The Other McCain

"One should either write ruthlessly what one believes to be the truth, or else shut up." — Arthur Koestler

The Face of a Terrorist Mastermind?

  Enrique Marquez may not look like a terrorist, but he is now a focus of the FBI investigation in San Bernardino: As federal officials scour the backgrounds of the couple who went on a terrorist rampage here last week, they are looking carefully at Enrique Marquez, a childhood friend and relation by marriage of […]

Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, Named in #SanBernardino Massacre

The Los Angeles Times reports: The suspects in the shooting rampage were a married couple who had just dropped off their 6-month-old daughter with a grandmother, family representatives said. Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, were married two years ago, according to Malik’s brother, Farhan Khan . . . On Wednesday morning, Farook and […]

TERROR RAID: French Police Kill Two, Arrest Seven Suspects in Saint Denis

  In a pre-dawn raid reportedly aimed at the mastermind of the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris, at least two suspects were killed and five arrested in the suburb of Saint Denis. CNN initially reported three suspects had been killed, including one female who blew herself up with a bomb, during the raid targeting […]

The Worst President Ever

Ace of Spades on Monday’s presidential press conference: A man who keeps offering the same empty answers — “allies have to step up,” “a warped ideology on the wrong side of history,” “contrary to our values,” etc. — cannot complain this petulantly about being asked the same questions. . . . He is the apotheosis […]

FRANCE AT WAR: Jets Strike ISIS Stronghold; Terror Suspects Raided

  Friday’s attack in Paris has prompted French authorities to take military action against the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa: France bombed the Syrian city of Raqqa on Sunday night, its most aggressive strike against the Islamic State group it blames for killing 129 people in a string of terrorist attacks across Paris only two days […]

TERROR MANHUNT: French Authorities Seeking Accomplices of Islamic Killers

  The perpetrators of Friday’s massacre in Paris have been identified, and the investigation exposes the worldwide menace of Islam: Police [on Saturday] issued an international arrest warrant for one of three Belgian-born brothers believed to be at the heart of the eight-strong ISIS cell who murdered 132 people in Paris. French police are hunting […]

PARIS ATTACK: Terrorist ‘Refugee’ Had Syrian Passport; Death Toll Now 129

  Reuters reports: The holder of a Syrian passport found near the body of one of the gunmen who died in Friday night’s attacks in Paris passed through Greece in October, a Greek minister said. “The holder of the passport passed through the island of Leros on Oct. 3, 2015, where he was identified according […]

ISIS Claims Credit for Paris Slaughter; Death Toll 127 in Islamic Terror Attack

  ISIS released a video overnight claiming responsibility for the violence that brought bloodshed to the streets of Paris. The death toll in Friday’s terrorist attack is now reported at 127; earlier reports had said more than 150 were killed. The New York Post reports: Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for attacks that killed […]

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