Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, discusses the possible closing of Gitmo and the President’s counterterrorism strategies. Closing the prison won’t appease al-Qaeda, Bolton says, but simply turn loose a bunch of terrorists to resume their attacks on the United States and the rest of the Western world.
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Several Yemeni men belonging to al-Qaeda took part in the terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi last September, according to several sources who have spoken with CNN. One senior U.S. law enforcement official told CNN that “three or four members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,” or AQAP, took part in the attack. More from CNN.
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New York Congressman Peter King says it’s premature to rule out possible Al-Qaeda involvement in the Boston Marathon bombings. In an interview on The Steve Malberg Show, King also says that despite contradictory reports, he still harbors suspicions about the Saudi national observed running from the scene of the bombings. King is a member of the House Homeland Security Committee.
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Two men have been arrested and charged with plotting a terror attack against a Canadian passenger train with support from al-Qaeda elements inside Iran. Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, who live in Montreal and Toronto, were planning to derail a passenger train in Toronto.
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Our first line of defense, counter-terrorist infiltration operatives, has been cut in half by the Obama Administration. The cutbacks come as Al-Qaeda is growing more brazen and sophisticated in its efforts to infiltrate the United States. Pundit Dick Morris discusses the consequences.
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France’s top defense official claims the terrorist group al-Qaeda stockpiled tons of weapons in Mali and planned to use the Central African country’s north as a base for international attacks.
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As French and African forces continue to battle Islamist militants in northern Mali, the president of Chad has confirmed that troops have killed a top leader of a local branch of al-Qaeda. The militant, Abdelhamid Abou Zeid, was the second-in-command of al-Qaeda in the Maghreb. He is accused of killing several Western hostages, including Edwin Dyer from the United Kingdom and Michel Germaneau from France. More from JewishNewsOne.
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In their haste to flee the French intervention, the Islamist militants who had taken over northern Mali left behind a crucial piece of evidence: A document written by their leader that outlines their plans for conquering the region.
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As Syria collapses, its society destroyed by the nation’s prolonged civil war, what will emerge from the rubble and the ashes? Will the country become stable again, but under a different government, or will chaos ensue for many years to come? An Israeli military commander outlines the heightened dangers if Syria becomes a lawless refuge for jihadis. H/T Blazing Cat Fur
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French and Malian troops have liberated Timbuktu and driven out Islamists who had imposed strict Sharia laws. But the al-Qaeda-linked extremists left their mark as they retreated in defeat — torching a library that contained irreplaceable manuscripts and relics hundreds of years old. It’s not yet known have many volumes were lost. It’s also unclear where these Arab Spring insurgents will head next to share their enlightened views.
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