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Boise Man Arrested on Terrorism and WMD Charges
A 30-year-old Uzbekistan national living in Boise, Idaho, was arrested Thursday morning as part of a wide scale federal terrorism investigation. Fazliddin Kurbanov is charged in separate indictments in Idaho and Utah for conspiring to support the Islamic -
Al-Nusra Executes Syrian Soldiers in the Name of Sharia Law
Eleven shots ring out – plus two more for good measure – leaving 11 Syrian soldiers dead or dying in the sand. Moments earlier, flanked by the black flags of Jhabat al-Nusra, an unidentified man invokes the "name of God, the Merciful, the Compassionate" -
IN HIS OWN WORDS: Boston Bomber Ties Attacks to His Faith
One can only begin to imagine the moment; huddled beneath a tarp, severely wounded from a shootout with police, his brother and accomplice dead potentially by his own hand, hiding from one of the largest manhunts in American history, and all but certain -
Article Alleges Hamas Money Laundering
Hamas has several business fronts operating in Saudi Arabia and Sudan which launder money for the terrorist group, the Arab News claimed in a report Wednesday. The report claims "high-level Gulf sources" confirmed a previous story in Kuwait's al Seyassah -
DC Judge Awards Hizballah Victims $8.4 Billion
A District of Columbia federal judge levied $8.4 billion in damages on the Iranian government Thursday, in a case brought by victims of Hizballah's Beirut attacks on the U.S. Embassy and its Annex. Sixty-three people were killed in the April 1983 embassy -
Hearing: Local Law Enforcement Never Informed About Tsarnaev Brothers
Last month's Boston Marathon bombings exposed that federal and local law enforcement agencies still haven't corrected failures in intelligence sharing emphasized after the 9/11 attacks, according to testimony given Wednesday before the House Homeland -
Fresh Palestinian Wishes for Israel's Annihilation
In January, reporter Richard Behar called out the media for ignoring newly uncovered recordings showing Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood President Mohammed Morsi referring to Jews as "the descendants of apes and pigs" and saying that Muslims should "nurse our -
Whistleblowers: High-level Bureaucratic Errors Caused Benghazi
Three State Department whistleblowers told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Wednesday that bureaucratic wrangling led to the tragedy in Benghazi, Libya on Sept. 11, 2012 that left four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher -
Boston Bombers' Motivations No Mystery
As investigators continue to search for possible accomplices in the Boston Marathon bombings, and clues as to how Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev were radicalized enough to commit violence, two writers say one mystery is obvious. The embrace of a radical -
Saudi Journalist Calls Hizballah a "Tool of the Mullahs"
Hizballah has always proclaimed to be the vanguard of the "resistance" against Israel, while claiming to advance Lebanese national interests as its priority. But the ongoing Syrian civil war has exposed the terrorist organization "to be nothing more than -
Muted Response to Hamas Jihad Program for School Kids
An article in London's Telegraph is refocusing attention on a school program run by Hamas in Gaza that trains children how to use weapons and explosives. The "Futuwwa" program started last fall as an elective class and attracted thousands of teenaged -
Judge Clears Arab Bank Terror Suit For Trial
A federal judge in New York has denied Arab Bank's motion to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of 296 Palestinian terror victims, clearing the case for trial later this year. The lawsuit accuses Arab Bank of violating the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act by -
Treasury Gets Innovative Targeting Hizballah Money
Hizballah may have lost the ability to move tens of millions of dollars tied to international money laundering and drug trafficking after U.S. Treasury officials acted against two Lebanese based money exchange operations. Each handled money from a drug -
Wolf Legislation Brings Back 9/11 Commission
An amendment to the FBI's appropriations bill signed into law by President Obama may bring back the 9/11 Commission to assess how its recommendations have been implemented since they were issued in 2004."We should not miss an opportunity to look at -
Boston Bomber Database Error Underscores Terrorism Watch List Weaknesses
A clerical error thwarted the FBI from discovering that now-deceased Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev had traveled to Russian last year for six months. It underscores broader problems that have persisted in federal counterterrorism databases
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