Al Qaeda has been sending secret files to their operatives around the world using pornographic films according to police in Germany who discovered the operation.
A member of Al Qaeda was arrested in Germany during which a flash drive was found hidden in his clothing. A pornographic film was on the flash drive that contained hidden files with instructions from high level Al Qaeda operatives for attacks on civilians. Continue reading
The UN’s peace plan in Syria continues to erode with more than 28 people killed in weekend attacks.
Eight people died in two suicide bomb attacks and over 20 had been killed in attacks on security forces in the Idlib area. The attacks included bombs outside the Syrian Air Force Intelligence headquarters and Miltary Intelligence building. Continue reading
American officials are stating that likelihood of conflict between Israel and Iran has “significantly decreased” after months of heightened tensions.
The threat of tighter economic sanctions is apparently leading Iranian officials to chance negotiating positions. The resumption of direct negotiations has also caused the toning down of rhetoric from all sides. Continue reading
The military council in Egypt announced they will be making changes to the country’s cabinet in response to the demands of the Islamist-dominated Parliament.
The Muslim Brotherhood lead Parliament has been calling for an entirely new cabinet where they would choose the leadership. The current military appointed cabinet is headed by Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri who served in the government of deposed President Hosni Mubarak. Continue reading
Just hours after Standard & Poor’s downgraded Spain’s debt, the beleaguered nation reported a record high in unemployment.
Official figures show an employment rate of 24.4% with over 5.6 million people looking for work. Continue reading
The founder of the “It Gets Better” anti-bullying project called Christian students a foul name and delivered profanity laden attacks on the Bible at a conference for teen journalists.
Dan Savage told the audience to ignore the “(explicative deleted) in the Bible” and heckled students who walked out during his self-described “beating up the Bible.” The talk included sexual innuendos and Savage’s telling the audience about his partner’s appearance in a speedo. Continue reading
A sharp increase in suicides in Greece is causing social stress leading up to the May 6th elections.
The rise in suicides was punctuated by a 77-year-old pharmacist who said he was reduced to fishing through garbage cans for sustenance and thus found suicide to be a “dignified end” to his life. Continue reading
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow the government to access your private data on the “suspicion” of a “cyber threat.”
The bill passed the house on Thursday 248-168. While the bill, the “Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)” passed the house by a wide margin the US Senate is expected to take up an entirely different internet security bill. President Obama has threatened to veto CISPA. Continue reading
A suicide bomber killed nine people near the Zein al-Abidin mosque in Damascus as reports continue to filter out to the world that the Syrian cease fire may not be holding firm.
Twenty people were also injured in the blast, the first of two that hit Damascus on Friday. The second blast happened in an industrial area with no reports of casualties. Continue reading
Leaders of Islamic Jihad and Hamas are advocating a campaign of kidnapping to free terrorists jailed in Israel.
Khaled Al-Batsh, senior member of Islamic Jihad, told a crowd in the Gaza Strip they needed to take Israeli prisoners in an attempt to gain release from prison of terrorists connected to their organization.
“I say to all armed factions, the way to free the prisoners is through swaps…an arrest for an arrest and freedom for freedom. This is the way,” Al-Batsh told the crowd according to the Jerusalem Post. Continue reading
