Sessions: Jihadi rehab tied to terror – POLITICO.com


The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee is pushing Attorney General Eric Holder to explore links between a jihadist rehabilitation program in Saudi Arabia and Yemeni extremists linked to the failed Christmas Day terror plot. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) on Tuesday rereleased a letter he sent last month to Holder demanding that the Department [...]

Top 10 Disasters of Flight 253 – by Jamie Glazov


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The catastrophe of Abdulmutallab’s attempted Christmas present was only the beginning.

Panic room saved artist Kurt Westergaard from Islamist assassin – Times Online


Just when Denmark thought the worst was over, Islamic fury has come back to haunt it with an assassination attempt on the artist whose cartoon of the prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber had an explosive impact four years ago on the Muslim world.An axe-wielding Somali extremist broke into the home of Kurt Westergaard on [...]

Battleground Yemen – by Ryan Mauro


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The War on Terror turns towards two insurgencies on the Arabian Peninsula.

Bomb suspect came from elite family, best schools – AP


As a member of an uppercrust Nigerian family, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab received the best schooling, from the elite British International School in West Africa to the vaunted University College London. But the education he wanted was of a different sort: Nigerian officials say his interest in extremist Islam prompted his father to warn U.S. authorities. [...]

The Threat at Home – by Ryan Mauro


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A disturbing trend among Somali immigrants in the West.