Rowan Scarborough

Haider al-Abadi of Iraq, Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan amenable U.S. war partners

The U.S. suddenly has two amenable war partners leading Iraq and Afghanistan after years of tempestuous relationships with their predecessors, who openly complained about and — in some cases — defied Washington.

March 1, 2015

Mission to retake Mosul from Islamic State doomed, general says

The Army general who oversaw training of Iraqi troops says the rushed mission to retake Mosul from the Islamic State this spring is doomed.

February 25, 2015

U.S. military decimated under Obama, only ‘marginally able’ to defend nation

The U.S. military is shedding so many troops and weapons it is only “marginally able” to defend the nation and falls short of the Obama administration’s national security strategy a shocking new study reveals.

February 24, 2015

Islamic State expands beyond Syria, Iraq as recruits create global network of terror cells

The Islamic State terrorist army is collecting an increasing number of followers outside its home in Syria and Iraq in what is shaping up as a global enterprise to commit mass killings and destabilize governments.

February 22, 2015

Robert O’Neill, SEAL who shot bin Laden: Women ‘absolutely’ can make the cut

The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden says there is a welcome mat out for women SEALs if they can meet the grueling physical and mental standards that exist today.

February 21, 2015

Robert O’Neill, Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden, foresees U.S. troops in Islamic State fight

NEWSMAKER INTERVIEW: The Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden predicts that President Obama will reverse course and order American ground troops into Iraq to fight the Islamic State terrorist army.

February 19, 2015

World War II Marines return to Iwo Jima on 70th anniversary of famed battle, flag raising

Hershel "Woody" Williams is returning after 70 years to Iwo Jima, where a flamethrower saved him from Japanese bayonets and where he earned the Medal of Honor.

February 18, 2015

John McCain pressures Air Force on scrapping A-10 jet

Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain does not think much of the raw data the Air Force recently released on the A-10 attack jet, which the service is trying to shelve and which he wants to keep.

February 15, 2015

Obama downplays Islamic State threat, changes objective from ‘destroy’ to ‘defeat’

President Obama and his aides have begun to diminish the threat they see posed by the Islamic State, in sharp contrast to rhetoric last year that depicted the terrorist army as an unprecedented force and a danger to the U.S.

February 8, 2015

Obama changes objective in war on ISIS from ‘destroy’ to ‘defeat’

The White House released its new national security strategy that says, “We have undertaken a comprehensive effort to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.”

February 6, 2015

Obama denied request from Jordan for Predator drones in Islamic State fight

The Obama administration this year turned down a request from Jordan for Predator spy drones that would help it locate targets in the war against the Islamic State.

February 5, 2015

ISIS vows Jordanian pilot won’t be last hostage burned alive

The Islamic State is signaling that its execution by fire of a captured Jordanian pilot will not be its last immolation.

February 5, 2015

Gen. Vincent Stewart, DIA chief, calls Taliban ‘terrorists’ despite others’ reluctance

The U.S. military's top intelligence officer on Tuesday, unlike the White House, had no trouble designating the Taliban as "terrorists."

February 3, 2015

‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle essential in 2004 Fallujah liberation

The importance of military sharpshooters such as "American Sniper" Chris Kyle was never better demonstrated than during the 10-month struggle to take Fallujah in 2004.

February 1, 2015

Obama lacks strategy to stop Islamic State expansion

As the U.S. fights the Islamic State to a stalemate in Iraq, the terrorist army also is looking elsewhere, gaining ground in Syria and attracting more followers across the Middle East, analysts and officials say.

February 1, 2015

France’s ethnic apartheid: ‘Separate Islamic societies’ breed discontent, radicalism

In 2011, as the Charlie Hebdo killers were learning their jihadi trade, French President Nicolas Sarkozy told his country that it had suffered a major societal defeat. Multiculturalism, Europe's grand experiment in expanded immigration, had failed in France -- or, as Mr. Sarkozy put it, "It's a defeat."

January 25, 2015

Dianne Feinstein’s CIA hacking narrative countered by board review

The Evan Bayh report's bottom line: The unnamed CIA officers acted reasonably when trying to confirm their suspicions that the Feinstein cadre took documents that the CIA had designated as privileged, a designation the White House counsel backed up.

January 21, 2015

Army battlefield intelligence network for Afghanistan War met only ‘minimum capabilities’

The Army's much-criticized battlefield intelligence network met only "minimum capabilities" when it was sent to the Afghanistan War, an audit says.

January 18, 2015

Islamic State launches social media campaign to capitalize on Paris attacks

The Islamic State terror group has launched a big social media campaign to try to capitalize on the Paris massacre.

January 13, 2015

Islamic ideology driving terrorists to kill, Egypt’s president tells Muslim clerics

The ruler of Egypt is alone among major world leaders in his willingness to go before an audience of senior Muslim clerics and tell them that parts of Islamic ideology are indeed driving terrorists to kill worldwide.

January 11, 2015