Tag: Terrorism

NYTimes: ‘Homegrown Radicals More Deadly Than Jihadis in U.S.’

Daniel Halper · June 24, 2015 12:04 pm

Elaine Weinstein, left, is joined by daughter Jennifer Coakley, right, widow and daughter of American aid worker Warren Weinstein, who was inadvertently killed by CIA drone strikes in early 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

White House, Congress clash on hostage recovery reforms

Susan Crabtree · June 24, 2015 4:01 am

Defense Secretary Ash Carter testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 17, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committeehearing on the U.S. policy and strategy in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Ashton Carter: ‘Not confident’ Obama can close Gitmo

Kelly Cohen · June 23, 2015 5:55 pm

New WH hostage plan is ‘pathetic,’ says chief GOP critic

Susan Crabtree · June 23, 2015 5:34 pm

Fire and smokes rise at the site of a suicide attack during clashes with Taliban fighters in front of the Parliament, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 22, 2015. The Taliban launched a complex attack on the Afghan parliament Monday, with a suicide car bomber striking at the entrance and gunmen battling police as lawmakers were meeting inside to confirm the appointment of a defense minister, police and witnesses said. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini)

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Taliban attacks Afghanistan parliament

Kelly Cohen · June 22, 2015 11:13 am

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Charleston massacre was an act of terrorism

Washington Examiner · June 22, 2015 9:00 am

Vehicles are shown traveling on Interstate 395, leaving Washington, in front of the Pentagon, following an explosion. (AP Photo/Tom Horan)

Islamic terrorists are trying to kill us

Washington Examiner Staff · June 22, 2015 4:01 am

A mourner places flowers along the fence outside the Emanuel AME Church, Saturday, June 20, 2015 in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton)

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CNN still running dubious right-wing vs. Muslim extremists statistic

Becket Adams · June 20, 2015 2:48 pm

In this Sept. 22, 2011 photo, members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard march in front of the mausoleum of the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, during armed an forces parade marking the 31st anniversary of the start of the Iraq-Iran war. According to a report,Â Iran is providing arms, financing, training and travel to foreign fighters helping the Assad regime in Syria, including Afghans.Â Much of the activity is funneled through the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Quds Force, which are the targets of much of the U.S. sanctions against Iran.Â (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

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Iran supported terrorists amid nuclear talks

Charles Hoskinson · June 20, 2015 4:01 am

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ISIS helps fuel record spike in terrorist deaths worldwide

Charles Hoskinson · June 19, 2015 7:18 pm

‘White people are terrorists!’: CNN’s unexpected interview on the Charleston shooting

Becket Adams · June 18, 2015 10:23 pm

the leader of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, identified by the IntelCenter as Nasir al-Wahishi, in Yemen. Al-Qaida on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 confirmed that al-Wahishi, its No. 2 figure and leader of its powerful Yemeni affiliate, was killed in a U.S. strike, making it the harshest blow to the global militant network since the killing of Osama bin Laden. (IntelCenter via AP, File)

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U.S. airstrike kills top al Qaeda leader

Kelly Cohen · June 16, 2015 11:09 am