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White House Pushes Iran-Al Qaeda Ties as Possible Pretext for Invasion

"There is no doubt there is a connection," Pompeo told lawmakers.
By Davis Richardson
TOPSHOT - France's goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (L) smiles and holds the trophy next to France's coach Didier Deschamps as they arrive for a reception at the Elysee Presidential Palace on July 16, 2018 in Paris after French players won the Russia 2018 World Cup final football match. - France celebrated their second World Cup win 20 years after their maiden triumph on July 15, 2018, overcoming a passionate Croatia side 4-2 in one of the most gripping finals in recent history.

ISIS Spent Months Pushing Jihadist World Cup Attacks. Here’s Why They Failed.

Russia is one of ISIS’ top recruiting wells and has sent as many as 7,000 jihadists to the Islamic State, so it’s not as if they’d be hard-pressed to find home-turf World Cup attackers.
By Bridget Johnson

New Report Explains Why We Suck at Spotting Homegrown Terrorists

Too many folks still focus on appearance or origin when picking out terror suspects.
By Bridget Johnson

This Ramadan, ISIS May Be Down but They’re Not Out

By Bridget Johnson

How Boys Who Just Want to Be Bros Become Homegrown Terrorists

By Bridget Johnson

The Sun Is Shining, Birds Are Singing, and the Taliban Launched a Spring Offensive

By Bridget Johnson

Are Al-Qaeda and ISIS About to Form a Terrorist Supergroup?

By Bridget Johnson
U.S. soldiers with the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment patrol a new ditch they have dug to protect the base from attack on July 19, 2011 in Iskandariya, Babil Province Iraq.

Is Iraq Drawdown the Next Afghanistan Blunder?

By Lorenzo Gazzola
Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain.

Pakistan Runs to China and Russia After Trump Shames It

By John A. Tures
Posters of Albert Nisman are hung during a 'Silent March' marking the one-month anniversary of the suspicious death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman on February 18, 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Western Shame: Tolerating Terrorists for Political Expediency

By Bridget Johnson
Surrendering Taliban militants stand with their weapons in Herat, Afghanistan.

Russia Doesn’t ‘Solve’ Terrorism—It Helps It

By Bridget Johnson
Members of the U.S. Army 1-6 Field Artillery division conduct a joint military exercise with the Afghan National Army in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

Internal Dangers Pose Biggest Threat to US Military Might

By Harlan Ullman
JERSEY CITY, NJ - SEPTEMBER 6: A man runs through the Empty Sky 9/11 Memorial in Liberty State Park in front of lower Manhattan and One World Trade Center in New York City on September 6, 2017 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

How 9/11 Changed America: For Better and for Worse

By John R. Schindler
President Donald Trump.

Trump Confuses Movies With Life, Still Thinks Pork Will Stop Terrorists

By John A. Tures
President Donald Trump speaks during his address to the nation from Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., on August 21, 2017.

Trump’s Afghanistan Revamp Prolongs ‘Forever War’

By Michael Sainato
The Ku Klux Klan protests in Charlottesville, Va.

The Hate Spewed in Charlottesville Helps ISIS and al-Qaeda

By Bridget Johnson
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is hoping secure a second five-year term.

Why You Need to Keep an Eye on Kenya’s Election

By John A. Tures
A Somali soldier patrols next to the burnt-out wreckage of a car that was used by suspected al-shabab fighters on April 16, 2017. Somali security forces shot dead two suspected al-shabab militants, an Al-Qaeda linked extremist group, who were said to be involved in firing rockets. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed ABDIWAHAB

As ISIS Goes Down, Here Comes al-Qaeda

By Bridget Johnson
MOSUL, IRAQ - JUNE 22: A view of Mosul's Old City through an Iraqi forces sniper hole in the wall of a frontline position in Adedat, a neighbourhood in the Old City of west Mosul, the last area of the city under Islamic State control, June 22, 2017. Iraqi forces have encountered stiff resistance with improvised explosives, car bombs, heavy mortar fire and snipers hampering their advance. (Photo by Martyn Aim/Getty Images)

How Islamist Terror Groups Provide the Blueprints to Kill

By Bridget Johnson
An armed police officer stands guard near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament on March 22, 2017 in London, England.

Terrorism in Europe Is Here to Stay Because We’re Soft on Immigration

By Andre Walker
A member of the Iraqi forces stands guard over a building in Mosul on April 7, 2017 as smoke rises during the offensive by Iraqi forces to retake it from Islamic State fighters.

This Week’s Mass Killings by ISIS Are a Show of Desperation

By Bridget Johnson
LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 22: A police officer stands guard near Westminster Bridge and the Houses of Parliament on March 22, 2017 in London, England. A police officer has been stabbed near to the British Parliament and the alleged assailant shot by armed police. Scotland Yard report they have been called to an incident on Westminster Bridge where several people have been injured by a car.

This Week’s UK Takeaway: Terrorism Kills But Never Actually Works

By John A. Tures
A Muslim mam prays at a makeshift memorial for the attack victims, on December 20, 2016 in front of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedaechtniskirche (Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church) in Berlin, where a truck crashed into a Christmas market. Twelve people were killed and almost 50 wounded, 18 seriously, when the lorry tore through the crowd on December 19, 2016, smashing wooden stalls and crushing victims, in scenes reminiscent of July's deadly attack in the French Riviera city of Nice. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL

Low-Tech Terror Tactics Go Medieval to Widen Recruitment Pool

By Bridget Johnson
his picture taken on December 19, 2016 shows Andrey Karlov (R), the Russian ambassador to Ankara, lying on the floor after being shot to death by a gunman.

After an Assassination, Russia and Turkey Will Crush Their Enemies

By Micah Halpern
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