Timeline of events related to the Islamic State of Iraq and the.
[16] In November 2013, Todays Zaman, a newspaper in Turkey, reported that Turkish authorities had detailed information on ISILs plans to carry out suicide bombings in Turkey.[17]. [25][26] ISIL claimed responsibility for the car-bomb attack on 2 January that killed four people and wounded dozens in the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik a town that acts as headquarters to Hezbollah.[27][28]... Over a 100 fighters were killed and scores of civilians were killed or wounded.
This Week Transcript: White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough
STEPHANOPOULOS: The prisoner ISIS is demanding be freed, Sajida Rishawi, is a failed suicide bomber on death row in Jordan, who Islamist groups have tried and failed several times before to free. She was part of an attack on a Jordan hotel 10 years ago .
To Defeat Islamic State in Iraq, Bridge the Sunni-Shiite Divide
But a deeply frustrated and angry Shiite community is dead set against concessions to Iraqs Sunnis. For years Shiites have been the target of suicide bombings by ISIS and other radical Sunni militants, and are now watching their young men die.
ninjapundit: Daily Misfortune Thursday March 12, 2015
5 killed March 12, 2015 Death toll in trade center fire in Kazan, Russia, rises to 5 �� March 12, 2015 Australia offers to pay for jail time of 2 drug smugglers if spared �� March 12, 2015 WSJ: Saudi Nuke S Korea Reactor Deal. Australia investigates IS claim teenager Jihad Jake Bilardi was Iraq suicide bomber Australia is investigating claims by Islamic State (also known as ISIS, or ISIL) that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, Reuters said.
Shiite Militias Fill a Void in Iraq
Islamic State militants���dug in just a mile away���believe that all Shiites, a majority of Iraqs population, are heretics who must be converted to the Sunni creed or slaughtered. And the Shiite militias like Badr, despite their flaws, for now represent.
7 Israeli Jews Murdered, 20 Injured in Bulgaria Suicide.
In fact, the identity of the Muslim Argentina suicide bomber, Ibrahim Hussein Berro, was determined after his proud Shiite Muslim Lebanese family members living in Dearbornistan, Michigan gave DNA so he could be identified.. Three Israelis were killed and many injured when a suicide bomber blew up an Israeli tourist bus at the airport of the Bulgarian city of Burgas on Wednesday, the 18th anniversary of the Iran-sponsored attack on the AMIA Jewish center in��.
Chuck Todd indirect attack on Muslims handled brilliantly
Chuck Todd used a Wall Street Journal op-ed by ex-Muslim Ayaan Hirsi Ali to launch an indirect attack on Muslims albeit with much civility.. I think terrorism today has been co-opted to only apply when brown Muslim men commit acts of mass murder and when white Christian people like Anders Breivik in Norway kill 77 teenagers and try to bomb the prime minister of Norways office, we didnt.. 2015.01.07 Yemen A al-Qaeda suicide bomber kills 37 at a college.
Heres How The Charlie Hebdo Attackers Were Radicalized
Al Awlaki was killed by a drone strike in 2011. It was in Yemen where Said Kouachi befriended Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the infamous underwear bomber who tried to bring down a US-bound plane back in 2009, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Stacking Up the Administrations Drone Claims - Data
At a hearing, Feinstein expressed surprise over Pakistani opposition to the campaign of Predator-launched CIA missile strikes against Islamic extremist targets along Pakistans northwestern border... Intelligence Agency drone strike last week killed a top al Qaeda trainer suspected of being involved in Decembers suicide bombing that killed seven CIA officers at a base in Afghanistan, U.S. officials say. Wall Street J., March 18, 2010. We now believe that al-Yemeni,��.
Terrorist Frenemies
Many questions persist about the attacks in Paris last week, not least the relationship of the attackers with Al Qaeda and the Islamic State group (ISIL). In truth, both organizations encourage jihadi attacks; on that issue, their commonality is more.
Yemen: reported US covert actions 2001-2011 | The Bureau.
Reports claimed that plans were drawn up for British SAS troops to carry out a series of stiletto, or pin pointed attacks on al Qaeda camps in Yemen, should the US decide that UK forces were required.. was in the late stages of planning a terrorist attack on the US embassy in Sanaa and that as an AQAP operational planner he was also believed to have been responsible for a July 2007 suicide bombing that killed nine people including seven Spanish tourists.
Obama knocked for failing to mention sequestration McCain to hold first SASC.
He continues to want Congress to pass a resolution authorizing U.S. military operations against the Islamic State, though he offered no new details on when hell send to Capitol Hill the legislative framework hes promised.. SPENT MORE TIME TALKING.
Terrorist Bombing Rocks Yemens Sanaa,At least 63 killed
Updated at 12:41 pm (GMT+3): At least 43 people were killed on Thursday in a suicide attack apparently targeting a Houthi checkpoint in the center of the Yemeni capital Sanaa, witnesses including a Reuters reporter said.
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More violence in Yemen today, according to the Los Angeles Times, which reports that more than 50 people were killed in a car bomb attack outside the gates of a police academy in Sanaa. Sanaa was not the only capital hit today, as a. According to the Wall Street Journal, a report by the Department of Homeland Securitys Inspector General shows that patrolling the U.S border with drones has been both expensive and ineffective. The U.S. Customs and Border��.
False Flag | Foreign Policy
The bombing killed 25 Iranians and wounded scores of others.. In July 2010, Jundallah conducted a twin suicide bombing in Zahedan outside a mosque, killing dozens of people, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.. We have repeatedly stated, and reiterate again that the United States has not provided support to Jundallah, a spokesman wrote in an email to the Wall Street Journal, following Jundallahs designation as a terrorist��.
AQAPs Ideological Battles At Home And Abroad - Analysis.
In recent years AQAP has carried out a series of high-profile attempted attacks on Western aviation, killed hundreds of members of the Yemeni military and security forces and bombed multiple foreign embassies in Sanaa. They are a highly. The competition for influence in which AQAP is embroiled in Yemen mirrors an ongoing competition for influence in the global jihadist movement provoked by the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Following the��.
Media and Muslim Leaders Warn of ���Islamophobia��� in Wake.
Right now, nothing is being done to stop jihad recruiting in US mosques, even as several hundred young Muslims from the US have gone to wage jihad for the Islamic State.. Jan 5, 2015. ���Muslim Leaders Warn on Anti-Islamic Sentiment in Europe��� Wall Street Journal, January 7, 2015. In the early hours of Wednesday, a suicide bomber driving a minibus killed at least 33 people in the heart of Yemens capital Sana as cadets gathered to enroll at a police academy.
Yemen Division of Islamic State Claims Suicide Bomb Attacks That Killed Scores
SANA, Yemen���A Yemeni division of Islamic State claimed responsibility for suicide bombings Friday that hit two mosques in Yemens capital, killing scores of people and injuring hundreds of others in the latest escalation of a conflict that has grown .
John McCain Threatens To Block Janet Yellens Fed.
McCain told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that he plans to block the Senate vote to confirm Janet Yellen -- an Obama nominee and liberal favorite -- as chair of the Federal Reserve. Thats the only... A suicide bomber from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attacks the U.S. Embassy, 2-killed. December 6, 2004. Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Al Qaeda terrorists storm the U.S. Consulate and occupy the perimeter wall. 8-killed.. Lets D-(R) america one state at a ti.
Suspect in Charlie Hebdo Attack Was Trained in Yemen
PARIS���One of the French-born brothers who allegedly stormed the newsroom of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in the deadly rampage that left 12 dead is believed by U.S. and French intelligence to have received weapons training from an al Qaeda.
Islamic State Militants Launch Offensive Outside Kurdish-Controlled Kirkuk
Islamic State militants launched their biggest offensive yet outside Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk and tried to penetrate the city itself, part of a spate of brazen attacks by the extremist group against Kurdish forces across Iraq on Friday. A senior.
At Least Two Children Beheaded In Pakistan School Attack.
US general: Islamic State fight to take at least 3 years. CIA: Targeted killings may.. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but police sources said the incident appears to be an act of ongoing targeted killing in the province. Balochistan has been under the... Martin Dempsey, the Pentagons top uniformed officer, told The Wall Street Journal in an interview that the ISIS military leaders were killed in Iraq in recent weeks. The strikes were designed��.
Balkanalysis.com Special Report: The ISIS Expansion in Libya and Threats to.
Despite the relatively small territorial area under its control, ISIS has succeeded in carrying out suicide bombings elsewhere in the country, such as Januarys deadly attack on a Tripoli luxury hotel popular with foreigners. And the eastern town of.
Key Partner In War On Terror Is In Chaos, Top General Says
But it is a focal point of the ongoing drone war against what many analysts continue to describe -- despite the rise of the Islamic State -- as the single most dangerous terrorist threat to the homeland: al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Gen. Austin.
A Backlash Swells in Europe After Charlie Hebdo Attack
The radicalization of a generation of dispossessed Muslims in Middle Eastern wars in Iraq and Syria has only deepened fears, helping these parties to score their best showing ever in Mays European Parliamentary vote.. The attack in France on.
War on ISIS gets blurrier, bizarre - Daily Kos
���We see them, we attack them, we get the weapons from them, we talk to them, we get their confessions, and then we kill them,��� says Mr. Zamili, 35 years old, who ran five restaurants before forming Al Qaraa in June.. In Jurf al-Sakher, some Al Qaraa members hurried out of a meeting with a reporter for The Wall Street Journal to deliver the severed head of an Islamic State fighter to relatives of a slain militia member before his funeral ended. We need to keep in mind��.
Saudis Aim to Project Stability
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia���Saudi Arabias new king swiftly moved to allay worries about continuity atop the oil kingdom, extending the line of succession to a younger generation by naming a nephew who has battled militant extremists and political dissidents .
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And just for good measure, Syrian rebels claim Bashar al Assads forces are still using chemical weapons to kill civilians. FT has more.. While no group has taken responsibility for the attack, suspicion immediately fell on the Islamic State, which has ramped up car bombs and suicide attacks in recent weeks... Reuters is also reporting that at least 33 people have died in a suicide bombing and gun attacks in central Yemen... The Wall Street Journal has more.
A New Kind of Terrorist
These incidents have not involved spectacular suicide bombings or complex assaults on massive targets like Heathrow Airport or Wall Street. They have all claimed comparatively low numbers of casualties. Dealing with the problem of. Nidal Hassan.
A Short History of Islamism
The embryonic cells of Lebanons Hezbollah initiated suicide bombings with attacks on American and Israeli targets in the early 1980s. As of early 2012, the largest single loss of U.S. military lives since World War II was still the Hezbollah bombing.
Iranian-backed Shiite militias lead Iraqs fight to retake Tikrit.
According to Al Mada Press, there are 8,000 IEDs near Tikrit alone. The Islamic State has also countered the offensive with suicide bombings. One suicide bomber who detonated on ISF and Shiite militia personnel as they��.
Hard National Security Choices
Read more at the Wall Street Journal. Today, Central Command. More violence in Yemen today, according to the Los Angeles Times, which reports that more than 50 people were killed in a car bomb attack outside the gates of a police academy in Sanaa.