Chairman Royce, Ranking Member Engel, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss the situation in Iraq with a focus on al Qa’ida’s primary offshoot in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Threat Posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) I will begin with […]

October 2014[edit] 1 October: The town of Taza Kharmatho was retaken by Peshmerga and Iraqi Army forces, but remained uninhabitable, due to the booby traps that had been left by ISIL.[295] 2 October: The Turkish Parliament voted 298:98 to authorize anti-ISIL operations, following concerns over ISIL advances close to Turkey’s borders. Turkey will allow foreign […]

Note: The following is an excerpt from Perry’s book, Unleashing the Beast, which can be ordered from the ministry.
Named the butcher of Baghdad by the west, Saddam Hussein took control of Iraq in July 1979. A member of the Ba’athist party, Saddam’s vi…

09:12 AM ET Iraq is on a precipice By Michael Rubin, Special to CNN Editor’s Note: Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and author of Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes. The views expressed are his own. Iraq is on a precipice from which it may […]

Everywhere I look lately, I’m assaulted with reoccurring updates, tweets, and political stump speeches about the “criminalization of Christianity.” The right seeks to strengthen their base with a narrative of fear. Senator Cruz, echoing the language of Mike Huckabee recently said, “Unequivocally. I stand with every American that the Obama Administration is trying to force […]

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