WASHINGTON — Nearly five years after his capture by insurgents, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl climbed into an American helicopter. He took out a pen and wrote on a paper plate, “SF?” — asking the troops who had come to find him in eastern Afghanistan if they were U.S. special operations forces. Over the roar of the […]
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Austin Bay: War against terrorism far from over
President Barack Obama declared in his 2013 inaugural speech that, “a decade of war is receding.” However, al-Shabab’s seizure of a Nairobi, Kenya shopping mall illustrates, in cold blood, that the terrorists’ war on the civilized continues — its savagery and political calculation undiminished. American soldiers say the enemy always gets a vote. On Sept. […]
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King says he wants to investigate possible terrorism recruiting in Maine
U.S. Sen. Angus King said in response to this weekend’s attack at an upscale Kenyan mall that he would investigate attempts by terrorist groups to recruit members from the Somali community in Maine. NBC terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann said on the Sunday morning “Today Show” that al Shabab is known to recruit members from the […]
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NYPD designates mosques as terrorism organizations
NEW YORK — The New York Police Department has secretly labeled entire mosques as terrorist organizations, a designation that allows police to use informants to record sermons and spy on imams, often without specific evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Designating an entire mosque as a terrorism enterprise means that anyone who attends prayer services there is […]