Samuel Smith and World Watch Monitor

Latest

• 
  Nov 13, 2014

  Survey: 85 Percent of Arabs Hold Disdain Toward ISIS

  Despite the fact that Islamic State leaders have their eyes set on expanding the caliphate outside of Iraq and Syria, a recent poll surveying respondents from seven Arab nations and refugees in Syria found that ISIS is overwhelmingly unpopular among people there.

• 
  Nov 13, 2014

  Survey: White Working Class Voters Crucial to Republican Victories

  The Republican advantage among white working class voters increased 15 percentage points from 2012 to 2014, which delivered Republicans their big wins in the 2014 midterms, according to a report by the Public Religion Research Institute.

• 
  Nov 12, 2014

  Iraqi Soldiers Overtake ISIS Control in Strategic Oil Town of Beiji

  Iraqi military officials said Tuesday that Iraqi forces have retaken control of the government headquarters and nearly three-quarters of the strategic oil town of Beiji, which is located about 155 miles north of Baghdad and houses Iraq's largest oil refinery.

• 
  Nov 12, 2014

  ISIS Could Establish Own Currency Using Pure Gold and Silver Coins; Could Depreciate Value of the Dollar

  Reports have emerged indicating that the Islamic State is planning to soon circulate its own form of currency in areas under its control, and plans to issue pure solid gold and silver gold dinar coins that it hopes will help devalue Western currencies.

• 
  Nov 11, 2014

  Christians Upset With Kellogg's for Promoting Homosexuality in 'Tony the Tiger' Gay Pride Ad

  The Kellogg's cereal company is experiencing a backlash from Christian consumers who claim they'll no longer buy the company's products after it helped sponsor the Atlanta gay pride march in mid-October by using the beloved Frosted Flakes mascot, Tony the Tiger, in a pro-LGBT advertisement in the event's pride guide.

• 
  Nov 10, 2014

  Ex ISIS Member Reveals Turkey, a NATO Member, Is Supporting Islamic State

  Testimony provided by a former member of the Islamic State in Syria indicates that ISIS militants view NATO member Turkey as their ally, and highlights the extent to which the militant group has coordinated its efforts with the Turkish government.

• 
  Nov 10, 2014

  Ex CBS Reporter: CBS Covered Up Obama's Flawed Benghazi Quote for Political Reasons

  A former CBS News investigative reporter is claiming that CBS News executives kept hidden part of a "60 Minutes" interview with President Barack Obama following the Benghazi terrorist attack in 2012 that could have hurt the president's reelection campaign.

• 
  Nov 8, 2014

  UK High Court Allows Mother to Euthanize Severely Disabled Daughter; Joni Eareckson Tada Says Judge's Decision 'Terrifying'

  The decision by a United Kingdom High Court judge to allow a British mother to legally euthanize her 12-year-old daughter, who was suffering from a host of non life threatening disabling disorders, is drawing strong criticism from many disability advocates who say the decision sets a dangerous precedent that will allow guardians of other disabled people to do the same.

• 
  Nov 7, 2014

  Pakistani Police Officer Uses Axe to Hack to Death Man Accused of Blasphemy, Officials Confirm

  A man who was jailed in Pakistan after being accused of making blasphemous remarks about Islam was killed by a police officer Thursday morning when he was chopped to death with an axe, police officials said.

• Nov 7, 2014

  ISIS Sex Slave Price: 1- to 9-Y-O Christian, Yazidi Girls Sold for $172

  A regulatory price list recently released by the Islamic State leadership shows that ISIS militants are selling captured Christian and Yazidi girls, as young as one to nine years old, as sex slaves and charging nearly three to four times the amount that they would charge for a grown woman.