the Benina International Airport and four more
in a separate attack on a checkpoint in Qubah, east of Benghazi. Al Arabiyareported
that "two cars loaded with explosives targeted a military checkpoint near
Benina International Airport in Benghazi." According to Al Jazeera,
the airport houses "heavy
weaponry" which the militants are fighting to obtain. Al Jazeera
also claims that up to "four separate suicide attacks targeted the Benina
air base." Following the suicide bombings, heavy clashes occurred near the
airport, with government airstrikes
allegedly being used in defense.

Friday, October 3, 2014

The emergence of ultra-violent
groups in the Middle East has allowed non-violent extremist groups in
the West to claim an undeserved moral credibility. ISIS is the ideal
fig-leaf. Even al-Qaeda, by comparison, now looks "moderate."
Many of those Muslim groups that condemned ISIS have a long history
of promoting extremism themselves. It turnsafter the failure of previous multilateral groups to tackle
terrorism, the 30-country GCTF has itself become a farce — not least because Turkey is the co-chair, along with the United States.
Turkey
holds this honor because of its rare qualities: It is a Muslim country that is
a trusted US and NATO ally.But it has also become a hub for terrorist recruiting and support — most
definitely including ISIS recruiting and
support, as The New York Times has reported.

Monday, September 29, 2014

On Tuesday, September 23,
the U.S. government
announced that a new bombing campaign was under way in Syria. The
Obama administration had been building the case for airstrikes for weeks. The
president and his surrogates repeatedly highlighted the threat posed by the
Islamic State (often called the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or ISIL),
which has captured