Tag: Terrorism

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman waits for the group photo with world leaders at the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Trump must push Saudi Arabia over its treatment of US ally Saad al Jabri

Tom Rogan · May 26, 2020 6:15 pm

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

Beltway Confidential

Force Pakistan to close Taliban sanctuaries with a deadline

Michael Rubin · May 20, 2020 9:06 pm

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., walks to the chamber Thursday, March 7, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the House was preparing to vote on a resolution to speak out against, as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said, "anti-Semitism, anti-Islamophobia, anti-white supremacy and all the forms that it takes," an action sparked by remarks from Omar.

‘Twisted telling of history’: Ilhan Omar challenger rips her ‘revisionist agenda’ after comments about Pensacola terrorist and Saudi Arabia

Dominick Mastrangelo · May 19, 2020 3:01 pm

Afghan security forces inspect the site of a bomb explosion in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, May 18, 2020. A suicide bomber in a stolen military Humvee targeted a base in eastern Afghanistan belonging to the country's intelligence service early on Monday, killing at least nine members of the force, Afghan officials said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

National Security

Taliban launches attack at Afghan intelligence base after government goes on offensive

Zach Halaschak · May 18, 2020 10:48 pm

Beltway Confidential

The State Department is repeating pre-9/11 mistakes

Michael Rubin · May 18, 2020 5:54 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Washington.

‘I am not acting impulsively!’: Trump responds to Wall Street Journal editorial on Afghanistan

Zach Halaschak · May 18, 2020 5:21 pm

The sun flares in the camera lens as it rises behind the U.S. Supreme Court building.

National Security

Supreme Court rules Sudan cannot avoid punitive damages from al Qaeda bombings on US embassies

Anthony Leonardi · May 18, 2020 4:18 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

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, center, who has declared himself the interim president of Venezuela, greets supporters as he arrives at a demonstration demanding the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Former Mayo Clinic researcher indicted on terrorism charge after telling FBI informants he wanted to carry out attacks

Zach Halaschak · May 16, 2020 6:16 pm