Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
ISIS leaders urge fighters to ‘go get a truck’ and kill infidels
Two weeks before the massacre in Nice, a French-speaking fighter for the Islamic State group went on social media to urge Muslims in France to "go get a truck" and kill infidels. Published July 19, 2016
Benghazi: U.S. military unprepared to aid Americans during Islamist attack
The military was woefully unprepared to help Americans in Benghazi during the 13-hour crisis, with no nearby troops on alert for the Sept. 11 anniversary and not one aircraft sent to that Libyan city to pick up survivors and four dead. Published July 17, 2016
Pentagon issues sex change manual, allows extended time off for process
The U.S. military has a manual for everything, from how to dress to how to wage war. Now the Pentagon has sent out a detailed written instruction to commanders on how a service member can change his or her sex in a step-by-step process that allows for extended time off. Published July 14, 2016
Michael Flynn’s ISIS ‘global footprint’ warning counters Obama’s narrative in Iraq
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, the onetime Pentagon intelligence czar who said President Obama fired him for pushing war against "radical Islamism," asserted Wednesday that the Islamic State has established a global footprint that will not be wiped out by liberating Iraq. Published July 13, 2016
Ashton Carter refuses to investigate SEALs method of training
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter is backing the Navy's decision to change how SEALs are trained in hand-to-hand combat, dismissing questions of favoritism for retired commandos cashing in on teaching the mixed martial arts techniques now used. Published July 12, 2016
Islamic State recent attacks counter John Kerry’s claim of despair
The Islamic State's export of deadly terrorism to the United States, Europe and elsewhere was always part of its game plan once territory was secured in Syria and Iraq, military and outside analysts say. Published July 10, 2016
ISIS counters Obama narrative in video detailing functional, expansive ‘caliphate’
At a time when the Obama administration says the Islamic State is shrinking in Syria and Iraq, the terrorist group is publishing a detailed organization map that it says shows how it is running a functional bureaucratic nation-state. Published July 7, 2016
ISIS’ rise in post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya catches CIA by surprise
CIA chieftains were caught off guard by the spiraling Islamic violence in postwar Libya, suddenly realizing that analysts had never brainstormed what the country would look like and that the White House had not asked. Published July 3, 2016
ISIS duped by Besa Mafia ‘dark web’ site offering murder, mayhem for Bitcoins
The Islamic State terror group is steering followers to a "dark web" mafia site that offers murder and other mayhem for hire at a price of thousands of dollars in Bitcoins, the online currency. Published June 29, 2016
Kris ‘Tanto’ Paronto, Benghazi survivor, fights radical Islam with Leading From the Front
One of the heroic survivors of the 2012 Benghazi attack, who held off invading Islamists until rescuers reached the besieged CIA base, has begun a national campaign to counter President Obama's narrative on the terrorist threat. Published June 26, 2016
Palantir Corp. to sue Army over ground intelligence network contract
The Army has a new adversary in its battle to build a ground intelligence network the way it wants. Palantir Corp., whose data processor has won praises for reliability and ease of use from troops in the field, has given written notice to the Army that it plans to file a protest lawsuit. Published June 22, 2016
Clinton Foundation gives tiny fraction of $2 billion in revenue to veterans groups
The Clinton Foundation has collected more than $2 billion in revenue since it formed -- but has given only the tiniest fraction to veterans groups, instead preferring to focus on international causes and in-house operations that provide far more control and less transparency. Published June 21, 2016
ISIS expands beyond Iraq-Syria base with six armies on three continents
The Islamic State terrorist group has created at least six functioning armies outside its Iraq-Syria base that threaten governments in Africa, the Middle East and Afghanistan, according to a new report to Congress. Published June 20, 2016
Larossi Abballa, France stabbing suspect, promised to kill journalists in video
The Islamic State terrorist who killed two French police officers left behind a martyr's video in which he says journalists are next. Published June 14, 2016
Islamic State terror army takes joy in torturing homosexuals
Islamic State terrorists have taken particular joy in killing gays since the group's post-2011 rise to power in the Middle East and Africa. Published June 14, 2016
Orlando massacre follows playbook of Islamic State attacks
The massacre in Orlando, Florida, follows a major propaganda push by the Islamic State terrorist army to persuade its followers in the United States to kill civilians in honor of Ramadan. Published June 12, 2016
Ray Mabus, Navy secretary, celebrates gay pride, hits ‘bigots’ who backed ban
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said Wednesday that activists who opposed lifting the ban on gays are just like the bigots who fought against racial desegregation. Published June 8, 2016
Pentagon brags of killing terrorists even as transferred Gitmo detainees return to battlefield
The Pentagon is boasting of the al Qaeda operatives it has killed to make America safer, yet the same type of terrorists have been transferred out of the Guantanamo prison to countries with a poor history of security, and some have ended up back on the battlefield. Published June 5, 2016
Congress seeks to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan military alliance amid China aggression
The United States is required by law to go to war to defend Taiwan if communist China invades — an alliance that conjures up visions of a close working relationship between the democratic nation and the Pentagon. Published May 30, 2016
Bowe Bergdahl’s defense says Donald Trump traitor charge taints the case
The Army on Tuesday provided a behind the scenes look at the prosecution of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, releasing pages of internal court communications that show the defense believes it is hamstrung in responding to Donald Trump's charge that their client is a traitor. Published May 24, 2016
