by David Hudson | Sep 11, 2014 | Monitor
Watch on YouTube In an address from the State Floor of the White House, President Obama spoke to the nation tonight about ISIL — and our comprehensive strategy to degrade and ultimately destroy the terrorist group. The President reiterated that as...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 1, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron – ISIS video, early Dabiq reference, satirical response ] . . You may recall that almost exactly a year ago, Shiite truck drivers in Anbar province were stopped by ISIS patrols, questioned as to the exact form of Islamic prayer, and executed...
by zen | Aug 29, 2014 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen”] ISIS or the Islamic State “Caliphate” is the focus of a great deal of discussion and demands for action from the United States – and also inaction – from many quarters. What is to be done? That is...
by Theresa Shaffer | Jul 28, 2014 | Monitor
Downing of MH17 jet in Ukraine ‘may be war crime’ – UN BBC News “This violation of international law, given the prevailing circumstances, may amount to a war crime,” Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said of the...
by John Bugnacki | Jul 21, 2014 | Monitor
With the recent advance of the Sunni-extremist group the Islamic State and the increasing sectarian divisions that are cleaving apart the Islamic world, it is more important than ever to understand the differences and similarities between distinct Muslim groups,...
