Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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.” Published 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. Published 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. Published 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." Published 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. Published 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. Published 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." Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published 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. Published January 11, 2015
French Islamist mini-states grow into problem out of government control
A backdrop to the massacre in Paris on Wednesday by self-professed al Qaeda terrorists is that city officials have increasingly ceded control of heavily Muslim neighborhoods to Islamists, block by block. Published January 7, 2015
Air Force clears crew in ‘friendly fire’ deaths
The Air Force said Tuesday that mistakes by its B1-B air crew when they targeted American soldiers did not directly cause the Afghanistan war's worst case of "friendly fire" fatalities. Published January 6, 2015
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula adapts to avoid Predator drones
The most dangerous al Qaeda affiliate to the U.S. homeland is teaching fighters how to avoid detection by the Predator drone, the terrorist group's feared assassin flying over Yemen. Published January 4, 2015
Army chaplain rebuked for citing Christian faith in suicide prevention effort
Traditional values groups are rallying around an Army chaplain who was rebuked by his commander for distributing information on Christianity during mandatory suicide prevention training. Published January 1, 2015
Green Berets cleared in Afghanistan friendly fire deaths
The Army's top special operations officer has cleared two Green Berets of wrongdoing in the worst case of "friendly fire" fatalities in the long Afghanistan war. Published December 28, 2014
