Tag: Al Qaeda

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Washington Post are doing us all a world of wonder with this biting and nuanced commentary with their lame-brained anti-NRA political cartoons. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

These anti-NRA cartoons are the laziest thing we’ve seen online this week

Becket Adams · November 13, 2017 11:17 pm

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., spoke at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Monday, where he discussed the "paradox of tolerance" in a world constantly under terror threat. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Ron Johnson: Our tolerant society is facing a ‘paradox’ in this terror threat

Kara Zupkus · November 13, 2017 11:05 pm

Al-Shabaab carried out multiple destructive car bomb attacks in Mogadishu, the country's capital, last month, killing hundreds (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

National Security

American airstrike in Somalia kills al-Shabaab militant

Kyle Feldscher · November 12, 2017 5:50 pm

Spinning the bin Laden Documents

Stephen F. Hayes · November 10, 2017 9:00 am

The lessening demand for air support for Iraqi and Syrian ground troops will free up some attack planes for use over Afghanistan, where President Trump's new strategy includes new rules of engagement to provide more air support for Afghan government troops battling the Taliban. (Air Force photo)

National Security

Bombing down 60 percent over Iraq and Syria as US shifts air war to Afghanistan

Jamie McIntyre · November 7, 2017 6:37 pm

Documents from the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden's compound show that Iran retained a close relationship with al Qaeda, proving a safe haven for its officers, plus training and support for its murderers. The Obama administration feared that if voters knew the truth about how Iran worked to support al Qaeda after 9/11, they would oppose his nuclear deal with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)

The case for getting tough on Iran grows stronger

Washington Examiner · November 6, 2017 8:47 pm

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., joins Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and other members of his party in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as they try to limit President Trump's authority to target a growing roster of extremists aligned with the Islamic State and al Qaeda across Africa and the Middle East. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Senate Democrats seek to limit Trump’s counter-terrorism powers

Travis J. Tritten · November 6, 2017 5:01 am

The Islamic State called Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect behind the New York City terror attack, as a "soldier" of the caliphate. (St. Charles County, Mo. Department of Corrections/KMOV via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Why ISIS described New York attacker as a ‘soldier of the Caliphate’

Tom Rogan · November 3, 2017 7:36 pm

The CIA has released the bulk of the Osama bin Laden documents, which show just how deep Iran-al Qaeda links are.

Beltway Confidential

The real scandal of the declassified Osama bin Laden trove implicates Obama and the CIA

Michael Rubin · November 2, 2017 3:18 pm

While many are concerned about the victims and the threat of terrorism from ISIS, reactions coming from the Left would have you think that the real victims of terrorism are Muslims who now have to answer for the crimes of one sick and deranged individual. (iStock)

Beltway Confidential

Why our first thoughts after a terrorist attack shouldn’t be on Islamophobia

Siraj Hashmi · November 1, 2017 11:32 pm

BREAKING: CIA Releases Hundreds of Thousands of Documents from Osama bin Laden

Jonathan V. Last · November 1, 2017 4:49 pm

Law enforcement personnel examine the scene after a driver mowed down people on a riverfront bike path near the World Trade Center on Tuesday in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Vehicle attacks aren’t going away, we must adapt

Tom Rogan · November 1, 2017 3:06 pm