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by Abha Shankar •
August 9, 2016 • The Diplomat  
Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive
response to July's failed coup attempt – in which he
sacked thousands of government officials and journalists in a sweeping
purge – threatens to drive the nominally secular Turkish state further
down the path of Islamist totalitarianism.
August 8, 2016 • IPT
News
On
the night of July 15, members of the Turkish military stormed the
state-run TRT news agency in Ankara and forced an anchorwoman to read a
statement calling President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "traitor."
Within moments, tanks began to drive menacingly through the streets of
Ankara and Istanbul as military planes roared over Turkish skies. The
Parliament was bombed. The fifth military coup in the history of modern
Turkey had begun, taking even the most anti-government Turks by surprise.
by Yaakov Lappin •
August 5, 2016 • Special to IPT News
European
security and intelligence agencies are scrambling to regroup and
reorganize following a steady, growing flow of jihadist atrocities. They
have a steep learning curve ahead of them when it comes to thwarting
terrorism.
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Hizballah Uses Attack Drone As
Offensive Capabilities Grow
New video reportedly shows Hizballah conducting drone airstrikes
targeting radical Sunni Islamist positions in southern Aleppo. Though it
appears that Hizballah failed to inflict significant damage, the bombings
illustrate the terrorist organization's growing capabilities and ability
to utilize sophisticate technologies for offensive operations.
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Hamas Diverts Millions From
U.S.-Based NGO To Finance Terrorist Capabilities
Hamas diverted "tens of millions of dollars" from World Vision,
a U.S.-based Christian charity, to rebuild its terrorist infrastructure,
Israel's Shin Bet domestic security Shin Bet said Thursday.
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by Con Coughlin •
August 10, 2016 • Gatestone Institute
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels are using hospitals as
military command posts, thereby deliberately putting the lives of
innocent civilians at risk, according to a new report into Yemen's
long-running civil war.
by Eric Rozenman •
August 9, 2016 • The Washington Times
Is there such a bigoted "web?" Or is there a
Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas-related group — CAIR —
incessantly attempting to suppress discussion of Islamic extremism?
by Hamza Roberto Piccardo •
August 9, 2016 • RT
"There's no reason for Italy not to
accept polygamous marriages of consenting persons," Hamza Piccardo,
founder of the Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations (UCOII),
wrote in a controversial Facebook post last week.
August 9, 2016 • MEMRI
To mark the first anniversary of Adoption Day of the
Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the office of Iranian Supreme
Leader Ali Khamenei released, on July 20 and 25, two collections, in
English, of excerpts from his speeches in recent years about the U.S.,
its values, its attitude towards Iran, Islam, and humanity, and how to
act with it.
by Ron Brynaert •
August 7, 2016 • The Daily Caller
During an appearance on ABC's "This Week,"
former Deputy CIA Director Michael Morell falsely claimed "not a
single" Iraqi refugee turned out to be a terrorist, but in 2013 two
Kentucky residents from Iraq pleaded guilty to federal terrorism charges.
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