Counterterrorism
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:32
Uganda’s government spokesman says the US embassy has shared intelligence with the administration warning of a possible terrorist attack, similar to the one on Kenya’s Westgate mall nearly a month ago.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:30
The Pentagon has begun a burst of spending in Africa, expanding its main base on the continent and investing in air facilities, flight services, telecommunications and electrical upgrades as the U.S. military deepens its involvement in a region with a rising threat of Islamist terrorism.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 09:01
Security operations underway since Thursday have resulted in the death of nine suspected militants, including a suspect named in recent political assassinations.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:59
Islamist militants are exploiting anarchy in neighboring Libya to get training and smuggle weapons across porous borders, according to Tunisian PM.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:52
Sinai-based jihadist group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis has claimed responsibility on Monday for the military intelligence building bombing on Saturday in Ismailia, where six were injured.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:41
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has extorted $20 million in two years, an official says. Western nations face the dilemma of paying up or seeing hostages die.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:36
Transcript of a press conference President Barack Obama delivered on evolving U.S. counter-terrorism strategies, especially as they relate to Africa.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:34
The men from Boko Haram came tearing through this rural town, setting fire to houses, looting, shooting and yelling, “God is great!” residents and officials said. The gunmen shot motorists point-blank on the road, dragged young men out of homes for execution and ordered citizens to lie down for a fatal bullet.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:25
Here on the Kansas plains, thousands of soldiers once bound for Iraq or Afghanistan are now gearing up for missions in Africa as part of a new Pentagon strategy to train and advise indigenous forces to tackle emerging terrorist threats and other security risks so that American forces do not have to.
Monday, October 21, 2013 - 08:24
To that end, al-Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has argued that the group should exploit the Arab Spring to expand its recruiting by creating a civilian wing concentrating on religious propagation.