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Christmas Day Bomber: The Aftermath Continues
In a classic tale of the government telling us something that its obvious to everyone, senior national security officials have stated...
Jan 22, 20101 min read
Pakistan, India Vital Partners in U.S. Approach to Combating Militants
United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Pakistan on January 21 to discuss anti-militant operations in South Asia. Gates...
Jan 21, 20101 min read
Yemen Increasing Security Measures in Response to Failed Bombing
After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab failed to properly detonate a bomb on an airliner entering Detroit on Christmas day, Abuubaker al-Qirbi,...
Jan 21, 20101 min read
U.S. Funds Pakistani Schools to Fight Terrorism
Pakistan’s public schools, not its religious madrassas, pose the greater risk to anti-extremist efforts in the nation, according to U.S....
Jan 17, 20101 min read
Al-Qaeda Seeks Affiliates to Launch Attacks
Intelligence officials reported that in 2009, the Obama administration killed more senior al-Qaeda leaders in drone attacks along the...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
New Poll Shows Concern about Protection against Terrorism
New numbers out from the Pew Research Center show that the American public is very concerned about the ability of the government to...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Iraqi Court Sentences 11 Bombers to Death for Role in August Attacks
A court in Baghdad sentenced 11 Iraqis to death for their involvement in last August’s truck bombings at various government sites. The...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Terrorist Attack Leaves 20 Dead, 13 Injured in Afghanistan
In the most recent eruption of insurgent activity in Afghanistan, a bomb detonated in a market in the province of Uruzgan, killing twenty...
Jan 15, 20101 min read
Radical Muslim “Hate Preacher” goes back to Kenya–again.
He knew Germaine Lindsay, the man who “blew himself up on the London Underground at Russell Square on July 7, 2005 and killed 26...
Jan 11, 20101 min read
“Detroit Bomber” Enters Not Guilty Plea
Yesterday, a Detroit judge entered a plea for the non-responsive “Detroit bomber,” Mr. Abdulmutallab. The defendant walked into court,...
Jan 10, 20101 min read
President Obama Outlines New Policy to Guide Government Response to Terrorism
In response to the attempted Christmas airplane terrorist attack—which President Obama characterized as an intelligence failure—the...
Jan 8, 20101 min read
Christmas Day Bomber Charged
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian national who tried to detonate a bomb aboard a U.S. bound flight to Detroit on Christmas Day has...
Jan 7, 20101 min read
DHS Secretary Worried About Attack
The recent rise in arrests of suspected terrorists worries Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security. “The fact is that home-based...
Dec 6, 20091 min read
UK High Court Rules Terror Suspects Cannot Be Denied Bail Based On Secret Evidence
Two High Court judges in the United Kingdom have ruled that secret evidence may not be used to deny terror suspects bail, the BBC...
Dec 3, 20091 min read
China-Pakistan Fighter Jet Worries India
Days after the first roll-out of a new fighter jet built jointly by Pakistan and China, India has reiterated its concern about China’s...
Nov 29, 20091 min read


Further Info on the Russian Train Bombing – But Source Still Uncertain
As Russian authorities combed through the wreckage of Saturday’s bombing they tried to determine who caused the carnage. While bombings...
Nov 29, 20091 min read
FBI Reports Cyber Threat to Congress
The Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division reported to Congress on Tuesday that “the FBI considers the cyber threat...
Nov 22, 20091 min read
Army Lacks Internal Jihadist Guidelines
The Army currently lacks adequate guidelines for handling Islamic jihadism within its own ranks, according to former Army Vice Chief of...
Nov 22, 20091 min read
Suspected Terrorist Group and Disappearing Youth
Minneapolis is home to the largest Somali population in the U.S. However, in recent years, it has become home to a radical Islamist...
Nov 21, 20091 min read
At Least 19 Killed, 51 Wounded in Suicide Blast near Peshawar Court
On Thursday November 19 an attacker set off explosives at the entrance to a court complex in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghanistan...
Nov 19, 20091 min read
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