Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
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
Pentagon says Ramadi operation imminent to retake city from Islamic State
A month ago the two top U.S. military officials told senators that retaking the western Iraqi city of Ramadi had been elevated to one of three critical objectives leading to the ultimate defeat of the Islamic State's terrorist army. Now that major objective is days away. Published November 19, 2015
ISIS shows nimble ability to strike multiple Western targets
Stark evidence that the Islamic State now has the organizational power to conceive plots in a wide range of locations is seen in a stream of videos featuring armed jihadi leaders vowing more attacks outside Iraq and Syria. Published November 18, 2015
Obama enumerates what he will not do in anti-terror fight
President Obama's year-old military strategy to defeat the Islamic State is noteworthy for what he will not do, as well as the steps he has taken for a projected drawn-out war lasting years. Published November 16, 2015
Attack on U.S. just a matter of time, security experts say
It is only a matter of time before a Paris-style coordinated terror attack comes to the streets of America, experts say, citing the fact the Islamic State is far more gruesomely efficient than even al Qaeda and is attracting hundreds of committed U.S. followers. Published November 14, 2015
Kurds seize Sinjar, city in northern Iraq, from Islamic State’s clutches
The Kurdish government in Iraq declared Friday morning that its peshmerga fighters, backed by intense U.S. airstrikes, had liberated the city of Sinjar, a place of horrifying atrocities carried out by the Islamic State. Published November 12, 2015
Moderate Democrats pleading with Obama for decisive plan to beat Islamic State
Moderate Democrats are breaking with their party's left and with President Obama on the Iraq-Syria war strategy, basically pleading with the commander in chief to come up with a more decisive plan for defeating the Islamic State's terrorist army. Published November 11, 2015
Pentagon ‘gay’ rape debacle: Report alleging male-on-male sexual trauma retracted
The American Psychological Association has taken the extraordinary step of retracting an in-house journal article that asserted the rate of rape and other sexual trauma among military men was as much as 15 times higher than the Pentagon's own survey. Published November 9, 2015
Doctors Without Borders refuses Pentagon money to rebuild hospital damaged in airstrike
Doctors Without Borders is saying no thanks to a Pentagon offer to pay for rebuilding its trauma center destroyed by a U.S. AC-130 gunship on Oct. 3, killing 30 patients and staff. Published November 8, 2015
Aaron Allmon case makes Minot Air Force Base ground zero in military’s new gender wars
He is an award-winning combat photographer who stands accused of trying to pick up women in the public affairs office at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota, and for that prosecutors wanted to put him in prison for 130 years. Published November 5, 2015
‘Gay’ rape in military underreported by Pentagon
Far more military men are being raped by other men than is reported by the Pentagon because of the stigma attached to such sexual assaults, says a new study published by the American Psychological Association. Published November 3, 2015
Green Beret war hero cleared of wrongdoing in whistleblower case
A Green Beret war hero, whom the Army had banished from his Pentagon office for whistleblowing to Congress about what he considered a failed hostage rescue policy, has been cleared of wrongdoing. Published November 1, 2015
Army misfires on pistol upgrade effort, confuses gun makers with complex requirements
The Army is botching the procurement of what should be one of the simplest weapons to buy: the pistol. Published October 28, 2015
Obama’s team preps for more U.S. boots on the ground in fight against Islamic State
President Obama's war cabinet signaled Tuesday that the U.S. military is preparing for deeper troop commitments in the one-year offensive against the Islamic State, with ratcheted-up airstrikes on the terrorist group's moneymaking enterprises and with more American boots on the ground. Published October 27, 2015
