first . Jihadists slaughter those they think have insulted their faith . When authors and artists say anything that might be deemed disrespectful of Islam , they take risks .
At the end of March , Syrian forces , with the aid of Russian military , seized control of the ancient town of historic Palmyra . What they discovered when they entered the city were monuments destroyed or harmed , thousands of bombs and booby traps , ready to level the whole city . Also , all over Palmyra , there were mass graves with dozens of torturedlife.injure.injurycausedbyviolenteventswomen and children , some only 500 meters from the ruins of ancient monuments . Last year , ISIS extremists bombed the historic Yezidi ancient minaret of the Shingal district in northern Iraq , and a year ago , they blew up the church of Virgin Mary in the Assyrian village of Tel Nasri in northeastern Syria .
Mrs. Clinton champions the use of executive agreements in lieu of treaties to circumvent the constitutional requirement of a two - thirds Senate majority for ratification . A recent example was the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action to contain Iran ’s nuclear ambitions . It was fashioned as an executive agreement because , as Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Judiciary Committee , “ you ca n’t pass a treaty anymore . ” In other words , if the President ca n’t get his way by complying with the Constitution , then the Constitution must be torturedlife.injure.injurycausedbyviolenteventsto accommodate the President , i.e. , to borrow from President Nixon to David Frost , “ When the President does it , that means it is not illegal . ” In flagrant violation of constitutional due process , Ms. Clinton also supports limitless presidential power to play prosecutor , judge , jury , and executioner to kill American citizens anywhere on the planet not engaged in hostilities that the president decrees based on secret , unsubstantiated information threatens national security . In exercising this awesome power , according to Clinton , the president is not accountable to any other person , branch of government , or to the public .
He was a war hero because he was captured . I like people who were n’t captured . ” July 17 , 2015 , Family Leadership Summit in Iowa . Trump was referring to Senator John McCain , a former Navy pilot who was torturedlife.injure.injurycausedbyviolenteventsduring his five - and - a - half years as a POW during the Vietnam war . 3 . “ You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes , blood coming out of her wherever . ” August 7 , 2015 , CNN interview about Megyn Kelly , one of Fox News ’ moderators in the first Republican debate .
American hostage Kayla Mueller was torturedlife.injure.injurycausedbyviolentevents, verbally abused , forced into slave labor for ISIS commanders in Syria and raped by the group 's top leader , but her fellow hostages say she never surrendered hope , she selflessly put the welfare of fellow captives above her own and she even stood up to executioner " Jihadi John " to defend her Christian faith . Four former hostages who shared cells with Mueller , speaking publicly for the first time about their shared ordeal for ABC News ' " 20/20 " broadcast , " The Girl Left Behind , " airing Friday , say the Prescott , Arizona , humanitarian aid worker was a courageous 25-year - old who inspired them . Their ISIS guards were overseen by the British tough Mohammed Emwazi , who would later be dubbed Jihadi John , as he carried out the beheadings and killings of 10 hostages .
Clinton never had a concern with how classified information pertaining to the drone program was handled . ” Sources said Clinton ’s comments on neutralizing Assange fits a pattern of callousness when combined with the FBI testimony that she often considered droning individuals and then coupled with her reaction to Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi ’s death in Oct. 2011 . Gaddafi was torturedlife.injure.injurycausedbyviolenteventsand killed , largely due to Clinton ’s maneuvering in the Middle East and Libya . During a sit down interview with CBS News , a Clinton aide notified the room during a taping break of news reports that Gaddafi had been dragged throughout the streets of Libya and ultimately killed . Unaware the camera was still rolling , a jovial and proud Clinton pronounced : “ We came .
Carsten Koall / Getty Images 9/10 Dawood al - Marhoon was arrested aged 17 for participating in an anti - government protest . After refusing to spy on his fellow protestors , he was torturedlife.injure.injurycausedbyviolenteventsand forced to sign a blank document that would later contain his ‘ confession’ . At Dawood ’s trial , the prosecution requested death by crucifixion while refusing him a lawyer . Getty Images