It was all for love: “The FBI affidavit alleged that Bell regularly used encrypted apps to communicate with a Nusra member with whom she had an online relationship.” “American woman charged with transferring money to Syria-based terrorists,” Reuters, November 25, 2020: U.S. federal prosecutors have charged a New Jersey woman with concealing multiple efforts to […]
Al-Qaeda affiliate changes its name, escapes US and Canada terror lists
Osama bin Laden foresaw how this would fool the establishment Infidel counterterror “experts”: “In the years immediately after 9/11, bin Laden knew worldwide sentiment fell in favor of the United States so he spread al Qaeda’s mission of hate — all while avoiding using the words ‘al Qaeda,’ said terror analyst Ali Soufan. “So each […]
100 al-Qaeda jihadis killed in U.S. airstrikes in Syria
Just as Obama got ready to leave office, he authorized a groundbreaking strike against an al-Qaeda training camp in Syria, killing 100 jihadists, perhaps in a last ditch effort to salvage some of his legacy. The strikes came on the heels of stealth bombings blasting two Islamic State training camps in Libya yesterday, killing some […]
CFR’s Max Abrahms claims Syrian jihad groups growing because they’re moderate
Max Abrahms, “#Terrorism Theorist / Northeastern Prof / Council on Foreign Relations / Center for Cyber & Homeland Security,” is the very epitome of the vacuous contemporary intellectual, thumping his chest about his “research” and “scholarship” but unwilling and unable to defend them in a public forum, and retailing absurd and defeatist views that appeal […]
Al-Qaeda jihadis seize bases, weapons from U.S.-backed “moderate” Syrian rebels
“The Nusra Front arrested U.S.-supplied fighters belonging to FSA’s 30th division last summer and seized their weapons in a major embarrassment to the U.S. government’s train-and-equip program which was meant to support carefully vetted ‘moderate’ rebels,” says this report. That echoes the President’s language: “We have a Free Syrian Army and a moderate opposition that […]
Islamic State kills two in jihad-martyrdom suicide attacks after Syria ceasefire begins
A ceasefire so restricted and circumscribed as to be meaningless. “Report: Car bomb kills 2 after Syria cease-fire begins,” by Bassem Mroue, Associated Press, February 27, 2016: BEIRUT (AP) – A U.S. and Russia-brokered cease-fire brought relative calm to parts of Syria for the first time in years on Saturday, but the war against the […]
Qatar allows money to flow to Islamic State, other jihad terrorists
Qatar also funds the Brookings Institution, which wields enormous influence in Washington foreign policy circles — and in part explains why the foreign policy establishment is so willfully ignorant and unwilling to deal realistically or honestly with the jihad threat. “Qatar allows money to flow to ISIS, other terrorists: report,” by Guy Taylor, The Washington […]