Tag: Terrorism

U.S. Consulate in Nigeria Asked Clinton State Dept. Why Boko Haram Wasn’t Called ‘Terrorist Organization’

Jeryl Bier · May 8, 2014 2:09 pm

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday reaffirmed his pledge to find the hundreds of schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram last month and said he believed the incident would bring "the end of terrorism in Nigeria."ÃÂ (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Nigerian President: Abducted schoolgirls will ‘be the beginning of the end of terrorism in Nigeria’

Ashe Schow · May 8, 2014 4:00 am

This Sept. 13, 2012 file photo shows a man walking in the rubble of the damaged U.S. consulate, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens on the night of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, in Benghazi, Libya. (AP photo/Mohammad Hannon, File)

Protecting US security personnel: Where the Benghazi and Plame scandals connect

Austin Bay · May 7, 2014 4:00 am

Local al-Qaida leader in Syria killed in blast

Diaa Hadid · May 6, 2014 6:26 pm

Yemeni policemen inspect a damaged car after gunmen opened fire on French security guards on a street in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 5, 2014. Unknown gunmen in Yemen's capital opened fire on three French security guards working with the European Union mission on Monday, killing at least one and wounding another, interior ministry officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Yahya)

National Security

Yemen: Frenchman killed, another wounded in Sanaa

Ahmed AlHaj · May 5, 2014 7:10 pm

Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, produced an hour-long video taking responsibility for the April 15 abduction of hundreds of Nigerian school girls. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Boko Haram leader confirms he will sell abducted Nigerian girls

Ashe Schow · May 5, 2014 4:00 am

People stand near to a bus with windows shattered after an explosion, in Mombasa Kenya, Saturday, May, 3, 2014. At least three have been confirmed dead and several others injured in twin explosions in the coastal city of Mombasa, Kenya, police said on Saturday. Mombasa Country police commander, Robert Kitur said they have not established the cause of the explosions at Reef Hotel Nyali and Mwembe Tayari in town. (AP Photo)

Kenya gov’t: 3 killed in 2 blasts at Kenyan coast

Tom Odula · May 3, 2014 8:37 pm

In this Thursday, May 1, 2014 photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, soldiers inspect the wreckage of a vehicle destroyed during fighting with al-Qaida militants in Majala of the southern province of Abyan, Yemen. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

National Security

Al-Qaida announces death of a leader in Yemen

Ahmed AlHaj · May 3, 2014 6:50 pm

Rep. Eric Swalwell D-Calif, holds a news conference at the San Jose International Airport on Friday, May 2, 2014, in San Jose, Calif. Almost two weeks after a California teen survived a stowaway flight in a jet wheel well to Hawaii, Swalwell did his own perimeter tour of San Jose International Airport where authorities have yet to say if they know where their security was breached. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Congressman wants airport security improvements

Associated Press · May 2, 2014 7:30 pm

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham testifies on Capitol Hill on Jan. 23, 2013, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Could you lie to a bereaved father? On Hillary Clinton and what happened at Benghazi

Mona Charen · May 2, 2014 4:00 am

State Department: ‘Core’ Al Qaeda in Iran

Thomas Joscelyn · May 1, 2014 5:04 pm

In this handout photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemeni troops take position during the fight against al-Qaida militants in the southern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Wednesday, April 30, 2014. Yemeni military on Tuesday, April 29, launched a major offensive targeting al-Qaida hideouts and strongholds, killing at least eight suspected militants, security officials said. (AP Photo/Yemen Defense Ministry)

Military says Yemen offensive kills 25 militants

Ahmed AlHaj · May 1, 2014 3:29 pm