by Hidetoshi Azuma | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
International News Middle East, IS, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Islamic State keeps up Syrian oil flow despite U.S-led strikes SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI / Reuters Islamic State is still extracting and selling oil in Syria and has adapted its trading techniques...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 23, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a Youtube video of Marines singing a praise song goes viral, some love it, some hate it, what is it? ] . Here’s a Christian “praise song”, These are the days of Elijah, sung by Donnie McClurkin: I love me some good,...
by Charles Cameron | Oct 14, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — once again, the message is “keep calm and carry on” ] . ** First off, a tweet I made this morning, quoting a stunning fact from Scientific American‘s piece today, Where Does Ebola Hide? Quote: “Five of the...
by Hidetoshi Azuma | Oct 10, 2014 | Monitor
International News Coverage Middle East, ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Piracy Top News: ISIS Captures Kurdish Headquarters in Kobani The Atlantic Council / MENASOURCE ISIS militants overran the headquarters of Kurdish forces defending the battleground...
by Patricia H. Kushlis | Sep 29, 2014 | Monitor
By Patricia H Kushlis Not long after arriving in Bangkok in 1973 I heard the story of Jim Thompson’s strange disappearance in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands Easter Sunday 1967. This was the tragic tale of a prominent American businessman and former OSS officer who had...
