Flotilla Organizers Vow to Defy International Pressure IPT News Steven Emerson and The Investigative Project on Terrorism Turkish organizers of a flotilla aimed at breaking Israel’s embargo on Gaza vow to carry on despite growing international pressure to back off. United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon last week “called on all governments concerned to [...]
NYPD Handles Synagogue Terror Plot IPT News Steven Emerson and The Investigative Project on Terrorism New York police have arrested two men intent on attacking a Manhattan synagogue after one bought a hand grenade, semi-automatic handguns and bullets from undercover officers. Ahmed Ferhani and Mohamed Mamdouh face charges including second degree conspiracy charges relating to [...]
Visa Security Program Plagued by Discord, Confusion IPT News Steven Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism Major reforms are needed to ensure that terrorists don’t get visas to enter the United States, the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee agree. Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins [...]
New al-Qaida Magazine Lauds Arab Revolutions IPT News Steven Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula released its fifth issue of Inspire Magazine, with a clear explanation of its views about upheaval in the Middle East and what that means for the organization’s aim to retake the Holy Land. While [...]
Prosecutors: Somali Smuggled Jihadists into U.S. IPT News Steven Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism A lucrative and active human smuggling ring brought an undetermined number of potential Somali jihadists into the United States through Brazil, federal prosecutors say in court papers. Those prosecutors are asking a federal judge in San Antonio to give [...]
Al-Shabab Plagued by Defeats, Desertion IPT News Steven Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism Al-Shabaab’s stranglehold over Somalia appears to have weakened in recent months, with the al-Qaida ally suffering an ugly string of military losses to Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) forces and the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeeping force. Last [...]
Senate Fort Hood Report Blasts Defense Timidity IPT News Steven Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism Major Nidal Malik Hasan’s odd behavior – telling colleagues that the United States was at war with Islam, justifying suicide bombing and saying his religious loyalties outweighed his oath to protect America – provided ample justification to kick [...]
America and the Brotherhood IPT News Steven Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism President Barack Obama on Sunday seemed to walk back his administration’s previous statements acknowledging the Muslim Brotherhood should have a voice in shaping any successive Egyptian government. Reports last week indicated the administration was reviewing American policy toward the Islamist fundamentalist [...]
Gaddafi Digs in as Libyan Violence Grows IPT News Steven Emerson and the Investigative Project on Terrorism Tensions erupt in Libya Libyan President Muammar Gaddafi pledged to “die as a martyr” Tuesday and said he “will fight until the last drop of blood with the people behind me” against the “rats.” Gaddafi remained defiant as [...]
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