Category: War On Terror

Employing one of the oldest political tricks in the book — releasing bad or unpopular news to the public on Friday when many Americans are starting their weekend festivities and are less likely to pay attention to news stories — …

Twenty-year-old Naser Abdo joined the U.S. Army more than a year ago. Now that it’s time to be sent to Afghanistan, however, he’s having second thoughts. He is refusing deployment, claiming conscientious-objector status

The rhetoric emanating from the Obama White House has shifted from the use of sanctions against Iran to deter that renegade nation’s nuclear weapons program, to enforcement of sanctions to “get the Iranians back to the negotiating table,” according to …

This week’s indictments of 14 terrorism suspects have opened the eyes of many government officials to the danger brewing in Somalia: that this beleaguered African nation may turn out to be the new Afghanistan.

Right now at ground zero in New York a battle over the construction of buildings following 9/11 is raging. It is hard to believe that almost nine years following the Islamic attacks that took thousands of American lives, post-9/11 construction …

Uganda has arrested several suspects in its investigation of the weekend terrorist bombings that killed 76 people and wounded hundreds of soccer fans who were in the midst of watching the World Cup soccer games broadcast, according to a report …

By Van D. Hipp, Jr., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army

This week brought welcomed news and a wake-up call in the Global War on Terror from the Land of the Midnight Sun.

Norwegian police officials confirmed on Thursday …

A gun battle between Mexican suspects and Mexican police left seven bullet holes in El Paso City Hall. This latest incursion of Mexico’s deadly crime war has intensified calls for tighter border security.

The Bush Administration’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine General Peter Pace, warned members of the Senate Armed Services Committee that members of radical Islamic groups were active in South America recruiting and training terrorists. Yet, the …

Is Attorney General Eric Holder more interested in bullying Arizonians over immigration enforcement than in protecting Americans from nuclear, biological or chemical weapons?

Opinions on Afghanistan run the table from hopelessly optimistic to dangerously pessimistic, with most commentators falling into the latter category. Men like Ralph Peters of the New York Post, and Tony Blankely of the Washington Times insist that our mission …

President Barack Obama’s nominee for the number two spot at the U.S. Justice Department served as a lawyer for the Saudi royals who helped finance the 9-11 terrorist attacks and raked in millions of dollars to “monitor” a collapsed insurance …

The Red Cross - like the United Nations - has unfortunately chosen to play the political card in calling for Israel to end its blockade of Gaza - rather than using its prestige and influence to call for the Gazans …

Yesterday, U.S. Congressmen Bill Pascrell (D-NJ) and Peter T. King (R-NY), a ranking member of the Committee on Homeland Security, introduced The WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010 (H.R. 5498). This legislation will make progress toward implementing the recommendations …

Is Attorney General Eric Holder more interested in bullying Arizonians over immigration enforcement than in protecting Americans from nuclear, biological or chemical weapons?