Tag: Terrorism

The Islamic State has set up a caliphate in a large swath of Iraq and a part of Syria since the 2011 withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. (Militant website via AP)

National Security

ISIS ‘moron’ selfie leads to airstrike

David Brown · June 4, 2015 9:53 pm

Pamela Geller to CNN: ‘They’re Going To Come For You Too’

Pamela Geller to CNN: ‘They’re Going To Come For You Too’

Becket Adams · June 4, 2015 9:31 pm

Col. Michael Midkiff, 310th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and officer-in-charge of the 1st Sustainment Command (Theater) Logistics Advise and Assist Team from Fort Bragg, N.C., helps an Iraqi soldier unwrap an M16A2 rifle he received as part of the fielding of combat brigade sets supplied to Iraqi Security Forces in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve May 25, 2015, at Camp Taji, Iraq. (Capt. A. Sean Taylor, 310th A&A, CJTF-OIR Public Affairs)

National Security

U.S. delivers weapons directly to Iraqi forces for first time

Tara Copp · June 4, 2015 1:20 pm

Pope Francis and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during a meeting at the Vatican, Nov. 25, 2013. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Pope Francis and Vladimir Putin to meet June 10

Kelly Cohen · June 4, 2015 11:43 am

In this Oct. 12, 2010 photo, Rep. Cedric Richmond speaks at a debate for Louisiana's 2nd district House seat in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

National Security

Watch: DHS rejects Dem who asked if U.S. is ‘fueling’ ISIS attacks

Pete Kasperowicz · June 3, 2015 7:21 pm

Smoke rises after a Saudi-led airstrike hit a site believed to be one of the largest weapons depot on the outskirts of Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Wednesday June 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

National Security

U.S. official: More than 10,000 jihadists killed in airstrikes

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 4:14 pm

Obama's polling on Islamic State contributed to an overall drop in Obama's approval rating. (AP Photo)

Obama’s handling of ISIS plunges to record low

Kelly Cohen · June 3, 2015 12:48 pm

This Feb. 19, 2015 photo shows Referee Module No. 2 of the Whole System Live Agent Test at Dugway Proving Ground in Dugway, Utah. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating that aspect of what went wrong at Dugway Proving Ground, the Army installation in Utah that sent the anthrax to government and commercial labs in nine states across the U.S. and to an Army lab in South Korea. (Kristin Murphy/The Deseret News via AP)

America not ready for a bioterror attack: Experts

Robert King · June 3, 2015 4:01 am

The Pentagon would not confirm U.S. State Department allegations that Syrian President Bashar Assad is directly aiding the Islamic State through targeted airstrikes by his government forces. (AP Photo)

National Security

State: Syria’s Assad directly supporting ISIS

Tara Copp · June 2, 2015 7:44 pm

A U.S. Army veteran will tell a House subcommittee Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs allowed a student with "Islamic views" and "no qualifications or educational background" to perform a complicated surgery on his jaw that left him with permanent pain and nerve damage. (iStock)

Army vet: VA let student with ‘Islamic views’ perform botched surgery

Pete Kasperowicz · June 1, 2015 5:46 pm

Women and children rescued by Nigeria soldiers from Islamist extremists arrive at a camp for the displaced people in Yola, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba, File)

UN: Abortions not encouraged for Boko Haram victims

Paige Winfield Cunningham · June 1, 2015 5:22 pm

According to a recently released Homeland Security Inspector General report, Red Team members were able to get through security checkpoints with potential weapons in 67 out of 70 tests. (AP Photo)Â

TSA missed 95 percent of weapons, explosives in security tests

Kelly Cohen · June 1, 2015 4:27 pm