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The White House has launched a new effort to draw a line under its controversial drone strike policy by admitting for the first time that four American citizens were among those killed by its covert attacks in Yemen and Pakistan since 2009. In a letter to congressional leaders sent on Wednesday, a  Joins Us to Continue Reading

Two suspected Islamist terrorists have been shot after a soldier was allegedly beheaded in south east London, just 200 yards from an army barracks. The victim – who was wearing a Help For Heroes t-shirt – was said to have been attacked by two men armed with knives, including a meat cleaver. On Continue reading

Officials in the US say they have identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on the diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, in 2012 and there is enough evidence to justify seizing them by military force as suspected terrorists or killing them with a drone strike. However, there is n Continue reading

The EU decision to lift Syrian oil sanctions to aid the opposition has accelerated a scramble for control over wells and pipelines in rebel-held areas and helped consolidate the grip of jihadist groups over the country's key resources. Jabhat al-Nusra, affiliated with al-Qaida and other extreme I  Joins Us to Continue Reading

Gunmen opened fire on dozens of people marching in a Mother's Day neighbourhood parade in New Orleans on Sunday, wounding at least 19, including two children. Police said that many of the victims were grazed and most of the wounds weren't life-threatening. No deaths were reported. FBI spokeswoman  Joins Us to Continue Reading

911 call -- 'I've been kidnapped!' -- cops find 3 women missing for years (CNN) -- Amanda Berry was last seen after finishing her shift at a Burger King in Cleveland in 2003. It was the eve of her 17th birthday. Georgina "Gina" DeJesus disappeared nearly a year later, in April 2004. She was 14. M Continue reading

Concern over the possibility of broader war in the Middle East grew Monday in the wake of reported airstrikes on Syrian military installations. The reported strikes killed 42 Syrian soldiers, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday, citing medical sources. It said 100 people   Joins Us to Continue Reading

The two brothers suspected of carrying out the attack on the BostonMarathon had originally planned to set off their bombs on US Independence Day, according to law enforcement officials. Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev brought forward the date of their attack from 4 July because they completed buil Continue reading

At least two of three additional suspects arrested Wednesday in the Boston Marathon bombing probe face obstruction of justice charges, a federal law enforcement source said. Boston police announced the arrests Wednesday morning, adding that there was "no threat to the public." Two students from Ne Continue reading

Diplomats are warning of growing Islamist violence against western targets in Libya as blowback from the war in Mali, following last week'sattack on the French embassy in Tripoli. The bomb blast that wrecked much of the embassy is seen as a reprisal by Libyan militants for the decision by Paris th Continue reading

The mosque attended by the two brothers accused in the Boston Marathon double bombing has been associated with other terrorism suspects, has invited radical speakers to a sister mosque in Boston and is affiliated with a Muslim group that critics say nurses grievances that can lead to extremism.Accor  Joins Us to Continue Reading

Communication failures between US intelligence agencies may have prevented the detection of the suspected Boston bombers, according to senators briefed in secret by the FBI on Tuesday.According to The Guardian : The bureau's deputy director, Sean Joyce, appeared before a closed session of the Sen  Joins Us to Continue Reading

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With increasing reports that the FBI interviewed the Boston Bomber, Tamerlan Tsarnaev at the request of a foreign government, and the fact that the case was closed without any conclusions is not something for which we should blame the FBI. This is analogous to blaming the CIA for Benghazi. The FBI a  Joins Us to Continue Reading

Despite being seriously wounded and heavily sedated, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is answering brief questions from authorities by nodding his head, a source with first-hand knowledge of the investigation told CNN Monday. Authorities are asking Dzhokhar Tsarnaev whether the Continue reading

Police sealed off densely populated portions of the Boston metro area early Friday after a violent night of chasing the Boston Marathon terror suspects left one of the men and a police officer dead. The manhunt effectively shut down a large portion of the nation's fifth-largest metro area. Develop Continue reading

Two explosions shattered the finish of the Boston Marathon on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry away the injured while stragglers in the 26.2-mile race were rerouted away from the smoking site. Competitors and race volunteers were crying as they fled the chaos. Bloody spectato Continue reading

The (1969) riots known as the “Days of Rage” mark the turning point of a small domestic group from protesting and rioting to the initiation of a violent terrorist campaign to achieve their demands. This series of events is highly instructional today for the understanding of domestic militant gro Continue reading

Iran announced two key nuclear-related projects on Tuesday that expand the country's ability to extract and process uranium, which can be enriched for reactor fuel but also potentially for atomic weapons.   The development came just days after another round of talks with world powers seeking to l Continue reading

  Just a few weeks back, we watched the President of the United States as he warmly congratulated his outgoing Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, as the best Foreign secretary ever. And he took the opportunity to do this in an unprecedented way on CBS as Steve Kroft, a well-known sycophant, aske Continue reading