Tag: Terrorism

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

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

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

White House worried about threat from Americans fighting for ISIS

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

Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday gave the administration's most fiery response to the beheading of two American journalists by ISIS, vowing that the U.S. would follow the terrorist group to the "gates of hell" if necessary. (AP Photo)

Joe Biden: U.S. will follow ISIS to ‘gates of hell’

Brian Hughes · September 3, 2014 6:09 pm

New ISIS threat: America's electric grid; blackout could kill 9 of 10

Washington Secrets

New ISIS threat: America’s electric grid; blackout could kill 9 of 10

Paul Bedard · September 3, 2014 3:54 pm

Pentagon press secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon on Tuesday. (AP/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Officials can’t confirm whether U.S. killed al-Shabab leader in Somalia airstrikes

Charles Hoskinson · September 3, 2014 1:57 pm

State Dept: ‘Not Going to Put a Timeline’ on ‘Destroying’ ISIS

State Dept: ‘Not Going to Put a Timeline’ on ‘Destroying’ ISIS

Daniel Halper · September 3, 2014 11:09 am

Beheaded Journalist an Israeli Citizen

Beheaded Journalist an Israeli Citizen

Daniel Halper · September 3, 2014 9:11 am