By Josh Fatzick A college student in Nevada had some harsh words Wednesday for Jeb Bush, a likely 2016 Republican presidential candidate and former governor of Florida. “Your brother created ISIS,” she said after a spouting a red-faced, sophomoric ‘question’ at Bush after a town-hall meeting and while other audience members were asking for autographs….
By Ivan Plis Veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh’s latest, a 10,000-word essay on the 2011 U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, has raised plenty of eyebrows since arriving Sunday on the London Review of Books’ website. It claims that contrary to the official narrative presented by the White House at the time, the raid was a…
By Erica Wenig The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack outside a Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland, Texas — its first on U.S. soil — and warned of future attacks. Two gunmen opened fire outside the event and wounded a security guard before being shot by police officers Sunday. The suspected assailants were Elton Simpson, 31, and Nadir Soofi,…
A photo of a WWII final RAF Raid against Germany is revealed to the public for the first time, as this weekend marks the 70th anniversary of the last Bomber Command raid on Germany, published by the BBC. The photo, capturing preparations of the final bombing raid was discovered by Brian Emsley, from Welwyn Garden City, UK, whose father,…
By R. Brownell Released earlier this week, Anti Islamic State activist Abu Ward Al-Raqqawi Tweeted out a photo of a Islamic State propaganda image of an infant child sleeping besides an Islamic State flag and birth certificate, along with several weapons. The message Al-Raqqawi attached to the image read “this child will be risk to you…
Paul Balances Defense and Peace in Palmetto State Rand Paul took his presidential announcement tour to South Carolina today. The state that will play an important role in choosing the GOP nominee, but is seen as one of Paul’s biggest obstacles to the nomination. The considerably hawkish electorate in that state was not very kind to…
Lt. Col. Anthony Shaffer joins the Freedom Report podcast today to discuss his biting essay on military spending which was recently featured on FoxNews.com. Shaffer argues that Republican senators John McCain and Mac Thornberry aren’t helping national security by demanding billions more in the military budget than was requested by the Pentagon. From Shaffer: Last week,…
From Liveleak: A suicide bombing in Yemen’s southern city of Ibb has killed at least 33 people, medical sources say. The blast appeared to be targeted at a cultural centre where members of the Houthi rebel group were gathered for a religious celebration. The governor of Ibb was thought to be among the injured, reports…
The Freedom Report podcast today takes on the news that Sony Pictures and major theatre chains have caved to demands made by hackers and decided not to show the Seth Rogen and James Franco film The Interview. Despite the news that the film would not appear in theatres, footage of the scene which depicts the death…
By Ivan Plis Published: December 1, 2014 After fighting with the Islamic State terror group in Iraq for nearly six months, 23-year-old Areeb Majeed returned to his homeland of India last week, complaining of poor treatment by other ISIS fighters. According to officials from India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA), quoted in Indian outlets including The Times…