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Antiterrorism officials are increasingly concerned about American-bred extremists who travel abroad for terror training and then return home, sometimes quietly recruiting followers over the years.
An elderly man enters a crowded museum carrying a rifle and begins shooting. A young man in Arkansas pulls the trigger outside a military recruiting office. Another man opens fire in a Kansas church.
- Thank you all very much, and Arthur, thank you for that introduction. It's good to be back at AEI, where we have many friends. Lynne is one of your longtime scholars, and I'm looking forward to spending more time here myself as a returning trustee. What happened was, they were looking for a new member of the board of trustees, and they asked me to head up the search committee.
- These are extraordinary times for our country. We are confronting an historic economic crisis. We are fighting two wars. We face a range of challenges that will define the way that Americans will live in the 21st century. There is no shortage of work to be done, or responsibilities to bear.
Venezuelan police uncovered a cache of weapons and explosives at a Caracas apartment and later detained four foreigners on suspicion of planning terrorist acts, authorities said Saturday.
Indian police shot dead two suspected militants from Pakistan in a pre-dawn car chase Sunday near New Delhi, a government official said.
Text of three executive orders and a directive that President Barack Obama signed Thursday at the White House:
President Barack Obama began overhauling U.S. treatment of terror suspects Thursday, signing orders to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, shut down secret overseas CIA prisons, review military war crimes trials and ban the harshest interrogation methods.
Seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. intelligence officials believe they've won many small victories against al-Qaida's ability to finance its operations, but they remain unable to put a concrete dollar figure on their impact.
Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt made an emotional appeal to EU lawmakers Wednesday to work for the release of other captives, saying nations must drop long-held taboos against talking with terror groups.
Dunkin’ Donuts has pulled an online advertisement featuring Rachael Ray after complaints that a fringed black-and-white scarf that the celebrity chef wore in the ad offers symbolic support for Muslim extremism and terrorism.
U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman on Monday said Google Inc. is not thorough enough in removing YouTube videos that he says are used by al-Qaida and other terrorist organizations to spread propaganda and recruit followers.
Two Algerian newspapers say security forces killed 25 suspected members of an al-Qaida affiliate in North Africa in a weekend operation east of the capital.
Boys in soccer jerseys don black masks and grab weapons. They scramble over mud-brick walls, blast down doors and hold guns to the heads of residents inside. The U.S. military said videos seized from suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hideouts show militants training children who appear as young as 10 to kidnap and kill.
President Bush said Saturday that a Democratic plan to set an end date for the war gives "our enemies the victory they desperately want."
Explosives looted from Iraq munitions sites probably will continue to support terrorist attacks throughout the region, a congressional report said Thursday. It said some sites were still not secure more than 3 1/2 years after the war started.
Born in the USA terrorists — as well as potential ones — are stirring the government's interest.
Liz Cheney Told to Take her Fearmongering ElsewhereStandish, Michigan, tells Liz Cheney to sell it up the street:
DAWN.COM | Columnists | Smokers� Corner: Nauseous mumblingsRECENTLY I was fortunate enough to be a part of an excellent ten-minute news video prepared by the New York Times' reporter, Adam Ellick. Tastefully called 'Tuning out the Taliban,' the video has created the right buzz amongst young middle-class Pakistanis.
The Obama/Holder BushwhackThe Obama administration's absurd, unnecessary, and dangerous decision to prosecute 9/11 terrorists in a civilian court is plumbing the depths of what Charles Krauthammer has labeled "Bush Derangement Syndrome" (BDS): the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reac …
DAWN.COM | Metropolitan | The brave men who saved many livesPESHAWAR: Fazal Raheem, the cop who stopped a suicide bomber at the entrance of the Judicial Complex on Thursday, is no longer in this world, but he has kept his words.
Washington hunts a way out of AfghanistanFinally, it seems, the penny has dropped. America's 'good war' cannot be won militarily. Signs indicate that the US president, who was so gung ho on Afghanistan before taking office, has got the message. More troops just won't cut it.
Glenn Beck Defends the Right (For Terrorists) to Bear ArmsOn Fox and Friends today, Glenn Beck was accidentally forced to confront a pretty devastating quandary -- one that plagues so many of his fear-mongering compadres on the Right: What's more important, protecting U.S.
DAWN.COM | Columnists | Why not a civilian head of ISI?By Kamran Shafi Tuesday, 17 Nov, 2009
Holder's al Qaeda Incentive Plan - The worse the terrorist, the more rights he has?When it comes to terrorists, you would think that an al Qaeda operative who targets an American mom sitting in her office or a child on a flight back home is many degrees worse than a Taliban soldier picked up after a firefight with U.S. Army troops.
It was only Sunday that President Obama was the recipient of the coveted/dreaded Flying, Fickle Finger of Fate for his outstanding stupidity in moving forward (through his Attorney General) on the trial of foreign terrorists--includint the mastermind of 9/11--in a civilian Federa …
It's the Barack Obama Show: Starring Khalid Shaikh MohammedThe latest affront to American security is the Obama administration's decision to hold civilian trials for five of the 9/11 associated terrorists.
India is the biggest democracy in the world, a secular society aspiring to lead South Asia as it flaunts its societal and economic success upon its smaller neighbors.
Why Hasan killed 13 American SoldiersHow do we know that the attack at Fort Hood was an act of Islamist terrorism? Simple, Major Nidal Hassan told us so. You've seen reports of a long list of things he did and said along these lines. But what's most amazing of all is this:
End Clinton era military base gun ban : Foolish Military gun controls left soldiers defenslessBecause of Mr. Clinton, terrorists would face more return fire if they attacked a Texas Wal-Mart than the gunman faced at Fort Hood, home of the heavily armed and feared 1st Cavalry Division. That's why a civilian policewoman from off base was the one whose marksmanship ended Maj.
DAWN.COM | World | Musharraf accused of letting terrorism wound festerPARIS: Former French investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere said that Japan was among Al Qaeda's prime targets for attack, while promoting a book about his 25 years of efforts against terrorism.
The Best Way to Try Terrorists - Room for Debate Blog Is federal court the right place to try these cases or is there a better way to prosecute them? James J. Benjamin Jr., a former federal prosecutor, and Glenn Sulmasy, an expert in national security law, are debating this question today in Room for Debate.
It is again time for the Flying, Fickle Finger of Fate: my unauthorized reincarnation of the old "Laugh In" award for outstanding STUPIDITY in the previous week.
Bedwetters Wet Bed Over Terror TrialThe only thing they fear more than terrorist attacks is having to face up to the pointlessness of what has been done with their support.
The Worst Decision by a US President in History - The dire consequences of al-Qaeda jihadists being tried in a civilian courtThe Obama administration has taken a giant step in its march to throw in the towel in the war against radical Islam.
9/11 Suspect to be Tried in NY... and Right-Wingers Got GrievancesToday Barack Obama is going to announce that the terrorist mastermind of September 11th, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, will be sent to New York City for a criminal trial in a civilian court.
America's Defining Choice A sobering thought, this "Based on the numbers from the Harvard study, a person like Sue dies as a consequence of lack of health care coverage every 12 minutes in America. As many people die every three weeks from lack of health insurance as were killed in the 9/11 attacks."
A Former IG of Maharashtra Police Lays Bare a Massive Plot to Destabilize IndiaNEW DELHI: A new book curiously titled Who Killed Karkare? says a nationwide network of Hindutva terror that has its tentacles spread up to Nepal and Israel is out to destroy the India most Indians have known for ages and to remould it into some kind of Afghanistan under the Tali …
The Fruits of InterventionIf we had it to do over, would we send an army into Afghanistan to build a nation?
Living And Dying: Islam, Judaism And Christianity Today, in Tampa, Fla, a Navy reservist tried to murder a Greek Orthodox priest from Crete as a "terrorist." The reservist claimed the non-Arabic speaking Greek had yelled "Allah Akbar." (God is Great) When arrested, Naval Reservist Jason D.
Day of HonorOn Memorial Day, 2009, I already knew that I would be writing an article in honor of Veterans, and I knew exactly what would be my focus.
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