JOHANNESBURG — An Alabama native who moved to Somalia to wage jihad alongside al-Shabab militants faces a Saturday deadline to surrender to the insurgents or be killed, according to his Internet posting. Omar Hammami — whom the FBI named as one of its most-wanted terrorists in November — has engaged in a public fight with…
A group of American anti-war activists are in Pakistan to join a march into the country’s tribal belt to protest U.S. drone strikes in the rugged northwest territory. Their presence has energized organizers behind the protest but also added to concerns that Islamist militants will target the weekend event. The two-day march — in reality…
News Agencies – March 30, 2012 Police commandos arrested 19 suspected Islamic militants in raids in several French cities including Toulouse, where seven people were killed by an al Qaeda-inspired gunman this month. President Nicolas Sarkozy, whose firm handling of the response to the shooting spree may have improved his odds in an election race…
Paul Rockwood Jr. and his wife were well-liked neighbors, until the FBI accused them of drafting a list of terrorist attack targets. In an interview from prison, he tells his story, beginning with Sept. 11 and his Muslim conversion. Reporting from Fairton, N.J.— A little more than a year ago, he was a weather forecaster…
6 October 2010 The deaths of up to eight German militants in a US drone strike in Pakistan on Monday is a further indication that Germany has emerged as a recruiting ground for Islamic extremists, say media commentators. Authorities need to step up efforts to counter the problem, they say. Up to eight German Islamic…
