of the word "expediency" to explain away Islamic State savageries: Dear Mr. Ibrahim, You are so correct to find Obama's real point of view by paying close attention to his phraseology and … [Read more...]
Islamic State Atrocities: Products of ‘Grievances’?
French FrontPage Magazine While many have rightfully criticized U.S. President Obama’s recent assertion that the Islamic State “is not Islamic,” some of his other equally curious but more subtle comments pronounced in the same speech have been largely ignored. Consider the president’s invocation of the “grievances” meme to explain the Islamic State’s success: “At this … [Read more...]