Special to WorldTribune.com By AmericanMinute.com Sept. 11, 1565: Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent dominated the Mediterranean, with intentions of not only invading Sicily, Sardinia, Majorca, and southern Spain, but Rome itself. The only thing standing in his way was the small rocky Island of Malta just south of Sicily, defended by the Knights of Malta. In […]
Special to WorldTribune.com “FREEDOM IS NOT FREE” is the inscription on the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Korean War started June 25, 1950. Communist North Korea invaded South Korea, killing thousands. [The war has not ended. An armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.] Outnumbered South Korean and American troops, as part of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Dennis Prager It appears that no matter how many men, women and children Islamists slaughter or maim, few in the West take Islamic terror seriously. This may sound odd, given how much talk there is about terror, but a compelling case can be made for this assertion. 1) The Western elites The […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Inside the Ring, Washington Times U.S. intelligence agencies are said to be closely watching Russian online blogs and other postings for any signs that Moscow hackers have covertly obtained the bulk of Hillary Clinton’s email messages stolen from her private email server and are preparing to make them public. … […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin It is not a theory that delegating the protection of our embassy and military personnel to other countries risks lives. It is a reality bathed in American blood. The latest reports on Benghazi released this week underscore the persistent dangers of outsourcing security. By all accounts, the security conditions […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Michelle Malkin Something wicked happened in Idaho’s rural Magic Valley. The evil has been compounded by politicians, media and special interest groups doing their damnedest to suppress the story and quell a righteous citizen rebellion. On June 7, a brief news item appeared on local Twin Falls, Idaho-based KMVT about a […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon A new Department of Homeland Security report urges rejecting use of Islamic terms such as “jihad” and “sharia” in programs aimed at countering terrorist radicalization among American youth. … Sebastian Gorka, a counterterrorism expert, said that banning the jihadist terminology is similar to “Newspeak,” the fictional language […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Rep. Adam Schiff, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said [Omar] Mateen had pledged allegiance to the [Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS)], according to officials from the Department of Homeland Security. ISIL recently declared online that its followers should mount attacks to mark the approach of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong attended events across the city Saturday to mark the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre in China. … Leading student groups boycotted the decades-old candlelit vigil held in Victoria Park, over complaints the event has become “rigid” and too focused on Chinese issues, […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Bill Gertz, Asia Times China’s takeover of the South China Sea is nearly complete and Beijing is now stepping up its sophisticated information warfare campaign in preparation for an expected unfavorable ruling from an international tribunal affecting its island claims. The Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague is expected to rule […]