Rowan Scarborough
Articles by Rowan Scarborough
Islamic State employs brutality, threats in effort to entrench caliphate without interference
The Islamic State terrorist army's brutality and threats against America on Aug. 19 are signs it's focusing on entrenching its so-called Muslim caliphate — without interference. Published August 24, 2014
A war by any other name? U.S. military action in Iraq still lacks a moniker
Guns, troops, bombs — the U.S. military action against the Islamic State has everything, except a name. Published August 22, 2014
Islamic State targets Americans at home and abroad
The vicious Islamic State group now is vowing to broaden its war campaign to include killing Americans wherever and whenever it can. Published August 20, 2014
Army quits tests after competing rifle outperforms M4A1 carbine
EXCLUSIVE: A competing rifle outperformed the Army's favored M4A1 carbine in key firings during a competition last year before the service abruptly called off the tests and stuck with its gun, according to a new confidential report. Published August 19, 2014
Critics of George W. Bush’s foreign policy now taking heat themselves
Dogged critics of President George W. Bush's foreign policies suddenly have found that managing the world, and radical Islam, is not as easy as it looked from the outside six or more years ago. Published August 17, 2014
Airstrikes can’t break momentum of Islamic State in Iraq: Pentagon
The Pentagon acknowledged Monday that its limited airstrikes in northern Iraq have done nothing to slow the overall operational goals of an al Qaeda spinoff group, the Islamic State. Published August 11, 2014
Pentagon: Airstrikes haven’t slowed Islamic State’s goals in Iraq
The Pentagon acknowledged Monday that its limited airstrikes in northern Iraq have done nothing to slow the overall operational goals of the al Qaeda spinoff group, the Islamic State. Published August 11, 2014
Islamic State builds forces, targets for Baghdad bomb attacks
The al Qaeda offshoot terrorizing Iraq is in the process of consolidating territorial gains and increasing the target list in Baghdad, a U.S. official and defense analysts say. Published August 3, 2014
Obama military strategy too weak for future security, panel reports
An independent panel appointed by the Pentagon said Thursday that President Obama’s military strategy for sizing the force is too weak to meet growing national security threats. Published July 31, 2014
Family of Marine killed in Afghanistan pushes back against cover-up
The family of a Marine murdered in Afghanistan as he worked out in a gym is accusing the Corps of a cover-up by refusing to turn over documents that would show the dangerous environment inside Forward Operating Base Delhi. Published July 27, 2014
Afghan who killed three U.S. Marines in 2012 to serve over 7-year prison sentence
An Afghanistan man has been given a 7-1/2 year prison sentence for murdering three U.S. Marines in a forward operating base in Helmand Province in August 2012. Published July 25, 2014
State Department indicates Nouri al-Maliki’s days numbered as Iraq prime minister
The State Department on Thursday all but showed Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the door, saying he had been particularly hard to work with. Published July 24, 2014
Marine Corps whistleblower lands new Pentagon position
A Marine Corps officer who took on the top brass, and lost, has started a new career path in a legal job under the Pentagon's Joint Staff, not the Corps. Published July 23, 2014
Elusive target: U.S. believed Iraq terror mastermind al-Baghdadi killed 3 times
A special intelligence adviser to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus during the 2007 troop surge says the terrorist leader now ruling over large swaths of Iraq and forcing Christians to convert to Islam has long been the most elusive big game for the U.S. Published July 20, 2014
Air Force command nominee is 1st woman, non-pilot
The White House has picked the first female general to head the Air Force in the Pacific, which will make her the first non-pilot to command air power in such a large theater of operation. Published July 17, 2014
Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi formerly a U.S. captive
The U.S. held him captive for a time in 2004 before an unconditional release put him back into Iraq's growing Sunni insurgency. Published July 13, 2014
Islamic militants aim to take Baghdad airport
The al Qaeda-inspired terrorist army in Iraq ultimately wants to capture Baghdad International Airport and begin a campaign to destabilize neighboring Jordan, an important U.S. ally, analysts say. Published July 9, 2014
ISIL shows increasing strength and structure, takes war where al Qaeda couldn’t
The al Qaeda offshoot terrorist group conquering parts of Iraq is gaining strength thanks to prisoner releases and its social media magnetism for foreign fighter recruits. Published July 6, 2014
Indictment of suspect in Benghazi attack Ahmed Abu Khatallah debunks the Obama tale
The Obama administration's just-released criminal complaint against the alleged mastermind of the Benghazi terrorist attacks provides a final contradiction to its own evolving explanations for what happened that day. Published July 1, 2014
Air Force secretary gets sick flying with Thunderbirds
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James hitched a ride with the storied Thunderbirds aerial acrobatic team this week — and it didn't go quite as she planned. Published June 28, 2014
