The Cost of the Israel-Hezbollah Swap
The reactions to the recent Israel-Hezbollah swap in the Arab world varies from indifference to bragging and showing off, with terrorist organizations even celebrating with armed maneuver using live...
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In Shanghai, Everyone Feels the Terror of the Olympics
Shanghai has entered a state of semi-martial law as Olympics approach. (China Photos/Getty Images) As the Olympics approach, major cities in China are filled with soldiers and police. Not only does...
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After Mumbai Carnage, Questions Amidst Tales of Heroism
Mumbai Residents walk with candles in the street near The Oberoi Hotel during a demonstration against the recent terror attacks in the city on November 30, 2008 in Mumbai, India. (Uriel Sinai/Getty...
View ArticleBritish Anti-Terrorist Program ‘Alienating’ Say MPs
LONDON—Using soft-power in the fight against terrorism was meant to turn the hearts and minds of potential home-grown suicide bombers away from radical Islam. But the British government’s program to...
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Canada’s Worst Terrorist Attack Preventable, Says Report
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon(L) greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Chateau Cartier prior to meeting of the G8 nations in Gatineau, Quebec on March 30, 2010. Iran's...
View ArticleAl-Qaeda Give Bomb-Making Tips in First English Magazine
[xtypo_dropcap]D[/xtypo_dropcap]UBAI, United Arab Emirates—The terrorist group al-Qaeda appears to be launching an English-language propaganda magazine, called Inspire, in a bid to attract new recruits...
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Interpol’s Most Wanted: Murderers, Terrorists and a Wine Expert
The entrance of the world's largest international police organization, Interpol headquarters in Lyon, France. Suspects can be arrested based on an Interpol red notice-a valid request by a member...
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Pakistan Charging 3 over Failed Times Square Bomb
A Pakistani policeman patrols at the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad on September 6. Islamabad Police announced that it will formally charge three men connected to Faisal Shahzad, the would-be Times Square...
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Bombs Attacks in Pakistan Kill Soldiers, Worshippers
A Pakistani man (C) weeps as he carries a stretcher carrying his injured son at a hospital in Peshawar following a bomb explosion in a mosque. (Hasham Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images)Two separate bomb attacks...
View ArticleThe Nor’easter: Of Bedbugs and Terrorists
A few months ago, my wife got a series of bites on her arm. Must have been a spider in her sweater we figured. Then my whole family began showing up with spots on their bodies. It became painfully...
View ArticleChina’s Reaction to Bin Laden’s Death Muted
While countries around the world are celebrating and congratulating the United States on the death of Osama Bin Laden, there was only a brief, low-key response from China’s Foreign Ministry, a cautious...
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Norway Convicts Men Over Danish Newspaper Terror Plot
One of three men suspected of planning an attack on the Danish newspaper that printed controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005, Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak (C), an Iraqi Kurd residing in...
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Feds Arrest Terrorist Suspect in US Capitol
The indoor garage, just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol, where 29-year-old Amine El Khalifi was reportedly arrested is shown February 17, in Arlington, VA. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Federal...
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Norway’s Anders Breivik Charged in Terror Attack
Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, (R) arrives in court in Oslo on February 6, 2012. (Daniel Sannum Lauten/AFP/Getty Images) Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian man accused of carrying out...
View ArticleSuspicious Men Target Bus of Chinese Dance Group
Shen Yun's 2013 tour started Dec. 13, 2012. It has given 56 performances in North and South America, with 80 percent of the performances at full house. Shen Yun, which is based in New York, has...
View ArticleNigeria Military: 17 Killed During Offensive
ABUJA, Nigeria—Nigeria’s military says its offensive against insurgents in the country’s restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris...
View ArticleExperts on US Drone Strike Policy
Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter on May 22 that the U.S. killed 4 American citizens since 2009. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama is giving a speech on May 23 which includes discussing...
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Obama Defends Drone Strikes
Drone strikes by the United States against American citizens are legal, but only used after considerable review and only in situations where capture of the targets isn’t possible, said President Barack...
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10 Take-Aways from Obama’s Counter-Terrorism Speech
10 TAKE-AWAYS FROM OBAMA’S COUNTER-TERRORISM SPEECH 1. Wants to end the state of perpetual war and focus on more refined defense strategies but will still include lethal targeted action (drones) to...
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Obama Lays Out New Course on Counterterrorism
WASHINGTON—In a landmark speech on national security, President Barack Obama last week called for an “end to perpetual war,” the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison, and flagged tighter rules on drone...
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How the FARC Gave Birth to the State in the Colombian Jungle
This piece by Lorenzo Morales at La Silla Vacía shows, with concise and beautiful prose, the process through which the FARC impose themselves on local peoples in Colombia, becoming the de facto rulers...
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A Siege Mentality Grows in China
Riots in China’s streets, sudden outbursts of violence attributed to terrorists, and an apparent growing anger at the ruling regime, has led the Chinese Communist Party to further beef up its security...
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American Military Can’t Play Whack-a-Mole With Terrorists, Says Obama
President Barack Obama said the al-Qaeda-inspired terrorists who have captured territory in Iraq could destabilize the region and threaten the United States. But the insurgency is just one of an array...
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Afghan Suicide Bombing Blamed on ISIS Kills 35
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan—A motorcycle-riding suicide bomber attacked a bank branch Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 35 people in a deadly attack the country’s president said was claimed...
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Why China’s New Silk Road Could Be More Dangerous Than the Ancient One
As part of its ambitious plans to create a new Silk Road, the Chinese regime plans to connect Pakistan and China with roads, rails, and oil pipelines. Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping arrived...
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Scores Killed as Militants Attack Egyptian Troops in Sinai
EL-ARISH, Egypt—Islamic State-linked militants struck Egyptian army outposts in the Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday in a coordinated wave of suicide bombings and battles that underlined the government’s...
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Yemeni Government Says It Is Consolidating Control of Aden
CAIRO—A Yemeni government spokesman says that government troops are consolidating control of the southern port city of Aden, with only a few “terrorist pockets” of Shiite rebels remaining to be cleared...
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ISIS Online Recruiters Traced to Russia, Eastern Europe
A defining trait that sets ISIS aside from other terrorist organizations is its technical knowledge and use of the Internet to recruit fighters and broadcast its atrocities. The locations of 98 ISIS...
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Mississippians Charged With Trying to Join ISIS
JACKSON, Miss.—A federal court hearing was scheduled to continue Tuesday for two Mississippi residents arrested on charges that they were trying to travel to Syria to join the ISIS extremist group....
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Russia Says It Targets Not Just ISIS in Syria
MOSCOW—Reacting to criticism that it is targeting opponents of the Syrian government, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Thursday that Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are...
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What’s Behind ISIS’s Enormous Propaganda War
The stark imagery of gory beheadings, crucifixions, and people being burned alive at the hands of ISIS terrorists have flooded social media websites in recent years, but the majority of the propaganda...
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Israeli Soldiers Kill Jewish Man Mistaken for ‘Terrorist’
JERUSALEM—An Israeli soldier shot and killed a Jewish man he suspected was a Palestinian “terrorist” in Jerusalem, police said Thursday, in a reflection of the jittery mood that has gripped Israelis...
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Hackers Trace Locations of ISIS CyberCaliphate, Say Their Cyberattacks Are Fake
The hacker collective Anonymous has uncovered interesting findings on ISIS terrorist hackers with the “CyberCaliphate.” Anonymous was able to trace the location of CyberCaliphate, and has new...
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World Leaders Pressed for Response to Paris Attacks
ANTALYA, Turkey—Pressed for a strong response to the Islamic State’s assault on Paris, the world’s top industrial and developing nations are set to outline their coordinated response to what President...
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Belgian Jihadi ID’d as Mastermind of Paris Attacks
BRUSSELS—Once a happy-go-lucky student at one of Brussels’ most prestigious high schools, Saint-Pierre d’Uccle, Abdelhamid Abaaoud morphed into Belgium’s most notorious jihadi, a zealot so devoted to...
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San Bernardino Terrorists Left Six-Month Old Baby Behind.
The day that Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook left their home to kill 14 people in San Bernardino, they left their six-month-old daughter with Farook’s mother. By the time the day ended, Malik and...
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Singer Whose Paris Concert Was Interrupted by Terrorist Attack Says...
The frontman of Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was playing at Bataclan theatre in Paris last year when terrorists started shooting audience members, says that the attack and others across the...
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Hero Police Dog Killed by Officers Firing Thousands of Bullets During Paris...
A police dog hailed as a “hero” was killed by officers during a terrorist raid in Paris in November 2015, an investigation has revealed. As officers shot streams of bullets into the home where ISIS...
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Watch: Two Women Start Gunfight with Turkish Police
Turkish authorities have shot and killed two women who had attacked the police with guns and grenades in an ambush. The attack occurred in the Bayrampasa district of Istanbul, Turkey’s capital....
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Two Women Risked Being Stoned to Death so This Footage From the ISIS Capital...
Two brave women risked their lives filming inside the capital of terror group ISIS to try to expose what’s been going on there. The women, using the aliases Om Omran and Om Mohammad, utilized hidden...
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Eyewitnesses Describe Brussels Terror Attacks as Video Footage Emerges
At least 34 people are dead after terror attacks in Brussels on March 22, with eyewitnesses describing a chaotic scene of carnage. Zach Mouzoun, who had just arrived on a flight from Geneva about 10...
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President Obama Criticizes Ted Cruz Muslim Surveillance Proposal
After March 22’s terrorist bombings in Brussels, GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz said in a statement he wanted the United States to “empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim...
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Video Shows Suspect Arrested in Brussels Counter-Terrorism Raid
An man carrying a bag of explosive material has been injured and arrested during a raid in the Schaerbeek district in Brussels. Witnesses said they heard blasts and shots from heavy weapons during...
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WATCH: Kurdish Forces Recover ISIS Remote-Controlled Machine Gun
Close to the Iraqi-Kurdistan border, Kurdish forces have made substantial gains against ISIS after numerous battles for control. Included in those gains: the confiscation of ISIS extremist’s terrorist...
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President Obama Urged to Release Classified 9/11 Documents
President Obama will decide on declassifying 28 pages of sealed documents on the 9/11 attacks within the next 60 days. The story was first reported by “60 Minutes” reporter Steve Kroft on April 12. New...
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