The New York Times‘s extensive exposé on the September 11 Benghazi attacks turned up no ties to Al Qaeda. By highlighting obscure militiamen and ignoring the roles of White House officials, the piece continues an alarming trend of dismissiveness toward
Either New York Times writer David Kirkpatrick is ignoring his own colleagues’ work, or the Hillary Clinton supporters are laying out early foundations to combat what will be the biggest criticism of her tenure as Secretary of State if she decides
Today, a judge ruled that the NSA surveillance program that collects millions of American’s phone calls is “lawful.” The case was brought by the ACLU: American Civil Liberties Union et al v. Clapper et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of
A U.S. government contractor who was abducted by terrorists in Pakistan over two years ago has appeared in a new video according to a news report. The video released by As-Sahab, the so-called media arm of al Qaeda, shows Warren
Al Qaeda, slowly realizing that its indiscriminate murder of civilians is counterproductive if the victims happen to be Muslims, apologized in a video for a hospital attack in Sanaa, Yemen that killed dozens of people on December 5. Qassim Al-Raimi,
The Syrian rebel Kawa Khalil told me the recent story of the Holy Cross church. Before the war, the church doubled as a school, attended by Muslims and Christians. After the destruction of Syria began, classrooms became homes for refugees.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says before he signs a Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States, he has two demands: that “the Americans should stop attacks against Afghan homes” and that there be “peace in Afghanistan.” In an interview tih
Authorities in northwest Pakistan have charged the doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden with murder and fraud, officials and a defence lawyer said Saturday. Afridi’s lawyer Samiullah Afridi confirmed the charges. Naseeb Gula, from the northwestern tribal
(Reuters) – Pakistan on Friday charged with murder the doctor who helped the United States track down al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, in the latest development in a case that has strained ties between the two countries. Afridi, hailed
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released shocking video of an AlQaeda-linked terror cell that was operating in Kentucky. Stingermissiles capable of downing U.S. commercial airliners, grenades, RPG’s,and an assortment of other weaponry that had been rendered inoperable bythe
The U.S. has released private diaries from Abu Zubaydah, who is believed to have been the third-in-command of Al Qaeda and also believed to have taken part in the planning of 9/11. The diaries span from 1990 to March 2002.
CBS: Andy Wood: “We had one option: Leave Benghazi or you will be killed.” Green Beret Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Andy Wood, was one of the top American security officials in Libya. Based in Tripoli, he met with Amb. Stevens every
60 Minutes: He calls himself Morgan Jones, a pseudonym he’s using for his own safety. A former British soldier, he’s been helping to keep U.S. diplomats and military leaders safe for the last decade. On a night he describes as
On Sunday, CBS’ 60 Minutes released a segment in which Lara Logan, now famous for being brutally sexually assaulted in Cairo in 2011, interviewed a former British soldier, “Morgan Jones.” Jones protected U.S. diplomats, Green Beret Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Andy
CBS NEWS’ 60 MINUTES: Preview: Benghazi: Lara Logan hears the first eyewitness account from a Westerner who was on the ground in Benghazi during the deadly al Qaeda attack on the U.S. consulate. He calls himself Morgan Jones, a pseudonym
Remember when President Obama proclaimed that Al Qaeda was “on the run”, “decimated”, and “on the path to defeat”, much to the chagrin of the national security and intelligence communities as a whole? We may now know from whom the
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) violated Reagan’s 11th Commandment Wednesday night by accusing fellow Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of having “no intelligence.” The charge was in response to something Gohmert said this past weekend about McCain. To be fair, Gohmert was
In an interview with Spiegel magazine Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he has yet to decide to whether he will run for re-election in 2014. He said he was not “in a position” to make that call at the moment.
Sheikh Ibrahim Omar and three others were murdered Thursday in Mombassa, Kenya. Omar preached at a mosque that reportedly recruited members for the Somali al Qaeda-linked terrorist group al-Shabaab. In retaliation for the murders, Muslim youths rioted in the streets
A Kenyan military spokesperson revealed the names of four of the terrorists that attacked the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Al-Shabaab, a Somali al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, attacked the mall on September 21 and purposely targeted non-Muslims. The Kenyan military released
A new report by an Israeli security research institute warns that Al Qaeda is in the process of constructing its main regional Middle East base in Syria, from which it plans to export terrorism and Islamic radicalism to nearby states
South Africa’s City Press reported over the weekend that Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency had warned the local Jewish community in South Africa that Samantha Lewthwaite (a.k.a. the “White Widow”) had entered the country and was a known threat, having been recorded
The Al Qaeda terror group has opened a Twitter account. According to The Washington Free Beacon, the account was opened on September 23; early tweets dealt with “divisions between two Al Qaeda rebel groups in Syria.” The Arabic-language account, @shomokhalislam, had
When Samantha Lewthwaite’s husband, Germaine Lindsay, bombed a train in London as part of the terrorist attacks on the London Underground on July 7, 2005, many thought she was also a victim. She claimed she did not know about the
Social media giant Twitter is blocking six accounts linked to the al Qaeda terrorist group al Shabaab from using its service to spread propaganda. Three of these accounts have been created within the past two days. The Washington Free Beacon
