Am I the only American curious about those Afghans soldiers who went AWOL in this country?

Am I the only American curious about those Afghans soldiers who went AWOL in this country?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin So the five Afghan soldiers who went missing from two separate U.S. military bases are now all accounted for and apparently headed back to their home country. Feel safer now? Don’t. The Pentagon, State Department and Department of Homeland Security would like this story to be over and done. […]

Modern young women do not get evil

Modern young women do not get evil

Special to WorldTribune.com Young women today do not understand the fragility of civilization and the constant nearness of savage nature The disappearance of University of Virginia sophomore Hannah Graham two weeks ago is the latest in a long series of girls-gone-missing cases that often end tragically. A 32-year-old, 270-pound former football player who fled to […]

ISIL hides among civilians after U.S. air strikes

ISIL hides among civilians after U.S. air strikes

Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon Members of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) are fleeing Syria for safer positions in Iraq, as rival Syrian Al Qaida forces also began moving their forces to avoid U.S. bombing attacks, according to U.S. officials and reports from the region. Additionally, post-strike […]

Sad truths about the Arab world

Sad truths about the Arab world

Special to WorldTribune.com Dennis Prager At least since the early part of the 20th century, aside from oil, the Arab world has produced and exported two products. It has produced essentially no technology, medicine or anything else in the world of science. It has almost no contributions to world literature, art or to intellectual development. […]

Obama’s blame claim of ISIL intelligence failure disputed

Obama’s blame claim of ISIL intelligence failure disputed

Eli Lake, Daily Beast On “60 Minutes,” the president faulted his spies for failing to predict the rise of ISIS. There’s one problem with that statement: The intelligence analysts did warn about the group. Nearly eight months ago, some of President Obama’s senior intelligence officials were already warning that ISIS was on the move. In […]

Evangelicals from the dark side: Terrorism filling a spiritual void?

Evangelicals from the dark side: Terrorism filling a spiritual void?

There is so far no evidence to suggest that Alton Nolen, the man who is accused of beheading a coworker in Moore, Okla., Thursday, has any formal connection with terror groups. Yet there is also little doubt that Mr. Nolen was deeply sympathetic toward extremist Muslim groups, posting rambling Islamist invectives, photos of Osama bin […]

The major strategic consequences of a ‘yes’ vote in Scotland

The major strategic consequences of a ‘yes’ vote in Scotland

Special to WorldTribune.com LIGNET.com Scottish independence is hardly a simple matter of kilts and bagpipes and Braveheart shouting, “Freedom!” If Scottish voters Thursday approve a referendum to separate from England, they would wreak unprecedented damage on the United Kingdom. A breakup of Britain would weaken the international security posture and diplomatic clout of both England […]

Intelligence reports warn 11 Libyan airliners are missing

Intelligence reports warn 11 Libyan airliners are missing

Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon Islamist militias in Libya took control of nearly a dozen commercial jetliners last month, and western intelligence agencies recently issued a warning that the jets could be used in terrorist attacks across North Africa. Intelligence reports of the stolen jetliners were distributed within the U.S. government over the past two […]