Tag: Al Qaeda

FBI confirms identity of gunman in ‘terrorism-related’ shooting at Texas naval base

Zach Halaschak · May 22, 2020 7:18 pm

The Army's Criminal Investigation Command spent months investigating before turning the case over to Naval officials in September. (iStock photo)

Texas naval air station shooting was terrorism-related, and person of interest may be at large

Zach Halaschak · May 21, 2020 9:00 pm

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Sherburne County Sheriff Office shows Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaou, the only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks now says he is renouncing terrorism, Al-Qaida and the Islamic State. In a handwritten court motion Moussaoui filed with the federal court in Alexandria last April 2020, Moussaoui wrote, âÃ denounce, repudiate Usama bin Laden as a useful idiot of the CIA/Saudi. I also proclaim unequivocally my opposition to any terrorist action, attack, propaganda against the U.S.â

Terrorist convicted for 9/11 renounces bin Laden and wants Giuliani or Dershowitz to represent him

Zach Halaschak · May 20, 2020 10:44 pm

An Air Force carry team moves a transfer case containing the remains of Navy Ensign Joshua Watson on Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. A Saudi gunman killed three people including 23-year-old Watson, a recent graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy from Enterprise, Ala., in a shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida.

National Security

FBI finds iPhone evidence showing Pensacola shooter was associated with al Qaeda

Jerry Dunleavy · May 18, 2020 4:17 pm

FILE - In this April 1998 file photo, al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan. A person familiar with developments said Sunday, May 1, 2011 that bin Laden is dead and the U.S. has the body.

National Security

Bill Clinton stopped CIA from killing bin Laden before 9/11: Documentary

Zach Halaschak · April 21, 2020 7:20 pm

German police officers control cars at the French-German border following a shooting in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. A man who had been flagged as a possible extremist sprayed gunfire near the city of Strasbourg's famous Christmas market Tuesday, killing three people, wounding 12 and sparking a massive manhunt. France immediately raised its terror alert level.

Beltway Confidential

France knife rampage reminds Europe of its terrorist vulnerability

Tom Rogan · April 6, 2020 4:39 pm

Dr. Judea Pearl, center, father of American journalist Daniel Pearl, who was killed by terrorists in 2002, listens to legendary violinist Ida Haendel Sunday, April 15, 2007, in Miami Beach, Fla. Pearl's son was honored Sunday during a Holocaust memorial ceremony during Yom Hashoah, the annual time of remembrance.

‘Mockery of justice’: Pakistan overturns murder conviction in killing of journalist Daniel Pearl

Jerry Dunleavy · April 3, 2020 2:34 am

Beltway Confidential

Suspend aid to Pakistan over Daniel Pearl ruling

Tom Rogan · April 2, 2020 6:28 pm

Trump’s bad Taliban deal

Michael Rubin · February 28, 2020 4:00 am

U.S. Marines from 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment advance in an open poppy field during a firefight as Taliban fighters fire on them in the town of Marjah in Afghanistan's Helmand province on Monday Feb. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Beltway Confidential

New York Times publishes Taliban propaganda

Becket Adams · February 20, 2020 5:05 pm

Investigators in a speed boat examine the hull of the USS Cole at the Yemeni port of Aden, after a powerful explosion ripped a hole in the U.S Navy destroyer, killing at least 17 sailors and injuring some 30 others.

Sudan reaches $70M settlement with USS Cole bombing victims in bid to escape US terrorism list

Jerry Dunleavy · February 13, 2020 9:56 pm

Beltway Confidential

Gutsy calls: Trump deserves special credit for recent terrorist killings

Tom Rogan · February 10, 2020 5:09 pm