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January 5, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GREEN ON GREEN – In Florida, frozen iguanas are falling from the trees, but this will undoubtedly warm your heart: The Islamic State’s branch in Egypt has escalated its long-simmering …

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January 1, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“GAFFE” “STUNS” – Nothing like starting the year with hyperventilating: The gaffe-prone Duke of Edinburgh has stoked a new controversy by pointing at a man with a beard and asking “Is …

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December 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE ONE THAT DIDN’T GET AWAY – In an outer suburb of Cairo, Helwan, Copts targeted again: At least nine people have been killed after a gunman opened fire on …

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“ISIS has lost 98 per cent of its territory”

December 27, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

The military defeat of ISIS is one of the great good news stories of 2017, something I blogged about before (“If ISIS falls in a desert, Obama is no longer …

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December 23, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

THE WAR ON OBSESSION – The wolves are not just lone, they’re also obsessed: Victorian police are preparing to investigate up to 300 so-called “fixated persons’’ as part of a …

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Ice Ice Baby or Ram-a-dan?

December 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Is he or isn’t he? For the first few hours after a 4WD vehicle rammed into pedestrians at the intersection of Spencer Street in Melbourne CBD, the authorities would not …

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December 20, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FIRST THEY CAME FOR THE SEXBOTS – There’s nothing sacred for the jihadis: The Third International Congress in Love and Sex with Robots has been rocked by terror threats from …

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December 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

HERCULES POIROT AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING JIHADIS – Not dead and unaccounted for: An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take up arms for the …

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December 16, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A USEFUL REMINDER… – …that the Russians have not gone into Syria to fight ISIS but to support the Assad government. And since ISIS has been fighting the Syrian opposition …

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December 12, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

FROM BANGLADESH WITH LOVE – Thank God no serious casualties – and no virgins for this loser: The would-be suicide bomber who detonated an explosive device underground near the bustling Port …

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Shooting the messenger, ignoring the message

December 5, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

It’s been a week now since Donald Trump retweeted three tweets by a British nationalist leader Jayda Fransen and the world is still in the meltdown. Trump’s visit to the …

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Merry Christmas from ISIS

November 26, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

As blogged earlier in the week, ISIS propaganda channels have threatened to attack Vatican at Christmas time and have fantasised about beheading the Pope. Now there is more: The Islamic State has …

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November 21, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

ISIS KILLS THE POPE – Or at least wants to. After promising new attacks this Christmas season (specifically on Vatican), ISIS now take on the Pope, fantasising about beheading the …

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Real outrage about the “fake Sheikh” (or fake outrage about a real one)

November 14, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Many on the left and in the Islamic community seem to be more outraged about a possibly fake Sheikh preaching peace than many very real Sheikhs preaching intolerance and Islamism. …

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November 7, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

IT’S ALL OUR FAULT – But of course: A British jihadist bride who married America’s most senior Islamic State member said she was radicalised by racism in the UK. Tania …

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November 2, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

“HE READ BOOKS BY NOAM CHOMSKY AND BOB WOODWARD AND WATCHED PORN” – Goodies from Osama bin Laden’s laptop: The CIA on Wednesday released a vast archive of intimate Al-Qaeda …

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November 1, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA LONE WOLF? – Another day, another “Allahu akbar”, but nothing to be concerned about, at least according to a “Forbes” deputy editor If youre scared of …

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October 31, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

I NEVER DO IT ON TINDER – An online hook-up almost leads to a blow job: Two terror suspects planned to carry out a bomb attack in the UK after …

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October 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

A COUNTRY FIT FOR HEROES – Speaking of ISIS, this is disgraceful: Terror suspects including jihadis returning from fighting in Syria are to be offered taxpayer-funded homes, counselling and help finding jobs to …

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October 30, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

MODERN DAY HEROES – For years, hundreds of men and a few women from around the world have been fighting in Syria against ISIS, mostly as part of the Kurdish …