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Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi, accused of planning a series of bombings in New York, may have been in contact with the head of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. NEW YORK – The airport shuttle driver accused of plotting a bombing in New York had contacts with al-Qaida that went nearly ...
The latest reports about the alleged New York City bombing plot contain a clue to why so much of this story has seemed weird and disjointed — the FBI and the NYPD were apparently engaged in an inter-bureau squabble: Three Men Arrested by FBI in NYC Terror Plot. The ...
Things are finally starting to break open in the case of the alleged New York bombing plot: NYC Terror Plot Suspect Admits al Qaeda Ties, Official Says. The Denver man at the center of an alleged New York bomb plot, Najibullah Zazi, has admitted he has ties to al ...
A major Al Qaeda leader thought to be the mastermind of the terror attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania has reportedly been killed in Somalia. A senior al Qaeda operative behind the 1998 attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania is believed to have been ...
In Afghanistan’s North Helmand Province, where Michael Yon is embedded with the Brits, the elections didn’t turn out very well. This dispatch has been dictated by satellite phone due to communications difficulties. My satellite gear has failed on election day. I do not know how well the ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Election
As Afghanistan holds presidential elections, a new poll shows that a majority of Americans oppose the war — and there’s a stark difference on party lines. A majority of Americans now see the war in Afghanistan as not worth fighting, and just a quarter say more U.S. troops should ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda
There’s absolutely nobody to root for, as Hamas puts down a threat to their control of Gaza by invading a mosque and slaughtering more than 20 people. GAZA (Reuters) – Palestinian Islamists Hamas struck back at an al-Qaeda challenge to their grip on the Gaza Strip by storming a ...
Palestinians, Terrorism, Hamas, Gaza, Warriors of God, Al Qaeda
Andrea Elliott of the New York Times has a good in-depth report on the disturbing number of Somali Muslim refugees living in Minnesota who have returned to Somalia to join the jihad: A Call to Jihad, Answered in America. In November, Mr. Hassan and two other students dropped out ...
Somalia, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Militant Islam, Minnesota, Jihad
This is a welcome development, but I’m sure Putin has his own reasons for agreeing to it: Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan. MOSCOW — The Russian government has agreed to allow American troops and weapons bound for Afghanistan to fly over Russian territory, providing ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Russia
A massive military offensive is under way in Afghanistan against the Taliban. NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. One Marine was killed and ...
Afghanistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Military, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda
The New York Times has an article on the extensive ties between top members of the Saudi ruling family and terrorist groups, as new evidence is revealed by the families of 9/11 victims — evidence that is being ignored and suppressed by the US government: Documents Back Saudi Link to ...
Saudi Arabia, Islam, Wahhabism, Jihad, Militant Islam, Terrorism, Taliban, Al Qaeda, Law, 9/11
In case you had any doubt: Al Qaeda says would use Pakistani nuclear weapons. DUBAI (Reuters) - If it were in a position to do so, Al Qaeda would use Pakistan’s nuclear weapons in its fight against the United States, a top leader of the group said in remarks ...
Pakistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Terrorism, Nuclear Weapons, Al Qaeda
It’s not a good sign when your national security ministers keep getting murdered: Somali security minister killed in explosion. NAIROBI, Kenya – Somalia’s national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida ...
A five-star hotel in Peshawar, Pakistan, that caters to Westerners has been the target of an apparent jihad attack: Pakistani officials: Huge bomb at Peshawar hotel. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials says a huge bomb has exploded at a luxury hotel in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at ...
Pakistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Al Qaeda, Terrorism, Peshawar
Yet another “Osama bin Laden” audiotape appears, ranting about Barack Obama. Why doesn’t anyone ever ask: if this is really bin Laden, why doesn’t he ever appear on video like every other Al Qaeda freakazoid? A new audio tape from Osama bin Laden criticizes President Barack Obama for planting ...
Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Militant Islam, Terrorism, Barack Obama
What I’ve believed for a long time about Osama bin Laden — that he’s the world’s most talkative corpse — is starting to leak out from sources in Pakistan: Bin Laden could be dead, whereabouts unknown: Zardari. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari said on Monday that ...
We may not like what President Obama is doing domestically, but this is exactly the right thing to do when the Taliban threaten to attack America: Drone Attack Kills 12 After Taliban Threatens DC. An American drone once again struck a suspected militant camp in Pakistan. 12 people are ...
Yesterday the Islamic supremacists calling themselves the Taliban staged a mass murder attack on a Pakistani police academy—and today the “commander” of this brutish gang of thugs is promising an attack on Washington DC. DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — The commander of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility Tuesday ...
Here’s a highly entertaining segment of Bill Maher’s show, with Salman Rushdie and Christopher Hitchens squaring off against ... rapper Mos Def, who gives new meaning to the word “incoherent.” [Video]
Bill Maher, Christopher Hitchens, Salman Rushdie, Bill Maher, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Osama bin Laden
The National Geographic Channel has an interesting show coming up in April, a look at day-to-day operations Inside Guantanamo. [Video]
Released through Al Jazeera, the terror-friendly Arab network that continues trying to gain a foothold in the US, here’s another tedious rant from “Osama bin Laden” calling on all Muslims to kill Jews, take over Iraq, take over Jordan, and wipe out Israel. Same old same old. And of course, ...
Osama bin Laden, Al Qaeda, Militant Islam, Gaza, Palestinians, Al Jazeera, JihadTV
Jose Guardia pays tribute to the victims of the Madrid train bombings, 5 years after the Islamic terror attacks in Spain: In memoriam, five years after.
Spain, Terrorism, Madrid Train Bombings, Al Qaeda, Militant Islam
Michael Yon comments on a New Bid to Eradicate al Qaeda. Iraq continues to progress, but still some fighting. Yet these days, al Qaeda in Iraq is like a piranha fish with no scales; it’s still alive and flopping around on shore, but the dwindling piranha school cannot be ...
This is really, really bad news, as Pakistan capitulates to Taliban terrorists. PESHAWAR, Pakistan – Pakistan agreed Monday to suspend military offensives and impose Islamic law in part of the restive northwest, making a gesture it hopes will help calm the Taliban insurgency while rejecting Washington’s call for tougher ...
Q: When do US airstrikes in Pakistan actually kill Al Qaeda and Taliban “fighters,” and not “innocent women and children?” A: When they’re ordered by Barack Obama. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Two missiles fired from American drone aircraft killed more than 30 people, including Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, near ...
Pakistan, Taliban, Militant Islam, Al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Media Bias