Tag: Terrorism

President Obama speaks at a news conference at the NATO summit at Celtic Manor, Newport, Wales, Friday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

National Security

Obama: Goal is to ‘dismantle,’ not ‘contain’ ISIS

Brian Hughes · September 5, 2014 4:29 pm

Armed al-shabab fighters on pickup trucks prepare to travel into the city, just outside Mogadishu, in Somalia. U.S. military forces targeted the Islamic extremist al-Shabab network in an operation Monday, Sept. 1, 2014 in Somalia, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)

National Security

U.S. confirms death of al-Shabab leader in Somalia airstrike

Charles Hoskinson · September 5, 2014 3:56 pm

Secretary of State John Kerry called together a group of countries at the NATO summit Friday morning in a previously unscheduled meeting to rally them to become a "coalition of the willing" to confront the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in a systematic way. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Kerry makes pitch for anti-ISIS coalition

Susan Crabtree · September 5, 2014 12:58 pm

Beltway Confidential

Report: U.S. taking precautions to defend Baghdad’s ‘green zone’ from ISIS attacks

Becket Adams · September 4, 2014 9:37 pm

US: Terrorist could get Syria chemical weapons

Alexandra Olson · September 4, 2014 8:37 pm

Iraqi security forces hold a flag of the Islamic State group they captured during an operation outside Amirli, some 105 miles north of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday. (AP Photo)

Ignorance fuels the calls for war

Steve Chapman · September 4, 2014 6:51 pm

Beltway Confidential

CNN asks: How do you defeat ISIS without putting boots on the ground?

Becket Adams · September 4, 2014 5:49 pm

People walk outside the Taj Mahal hotel, which was one of the targets of the 2008 terror attacks by a small group of Pakistani militants in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014. At least three Indian states with large Muslim populations have been put on alert in the wake of a video release where the leader of Al-Qaida says the terrorist group has expanded into India.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Al-Qaida leader says it has expanded into India

Tim Sullivan · September 4, 2014 1:50 pm

National Security

White House worried about threat from Americans fighting for ISIS

Charles Hoskinson · September 4, 2014 9:00 am

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a news conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves at the Bank of Estonia in Tallinn, Estonia, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014. Obama is in Estonia for a one day visit where he will meet with Baltic State leaders before heading to the NATO Summit in Wales. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

World leaders eye united front against militants

Lara Jakes · September 4, 2014 12:32 am

More than 100 Americans are fighting with the extremists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

National Security

Chuck Hagel: More than 100 Americans fighting for ISIS

Charles Hoskinson · September 3, 2014 8:22 pm

You can consider the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria a terrorist organization, but you can also consider it a particularly murderous and oppressive state. Which is it? (AP PHoto)

Beltway Confidential

ISIS, terror, mobs and what makes a state a state

Timothy P. Carney · September 3, 2014 8:01 pm