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Terrorism Tag

Nothing to worry about in Yemen: Because al-Qaeda is just a joke: Apparently, al-Qaeda doesn't have a Twitter account, so it never got the message.--------------------------------------------Related Posts:About That "Firecracker"Not So Scary Terror?Terrorist Attacks Plane, Think Progress Attacks Pete HoekstraFollow me on Twitter and Facebook...

Headline Sunday: Brennan: Some Guantanamo detainees will go to YemenHeadline today: Freed Guantánamo inmates are heading for Yemen to join al-Qaeda fightNothing to see here, move along.Update - New headline this afternoon, U.S. suspends Guantanamo prisoner transfer to Yemen(emphasis mine): "While we remain committed to...

"If we still cannot connect the dots on al-Qaeda bomb plots, why are we having the trial of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other 9/11 plotters in densely populated downtown Manhattan?"--------------------------------------------Related Posts:Scalia Was Right About Releasing Gitmo DetaineesSchumer Right Before He Was WrongKSM Trial is Another...

Headline yesterday: Yemen’s Chaos Aids the Evolution of a Qaeda CellHeadline this morning: US, UK close Yemen embassies over al-Qaida threatsHeadline this morning: Brennan: Some Guantanamo detainees will go to YemenHeadline six months from now when another detainee released to Yemen tries to blow up...

Unlike the plurality of Democrats who as recently as 2007 believed George W. Bush knew of the 9/11 attacks in advance, there is no traction among conservatives for the theory that Barack Obama or his administration had actual knowledge of the Undie-bomber plot beforehand.But the...

I'm generally staying away from "Best" and "Worst" posts, despite the gravitational pull on this date, but this one really, really needs to be remembered:(h/t Donald Douglas for the screen shot)Update: Throw A Snowball At Washington--------------------------------------------Related Posts:About That "Firecracker"Not So Scary Terror?Terrorist Attacks Plane, Think...

Pete Hoekstra (R-MI) commented soon after the attempted bombing of an airplane over Detroit that the Obama administration needed to do a better job at connecting the dots regarding terror threats from Yemen:“People have got to start connecting the dots here and maybe this is...

Yet more utter nonsense spread in the left-wing blogosphere, this time about how Joe Lieberman wants the U.S. to "invade" Yemen.In fact, Lieberman said that we needed to act "preemptively" against al-Qaeda in Yemen to avoid Yemen becoming the next war, and said nothing advocating...

"You're doing a heck of a job, Brownie Janet Reno Napolitano"[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dudHzY5Qigw]--------------------------------------------Related Posts:About That "Firecracker"Not So Scary Terror?Terrorist Attacks Plane, Think Progress Attacks Pete HoekstraFollow me on Twitter and Facebook...

There has been a deliberate attempt to downplay the seriousness of the attempted bombing of an airplane over Detroit. The attempted detonation of an explosive in the airplane has been described by leading bloggers as "unserious" and evidence that al-Qaeda is "a joke."Below is the...

So says Matthew Yglesias, in a post titled Not So Scary “Terror” (emphasis mine): Obviously, people shouldn’t be lighting anything on fire inside airplanes. That said, all the big Christmas airline incident really shows to me is how little punch our dread terrorist adversaries really...

An Islamic terrorist, with apparent ties to al-Qaeda in Yemen, just attempted to blow up a plane as it was landing in Detroit. Al-Qaeda activities in Yemen are a real problem, as witnessed by the U.S. missile attack on Yemen just days ago against an...

As part of his broad attack this weekend on opponents of the Democratic health care plans, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) declared:"The lowest of the low was the Republican vote against funding and supporting our troops in the field in a time of war. As a device...

How long before arrest warrants are issued by politically motivated judges in Europe for high level U.S. politicians and military officials because drone strikes in Pakistan kill civilians?Don't think it could happen? How about this story from Britain, Israel fury over British war crimes warrant...

Do not be alarmed. This is no cause for concern. It's not as if the government put your medical records online. And Bush probably is to blame, anyway:--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter and Facebook...

The Nation magazine has an extensive article detailing a classified operation in Pakistan by Blackwater, acting expressly under U.S. authority and coordination, to fight al-Qaeda:At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of...

It is reported that Nidal Hasan, the Fort Hood shooter, is paralyzed. So you knew this was coming:How barbaric that the military will seek to kill a man with no sensation in his body from the chest down. He might prefer it (I certainly would)...