Counterterrorism
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:48
The defendants are charged with using violence against security personnel, joining a terrorist organization and undermining public security and peace.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:48
U.S. officials say Syria has become the global focal point for militants who want to wage holy war, eclipsing Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:44
He is being questioned by the US High Value Detainee Interrogation Group, an inter-agency unit created in 2009 and housed in the FBI's National Security Branch.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:33
A U.S. official says the target of Saturday's special forces raid in Somalia was a Kenyan man working with the militant group al-Shabab.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 07:30
The government is already struggling to assert its control over many parts in the country, and this latest event is bound to complicate matters.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 06:49
The U.S. State Department's Linda Thomas-Greenfield hosts an online forum discussing U.S. policy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 06:16
U.S. Department of State comments on the recent special operations strike in Barawe, Somalia.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 11:57
Sailors and civilian maritime personnel from Europe, Africa and the U.S. finalized the schedule of events and associated objectives for Exercise Cutlass Express 2013 (CE13) during a final planning conference, Sept. 23-27.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 11:44
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs met to examine the threat al-Shabaab poses to the United States in the wake of the Westgate Mall attack. It was concluded that Shabaab poses more of a regional threat in Africa, and that anti-recruitment efforts must be increased domestically.
Monday, October 7, 2013 - 09:39
Since President Obama stepped into the White House, his administration has had a rather consistent reaction when it located an accused terrorist: drop a Hellfire missile on the guy's head. Saturday was different. U.S. forces got the drop on an al-Qaeda operative named Nazhi Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai. But rather than drone him, those forces put him in cuffs. That not only marks a rather dramatic departure from what has been standard Obama administration policy. It could open a new chapter in the struggle against Islamic terror.