Two foreign men living in Canada have been charged with plotting to blow up a passenger train with support from Al-Qaeda in Iran.
Officers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police took Chiheb Esseghaier, 30, and Raed Jaser, 35, into custody Monday. The two men have been charged in connection with a plot to derail a VIA passenger train in the Toronto area. Continue reading
Somalia’s Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon has told media outlets that the terrorists who carried out a bomb and gun attack on one of the city’s main courthouses were foreign terrorists.
The al-Qaeda linked Islamic terror group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for the assaults that have now resulted in the deaths of 29 people. 58 people have been confirmed wounded by the attack. Continue reading
The al-Nusra Front, a jihadist group fighting to overthrow the Syrian government, has pledged their support and vowed allegiance to al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri.
Al-Qaeda in Iraq announced a merger with al-Nusra. Continue reading
President Obama has removed restrictions that would allow the U.S. military to provide assistance to the Somalian government in their fight against Islamic terrorists who still control large parts of the rural center of the country.
The move now allows Secretary of State John Kerry the right to send troops into Somalia and provide weapons and other defensive aid. Continue reading
A Phoenix, Arizona man who served in the Army has been arrested charged with fighting as part of Al Qaeda in Syria.
Eric Harroun, who left the Army on diability after a truck accident in 2003, faces charges of conspiring to use a rocked-propelled grenade while fighting with Al-Qaeda. Harroun had admitted to being a “Muslim freedom fighter” during a Skype interview with Fox News on March 11th. Continue reading
Al-Qaeda has released a statement that it has killed a French citizen kidnapped in 2011.
The terrorists have claimed they killed Philippe Vernon on March 10th in retaliation for France’s intervention in Mali. France’s troops stopped terrorists associated with Al-Qaeda from overtaking the Malian capital. Continue reading
A Federal indictment unsealed Wednesday revealed an Al-Qaeda operative has been charged with plotting to kill American diplomats in Nigeria and American military members in Afghanistan. Continue reading
French forces have overtaken and dismantled a major al-Qaeda base in the northern mountains of Mali.
French defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told the BBC that a “very impressive” amount of weapons had been captured at the site. Tons of AK-47s, grenade launchers and even pickup trucks were found hidden inside natural caves in the region. Continue reading
French President Francois Hollande has announced a timetable for the removal of all French troops from the battle with Islamists in Mali.
The first wave of troops will be withdrawn in March and the remainder will be gone by the end of April. Over 4,000 French troops have been deployed to the region to help stop an advance of a brutal al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist group. Continue reading
A naturalized U.S. citizen has been arrested in Oregon over charges of helping Al-Qaeda execute a bombing in Pakistan.
Reaz Qadir Khan had pled not guilty to charged of giving “material support” to one of the terrorists who bombed the Pakistani Intelligence Service in Lahore in 2009. At least 30 people were killed and 300 injured in the homicide bombing. Continue reading