Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
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
Osama bin Laden capture: CIA harsh interrogations crucial, Republicans say
Senate Democrats' argument that harsh CIA interrogations played no role in finding Osama bin Laden revolves in crucial ways around the life of Hassan Ghul, who turned out to be the most informative biographer of Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, who eventually led the CIA to bin Laden's home address in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Published December 25, 2014
Bowe Bergdahl: Four-star general Mark Milley handed soldier’s court martial case
The Army announced Monday that it is referring the case of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to a four-star general who will decide whether to charge him criminally for leaving his base in 2009 in Afghanistan. Published December 22, 2014
Bowe Bergdahl court-martial would require an honorable discharge
The Army would have to give Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl an honorable discharge because he is past his active duty commitment, unless it proceeded with a court martial, a legal expert says. Published December 21, 2014
Special operations forces tactics compromised by Hollywood, media reports
Special operations forces' three most recent attempts to rescue American hostages failed. Some believe Islamic extremists have gone to school on U.S. tactics — and the classroom is the American media. Published December 17, 2014
Islamic militant groups mum on ‘torture report’ detailing CIA interrogation tactics
Prominent Islamic extremist groups are so far not reacting to the Senate Democrats' explosive report on CIA interrogation of al Qaeda operatives, leaving responses to a smattering of their jihadi supporters on social media. Published December 14, 2014
Pentagon: Sexual assault accuser inconsistent statements don’t indicate lies
The Pentagon is telling investigators that just because a sexual assault accuser gets mixed up on facts does not mean she or he is lying. Published December 11, 2014
