Tag: Terrorism

This June 28, 2014, artist's rendering shows United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson watches during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington. The Libyan militant now in U.S. custody in the Benghazi attacks was motivated to do so by his extremist ideology, the government said Tuesday, July 1. In the days before the attacks, Ahmed Abu Khattala voiced concern and opposition to the presence of an American facility in Benghazi, according to a federal court filing. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

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Govt: Khattala supervised action at Benghazi

Pete Yost · July 2, 2014 2:05 am

Civilian group: 56 dead in Nigeria market blast

HARUNA UMARMICHELLE FAUL · July 1, 2014 9:13 pm

Egyptian security forces inspect the scene after two homemade bombs went off near the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, June 30, 2014. The bombs killed a senior police officer and wounded many people, security officials said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Abdel Fattah, El Shorouk Newspaper) EGYPT OUT

Egypt group claims palace blasts that killed 2

SARAH EL DEEB · July 1, 2014 3:28 pm

Blasts kill 2 senior policemen near Egypt palace

Mohammed Salah · June 30, 2014 2:26 pm

Explosion in busy part of Somali capital kills 2

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 6:55 am

This artist's rendering shows United States Magistrate, Judge John Facciola, swearing in the defendant, Libyan militant Ahmed Abu Khatallah, wearing a headphone, as his attorney Michelle Peterson looks on during a hearing at the federal U.S. District Court in Washington, Saturday, June 28, 2014. The hearing of the Libyan accused of masterminding deadly Benghazi attacks, lasted ten minutes; he pled not guilty to conspiracy Saturday at his first appearance in U.S. court. (AP Photo/Dana Verkouteren)

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Benghazi case unfolds against political backdrop

Eric Tucker · June 30, 2014 5:23 am

FILE - In this file photo taken Thursday, June 19, 2014, an al-Qaida-inspired militant stands guard at a checkpoint captured from the Iraqi Army outside Beiji refinery, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

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Al-Qaida splinter declares new Islamic caliphate

Ryan Lucas · June 30, 2014 3:08 am

Obama: Battle-hardened militants pose threat to US

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Obama: Battle-hardened militants pose threat to US

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2014 3:42 pm

FILE - This undated file image posted on a militant website on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, shows fighters from the al-Qaida linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching in Raqqa, Syria. Moderate Syrian rebels are buckling under the onslaught of the radical al-Qaida breakaway group that has swept over large parts of Iraq and Syria. Some rebels are giving up the fight, crippled by lack of weapons and frustrated with the power of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Other, more hard-line Syrian fighters are bending to the winds and joining the radicals. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

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Blast in Damascus suburb market kills 2

Washington Examiner · June 28, 2014 2:57 pm

People stand over the remains blast victim Suleiman Bisalla , during his funeral, after the explosion in Abuja, Nigeria, Thursday, June 26, 2014. The National Hospital spokesman says a victim wounded in the bomb blast at a mall in Nigeria's capital died overnight. The government says soldiers shot and killed one suspect as he tried to escape, and police detained a second suspect. (AP Photo/Olugbemiga Babatunde)

Nigerian intelligence agency: We warned malls

LEKAN OYEKANMIMICHELLE FAUL · June 27, 2014 9:31 pm

Lebanese army and plainclothes policemen gather outside the Duroy hotel where a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, as Lebanese security forces raided the premises. The bombing is the latest in a string of attacks and security sweeps in Lebanon over the past week that have sparked fears of renewed violence in a country that has been deeply affected by the civil war in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Islamic State claims Lebanon suicide bombing

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2014 3:41 pm

A thought piece on Dick Cheney from the philosopher Michael Bay

A thought piece on Dick Cheney from the philosopher Michael Bay

Brian Hughes · June 27, 2014 9:00 am