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U.S. Marines of the 28th Regiment, 5th Division, raise the American flag atop Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945. Strategically located only 660 miles from Tokyo, the Pacific island became the site of one of the bloodiest, most famous battles of World War II against Japan. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal)

Remembering Iwo Jima

Austin Bay · February 25, 2015 7:56 pm

This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. (AP Photo/Militant video)

Responding to the Islamic State’s totalitarian anger

Austin Bay · February 18, 2015 5:35 pm

President Obama didn't intend to make the Battle of Yarmuk (636 A.D.) a 2015 news item. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“Je Suis Charles Martel”: Obama’s crusade benefits Islamic State

Austin Bay · February 11, 2015 6:23 pm

A pro-Russian rebel guards the road near the airport of Donetsk, with Ukrainian military vehicles at rear, Eastern Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. (AP Photo/Mstyslav Chernov)

Cyborgs versus invading green men: Putin’s creeping Ukraine invasion continues

Austin Bay · February 4, 2015 4:46 pm

In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 2014 photo taken on a government organized media tour, a woman rides a donkey past a convoy of government troops in Tabit village in the North Darfur region of Sudan. (AP Photo/Abd Raouf)

Time for Obama and Ambassador Power to account for their Darfur failure

Austin Bay · January 28, 2015 8:26 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani shake hands as they meet at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Strategist Putin strikes an ominous deal with Iran

Austin Bay · January 21, 2015 5:13 pm

Nigerian soldiers stand guard at the offices of the state-run Nigerian Television Authority in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP/Jon Gambrell)

The struggle to reform Islam

Austin Bay · January 14, 2015 4:35 pm

Two MONUSCO UN soldiers stand guard in Goma's port as Police Nationale du Congo officers who fled Goma when M23 rebels took over the city Nov. 18 2012, return on a barge to the port of Goma, eastern Congo, Friday Nov. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Congo’s elites undermining peacekeeping successes

Austin Bay · January 7, 2015 4:49 pm

Security guard walk past the Chinese national flag at the Military Museum of Chinese People's Revolution on March 1, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Photo by China Photos/Getty images)

2015: Will China continue to probe its neighbors?

Austin Bay · January 2, 2015 7:06 pm

President Obama supports Sony Pictures' choice to release "The Interview," the White House said Tuesday. (AP Photo)

North Korea’s combined arms attack on Sony

Austin Bay · December 24, 2014 6:05 pm

Ashton Carter listens as President Obama announces Carter as his nominee for defense secretary Friday, Dec. 5, 2014, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A few confirmation questions for Obama’s SecDef nominee

Austin Bay · December 17, 2014 6:29 pm

Infantrymen of the 7th US, Infantry Division dig in for an attack in snowdrifts near Amonies (Belgium) January 4, 1945 during the 'Battle of the Bulge'. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty images)

A 14th Cavalry surgeon’s Battle of the Bulge

Austin Bay · December 10, 2014 6:15 pm