Kresta in the Afternoon – December 30, 2021 – Hour 2
In this hour of the Countdown, Joby Warrick explains what ISIS is doing now and John U Bacon tells how he turned around America’s worst high school hockey team.
2021 Kresta in the Afternoon Countdown
#10- What is ISIS doing now?
A Pentagon official recently said that ISIS-K could have the capacity to attack the US within the next 12 months. It’s been two years since founder Abu Bakr Al Bagdadi was killed and the caliphate may be gone, but ISIS clearly isn’t going anywhere. What do they want now, and what will they do to get it? We’ll talk with Joby Warrick.
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Pentagon official warns ISIS-K could be able to attack US in six months
ISIS used chemical weapons on Iraqi prisoners, U.N. investigators find
Taliban Refuse to Agree to Work with U.S. to Curb Islamic State in Afghanistan
Pakistan using informal intelligence channels to prop up Taliban fight against ISIS
Timeline: the Rise, Spread, and Fall of the Islamic State
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#9 I Coached America’s Worst Hockey Team – and Made them Winners
When John U Bacon played hockey for the Ann Arbor Huron High School River Rats, he never scored a goal. But years later he was asked to coach the team – which at that point hadn’t won a single game in over a year. They were proud to be called the worst team in America – and John turn them into winners. He tells us how.
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