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by Noah Beck • August
23, 2016 • Special to IPT News  
Syria's
civil war claimed
470,000 lives since it started in March 2011, the Syrian
Centre for Policy Research announced in February.
That's
an average of about 262 deaths per day and 7,860 per month. The carnage
has continued unabated, so, applying the same death rate nearly 200 days
after the February estimate, the death toll is over 520,000.
by Patrick Dunleavy •
August 19, 2016 • IPT News
With
the United Kingdom's successful prosecution
of noted radical Islamic preacher Anjem Choudary for providing material
support to ISIS, British officials are now faced with the dilemma of what
to with him when he is sentenced Sept. 6.
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by Adam Kredo • August
23, 2016 • The Washington Free Beacon
Iran is solidifying its foothold in Latin America,
sparking concerns among U.S. officials that the Islamic Republic will
enlist these regional allies in its push to launch terror attacks on U.S.
soil, according to conversations with congressional sources.
by C. J. CHIVERS •
August 25, 2016 • The New York Times
Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United
States has handed out a vast but persistently uncountable quantity of
military firearms to its many battlefield partners in Afghanistan and
Iraq. Today the Pentagon has only a partial idea of how many weapons it
issued, much less where these weapons are.
by M.G. Oprea • August
23, 2016 • The Federalist
The British Muslim "hate preacher" Anjem
Choudary has finally been convicted
after 20 years of preaching fundamentalist Islam aimed at radicalizing
young Muslims and encouraging them to engage in terrorist activities.
Last week, he, along with Mohammed Rahman, was found guilty of inviting
support for ISIS in speeches and lessons posted online.
by Bill Gertz • August
22, 2016 • The Washington Free Beacon
Sunni extremists are infiltrating the United States
with the help of alien smugglers in South America and are crossing U.S. borders
with ease, according to a U.S. South Command intelligence report.
by Stephanie Nebehay and
Stephen Kalin • August 23, 2016 • Reuters
Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis in and around Mosul
could be uprooted by the military assault to retake the city from Islamic
State, the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
by Douglas Murray •
August 22, 2016 • Gatestone Institute
The conviction of radical Islamic preacher Anjem
Choudary -- the most prominent extremist in Britain -- has been widely
welcomed in the UK. For years his followers and he have infuriated the
vast majority of the British public (including most British Muslims) with
their inflammatory and hate-filled rhetoric. They have also provided a
constant stream of people willing to follow through the words with
actions.
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