Tag: Terrorism

Damaged part of USS Fitzgerald is seen at the U.S. Naval base in Yokosuka, southwest of Tokyo Sunday, June 18, 2017. Navy divers found a number of sailors' bodies Sunday aboard the stricken USS Fitzgerald that collided with a container ship Saturday in the busy sea off Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

National Security

Weekend wrap: Steve Scalise and Matt Mika continue to improve; 7 sailors die in accident

Kyle Feldscher · June 19, 2017 3:35 am

Police man a cordon at Finsbury Park where a vehicle struck pedestrians in London Monday, June 19, 2017. Police say a vehicle struck pedestrians on a road in north London, leaving several casualties and one person has been arrested. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

National Security

Council: Muslims targeted in London van attack

Kyle Feldscher · June 19, 2017 1:49 am

Police detain a man outside the House of Commons, London, Friday June 16, 2017. Scotland Yard said the man - aged in his 30s - was arrested on suspicion of possessing a knife. there were no injuries. Friday's incident comes just months after a man barreled his car into pedestrians on nearby Westminster Bridge and then charged into a Parliament courtyard, stabbing a police officer to death. In this case, security of the perimeter did not appear to be breached. (Harriet Line/PA via AP)

National Security

Police: ‘A number of casualties’ after vehicle strikes pedestrians in London

Associated Press · June 19, 2017 12:33 am

France intervened in Mali in 2013 to oust Islamic extremists who had seized control of the major northern towns the year before. While the militants were officially ousted, they have continued to launch regular attacks on U.N. peacekeeping and Malian military sites. (AP Photo/Baba Ahmed)

Suspected jihadists attack resort outside Mali’s capital

Associated Press · June 18, 2017 7:31 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis finalized the $12 billion deal with the Qatari defense minister in Washington on Wednesday, according to a report. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

National Security

Qatar, US complete $12 billion sale of 36 F-15 jets

Anna Giaritelli · June 15, 2017 2:13 am

Minutes after the shooting, Donald Trump, Jr. repeated a sentiment most often expressed by progressives of late: that violent rhetoric sometimes has violent ends. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Beltway Confidential

Scalise shooting, Portland and others: How much do the political views of American terrorists matter?

chris-machold · June 14, 2017 9:38 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis placed the blame for the current mess in Afghanistan squarely on the Obama administration, telling Congress Wednesday that by cutting support for the Afghan forces prematurely, President Obama allowed the Taliban to regroup and recover. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Jim Mattis: Obama admin’s missteps undercut Afghanistan’s stability

Jamie McIntyre · June 14, 2017 4:11 pm

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis confirmed Wednesday that President Trump has given him the authority to set the number of troops in Afghanistan as the U.S. rethinks its strategy there. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

National Security

Mattis confirms Trump gave him authority over Afghanistan troop numbers

Travis J. Tritten · June 14, 2017 3:37 pm

President Trump is unpopular in the United Kingdom. Fairly or unfairly, he's regarded as ill-informed, rude and petty. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Beltway Confidential

3 ways Trump can immediately strengthen the US-UK relationship

Tom Rogan · June 13, 2017 2:13 pm

Church bells tolled 49 times, a giant rainbow flag hung from a county government building and the names of the victims of the Pulse nightclub attack were read aloud at various ceremonies Monday as people in Orlando and beyond remembered the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Washington Post’s Orlando retrospective dwells on ‘gun violence,’ omits terrorism and ISIS

Becket Adams · June 13, 2017 12:45 pm

Police patrol on the streets in the London Bridge area of London on June 4. Police have identified an apartment rented by one of the attackers where they may have planned the attacks. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

National Security

British police arrest 19-year-old in connection with the London Bridge attacks

Leah DePiero · June 12, 2017 9:18 pm

Offered a choice between a state visit this year or next, for both Britain and Trump, the best option is 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is clever to delay his state visit to the UK

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2017 8:04 pm