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Join CBN News Terrorism Analyst Erick Stakelbeck as he brings you the latest inside information on the war on terror here in the U.S. as well as around the world.
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October 2, 2008
More Rumblings Out of Afghanistan and Pakistan
The latest from the jihad nerve center More...
September 29, 2008
Move Over Johnny Depp: Somali Pirates the Real Deal
Yo, ho, ho and we seize your cargo More...
September 23, 2008
Iraqi Politician Facing Prosecution for Visiting Israel
One step forwward, ten steps back More...
September 19, 2008
North Korea to Restart Nuclear Reactor
Least Surprising Foreign Policy News of 2008? More...
September 16, 2008
Pakistani Army Ready to Tangle With U.S. Over Border Crossings?
Pakstan to Unleash the Dogs of War? More...
New Al Qaeda Tape Slams Iran
The end of a dangerous relationship? More...
August 26, 2008
Swiss Foreign Minister Open to Negotiations with Bin Laden
Please, stay neutral More...
August 21, 2008
Saudi Arabia's Leading Religous Authority: Celebrating Birthdays is Forbidden
Birthday punching, Sharia style. More...
Al Qaeda's North Africa Branch Continuing to Make Noise
Deadly suicide attack in Algeria another warning More...
August 13, 2008
World's Most Dangerous Woman in U.S. Custody
The biggest terrorism capture since 2003? More...
August 11, 2008
Russia Opens a Cyber Front Against Georgia
Russia's onslaught moves into cyberspace More...
August 8, 2008
Tyson Foods Reinstates Labor Day as Paid Holiday
The voice of the people prevails More...
August 5, 2008
Tyson Foods Drops Labor Day in Favor of Muslim Holiday
Assimilation or domination? More...
July 29, 2008
Al Qaeda Website Urges Detailed Attacks on Western Targets
"Urban terror squads" ready to strike at the West? More...
July 28, 2008
Al Qaeda Bomb-Making Mastermind Killed in Targeted Strike
Another one bites the dust More...
July 25, 2008
Pakistani Govt. Signs Yet Another Peace Deal with the Taliban
Appeasement by any other name... More...
June 25, 2008
Saudis Arrest Hundreds in Major Anti-Terrorism Sweeps
Saudi Arabia has conducted the largest terrorism sweep in the country's history. More...
June 19, 2008
Follow Up: Bin Laden Sidekick Receiving Welfare Benefits From British Govt.
It's officially Anarchy in the U.K. More...
June 18, 2008
British Prison Releases Bin Laden's "Right Hand Man" in Europe
Incredibly, Abu Qatada is a free man. More...
June 16, 2008
Taliban Taking Over Afghan Villages?
And you thought this weekend' s news of a huge Taliban jailbreak in Kandahar was ominous. More...
June 13, 2008
State Dept. Will Not Close Controversial Virginia Islamic School
How many second chances does this school get? More...
June 12, 2008
Virginia Islamic School Teaches It's OK to Kill Converts From Islam?
Saudi Wahhabism just miles from the White House? More...
June 10, 2008
"Honour" Violence Comes to Sweden
When you've lost Scandinavia, you've lost Europe. More...
June 3, 2008
State Department Responds About Relationship with ISNA
There is no relationship: at least not directly More...
June 2, 2008
Ahmadenijad: "Israel Will Soon Disappear"
Sounds like a guy America can go ahead and engage in an honest, open dialogue, no? More...
May 29, 2008
Britain to be an Islamic State by 2038?
So says the Church of England's official newspaper More...
May 23, 2008
Attempted Suicide Bombing In Britain
The suspect is a white convert to Islam who may have prior mental health issues More...
May 22, 2008
Tehran University to Host Conference on "Israel's End"
With no, um, preconditions... More...
May 16, 2008
Ohio College Explains Appearance by Radical Islamist
Sinclair Community College responds More...
May 15, 2008
Ahmadenijad: 'The Hidden Imam Manages the Affairs of the World'
Just in case you forgot, you worthless infidels. More...
May 14, 2006
Afghan Teacher Shot Dead After Condemning Suicide Bombings
Another unsettling incident that shows there's still a long way to go in changing the culture of Afghanistan More...
May 12, 2008
Radical Islamist to Speak at Ohio College?
Sheikh Khalid Yasin's appearance at Sinclair Community College is being sponsored by a local Dayton mosque, Masjid at-Taqwa. More...
May 6, 2008
Bolton: Bomb Iran's Terror Training Camps
The former UN ambassador says its time to neutralize Iran's terrorist training camps More...
May 2, 2008
Government To Ban Use of Word "Jihadist?"
Unfortuantely, the U.S. is battling a global jihad and no amount of clever semantics can change that. More...
May 1, 2008
State Dept. Awards Grant to Group with Possible Ties to Terrorist Fundraisers
Last year, ISNA--was named in a federal terrorism case. Now the group is receiving a grant from the U.S. government More...
April 29, 2008
The most important man in Iraq...is an Iranian?
And an Iranian general to boot More...
April 28, 2008
Israeli Airstrike in Syria Killed 10 North Koreans?
Seems like the perfect time to jump start those six party talks with North Korea, eh? More...
April 22, 2008
Pakistan Sets Major Taliban Leader Free, About to Release Another
Well, so much for all the bold talk from Pakistan's new government about being "tough on terror." More...
April 21, 2008
NC Congresswoman's 10-Point Plan to Battle Radical Islam on the Homefront
What do you think? Is there anything you would add or subtract from this list? More...
April 18, 2008
Sen. Clinton May Have Her Own "Weathermen" Problem
the Senator's husband, former President Bill Clinton, granted clemency to two members of the Weather Underground in 2000. More...
April 15, 2008
Can America Break Free of Foreign Oil?
Can America win the War on Terror by breaking free of foreign oil? More...
April 14, 2008
Hamas Cleric: We Will Conquer America and Europe
Wait a minute. I thought Hamas was only concerned with the destruction of Israel and posed no threat whatsover to the West. More...
April 9, 2008
Major Al-Qaeda Operational Planner Confirmed Dead
Add Abu Obeida al-Masri to a growing list of high-ranking Al-Qaeda operatives who've met their demise in the tribal regions of Pakistan More...
April 3, 2008
Al-Qaeda's # 2 Emerges to Answer Life's Burning Questions
C'mon Ayman, boxers or briefs? More...
April 2, 2008
Bush Administration Official: Saudi Arabia is Primary Source of Terrorist Funding Worldwide
Is the Bush administration finally ready to throw America's most questionable ally under the bus More...
April 1, 2008
Victory for Al-Sadr in Basra?
I'm starting to think that Al-Sadr is the jihadi version of Michael Myers or Jason Vorhees More...
March 31, 2008
Did Iran Help Secure Al-Sadr's Iraq Truce?
Did an Iranian general play a key role in the truce? More...
March 27, 2008
Bomb? Check. Iraqi Money? Check. Terrorism? Nah.
Where's Lt. Frank Drebin when you need him? More...
March 25, 2008
A Glimpse Into France's Future
Sarkozy can't turn back the demographic tide in France More...
March 20, 2008
New Bin Laden Tape Blasts Pope
The exact date and origins of the latest Bin Laden audiotape (the only visual sign of the Al-Qaeda leader on the tape is a dated still shot) are still being determined. More...
March 19, 2008
New Report on Iran's Extremist Textbooks
Our friend Eli Lake has more on Iran's always inclusive educational system More...
March 18, 2008
Vatican to Open Church in Saudi Arabia?
If this does happen, expect there to be significant strings attached. More...
March 13, 2008
Saudi Scholar: Only 50-60 People Died in the Holocaust
By Allah, we will not be satisfied even if all the Jews are killed More...
March 12, 2008
A Major Rift in Al-Qaeda Over Who Will Succeed Bin Laden?
According to C.I.A. Director Michael Hayden, there is a rivalry brewing within Al-Qaeda's hiearchy between Egyptians and Saudis More...
March 11, 2008
The Saudis PR Push at American Universities
The principal mover and shaker in this Saudi PR offensive is Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, one of the world's richest men. More...
March 7, 2008
Is Al-Qaeda's American Mouthpiece, Adam Gadahn, Dead?
If the media-savvy Gadahn is dead, it may prove a major blow tro Al-Qaeda's Internet and video operations. More...
February 27, 2008
Turkey to lead an Islamic Reformation?
Is this what the West has been waiting for? More...
Feburary 25, 2008
Obesity a Bigger Threat Than Terrorism?
So say "experts" at the Oxford Health Alliance Summit More...
February 20, 2008
U.S. Special Ops Kill Mastermind Behind Al-Qaeda Suicide Bombings in Iraq
CBN News told you about the troubles with Al-Qaeda in Diyala almost a year ago. Good to see that AQI is slowly but surely being rolled up there. More...
Febrruary 19, 2008
Walk Your Dog in Iran, Get Prison Time and 30 Lashes
This is the type of sharia-inspired madness the Archbishop of Canterbury is willing to concede to in Britain. More...
February 15, 2008
More on the Death of Master Terrorist Imad Mugniyeh
So many questions remain surrounding Imad Mugniyeh's death that may never be answered More...
February 14, 2008
One of the World's Top Terrorists Killed
When it came down to the nuts and bolts of actually carrying out an operation, no one was more dangerous than Mugniyeh. More...
February 6, 2008
Al-Qaeda In Iraq Now Training Pre-Teen Kinderbombers
Today it's six-year-olds training for jihad. Just a few days ago, the group tricked two mentally disabled Iraqi women into carrying out a suicide bombing. More...
February 5, 2008
Pentagon Wakes Up, Retains Expert on Islamic Law
At this point, opponents of the global jihad will take all the small victories they can get. More...
February 4, 2008
Britain Narrowly Dodges Terrorist Attack?
Not surprisingly, the six Pakistanis arrested by British authorities were connected to the Barcelona terrorist cell broken up last week. More...
January 29, 2008
Child Suicide Bombers in Iraq
This phenomenon is nothing new in Iraq, Afghanistan or the Palestinian territories. But it needs to be highlighted because it shows just how depraved and evil the jihadists are. More...
January 23, 2008
Ahmadenijad Accepts Invite to Visit Iraq
Something tells me this kind of neighborly affection isn't what the Bush administration has in mind when they talk about a new, democratic Iraq. More...
January 21, 2008
Saudi Regime Slowly Entering 21st Century
These might be considered major strides--if it were 1908. More...
January 18, 2008
British Officials Say Terrorists Are Acting "Anti-Islamic"
I presume that these officials are well-versed in the Koran, the Hadith, the life of Mohammed and the history of Islam. If--as I suspect--they know little about Islam other than their own politically correct platitudes, they have no right to make such com More...
January 17, 2008
Bin Laden's Son Headed to Britain?
Osama bin Laden's 26-year-old son has sought a British visa so More...
January 15, 2008
Is Al-Qaeda in Iraq Still Alive and Kicking?
Yes, but the group is most certainly on the ropes, big-time, as we've discussed frequently over the past few months on CBN News. More...
June 7, 2007
Al Qaeda Franchises Expanding in Lebanon?
A very interesting report here from Richard Engel over at NBC on Al-Qaeda's reach in Lebanon. More...
June 4, 2007
Latest on the JFK Terror Plot
As you may have heard by now, over the weekend, federal officials announced the breakup of a major terrorist plot targeting New York's JFK Airport. CBN News has the goods here. More...
May 31, 2007
'No Jihad Street' in Belgium
A friend of mine recently returned from Belgium and expressed shock at how many Muslims there were in Brussels (not to mention the large amount of graffitti). More...
May 30, 2007
Al-Qaeda's American Lackey Releases New Tape
Adam Gadhan has certainly come full circle from the chubby metalhead who sported headbanger hair and a peach fuzz beard as a teenager in California. More...
May 29, 2007
Iraq: A View from the Front
CBN News consultant Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is currently embedded with the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery in western Baghdad. Daveed has filed a series of excellent reports--like this one-- about his experiences and observations in Iraq. More...
May 21, 2007
Jihadi Violence Rages in Lebanon
While Hezbollah apparently isn't directly involved this time, their Syrian overlords' fingerprints seem a likely backer of Fatah Islam. More...
May 16, 2007
Bad Move? U.S. to Help Upgrade Pakistan's F-16 Fighter Jets
Question for the Bush administration: before we go ahead and upgrade Pakistan's F-16's--essentially rewarding the country for bad behavior--shouldn't we at least demand that the Musharraf government play a more active role in battling al-Qa More...
May 15, 2007
Is Iraq Al-Qaeda's New Epicenter?
According to leading terrorism expert Rohan Gunaratna, it most certainly has shifted to Iraq from Afghanistan. I disagree somewhat. on that one particular point (I'll explain why shortly), but am in full agreement with Gunaratna's overall thesis More...
May 10, 2007
Hamas TV Refuses to Drop Mickey Mouse Jihad Show
His name is Farfur Mouse. He's cute, he's cuddly and he bears a striking example to our very own Mickey Mouse. Except Farfur encourages Palestinian preschoolers to annihilate the Jews. More...
May 9, 2007
Iraq War Vet's Family Seeks Justice From Kuwaiti Company
My latest piece for CBN News is hands down one of the most important I've done. The story deals with a U.S. Army Lt. Colonel, Rocky Baragona, who was killed on his way home from Iraq in May 2003 when his Humvee was struck by a tractor trailer. More...
May 8, 2007
Islamic Terror Cell Busted in New Jersey
I've been on the fly today following this story. More comments in this space tomorrow. More...
May 7, 2007
Muslim/Christian Soccer Match Scrapped
Why, you ask? Because women were going to take part, why else? More...
May 4, 2007
Ties Between Iraqi PM and Iran's Revolutionary Guards?
Really, given al-Maliki's track record as Prime Minister, is anyone surprised? More...
May 3, 2007
British Intel Tracking 2,000 Suspected Jihadists
This news comes as no surprise to readers of this blog, as I've described ultra-PC Britain's descent into Britainistan in numerous posts. More...
May 1, 2007
Iraqi Officials Say Al-Qaeda Chief Dead
If true, this would be great news. But let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet. Similar rumors were floating around back in February that proved to be untrue. More...
April 27, 2007
Top Al-Qaeda Leader, 172 Saudis Arrested in Terror Sweeps
Some quick, preliminary thoughts on what look like two major victories in the global War on Terror. First, Saudi Arabia: today's terror sweeps look to be unprecedented in their size and scope. More...
April 25, 2007
Taliban Leader Reportedly Says bin Laden Is Alive
Let me preface this by saying that Mullah Dadullah, the guy who suppposedly delivered these comments to al-Jazeera, was reportedly surrounded by Afghan troops just two days ago. More...
April 19, 2007
'Osama bin Laden' Running For Office in the Phillipines?
Meet Agakhan Sharief. People in his backwater province in heavily Muslim Southern Philippines tell him he looks like terror master Osama bin Laden. More...
April 18, 2007
Iran's Reaction to the Va. Tech Massacre
America continues to mourn the 32 Virginia Tech students who were brutally and senselessly murdered on Monday by crazed gunman Cho Seung-Hui. But what are our enemies saying about the worst act of mass murder in U.S. history? More...
Amsterdamned: Dutch Govt. Says Palestinian PM Not Welcome
I gotta say, I'm shocked, awed and above all, pleasantly surprised by the Dutch moxie shown here. Other than Geert Wilders, there hadn't been much anti-jihadist fortitude in the land of windmills since the indomitable Aayan Hirsi Ali left town. More...
April 13, 2007
Ohio Man Arrested on Terrorism Charges, CAIR Not Pleased
Due mainly to yesterday's pair of suicide bombings in Iraq, an important and troubling terrorism-related story was able to slip largely under the media's radar screen. More...
April 12, 2007
Big News out of Iraq, Both Good and Bad
The controversial U.S. troop surge has resulted in a decrease in violence in Baghdad--but today, there were two major setbacks in the Iraqi capital. More...
April 11, 2007
Bombs Target PM's Office in Algeria
Al-Qaeda has already claimed responsibility for the attack. Here's more, from CBN News: More...
4/6/07
What Do Karate, Jazz and Jihad Have in Common?
Why, they're three of Tarik Shah's favorite pursuits, that's what. Shah, who's apparently a martial arts expert by day and aspiring jazz musician by night, pleaded guilty Wed. in a NY federal court to supporting al-Qaeda. More...
April 4, 2007
British Hostages Thank Ahmadinejad For His 'Forgiveness'
See, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamadenijad isn't such a bad guy after all. Not only did Iran release 15 British hostages today, they also wished them well. More...
April 3, 2007
Pakistan Strikes Another Deal wirth Jihadists
Back in November, CBN News told you about the Waziristan Accord, a deal in which the Pakistani government handed over control of its restless Waziristan tribal region to the Taliban and al-Qaeda. More...
March 30, 2007
Hamas TV Shows 4-Year-Old Girl Vowing Suicide Bombing
On the heels of a blog entry last week in which I described how Iraqi insurgents have been using children in suicide bombings, I thought this clip from Hamas TV would offer more background on the global jihadist death cult's disregard for human life. More...
March 29, 2007
Iran Refuses to Release Hostages Until Britain Apologizes
Watch my report from today's 700 Club for the latest news in the ongoing hostage crisis in Iran. More...
March 27, 2007
Exclusive: Major Upcoming U.S. Offensive in Diyala, Iraq
Last Friday, House Democrats voted to withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq by September 2008--or even earlier if the Iraqi government doesn't meet certain benchmarks. More...
March 23, 2007
Iran Seizes 15 British Sailors in Iraqi Waters
It's no wonder foreign embassies in Tehran are reportedly updating their emergency evacuation plans. More...
March 22, 2007
Pakistan and Iran to Strengthen Ties?
Is our ally Pakistan-with Musharraf under increasing pressure-drifting even further from the U.S.? More...
March 20, 2007
Iraqi Jihadis Use Children in Suicide Attack
Iraqi jihadis use children in suicide attack. More...
March 16, 2007
Islamic Radicalism in Our Nation's Capital
On the heels of our recent, um, unsuccessful encounter with Honest Ibe Hooper and the rest of the moderate gents from CAIR. More...
March 15, 2007
CAIR vs. Moderate Muslims
It looks like our moderate chums at CAIR are at it again. More...
March 13, 2007
CAIR Fears CBN News
You could call it an annual rite of passage for CBN News--sort of our version of March Madness. More...
March 12, 2007
Al-Zawahiri Releases New Tape Slamming Hamas
There was a time after 9/11 when the release of an al-Qaeda videotape would create a major stir among Americans. These days, many dismiss the tapes as little more than propaganda. More...
March 9, 2007
Leader of "Islamic State of Iraq" Captured
After a few false alarms, it appears that Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq group has been captured in a raid west of Baghdad. More...
March 6, 2007
Saudi Woman Faces 90 Lashes After Being Gang-Raped
Our friends, the Saudis. This goes against all rhyme and reason--in the non-Islamic world, that is... More...
March 2, 2007
Signs of Progress in Iraq?
Military blogger Bill Roggio has a new daily column at the Worldwide Standard called The Roggio Report. Bill has spent significant time on the ground in Iraq, and we've been fortunate enough here at CBN News to gain his insight. More...
March 1, 2007
Pakistan Arrests Taliban's Third-in-Command?
It looks like Vice President Cheney's visit with Pervez Musharraf last Sunday made an impression on the Pakistani leader. During that meeting, Cheney reportedly presented Musharraf with damning intelligence. More...
February 28, 2007
Ayatollah Sistani in Support of an Islamist Iraq?
Much has been written about the moderation of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Al-Sistani, a Shiite, has been cited by the Bush administration and mainstream media as a positive force in Iraq, one who's been able t More...
February 27, 2007
Iran to Target New York?
And the plot thickens. What this Newsweek article doesn't mention is that Iran will likely act here through its proxy, Hezbollah: More...
February 27, 2007
Taliban Targets Vice President Cheney
A Taliban suicide bomber set off explosives at the entrance of Bagram Military Base in Afghanistan during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney last night. 23 people--including at least one U.S. soldier--were killed, and 20 more were injured More...
2/23/07
Blair Rules out Military Action Against Iran
It was a mistake last year when former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw called the prospect of military action against Iran "completely nuts." And this latest statement, from Prime Minister Tony Blair, is a mistake as well: More...
February 19, 2007
Al-Qaeda Gaining Strength in Pakistan
The New York Times has a troubling piece today about Al-Qaeda's resurgence in the border area between Pakistan and Afghanistan--in particular, Pakistan's restive Waziristan region. It's a subject we've discussed at length here at CBN N More...
February 16, 2007
New Al-Qaeda Video: 'Holocaust of the Americans'
I'm told the narrator of this video appears to be none other than U.S. citizen Adam Gadahn. More...
February 15, 2007
Salt Lake City Jihad?
You've probably heard by now about the horrific shooting Monday night at a shopping mall in Salt Lake City, in which 18-year-old Sulejmen Talovic - armed with a shotgun, a pistol, and a backpack full of ammunition - killed five people and wounded fou More...
February 14, 2007
Nebraska: Terror-Free Oil Gas Station
Could Terror-Free Oil gas stations, such as this one in Omaha, Nebraska be coming to a corner near you in America? Watch my video to find out more about the motivation behind this idea and the global effect it could have. More...
February 8, 2007
Al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia Plans Operations in Persian Gulf
Read my blog on the threat from Al-Qaeda's Saudi branch. More...
Textbooks at British Islamic School: Christians are 'Pigs,' Jews 'Apes'
From elementary school on through high school, impressionable Saudi youths are taught a radical brand of Islamic supremacism that provides literally no wiggle room for intellectual dissent. More...
February 6, 2007
McCarthy: 'What's Our Iran Policy?'
For anyone interested in cutting through the nonsense that's bandied about in the media and among our political elites concerning the war against radical Islam, I encourage you to make reading Andy McCarthy's columns at National Review Online a More...
February 2, 2007
Intel Report Poses a Dilemma for the President
The release of the Iraqi Intelligence Estimate today presents a strange dilemma for the Bush administration. More...
February 2, 2007
Iranian Agents Seized in Gaza
It seems the Iranians just can't help themselves. First, Iranian Revolutionary Guards troops are killed by the Israeli army in southern Lebanon during Israel's war with Hezbollah last summer. Next, the Pentagon suspects that Revolutionary Guards More...
February 1, 2007
Two Iraqi Generals Suspected in Karbala Attacks
I've blogged previously about the likelihood that Iran was behind the January 20 kidnapping and murder of five U.S. troops in Karbala. If the fact that Iranian Revolutionary Guards have been targeting U.S. forces wasn't troubling enough, now com More...
January 31, 2007
British Police Foil Jihadi Kidnap/Murder Plot
British police have broken up a major plot by Islamic jihadists to kidnap and behead a British Muslim solider. Nine suspects were arrested today in raids throughout the city of Birmingham in central England. More...
January 30, 2007
Condi: Hamas a "Resistance Movement?"
I've written previously about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's seeming inability to grasp the various harsh realities and maddening complexities of the Middle East. More...
January 29, 2007
Imad Mugniyeh: More Dangerous Than Osama?
Newsweek Magazine picks up this week on an individual we've profiled at length at CBN News: Hezbollah "superterrorist" Imad Mugniyeh. Who is Mugniyeh? Merely the innovator of today's jihadi terrorism, and an inspiration to everyone from Osama bi More...
January 25, 2007
Sting Nabs Man Selling Weapons Grade Uranium
A joint sting operation mounted last year by Georgian and U.S. intelligence operatives resulted in the arrest of a Russian citizen trying to sell a small quantity of weapons-grade uranium with promises of access to much more, Georgian officials revealed T More...
January 24, 2007
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Planned Attacks on U.S. Soil
I've been gathering behind-the- scenes information on this story, which broke late Monday night . So first, a brief summary... More...
January 19, 2007
More Cyber Terrorism Talk
I had the opportunity to chat recently with Sharon Hughes on her hard-hitting radio talk show program, "Changing Worldviews." Our main topic was cyber terrorism , but we also addressed other issues related to the war on terror as well. More...
January 18, 2007
Iranian Arrested in Iraq a Wanted Man
Read Stakelbeck's blog on the U.S. raid on a liaison office in the More...
January 17, 2007
Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Hiding in Pakistan?
And quite possibly being sheltered by Pakistani intelligence, no less. More...
January 17, 2007
Al-Qaeda Fleeing Baghdad?
A U.S. military intelligence officer tells Rich that al-Qaeda terrorists are fleeing Baghdad in advance of President Bush's 21,500-man troop surge. The fighters are streaming toward the Diyala region of Iraq--north of Bgahdad--under orders from the a More...
January 16, 2007
British Imams Gone Wild
Here they are, folks, in all their incendiary glory. Leading British imams, secretly captured on tape by Britian's Channel 4 for a documentary called More...
January 15, 2007
Radical UK Preacher Calls for Jihad in Somalia
The name Anjem Choudary should be familiar to regular readers of the blog. A former spokesman for the banned Islamist group Al-Muhajiroun, the London-based Choudary is a walking jihadi soundbite. More...
January 12, 2007
President Bush Slams Iran and Syria--Action to Follow?
For months, the Bush administration has talked tough on Iran--vowing that the U.S. will not tolerate the rogue regime's continued meddling and provocations in Iraq. More...
January 10, 2007
Al-Qaeda's Cyber Jihad Against America
My story on the growing threat of cyber-terrorism against American interests aired on today's 700 Club. More...
January 9, 2007
U.S. Special Forces and CIA on Ground in Somalia
Monday's U.S. airstrike against fleeing jihadists in southern Somalia was a major step forward in the war against radical Islam. More...
January 5, 2007
Al Zawahiri Calls for Jihad in Somalia
With Somalia's jihadist Islamic Courts Union cornered and almost down for the count, al-Qaeda is attempting to step in and save the day--sort of. More...
January 4, 2007
California Muslim Arrested after Threat to 'Kill All Jews'
Of course, the mainstream media has completely ignored this story, but it follows a troubling pattern of American Muslims either carrying out More...
December 29, 2006
Jihadists Losing in Somalia, Leftist Bloggers Skeptical
Counterterrorism consultant Daveed Gartenstein-Ross debunked two prominent left-wing bloggers, Matthew Yglesias and Spencer Ackerman, who've both questioned whether Somalia's notorious ICU has links to terrorism. More...
December 28, 2006
Iranian Military Officials Captured in Iraq, American Media Yawns
If I told you there was a major development in Iraq last week, one which could have behind-the-scenes implications on U.S. policy towards both Iraq and Iran in 2007, would you be interested? What if I told you that said development may provide the ultimat More...
December 21, 2006
Iranian Elections a Blow to Ahmadinejad
I'll make this short and to the point: upon hearing of these election results, President Bush should have made a nationally televised speech directed towards the Iranian people. In it, he should have praised them for exercising democracy and repudiat More...
December 20, 2006
New al-Zawahiri Tape Criticizes Abbas and Hamas
Al-Qaeda's # 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has released a new videotape condemning Palestinian elections and urging jihad against Israel. More...
December 19, 2006
Iran to Disrupt Annual Muslim Pilgrimage to Mecca?
This recent article by Iran expert Amir Taheri is an important read for two reasons. First, it details Iran's plans to possibly disrupt next month annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca, the Hajj. Secondly, it exposes Iran's imperial ambitions in the More...
December 18, 2006
Jihad Training Inside Waziristan
On The 700 Club last month, I reported on a rugged tribal region in western Pakistan called Waziristan. More...
December 14, 2006
"Blind Sheikh" Near Death; FBI Issues Terror Warning
ABC is reporting that notorious al-Qaeda spiritual leader Omar Abdel-Rahman -- who's been cited as an inspiration by Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders -- may be near death. More...
December 13, 2006
New House Intelligence Chief Can't Tell Difference between Sunnis, Shiites
Democratic congressman Silvestre Reyes continues to come under fire after failing a quiz of basic questions about the terrorist groups al-Qaeda and Hezbollah. More...
December 12, 2006
Move over Al-Jazeera: Iraqi Insurgents Have their Own TV Network
Al-Jazeera may be the unofficial voice of the Iraqi insurgency. But now it looks like they'll have stiff competiton from the real deal--the insurgents themselves. More...
december 11, 2006
Iran Searching for Uranium in Somalia?
The irrepressible Daveed Gartenstein-Ross has an eye-opening exclusive today at PajamasMedia.com. Over the past few months, Daveed has been at the forefront of covering the continuing offensive by the radical Islamic Courts Union, or ICU, in Somalia (watch my recent 700 Club report on the topic here). More...
december 8, 2006
American-Born Muslim Arrested for Plotting Jihad Outside Chicago
An American-born Muslim man was arrested today after plotting to set off hand grendades in a shopping mall outside Chicago. Authorities say 22-year-old Derrick Shareef told an FBI informant that he wanted to commit acts of "violent jihad" against civilians. More...
december 7, 2006
Aussie Muslim Boys Destroy Bible, Christian Riots Don't Ensue
In a story that's been completely ignored by the mainstream media, two Muslim students have been expelled from an Islamic school in Australia for urinating and spitting on a Bible and then setting it on fire. More...
December 6, 2006
Imam Airport Incident an Orchestrated Stunt?
In my absence, one story that dominated the headlines was the expulsion of six Muslim imams from a US Airways flight out of MInneapolis. The six were returning from a conference organized by the North American Imams Federation--and according to The Washington Examiner, they were in rare form. More...
November 20, 2006
And the Euro-Jihad Marches On
Six people are under investigation in Germany in an alleged plot to blow up an Israeli airliner by bribing an airport worker to smuggle a bag packed with explosives on board the craft, officials said Monday. More...
November 17, 2006
An Iran/Somalia Connection?
On the heels of my report on yesterday's 700 Club concerning the rise of the radical Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia comes this story from London's Telegraph. According to the U.N., Iran has been supplying weapons to the ICU and supporting its jihad in Somalia. More...
November 16, 2006
Bin Laden and Al-Zawahiri's Influence Waning?
A piece in yesterday New York Times discusses a recent report from the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. The report found that "[Osama] bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, have had a relatively minor influence on the movement’s intellectual foundation. More...
November 14, 2006
Iran Says Near Completion of its Nuclear Program
IAEA experts say they've found traces of plutonium in a nuclear waste site in Iran. More...
november 10, 2006
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Threatens to Blow Up the White House
Al Masri, an Egyptian, also called President Bush "stupid" and a "lame duck,"and praised the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. More...
November 9, 2006
Chinese Jihad
One thing these aspiring mujahid should remember about Communist China: it won't hesitate to torture or imprison religious minorities, especially ones who preach its downfall. More...
November 8, 2006
Hamas Urges Attacks on U.S. Targets
I've always found it amusing how many liberals and even some conservatives have urged the U.S. to engage in dialogue with Hamas. They don't seem to grasp that Hamas--a vicious terrorist group whose founding charter calls for the destruction of Israel--has long been a committed enemy of the U.S. as well. More...
November 7, 2006
Lower Education: UPenn Prez Poses with Mock Suicide Bomber
For years, CBN News has exposed the left-wing, pro-Islamist bent of many of America's universities (click here to read an excellent piece on this topic from my colleague Paul Strand). More...
november 3, 2006
Anti-Jihad Conference Coming to Las Vegas
Are you sick of our media and goverment elites assuring you---after each and every bloody new terrorist atrocity carried out by Islamic fascists--that Islam is really a religion of peace? Are you fed up with being called an "Islamophobe" simply because you've dared take umbrage with the unyielding string of maimings, riots, murder, and general chaos visited upon the world by Muslim extremists since 1979? More...
November 2, 2006
Iran's Depraved "Best Holocaust Cartoon"Contest
If I didn't know the Ahmadenijad regime so well, I would swear this was an outake from the new movie Borat, in which the main character, played by Jewish comedian Sascha Baron Cohen, does an uproarious take on anti-Semites. More...
november 1, 2006
Yemen New Training Ground for Jihadists?
Afghanistan. Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Pakistan's tribal regions. Somalia. All of these areas have served, at one time or another, as terrorist training grounds due mainly to their lawless,"Wild West" atmospheres and the presence of either Islamist (Afghanistan, Pakistan) or impotent (Somalia, Lebanon) central governments. It seems we can now add Yemen to this unsavory list as well. More...
October 30, 2006
Breaking: U.S. Targets Zawahiri in Pakistan?
On the heels of an air strike on a Pakistani madrassah yesterday--which reportedly killed 80 jihadists-- news is now emerging that it may not have been the Pakistani military behind the strike as inititially thought. In fact, ABC News is reporting that the strike was carried out by the U.S., and targeted Osama bin Laden's top deputy. More...
October 27, 2006
A CBN Exclusive Interview with Pakistan's Ambassador to the US
Pakistan recently signed a peace accord with jihadists in its western province of Waziristan. Was it a substantial victory for Pakistan in its own War on Terror? More...
octoer 24, 2006
CAIR Turns Us Away...Again
The Council on American-Islamic Relations held a press conference today at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The event was held to announce the results of a supposedly nationwide poll held by CAIR. More...
october 20, 2006
Muqtada al-Sadr's Militia Briefly Takes over Iraqi City
I spoke to a source recently who's spent time in Iraq and has close ties to military personnel on the ground there. He told me that Muqtada al-Sadr, the radical, Iranian-supported Shiite imam who's caused so many headaches for U.S. troops since 2004, is on his way out--either at the hands of a rival Iraqi extremist faction or U.S. forces. I was told that the U.S., for one, has had enough of Al-Sadr's antics. More...
October 18, 2006
New Jerusalem Mufti Endorses Suicide Bombings
America, meet the new "Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Lands," Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad Hussein. His ascension sounds like another quantum leap forward in the peace process. More...
october 17, 2006
Jihadists Spying on Anchorage International Airport?
A disturbing report today on the invaluable MEMRI Web site. Remember, five years after 9/11, airplanes remain the jihadists' Holy Grail. More...
october 12, 2006
American Muslim Pleads Guilty to Supporting Hamas
This item should come as no surprise to anyone. As I've documented before, Hamas has a lengthy history of support in the United States, particularly from American-Muslim advocacy groups. More...
october 11, 2006
American Al-Qaeda Adam Gadahn Indicted for Treason
Unfortuanately, Gadahn's current whereabouts are unknown, although the Western Pakistani province of Waziristan is a good guess. Gadahn, an Orange County, CA native who has starred in several al-Qaeda videotapes (where he's referred to as ("Azzam the American") is the first U.S. citizen to be charged with treason since 1952. More...
october 9, 2006
Iran Blames U.S. for North Korea Nuke Test
North Korea's apparent explosion of a nuclear device beneath a mountain in the country's northeastern region has ensured that the world will never be the same. Why? For starters, it will almost certainly spark an arms race in Asia and the Pacific, with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and possibly even Australia all moving towards joining the nuclear club in order to deter an attack by Kim Jong Il's maniacal regime. More...
october 6, 2006
Russia Making Moves in Middle East
Watch Erick’s video blog and find out why the former USSR may not be just a another subject in the history books. More...
october 5, 2006
French Police: Muslims are Waging "Intifada" against Us
Remember those pesky little French riots last fall? You know, the ones led by young Muslims from North and sub-Saharan Africa whom the liberal media referred to simply as "Arab and African youths?" Well, it seems that nearly a year later, the merry French jihadists are still busy at work. More...
october 4, 2006
Islamic Sitcom in Canada?
With the new fall TV lineup in full swing, what better time to debut a charming little program called "Little Mosque on the Prairie?" I'm not joking. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has ordered eight epsodes of the sitcom. The network suits at CBC might want to don their riot gear in advance. More...
october 3, 2006
Muslim "Pope Rage" leads to Hijacked Airplane?
It looks like the Pope's upcoming visit to Turkey will be a largely noneventful affair that shows the true, supposedly peaceful face of Islam. At least, that's what Islamic apologists are hoping. More...
september 29, 2006
Al Qaeda's Losses Greater Than Thought in War on Terror
The new leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq has made the first known statement about insurgent losses in Iraq. And the numbers aren't pretty for the jihadists. More...
September 27, 2006
Pakistan's Submission is America's Loss
Despite the best efforts of the U.S., a crucially situated, strategic area has now completely fallen to the forces of radical Islam and al-Qaeda. Waziristan, where Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri are likely hiding out, is a rugged tribal region located in Northwest Pakistan, along the Afghan border. More...
september 25, 2006
Face-to-Face with Ahmadinejad
So much for liberal fantasies about "dialogue" with Ahmadinejad and a peaceful "grand bargain" with Iran over its nuclear program. The following piece from the National Interest is a must read. More...
September 22, 2006
Hezbollah Chief Nasrallah Leads "Victory Rally" in Beirut
Today, Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah made his first public appearance since July 12, when Hezbollah terrorists crossed the Lebanese border into Israel, kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others. That deadly, unprovoked raid sparked an understandably fierce Israeli response and led to a 34-day war. More...
september 20, 2006
FBI Raids Home of Islamic Leader in Missouri
The FBI declined to give a reason for the raid of Muslim leader Shakir Abdul-Kaf Hamoodi's Columbia, MO home on Monday, but I'm sure it's a perfectly good one. Hamoodi also worked for a Southfield, Michigan Muslim charity organization called Life for Relief and Development, which was also raided by federal agents on Monday. More...
September 19, 2006
Country Club Conditions for Terrorists at Gitmo?
So much for those "inhumane" conditions at Guantanamo Bay that we've heard so much about from the Left. According to author Richard Miniter, a frequent guest on the 700 Club and CBN Newswatch who just returned from Gitmo, the jihadists there are not only treated properly, but are being downright pampered by U.S. forces. More...
september 18, 2006
London Muslim: The Pope Must Die
The controversy over Pope Benedict's comments last week regarding Islam continues to spiral out of control. Predictably, the shock waves are also being felt in radical Muslism enclaves in the West. More...
september 14, 2006
Cartoon Jihad Redux? Pope's Islam Remarks Stir Muslim Anger
At a speech in Germany on Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI said that Islamic holy war was "against God's nature," and invited Muslims to join in a peaceful cultural dialogue. Sounds pretty reasonable to me. But Muslims, as they are known to become from time to time, are outraged, and by this comment in particular (courtesy of the Toronto Star). More...
September 13, 2006
Radical Islamists Using Paintball to Train for Jihad?
On Thursday's 700 Club, we'll have an important story that I urge you all to watch. It shows how radical Islamists in our own backyard are twisting an innocent game into a jihad training ground. More...
september 12, 2006
Jihadists Attack U.S. Embassy in Syria
A group of Islamic jihadists attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in Damascus this morning. No Americans were hurt in the attack, but a Syrian anti-terror officer was killed. The terrorists used automatic rifles, hand grenades, and at least one van rigged with explosives, shouting the obligatory "Allahu Akhbar" as they moved on the Embassy compound. More...
September 11, 2006
Watch Erick's 9/11 Video Blog
Five years after 9/11, Erick Stakelbeck questions whether America is winning the war against radical Islam.
september 11, 2006
Al -Qaeda Releases New Tape to Mark 5th Anniversary of 9/11
The days leading up the 5th anniversary of 9/11 have been busy ones for the al-Qaeda propaganda machine. On September 2, Al -Jazeera released a new videotape featuring al -Qaeda's number two, Ayman al-Zawahiri, as well as an American-born member of the group, Adam Gadahn. More...
September 6, 2006
President Bush Reveals Secret CIA Prisons; Liberals Outraged
Bear in mind that if liberals in the U.S. and Europe are outraged about the Bush administration's conduct in the war against radical Islam, it usually means the administration is doing exactly the right thing. More...
September 5, 2006
Nine Suspected Islamic Terrorists Arrested in Denmark
It wasn't too long ago that Denmark was ground zero for jihadist fury, after a Danish newspaper published cartoons of the Islamic prophet Mohammed last fall. Now the Danes are finding that--like the rest of Western Europe--they're besieged by an Islamist enemy that dwells within. More...
August 30, 2006
Jimmy Carter Hopes to Meet with Khatami
Has Carter no shame? Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi of the indispenable website, Regimechangeiran.com, summed it up with the title of this recent e-mail: "Madman Jimmy Carter wants to add to his rogues gallery by meeting with Khatami." More...
August 29, 2006
Former Iranian President Khatami Coming to U.S.
In what can only be described as a major propaganda victory for the Iranian regime - and a monumental, albeit typical, error in judgment by the State Department - former Iranian President Mohammed Khatami has been granted a visa to speak in Washington, D.C. next week. More...
August 23, 2006
Dutch Police Arrest 12 Passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight
Let me guess, these guys were Hindus. Wait, maybe they were Methodists. Or maybe Mormons? Hassidic Jews, anyone? I mean, there's just no way 12 practitioners of a "religion of peace" would ever do anything suspicious, especially on an airplane. Right? More...
August 22, 2006
Iran Fires on Romanian Oil Rig
Iran has been blocking UN insepctions of its nuclear sites. The UN is threatening sanctions if Iran doesn't stop its uranium enrichment by August 31. Good luck, because Iran is already at war with America and the West, and has been since the dawn of the Islamic Revolution 27 years ago. More...
august 21, 2006
Would-be Bomber Arrested in Germany
This item is one that, strangely, went unnoticed when it was reported last month. German authorities have charged a Lebanese student with planting one of two bombs that failed to explode on German trains on July 31.
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August 18, 2006
Al-Qaeda Reaching Out to Iran?
I've run across countless liberals here in Washington who, despite the nearly five years of deadly attacks, foiled plots and extremist rhetoric that have followed the ultimate wake-up call, 9/11, remain hopelessly ignorant to the totalitarian nature and imminent threat of radical Islam. More...
August 17, 2006
Iran Planning Major Military Maneuvers
It seems that every passing day brings another new sign that Iran is gearing up for war and preparing to spark an apocalyptic showdown with the West, one which its fanatical Shiite leadership believes will hasten the return of the 12th Imam, or Mahdi to cleanse the world of all non-Muslims. More...
august 14, 2006
Israeli Ceasefire an 'Unmitigated Disaster?'
The irrepressible Caroline Glick lays out the facts in stark detail at Townhall.com:
"An unmitigated disaster"
There is a good reason that Hizbullah chief Hassan Nasrallah has accepted UN Security Council Resolution 1701, which sets the terms for a cease-fire between his jihad army and the State of Israel.
August 11, 2006
Massive Terrorist Plot Broken Up; Could Have Been Bigger Than 9/11
By now you've probably heard all about the foiled "super plot" by a large group of British Muslims to blow up between six and 10 U.S.-bound planes in mid-air. More...
august 9, 2006
Hezbollah Using Ball Bearings in Rockets for Maximum Carnage
For anyone still wondering just how vicious Hezbollah's ongoing war against innocent Israeli civilians is (thanks to incessant, one-sided media reports chronicling the suffering of Lebanese civilians, we tend to forget that millions of Israelis have been living in bomb shelters these past four weeks), read this riveting account by NRO's Deroy Murdoch. More...
August 8, 2006
11 Egyptian Students Arrive in NYC, Then Disappear
When will this charade end? In its misguided and futile effort to win hearts and minds in the Arab and Muslim world, the Bush administration continues to allow droves of young Muslims to come to the U.S., ostensibly to attend American universities. More...
august 3, 2006
Bin Laden's Son in Lebanon?
According to a report in the German newspaper Die Welt, Osama bin Laden's 27-year-old son, Saad, has traveled to Lebanon from Iran to organize terrorist attacks against Israel. If true, this is explosive news.
More...August 3, 2006
Hezbollah Threatens Tel Aviv
Hezbollah's elusive leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, released a videotape today threatening to strike the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv with missiles. I would imagine that the Israeli response to any such attack would be justifiably massive.
More... august 2, 2006
British Theme Park Cancels ‘Muslim Fun Day’
The geniuses who organized this event are no doubt disappointed that another opportunity to plunge Britain into cultural oblivion has been averted. And hey, didn't the Ayatollah Khomeini once famously say, "there is no fun in Islam?" More...
August 1, 2006
Is Israel Losing its War with Hezbollah?
A penetrating piece in today's Wall Street Journal by the always insightful Bret Stephens. It's titled "Israel Is Losing This War" and the points Stephens raises are, in my mind, mostly indisputable at this point. More...
july 31, 2006
Pictures Prove Hezbollah Using Civilians as Human Shields
In another testament to the cowardice of Islamic terrorists, Australia's Herland Un newspaper has published three photos of Hezbollah terrorists operating out of suburban residential neighborhoods in Lebanon. More...
july 28, 2006
Hezbollah Leader Hiding in Iranian Embassy?
Some say he's hiding in the basement of the Iranian Embassy in Beirut, where he continues to direct attacks against Israel. Still others say he is in Damascus. More...
july 26, 2006
Israel Wary of War with Syria?
My friend, 2006 Nobel Prize nominee Ken Timmerman, has an excellent piece in today's edition of Newsmax.com. He dissects some possible next steps in Israel's war against Hezbollah terror. Ken is reporting exclusively from Israel, where he's had the opportunity to interview several leading Israeli military officials. More...
july 25, 2006
Iran Sends 'Martyrdom Seekers' to Lebanon
If anyone doubts that Iran plans to up the ante in its Hezbollah-led proxy war against Israel in southern Lebanon, look no further than this item from yesterday's UK Sun. More...
july 19, 2006
U.S. and Israeli Intel Surprised by Hezbollah Rockets
Could the barrage of rockets currently reigning down upon northern Israel be another example of an American intelligence failure? And what about the Israelis? I find it hard to believe that CIA and Mossad agents on the ground in Lebanon were unaware of the extent of Hezbollah's missile technology. But according to this piece from the jihadi-coddling NY Times (which I usually try my hardest not to cite), that's exactly the case: More...
july 18, 2006
Iran's Hezbollah Branch Ready to Attack U.S. Interests
It should come as no surprise that Hezbollah--which is based mainly in South Lebanon--has branches in Shiite areas throughout the world, including in Iran. Hezbollah was founded by Iranian Revolutionary Guards troops in 1982 with the principles of the Iranian revolution as its basis. Given that fact, and Hezbollah's presence on five continents, including North America, the following item should raise eyebrows in the United States. More...
july 13, 2006
Iran Behind Hezbollah Kidnappings of Israeli Troops?
Today on the 700 Club I discussed Imad Mugniyeh, the Lebanese-born, Iranian-supported terrorist mastermind. U.S. officials tell CBN News that Mugniyeh orchestrated Hezbollah's kidnapping of two Israeli soldiers from northern Israel on Wednesday. More...
july 11, 2006
Multiple Explosions Rock India's Second Largest City
Eight explosions ripped through commuter trains in Mumbai, India during rush hour today, killing at least 147 people and wounding over 400 more. More...
july 10, 2006
"Russia's Bin Laden" Killed
A major victory occurred in the War on Terror earlier today which has gotten surprisingly little coverage so far. Russia's most wanted man, Shamil Basayev, was killed by Russian security services. More...
july 7, 2006
NYC Bomb Plot Thwarted
For more on this breaking story, be sure tune in to CBN Newswatch. Here's more, from Reuters: More...
july 5, 2006
Egyptian Cleric Calls on Children to Join Jihad
We are presented with yet another example of the vicious cycle of indoctrination that festers within the Arab and Muslim world. It's kind of like the Egyptian version of Sesame Street, complete with suicide belts and calls to jihad. How quaint. Notice, too, how the imam cited in the story is employed by the Egyptian government. From YNet News: More...
july 3, 2006
Increasing Number of Whites Attracted to Islamic Terror
The fact that a growing number of whites in Europe are converting to Islam, and subsequently drifting into the dark world of Islamic terror, is due primarily to three factors: More...