In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West. A selection of documents seized in last year’s raid on bin Laden’s Pakistan house was posted online Thursday by the U.S. Army’s Combating Terrorism […]
In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and crumbling trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West. A selection of documents seized in last year’s raid on bin Laden’s Pakistan house was posted online Thursday by the U.S. Army’s Combating Terrorism […]
(MINNEAPOLIS) – After two decades of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis, it is widely believed that the two-state solution is all but dead. Israel’s new opposition leader, and former military chief, Shaul Mofaz, who recently won the leadership of the centrist Kadima Party, told Israeli Radio, “The threat of us losing the Jewish majority and Israel […]
(MINNEAPOLIS) – After two decades of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis, it is widely believed that the two-state solution is all but dead. Israel’s new opposition leader, and former military chief, Shaul Mofaz, who recently won the leadership of the centrist Kadima Party, told Israeli Radio, “The threat of us losing the Jewish majority and Israel […]
(MINNEAPOLIS) – Republican representatives in Congress are introducing bills to limit environmental regulations and expand domestic production, including the Gasoline Regulations Act and the Strategic Energy Production Act, both aimed at lowering gas prices at the pump and expanding domestic oil-and-gas leasing. A Republican super-PAC blames Obama for rising gas prices. And other conservative leaders are personally attacking Obama on this […]
(MINNEAPOLIS) – Republican representatives in Congress are introducing bills to limit environmental regulations and expand domestic production, including the Gasoline Regulations Act and the Strategic Energy Production Act, both aimed at lowering gas prices at the pump and expanding domestic oil-and-gas leasing. A Republican super-PAC blames Obama for rising gas prices. And other conservative leaders are personally attacking Obama on this […]
(MintPress)-The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is seeking permission from President Obama to expand its covert drone campaign in Yemen to allow strikes against terrorism suspects based on observations of suspicious behavior without knowing the identities of those who could be killed. The expansion would allow the CIA to strike targets based on intelligence showing suspicious […]
(MintPress)-The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is seeking permission from President Obama to expand its covert drone campaign in Yemen to allow strikes against terrorism suspects based on observations of suspicious behavior without knowing the identities of those who could be killed. The expansion would allow the CIA to strike targets based on intelligence showing suspicious […]
(MintPress) – In early 2011, Virginia resident Gulet Mohamed, then 19, travelled to the Middle East to study his ancestry and family roots. He stayed in Yemen for a few weeks in 2009 before settling in with relatives in a peaceful region of Somalia, where he studied Islam and the local culture. Later in 2009 […]
(MintPress) – In early 2011, Virginia resident Gulet Mohamed, then 19, travelled to the Middle East to study his ancestry and family roots. He stayed in Yemen for a few weeks in 2009 before settling in with relatives in a peaceful region of Somalia, where he studied Islam and the local culture. Later in 2009 […]
LONDON (AP) — Long-forgotten files carrying secret documents from the waning days of the British Empire were opened to the public Wednesday, the first of several releases that promise new insights to a world power that stretched from Antigua to Yemen. The files — whose very existence wasn’t known until recently — are the first […]
LONDON (AP) — Long-forgotten files carrying secret documents from the waning days of the British Empire were opened to the public Wednesday, the first of several releases that promise new insights to a world power that stretched from Antigua to Yemen. The files — whose very existence wasn’t known until recently — are the first […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida was sentenced Thursday to 17½ years in prison after giving an impassioned speech in which he declared his love for Islam and said, “This is not terrorism; it’s self-defense.” Tarek Mehanna, 29, an American who grew up in the wealthy Boston suburb of […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man convicted of conspiring to help al-Qaida was sentenced Thursday to 17½ years in prison after giving an impassioned speech in which he declared his love for Islam and said, “This is not terrorism; it’s self-defense.” Tarek Mehanna, 29, an American who grew up in the wealthy Boston suburb of […]
