A new English-language Al Qaeda magazine features a how-to article on making car bombs and suggests terror targets in the United States, including casinos in Las Vegas, oil tankers and military colleges, and implies that an attack is imminent. The online publication, called “Palestine-Betrayal of the Guilty Conscience Al-Malahem” and put out by the media […] Continue reading → 
The militant Islamic State poses an “imminent threat” to the U.S. and may take years to defeat, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said. “They are an imminent threat to every interest we have, whether it’s in Iraq or anywhere else,” Hagel said today at a Pentagon news conference. The beheading by Islamic State of American journalist […] Continue reading → 
Security officials, lawmakers and analysts are raising alarm that the Islamic State terrorist organization poses a growing threat to the West that must be confronted more directly, despite the U.S. military’s success this week in breaking the group’s siege of civilians on a mountain in northern Iraq. According to U.S. intelligence officials, the Islamic State, […] Continue reading → 
The radical Islamic State’s advances in Iraq are strengthening its challenge to al-Qaeda in a contest for the leadership of the global jihadi movement, according to five U.S. intelligence officials. Its territorial gains and declaration of a caliphate spanning parts of Syria and Iraq, reinforced by its use of social media to broadcast its accomplishments […] Continue reading → 
Noah Rothman, Ali Khedery is the chairman and chief executive of the Dubai-based Dragoman Partners. He negotiated Exxon Mobile’s entry into Kurdistan as an executive with that company. Before that, he worked with the U.S. State and Defense departments, and was the longest serving American official in Iraq from 2003 to 2009. Khedery served as […] Continue reading → 
Leah Barkoukis Like anything in life, social media, in the hands of the wrong people, has the potential to do nothing but spread unthinkable evil. Such is the case with the use of Twitter and Facebook by militants to recruit jihadists for ISIS. Via CNS News: Militant Muslims are using social media to recruit jihadists […] Continue reading → 
The U.S. is pursuing a four-pronged strategy to thwart Islamic State extremists in Iraq and avert a collapse of the oil-rich nation, while plans to do more depend on the outcome of the leadership struggle in Baghdad. The steps to deal with the immediate crisis include some that have been made public, such as limited […] Continue reading → 
Paul Woodward | War In Context ISIS is not at war with America — it’s enemy is the Shia The Washington Post reports: Even before its assault on Kurdish territories in northern Iraq this month, analysts said the Islamic State had shown an almost impulsive character in its pursuit of territory and recruits, with little patience for the […] Continue reading → 
Special forces loyal to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were deployed in strategic areas of Baghdad on Sunday night after he delivered a tough speech indicating he would not cave in to pressure to drop a bid for a third term, police sources said. Pro-Maliki Shi’ite militias stepped up patrols in the capital, police said. […] Continue reading → 
The consequence of Washington’s reckless and irresponsible political and military interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Syria has been to unleash evil. The various sects that lived in peace under the rule of Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, and Assad are butchering one another, and a new group, ISIS, is in the process of creating a new state […] Continue reading → 
A U.S. general was killed and more than a dozen people were wounded on Tuesday, including a German general, in the latest insider attack by a man believed to be an Afghan soldier, U.S., German and Afghan officials said. The U.S. Army said late on Tuesday the slain general was Major General Harold Greene, a […] Continue reading → 
We told you recently about a bill introduced in the House by Rep. Michele Bachmann that seeks to formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. This is a much needed piece of legislation, well past due, as the Brotherhood is indeed a terrorist organization, one that masquerades as a peaceful political group, even […] Continue reading → 
Matt Vespa Well, it seems Al-Qaeda has found a new way to fund its operations: they kidnap Europeans and demanding ransom payments. In fact, it’s become a global business, according to the New York Times. To reduce casualties on their side, Al-Qaeda usually contracts criminals to nab the targeted individuals on commission. The Times also […] Continue reading → 
The truth about Benghazi continues to come out, as the White House cover up collapses and crumbles even more. Word has come out now that the State Department knew that Ansar Al-Sharia, an Al Qaeda linked militant group, had moved in next door to the Benghazi Consulate before the September 11, 2021 attack. Ambassador Chris […] Continue reading → 
AG Holder Says Homegrown Terrorists Keep Him Awake at Night Obama’s Attorney General, Eric Holder, told ABC News homegrown terrorists are such an ominous threat they keep him awake at night. “These lone wolves, these homegrown violent extremists are people who keep me up at night,” Holder said from London. Holder said “the experience that […] Continue reading → 
Jihadist groups part of “Clean Break” plan to balkanize Middle East Nabil Na’eem, the founder of the Islamic Democratic Jihad Party and former top al-Qaeda commander, told the Beirut-based pan-Arab TV station al-Maydeen all current al-Qaeda affiliates, including ISIS, work for the CIA. “What I want to tell you, the efforts of all Islamic countries, […] Continue reading →