CBS News: Terrorists Already Have Orders, Could Be In Place For Attacks
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — U.S. intelligence officials are dealing with the most credible terrorist threat in years as 19 diplomatic posts in the Middle East and Africa remain closed through this...
View ArticleExplosion In Benghazi On Anniversary Of 9/11 Attack On U.S. Consulate
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Security officials in Libya say an explosion caused serious damage to Libya’s Foreign Ministry building in Benghazi early Wednesday morning. According to CBS News, several...
View ArticlePoll: 62 Percent Of Palestinian Muslims Say Suicide Bombings Are ‘Often’...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - An extensive survey conducted by the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. found that a vast majority of Muslims in communities from the Middle East and Africa are concerned...
View ArticleSen. Paul: ‘Obama Now Asks Us to Be Allies With Al Qaeda’
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Republican Sen. Rand Paul warned that President Barack Obama is asking the United States to become allies with the terrorists responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. “Twelve...
View ArticleSomalia: Reports Indicate American Jihadi Killed
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A member of al-Shabab says American jihadist Omar Hammami was killed in an ambush in Somalia’s southern Bay region. A U.S. terrorism expert who studies Somalia’s...
View ArticleMalls Increase Security After Kenya Terror Attacks
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) – The Mall of America has stepped up security following the deadly attack by the Somali militant group al-Shabab at a mall in Nairobi, Kenya. Officials at the Bloomington mall say...
View ArticleSec. Kerry Says ‘Terrorists Can Run, But They Can’t Hide’
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – After two U.S. military raids against militants in north Africa, U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the raids send the message that terrorists “can run but they can’t hide.”...
View ArticleLibyan PM Ali Zidan Kidnapped By Gunmen In Tripoli
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) – Libya’s state news agency says Prime Minister Ali Zidan, who was abducted by gunmen before dawn Thursday from a Tripoli hotel where he resides, has now been freed. The abduction...
View ArticleObama Reinstates Federal Courthouse As Preferred Venue For Prosecuting...
WASHINGTON — Four years after his failed effort to bring the 9/11 mastermind to New York for trial, President Barack Obama has reinstated the federal courthouse as America’s preferred venue for...
View ArticleBoehner: Obama ‘Ought To Take A More Active Role’ In Helping Iraq Battle...
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that the United States should provide more equipment and other aid to the Iraqi government in its battle against al-Qaeda militants, but he...
View ArticleHomeland Security Chair: ‘The Terrorists Are Winning’ If Americans Avoid...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Rep. Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, told CBS News that “the security threat to the Olympics … [is] the greatest I think I’ve ever seen.”...
View ArticleRubio: ‘We Are Less Safe Today Than We Were When Obama Took Office’
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, believes the United States has been less safe while President Barack Obama has been in office. “I think on the issues of national security around the...
View ArticleVirginia State Sen. Pens Letter Praising Syrian President Assad
WASHINGTON (WNEW/AP) — A Virginia state senator has sent a letter praising Syrian President Bashar Assad. The Washington Post reports the two-page letter dated April 1 from Virginia state Sen. Richard...
View ArticleUS Government Kept Tabs On Bergdahl’s Whereabouts With Drones, Spies
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The Pentagon concluded in 2010 that Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl walked away from his unit, and after an initial flurry of searching the military curbed any high-risk rescue plans....
View ArticleCBS News: Al-Qaeda Condemns Islamic State Of Iraq, Severed Ties With Militants
BAGHDAD (CBSDC/AP) — Al-Qaeda-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and...
View ArticleIslamic State Of Iraq: We Have Old Scores To Settle With Baghdad Government
BAGHDAD (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — An al Qaeda splinter group has vowed to march on to Baghdad after seizing two key Sunni-dominated cities in Iraq, as the nation’s military reportedly launched its first...
View ArticleIslamic Militants Continue Advance, Capture Two Towns Near Baghdad
WASHINGTON (CBS DC/CBS News) – Islamic militants inspired by Al-Qaeda have captured two towns in the ethnically mixed province northeast of Baghdad, vowing to push toward Iraq’s capital city. Seizing...
View ArticleWork With Iran Uncomfortable, Needed, Senator Says
WASHINGTON — A Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee says Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki cannot keep his country together, and a U.S. alliance with Iran might be needed to do so....
View ArticleObama: U.S. Can’t ‘Play Whack-A-Mole’ With Militant Groups
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Due to their extreme ideology, President Barack Obama explained Sunday that the Sunni militants who have taken over parts of northern Iraq pose a “medium-and long- term threat” to...
View ArticleExpert: ISIS’ Declaration Of Islamic State ‘Poses A Huge Threat To Al Qaeda’
BAGHDAD (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The al Qaeda breakaway group that has seized much of Syria and Iraq has formally declared the establishment of a new Islamic state, demanding allegiance from Muslims...
View ArticleUnverified Photo Shows Bergdahl Smiling With Top Terror Commander While In...
#Exclusive #US Solider #Bergdahl with Martyr #Taliban Leader Badar'udin Haqqani(RH) S/O Shaykh Jalaludin Haqqani(HA) http://t.co/ddrqHCn0aK— خرسان البلاغ (@khorasan313) July 09, 2014 WASHINGTON...
View ArticleReport: Clinton Said ‘I Could Have Killed’ Osama Bin Laden Just Hours Before...
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Only hours before the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, former President Bill Clinton reportedly told a group of Australian businessmen that he “could have...
View ArticleObama: ‘We Tortured Some Folks’ After 9/11
WASHINGTON (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The United States tortured al Qaeda detainees captured after the Sept. 11,2001 attacks, President Obama acknowledged Friday, in some of his most expansive comments to...
View ArticleKing: ISIS ‘More Powerful Now Than Al-Qaeda Was On 9/11′
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Rep. Peter King, chairman of the sub-committee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, once again suggested the 9/11 terror attacks are directly linked to current Middle East...
View ArticleHouse Intel Committee Chair: US In More Danger Now Than Before 9/11 Attacks
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warns that the United States is in more danger now than before the 9/11 attacks. Speaking to CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on...
View ArticleFamily: Ransom Was Not Paid To Free US Journalist Held Captive By Al...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — As the U.S. mourned an American journalist executed by Islamic militants, the nation found something of a reprieve with the release of another freelance reporter who had been...
View ArticleHomeland Secretary: Terrorist Threat ‘Is More Complex’
NEW YORK (AP) — New York and New Jersey are facing a daunting domestic terror threat fueled by mounting hostilities between the United States and Islamic State extremists, federal and state officials...
View ArticleCBS News: New Syrian Al Qaeda Cell Developing Bomb Plots Against US Flights
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – A cell of “veteran al Qaeda fighters” may not be dominating headlines like the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, but the group of explosive-making experts from Osama bin Laden’s...
View ArticleDeputy Nat’l Security Adviser: US Ground Troops ‘Exactly What Al Qaeda Wants’
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken said that President Obama is avoiding the “trap” of putting ground troops in the fight against ISIS, saying that U.S. boots on the...
View ArticleDem Senator: Would Be ‘Very Healthy’ For US If Congress Debates ISIS Terror...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey said Monday it would be “very healthy” for America if members of Congress spend about two weeks getting briefings, holding hearings, and having a real debate about...
View ArticleUN: Growing Number Of Foreigners In Terror Groups, Social Media Aiding
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A new United Nations report says the world is facing a challenge from foreigners traveling to fight in terror groups on an “unprecedented scale,” with about 15,000 in Syria and...
View ArticleEx-Navy SEAL Who Shot And Killed Bin Laden Speaks To Crowd Hours After...
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (CBSDC) — The former Navy SEAL who told The Washington Post he shot and killed Osama bin Laden spoke hours after revealing his identity. Robert O’Neill, 38, spoke to a packed house at...
View ArticleCIA’s Secret ‘Devil Eyes’ Bin Laden Doll Up For Auction
NEW YORK (CBS DC) – An Osama bin Laden prototype doll is being sold by auction, years after the CIA intended to distribute such dolls across Afghanistan in order to scare children into rejecting...
View ArticleCBS News: Iran Using US-Made Jets To Bomb ISIS Positions In Iraq
WASHINGTON (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Iran is using American-made F-4 Phantom jets purchased during the time of the Shah to bomb positions held by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in eastern Iraq,...
View ArticlePsychologist In CIA Torture Report: ‘I Can’t Even Defend Myself’
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — When the CIA set out to design a program to elicit intelligence from captured terrorists, it turned to two former Air Force psychologists with no practical interrogation...
View ArticleHomeland Secretary: Mall Video ‘New Phase’ Of Global Terrorist Threat
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A video purported to be by Somalia’s al Qaeda-linked rebel group al-Shabab urged Muslims to attack shopping malls in the U.S., Canada, Britain and other Western countries. U.S....
View ArticleLawyers: No Evidence Saudi Arabia Agents ‘Directly’ Helped 9/11 Hijackers
NEW YORK (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — Attorneys for Saudi Arabia say a judge should reject claims by families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks that new evidence – including an interview with the man who...
View ArticleMd. Man Among Hostages Killed in Counterterrorism Attack
UPDATED: April 23, 2015 4:30 p.m. WASHINGTON (WNEW/AP) — A Maryland man is one of three Americans who was killed recently in counterterrorism operations conducted by the U.S. government, the White...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Syrian Branch Leader: We Have No Plans To Attack The West
BEIRUT (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The leader of al Qaeda’s branch in Syria says they have no plans to attack the West and denies that the so-called Khorasan group exists. The Syrian known as Abu Muhammed...
View ArticleFBI Director: ISIS More Of Terror Threat To US Than Al Qaeda
ASPEN, Colorado (CBS News/CBSDC/AP) — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s effort to inspire troubled Americans to violence has become more of a terror threat to the U.S. than an external attack by al...
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