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Gadhafi in Groucho Glasses? Even al-Qaida Thinks He's a 'Lunatic'

The spring issue of al-Qaida's English-language magazine calls Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi a "lunatic" who "pretends to be like a rock star," and says the terror network actually supports the wave of pro-democracy revolutions sweeping the Middle East. It's a surprising stance for al-Qaida, which has long lobbied against...

Nidal Hasan a 'Ticking Time Bomb': 4 Key Conclusions from the Senate Inquiry

Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of going on a shooting spree at Fort Hood in 2009, was known as a "ticking time bomb" who could have been stopped by the military or the FBI. That's the conclusion of a Senate inquiry led by Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. In an 89-page report...

Senate Inquiry: FBI, Army Could Have Prevented Fort Hood Massacre

The FBI and military officials had information that Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan had become radicalized and was a "ticking time bomb," but failed to act on evidence that could have prevented the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, according to a Senate inquiry. The report, released today by Sens. Joseph...

Lawyers Press for Return of 'No-Fly' US Teen Stranded in Kuwait

Government lawyers say they are working to bring Gulet Mohamed, an American teenager detained in Kuwait and placed on a "no-fly" list, back to the United States this week, but the teenager's lawyers fear the U.S. will delay the process. At a hearing Tuesday at a U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., Judge Anthony Trenga...

Judge Throws Out Suit Against Targeted Killing

(Dec. 7) -- A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit that aimed to halt the United States from trying to assassinate Anwar al-Awlaki, a U.S. citizen and Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating terror attacks from Yemen. U.S. District Court Judge John Bates said he had no authority to rule on the targeted killings of U.S....

Anwar al Awlaki News From the Web

05/17/12 GOP Rep Demands Copy Of Report On Awlaki EMails With... Source: The Jawa Report Via FNC In a letter to FBI Director Robert Mueller, Republican Rep. Frank Wolf has demanded a copy of the still-classified report about the alleged Fort Hood shooter's email exchanges with Al Qaeda operative Anwar al-Awlaki.
05/16/12 Bush tortured, Obama kills: Chomsky Source: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) The renowned American scholar told Democracy Now on Monday "If Bush, the Bush administration, didn't like somebody, they'd kidnap them and send them to torture chambers."
05/15/12 Inspire 9 Different Editor Same Anti-Semitism Source: The Jawa Report Some basic analysis of the differences between AQAP's Inspire 8 and Inspire 9.
05/12/12 Al-Qaeda will expose double agent's identity, security... Source: Telegraph - London - UK He is understood to have been recruited and trained by MI5's G6 section â the ultra-secret part of the organisation responsible for agent handling â before being sent on his mission to penetrate the Yemeni-based terror group.
05/10/12 Saudis emerge as principal ally of the United States... Source: Northwest Herald - Crystal Lake IL Saudi Arabia and the U.S. â with help from Yemen's government â have joined forces to penetrate the terror group at the highest levels.

Background on Anwar al Awlaki

Anwar al-Awlaki (also spelled al-Aulaqi; Anwar al-‘Awlaqī; April 21, 1971 – September 30, 2011) was an American and Yemeni imam who was an engineer and educator by training.

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