Admitting The Terrorism Watchlist Was Unconstitutional Is Important, But Not Nearly Enough | Opinion
MAHA HILALON 9/17/19 AT 10:36 AM EDT On Wednesday, September 4th, Judge Anthony Trenga of the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that the Terrorist Screening Database —colloquially referred to as the “Watchlist”—was unconstitutional. The case was brought forward by the Council on American Islamic Relations on behalf of 23 Muslim […]
What Will ‘Actually Solve’ Terrorism Problem?
National Counterrorism Center NCTC This is the second of James Kitfield’s in-depth analysis of the continuing challenges posed by America’s so-called “forever wars” in Afghanistan and Iraq. At the height of its powers several years ago, ISIS was attracting an estimated one thousand new foreign fighters each month. While U.S. officials always believed that the […]
The War On Terror Has Cost America $250 Million A Day For 16 Years
American taxpayers have spent $1.46 trillion on wars abroad since September 11, 2001. The Department of Defense periodically releases a “cost of war” report. The newly released version, obtained by the Federation of American Scientists Secrecy News blog, covers the time from the September 11th terrorist attacks through mid-2017. The Afghanistan War from 2001 to […]
Tech firms could face fines in crackdown on online ‘extremism’
The UK and France, working hand in hand against terrorism, are launching a joint campaign to fight online radicalisation. British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron want to get tech giants such as Facebook and Google to do more to remove extremist material from the internet. “Our discussions today have focused on […]
Afghan Forces Kill Up to 50 IS Fighters
Authorities in eastern Afghanistan say counterterrorism army operations have killed up to 50 Islamic State militants, including three senior commanders. The overnight deaths occurred in the district of Achin, an IS stronghold in Nangarhar province near the border with Pakistan. A regional military spokesman told VOA’s Afghan service on Wednesday there were 12 foreign militants […]
Massive Bomb Strike Divides Afghan Opinion with Critics Questioning Motives
U.S. use of a massive bomb against Islamic State extemists in Afghanistan has proven divisive in the region, winning support from political and military authorities in Kabul but strong condemnations from former Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan. In a series of three tweets, Karzai said, “I vehemently and in strongest words […]
36 IS militants killed in US bombing, Afghan defence ministry says
Kabul (dpa) – 36 militants were killed after the US dropped a massive bomb on an Islamic State cave complex in Achin district of Nangarhar province Thursday night, the Afghan defence ministry said on Friday. The ministry said no civilian casualties were inflicted in the bombing, but an important Islamic State command centre had been […]
US drops ‘mother of all bombs’ on ISIL in Afghanistan
The United States has dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in eastern Afghanistan on a series of caves used by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), according to the Pentagon. The bomb was dropped on Thursday from a MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district […]
Exclusive: Alleged mastermind tells Obama 9/11 was America’s fault
The alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks wrote former President Barack Obama in a long suppressed letter that America brought the 9/11 attacks on itself for years of foreign policy that killed innocent people across the world. “It was not we who started the war against you in 9/11. It was you…
Trump Discusses ‘War On Terror’ With Egypt’s Sisi
President Donald Trump spoke with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah el-Sisi by phone Monday, discussing ways to further the fight against terrorism and extremism while stressing on the importance of bilateral ties between Washington and Cairo, White House officials and Egyptian state media said. This was the first conversation between the two leaders since Trump […]