US places $3 million bounty on special ops officer turned terrorist

US places $3 million bounty on special ops officer turned terrorist

Col. Gulmurod Khalimov, a former Tajik special operations officer, police commander, and military sniper, received American counterterrorism training before joining ranks of jihadi group in May • State Department says Khalimov is a “key” ISIS leader.

Suspected mastermind of Bangladesh cafe attack killed by police

Suspected mastermind of Bangladesh cafe attack killed by police

Bangladeshi security forces stormed an Islamist terror hideout on Saturday, killing three militants, including the suspected mastermind of last month’s deadly attack on a Dhaka cafe. Moniru Islam, the head of the police counter-terrorism unit in Dhaka, told Reuters that Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, a Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen, was among those killed in the raid on a […]

Minneapolis bridge collapse survivor faces terror charge

Minneapolis bridge collapse survivor faces terror charge

A survivor of the 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people now faces terror charges after authorities say he traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State group, departing the U.S. just a few weeks after collecting more than $91,000 in settlement money for his injuries. Mohamed Amiin Ali Roble, 20, was charged Wednesday […]

Feds in Terror Case Want Max Term for Ex-Illinois Guardsman

Feds in Terror Case Want Max Term for Ex-Illinois Guardsman

Prosecutors want a federal judge next month to impose the maximum 30-year prison sentence on a former Illinois National Guard soldier who plotted to attack a military armory in his home state, saying in a new filing that “betraying one’s country while in its service is a particularly grave crime.” Hasan Edmonds, 23, of Aurora, deserves the […]

Police targeted in three bombings in Turkey, 10 people killed and at least 300 wounded

Police targeted in three bombings in Turkey, 10 people killed and at least 300 wounded

Over the past few days there have been three explosions in Turkey resulting in the deaths of at least 10 people and 300 injured.  The bombings occurred in the cities of Elazig, Van, and Gayda. The main target for the terrorist attacks appear to be police and military. According to CNN, Turkey is blaming the three bombings on […]

Video appears to confirm use of attack drones by Hezbollah

Video appears to confirm use of attack drones by Hezbollah

Hezbollah first used drones in attack missions during the Second Lebanon War in the summer of 2006, loading Ababil drones with explosive material and sending them to crash into Israeli targets, according to a new research paper written by former Washington Institute analyst Nadav Pollak