Administration wrong about terrorism sponsor act

Administration wrong about terrorism sponsor act

As President Barack Obama heads to Saudi Arabia to meet with Gulf leaders, back here at home, misinformation is being spread, misinformation that could impact families who have been fighting for over a decade to bring to justice those who aided the brutal murder of our loved ones on September 11, 2001. As the widow […]

Report: Terrorists plotting summer attack on European tourist beaches

Report: Terrorists plotting summer attack on European tourist beaches

Islamic State terrorists are plotting to attack tourists at beach resorts across Europe this summer by posing as drink vendors and placing bombs under sunbeds, German media reported on Tuesday. The terrorists also plan on detonating suicide bombs and gunning down tourists with automatic rifles, Italian security sources told German newspaper Bild. “They want to […]

How to cooperate against terrorism?

How to cooperate against terrorism?

Recent terror attacks in Paris and Brussels have sadly shown the mistakes and sometimes the lack of cooperation of security services. Indeed, the November attacks in Paris were planned by a Brussels-based cell that was likely to be piloted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) leaders in […]

Obama at the CIA: ‘Depraved’ ISIS now on the defensive

Obama at the CIA: ‘Depraved’ ISIS now on the defensive

ISIS is on the defensive after a “bad few months,” President Barack Obama claimed Wednesday during a rare trip to CIA headquarters outside Washington.  He said the “depraved” nature of the organization, also known as ISIL, only brings the world together and strengthens opposition to the group. “Their barbarism only stiffens our unity and our […]

Prada and Louis Vuitton Blame Terrorism for Their Poor Sales

Prada and Louis Vuitton Blame Terrorism for Their Poor Sales

Following the terrorist attacks in Paris in November and in Brussels in March, the business world—in search of the financial fallout—swiveled its collective head to the aviation and hotel sectors, where the cities’ immediate shutdown and fears of follow-up incidents moved the market. But as they report their results this earnings season—some five months after the Paris attacks—luxury […]

Afghanistan: Former Taliban fighters flee ISIS brutality

Afghanistan: Former Taliban fighters flee ISIS brutality

It might just be a crackle and a hiss but to many in eastern Afghanistan, it’s a sign that ISIS is back. ISIS FM was for months how the militants reached out to local Afghans. But then the United States bombed it, as part of a broader campaign to dismantle ISIS, and the radio broadcast […]

Somalia executes journalist turned Al-Shabaab terrorist

Somalia executes journalist turned Al-Shabaab terrorist

For years, Hassan Hanafi was a trusted source of news in Somalia. As the voice of Holy Quran Radio in Mogadishu, listeners across the capital tuned in to hear him report the latest political news. But at some point, Hanafi turned his interest from journalism to terrorism — and joined Al-Shabaab. He used his media […]

Terrorism is on the rise – but there’s a bigger threat we’re not talking about

Terrorism is on the rise – but there’s a bigger threat we’re not talking about

High-profile attacks on major cities in Belgium, France and the United States have set the world on edge. Commentators are talking of a new kind of protracted guerrilla war stretching from the Americas and Europe across Africa, Asia and the Arab world. This one is irregular, hybrid and networked, involving a constellation of terrorist organizations […]

Do The Roots of Jihad Lie in The Quran?

Do The Roots of Jihad Lie in The Quran?

In my article I propose that, “when everyday Muslims investigate the Quran and hadith (or sayings of the Muhammad) for themselves, bypassing centuries of tradition and their imams’ interpretations, they are confronted with the reality of violent jihad in the very foundations of their faith.” Nonetheless, I suggest that the vast majority of Muslims are […]

Why Airline Hijackings Became Relatively Rare

Why Airline Hijackings Became Relatively Rare

The first airplane hijackings occurred not long after international air travel became commonplace. In those days, most hijackers were seeking refuge or riches, not mass murder or global attention for a radical cause. Terrorist hijackings were a later development, but after reaching a grim apex on Sept. 11, 2001, they have become less and less […]

Obama Nixed CIA Plan That Could Have Stopped ISIS: Officials

Obama Nixed CIA Plan That Could Have Stopped ISIS: Officials

The CIA in 2012 proposed a detailed covert action plan designed to remove Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, but President Obama declined to approve it, current and former U.S. officials tell NBC News. It’s long been known that then-CIA Director David Petraeus recommended a program to secretly arm and train moderate Syrian rebels in […]

Delivery driver convicted of plot to attack U.S. military in U.K.

Delivery driver convicted of plot to attack U.S. military in U.K.

A British delivery driver has been convicted of plotting to attack American military personnel in the U.K. A jury on Friday found Junead Khan guilty of preparing an act of terrorism. The 25-year-old’s work for a pharmaceutical firm took him past U.S. air bases in eastern England. Prosecutors said Khan, who was arrested in July, had […]