Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
ISIS urges fighters to dress as Iraqi security forces while committing atrocities
The Islamic State is preparing to leave Fallujah with instructions to fighters to dress as Iraqi security forces and commit atrocities as their calling card. Published December 22, 2015
Obama administration blocks Washington Times FOIA request on Syria chemical weapons
The Obama administration is blocking The Washington Times from obtaining detailed information about Syria's extensive chemical weapons arsenal, which was used to kill thousands of innocents and changed the course of the country's savage 4-year-old civil war. Published December 20, 2015
Army women hurt more often in combat training, experience more mental health issues
Army women not only suffer more injuries than men during combat training, but the active-duty female soldiers also are stricken with significantly higher rates of mental health disorders. Published December 17, 2015
House Armed Services Committee to review Ashton Carter email
The House Armed Services Committee chairman on Thursday called on Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to seek an inspector general's investigation of his use of a private email account to conduct Pentagon business. Published December 17, 2015
Duncan Hunter presses for probe in handling of whistleblower in Afghan attack
A key congressman is pressing Defense Secretary Ashton Carter to set up an independent investigation into a jihadi's killing of three Marines in 2012, the role of a corrupt Afghan police chief in their deaths and the Navy's decision to discharge the officer who tried to warn the base. Published December 15, 2015
Joseph Dunford to update U.S. military’s combat commands for ‘fight of the future’
The nation's top military officer said on Monday that the Pentagon will revamp combat commands for the "fight of the future" because current "old plans" take too long to execute. Published December 14, 2015
!["I want to make clear that any transfer from Guantanamo will be undertaken after consultation with Congress and pursuant to all legal requirements for transfers, including those spelled out in the FY2012 [National] Defense Authorization Act," then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote to Congress in November 2011. (Associated Press)](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2015/12/13/HillaryClinton_c0-104-4615-2793_s652x380.jpg?b26ced9f0880a3f16636bba20e4feef39e1a518c)
Hillary Clinton misled Congress on Bowe Bergdahl swap with Taliban
When Republican members of Congress learned in November 2011 that the Obama administration was contemplating a swap -- Taliban terrorists for captured Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl -- they wrote to then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of their fears. Published December 13, 2015
Guantanamo detainee Obama released appears in al Qaeda terrorist video
A former Guantanamo inmate whom the Obama administration released on assurances that he would not go back to terrorism has emerged as a top al Qaeda leader in a video urging Muslims to kill Americans. Published December 10, 2015
Ashton Carter scolds European, Gulf allies, demands they do more against ISIS
The Syrian city of Raqqa, the Islamic State's heart and soul for unleashing global terrorism, will stay that way for the foreseeable future. Published December 9, 2015
ISIS expanded as Obama stayed on the sidelines
Under President Obama's watch, the Islamic State has risen rapidly from the ruins of its Iraq insurgency in 2010 into a full-service global terrorist group with an army able to direct and inspire attacks from a buzzing Syria headquarters. Published December 7, 2015
U.S. military’s millennials at greatest risk for suicide
The U.S. military's historically high suicide rate is more a generational trait than a wartime offshoot, as millennial recruits join up carrying emotional baggage, a new research paper says. Published December 6, 2015
Ashton Carter promises same standards for women in combat roles
The Pentagon's revolutionary move to open all direct land combat jobs to women sends a stressed and shrinking armed forces on a politically hazardous mission, as Obama administration appointees expect a significant number of females to qualify next year. Published December 3, 2015
Pentagon, State Department began ISIS strategy meetings only two months ago
It was not until two months ago -- as the war against the Islamic State was over a year old -- that the Pentagon and the State Department began regular high-level planning meetings to make big decisions on how to defeat the terror army in Iraq and Syria, the nation's top military officer told Congress on Tuesday. Published December 1, 2015
Military dogs’ return to U.S., adoption by battlefield handlers facilitated by new legislation
The U.S. military prides itself on "leaving no man behind," but it's been a different story for some of its war dogs. Published November 30, 2015
Ayatollah Khamenei reaffirms commitment to Iran’s Islamic Revolution, dashes Obama moderation hopes
Iran's supreme leader, unbowed by the nuclear agreement with the U.S., has told his country's most prestigious and powerful military officers that the Islamic revolution will continue into its 37th year and beyond — and they are the ones to enforce it. Published November 29, 2015
U.S. commander says ‘human error’ to blame for strike on Afghan hospital
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said on Wednesday that a series of failures, including "avoidable human error" caused an AC-130 to fire on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, killing 30 staff and patients. Published November 25, 2015
Islamic State’s Paris attackers as inept as they were skilled killers
A State Department chronology of the Nov. 13 Islamic State attacks in Paris shows the terrorists were as inept as they were skilled killers. Published November 24, 2015
Pentagon backs Turkey’s version of events, blames ‘incursion’ of Russian jet
The U.S. military on Tuesday labeled as an "incursion" the Russian fighter jet that was shot down by Turkish aircraft over the Syria-Turkey border. Published November 24, 2015
ISIS eyes fertile recruiting ground in Indonesia, other Southeast Asia nations
The Islamic State's terrorist army is broadening its global reach to find recruits willing to come to its Syria-Iraq "caliphate" and wreak havoc. Published November 22, 2015
ISIS propaganda groups back on the Internet after temporary shutdown
Islamic State propaganda groups are back on their own Internet channels just days after the tech company announced it was blocking such terrorists as a reaction to the Nov. 13 Paris massacre. Published November 20, 2015
