Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk People who split hairs over semantics ask if decapitation is the same as assassination. The debate assumes relevance in the wake of the killing of the Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. No, he wasn’t exactly decapitated, meaning his head wasn’t literally cut off from the rest of his body though […]
FPI / January 11, 2020 The United States congratulates Dr. Tsai Ing-wen on her re-election in Taiwan’s presidential election. We also congratulate Taiwan for once again demonstrating the strength of its robust democratic system, which — coupled with a free market economy and a vibrant civil society — makes it a model for the Indo-Pacific […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 10, 2020 A Senate committee chairman is re-opening the case of the Obama administration’s alleged surveillance of journalist Sharyl Attkisson, who was investigating the Obama-era Benghazi and “Fast and Furious” scandals. Sen. Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, wants answers from the Department of Justice and FBI on whether Obama-era officials secretly accessed […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2020 Pentagon officials now believe the Ukrainian airliner which crashed in Iran on Jan. 8 was mistakenly shot down by an Iranian anti-aircraft missile. U.S. intelligence said the airliner was likely accidentally struck by a Russian-made missile. All 176 on board Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 were killed. “We have […]
FPI / January 9, 2019 by Judicial Watch Judicial Watch announced on Jan. 9 that it received 211 pages of emails between former FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page that detail special accommodations given to the lawyers of Hillary Clinton and her aides during the FBI investigation of the Clinton email controversy. The new […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2020 For 40 years, the United States would not hold the Iranian regime responsible for the terror proxies it funded, armed, trained, and directed. President Donald Trump “put an end to that arrangement,” an analyst noted. Since the targeted killing of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, “Iran’s most important military […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2020 U.S. intelligence services exposed Iran’s plan to retaliate for the killing of Qasem Soleimani and alerted the White House hours before Iran fired over a dozen missiles at targets in Iraq, reports say. U.S. military leaders in Iraq were then able to safely evacuate all American personnel, leaving the […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 9, 2020 During a Jan. 8 press conference on U.S.-Iran tensions held by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Rep. Ilhan Omar could be seen laughing in the background as one of her colleagues spoke about American casualties in the Iraq war. Omar, Minnesota Democrat, had said during the press event that war […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 8, 2020 Iran is refusing to hand over the black boxes from a Ukrainian passenger jet which crashed minutes after takeoff from Teheran on Tuesday. According to reports, all 176 people on board died. Iranian officials claimed the crash was caused by an engine fire. Ukraine initially accepted this theory, but […]
by WorldTribune Staff, January 7, 2020 After Iran vowed retaliation for the U.S. drone strike which killed its top military commander, an Iranian official linked to an article which lists President Donald Trump’s properties, including the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida which the president has referred to as the “Southern White House.” Hesameddin Ashena, an adviser […]
