Read These Tweets About the ‘Inevitable’ Return of the ‘Caliphate’ — the Bigger Story Could Be Who Actually Wrote Them
“As I’ve said b4 inevitable that ‘Caliphate’ returns,” Mohamed Elibiary tweeted. “Choice only whether we support [European Union] like Muslim Union vision or not.” Elibiary, a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, was apparently responding to a question about the radical terror group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria that is sweeping through Iraq, the Washington Free Beacon reports.
For The Third Time, Judge Orders NSA To Stop Destroying Evidence
U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White’s ruling came at the request of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which is in the midst of a case challenging NSA’s ability to surveil foreign citizen’s U.S.-based email and social media accounts. According to the EFF, the signals intelligence agency and the Department of Justice were knowingly destroying key evidence in the case by purposefully misinterpreting earlier preservation orders by multiple courts, multiple times.
GOVERNMENT ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR ANTI-OBAMA FACEBOOK POSTS
The US Government is actively seeking those who criticize government, specifically Barack Obama, and arresting them without charging them. They are remanded to mental health institutions where they are given "training" on how to view the world. Most of the victims of the government's kidnapping scheme are veterans.
'Wave of humanity': Border Patrol overwhelmed by flow of illegal immigrants
Thousands upon thousands of people from Central America exploiting the porous border of the Rio Grande Valley to enter the United States. “If we don't send the message that they can’t just come in and stay here, it's gonna continue, this wave of humanity,” said Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar.
Tennessee National Guard holds earthquake response exercise
The Tennessee National Guard, in conjunction with the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) and the Tennessee State Guard, is working at locations throughout the state exercising plans laid out in the Tennessee National Guard Emergency Response Plan, which fully integrates with the statewide Tennessee Emergency Management Plan.
Iraq conflict: Clashes on approaches to Baghdad
Iraqi government forces are engaged in heavy clashes with Sunni insurgents who have made major advances in the past week. Parts of the city of Baquba - just 60km (37 miles) from Baghdad - were briefly taken over by the rebels. Reports say 44 prisoners were killed during fighting at a police station in the city.
BP to sign £11.8bn gas deal with China's CNOOC
BP is to sign a deal with China National Offshore Oil Corporation worth about $20bn (£11.8bn). The oil giant will supply its Chinese peer with liquefied natural gas (LNG), BP chief executive Bob Dudley said at a conference in Moscow. Mr Dudley said the deal would be signed in London.
Deadly US tornadoes strike Nebraska
At least one person is dead and at least 19 are hurt after two massive tornadoes hit the US state of Nebraska. The town of Pilger, about 100 miles (160km) north-west of Omaha, with a population of 350 people, was devastated by the twisters. Jerry Weatherholt, county commissioner, said half the town is damaged.
US deploys small force to Iraq, opens dialogue with Iran
The United States has deployed approximately 275 troops "equipped for combat" to Iraq, US President Barack Obama informed Congress on Monday night, to counter the growing threat of ISIS, a terrorist militia threatening the sovereignty of Iraq and Syria. 170 troops were deployed to protect the expansive US embassy Baghdad, with 100 more for airfield management, security, and logistics support, the Pentagon said.
Nigeria: At Least 20 Killed in Suspected Nigeria Boko Haram Attack
Officials in Nigeria say more than 20 people were killed when gunmen believed to be Boko Haram militants attacked a village in the country's northeast. Residents in the town of Daku say gunmen surrounded the village market on Sunday and fired indiscriminately at people.
UK to re-open Iran embassy says Hague
Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he intends to re-open Britain's Embassy in the Iranian capital Tehran. Mr Hague said the "circumstances were right" following an improvement in bilateral relations in recent months. Full diplomatic relations with Iran were suspended after attacks on the British embassy in Iran in 2011.
Nebraska's Deadly Twin Tornadoes Devastate Pilger, Stanton
Rescuers scoured the debris of leveled homes in northeast Nebraska early Tuesday for people trapped under the rubble after deadly twin twisters wreaked havoc on farming communities.
N. Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns
A state propaganda film disseminated on social media sites, including YouTube, provides a very brief glimpse of the missile being launched from a naval vessel. Writing on the closely watched 38 North website of the US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University, arms control expert Jeffrey Lewis said the missile would mark "a new and potentially destabilising addition" to North Korea's military arsenal.
Why ISIS gains in Iraq are reshaping Syrian regime's war strategy
With Islamic militants at the vanguard of what appears to be a general Sunni uprising against Baghdad’s Shiite-dominated government, the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are beginning to merge under the strains of sectarian and ethnic competition.