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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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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. …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

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 …

Politics

October 25, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

GOOD LUCK, PRINCE CHARMING; YOU’LL NEED IT – Saudi Arabia’s next king, 32-year old Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is making the right noises: “We want to …

Politics

October 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

KILL THEM ALL AND LET GOD SORT OUT HIS OWN – Don’t want battle-trained jihadis coming back home to your country? No problem. The forces fighting the remnants of the …

Politics

White Eagle over Raqqa

October 22, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Earlier this week, after several months of heavy urban fighting, the capital of the ISIS caliphate, Raqqa, has been declared liberated by the Syrian opposition forces, composed largely of Kurdish …

Politics

If ISIS falls in a desert, and Obama is not the President, does anyone hear about it?

October 18, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Raqqa, the “capital” of the ISIS caliphate straddling Syria and Iraq, has fallen. The rolling back of the Islamic State, a terrorist organisation which over the course of an unexpected …

Politics

October 17, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN AND PORN IN RAQQA – Things you find on a laptop belonging to a Belgian-Moroccan ISIS bride in Syria: Some nights she was busy searching for …

Politics

Las Vegas shooter’s white privilege

October 5, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Behold, a new media talking point is born – apparently the Las Vegas mass murdering shooter Stephen Paddock enjoys, posthumously, white privilege, because everyone calls him a “lone wolf” instead …

Politics

I can’t even

October 3, 2017 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

What does one say in the face of horror that unfolded yesterday? Twenty-two thousand men and women enjoying a country music festival in the middle of Las Vegas, watching Jason …

Lifestyle / Politics / Travel

Egyptian notes

September 14, 2017August 2, 2018 - by Arthur Chrenkoff

Much of Egypt looks like it has suffered through a decade of civil war bookended by powerful earthquakes. It hasn’t either; that’s just Egypt, a country so in love with …