The Bel Temple, Aleppo, 2004. Courtesy of and © Ross Burns. All rights reserved An archaeologist explains why cultural heritage monuments in Palmyra and Aleppo have been used as weapons of war. By Dr. Ross Burns / 02.08.2017 Adjunct Professor of Archaeology Macquarie University Syria is a singular treasure trove of numerous phases of world[…]
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Reuters / 01.06.2017 At least nine people were shot, including three fatally, and a suspect was in custody at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida on Friday, MSNBC reported, citing unnamed law enforcement sources. “There is an ongoing incident in Terminal 2, Baggage Claim,” said a post on the airport’s[…]
Booking Photos of Patrick Stein (left), Gavin Wright (center) and Curtis Allen (right) By Stephen D. Foster, Jr. / 10.14.2016 The FBI thwarted an act of domestic terrorism on Friday when they arrested three white men for plotting to blow up an apartment complex in Kansas. Curtis Allen, Gavin Wright, and Patrick Stein were all[…]
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 18: New York Mayor Bill de Blasio (R) and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (C) stand in front of a mangled dumpster while touring the site of an explosion that occurred on Saturday night on September 18, 2016 in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City. An explosion in a[…]
From Julie Hirschfield Davis at the New York Times / 09.12.2016: The White House said on Monday that President Obama would veto legislation approved by Congress that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to sue Saudi Arabia for any role in the plot, escalating a bipartisan dispute with lawmakers[…]
Image Source: AK Rockefeller, Flickr, Creative Commons Drone By Adil E. Shamoo United States (FPiF) – The recent attacks on Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia are just the most recent examples of the horrific terrorist acts taking place around the world. The Islamic State’s recent bombing in Baghdad killed 250 people and wounded hundreds. The[…]
Jake Simkin/AP/Press Association Attempting to defeat IS without beginning to address the political and structural failures that have led to these circumstances borders on the ridiculous. By Dylan O’Driscoll / 06.01.2016 With the beginning of separate offensives against the Islamic State (IS) in Fallujah and Raqqa, many analysts are highlighting that this is the beginning of[…]
Omar and Noor Mateen with Son From Pete Williams at NBC News / 06.14.2016: The Orlando gunman’s wife has told federal agents she tried to talk her husband out of carrying out the attack, NBC News has learned. Omar Mateen’s wife, Noor Zahi Salman, told the FBI she was with him when he bought ammunition[…]
Protesters shout outside the Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque By Dr. David Alpher Professor, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution George Mason University Take America back from those who have stolen it. Protect America from those who want to destroy it. Restore the principles that these usurpers betrayed.[…]
Villainous Company As the people of Brussels, the country of Belgium and rest of the world try to deal with yet another act of violence, another act of terrorism, here in the United States, we recall the bombing Saturday March 19 in Ankara Turkey, as well as the terrorist attacks in San Bernardino, California, Paris,[…]