by Philip Rossetti | Mar 31, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Iraqi forces drive Islamic State out of central Tikrit: PM Mahdi Talat / Reuters troops aided by Shi’ite paramilitaries have driven Islamic State out of central Tikrit, Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Tuesday, but the fight to retake all of...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 31, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — not particularly anxious to own a BMW — but did I once win a Rolls for a night of Bach at the Hollywood Bowl ] . Sources: Belfast Telegraph, Jihadi brides with BMW M5s Dabiq, issue #8 p.34, The Twin Halves of the Muhajirin So...
by Chris Evans | Mar 30, 2015 | Monitor
President Obama, Vice President Biden, and the First Lady traveled to Boston today to celebrate the opening of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. The building — complete with a full-scale replica of the United States Senate chamber...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 30, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a factory for words — ugh! ] . ** In American folklore, a Christmas elf is a diminutive creature (elf) that lives with Santa Claus in the North Pole and acts as his helper. Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty has a fasacinating account...
by Sungtae "Jacky" Park | Mar 30, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Arab League agrees to create joint military force BBC The heads of Arab League countries meeting in Egypt have agreed to create a joint Arab military force. Iran says U.S. drone kills 2 in Iraq; U.S. denies claim Chicago Tribune Iran’s...
