Terrorism

The government of Iran released five top al-Qaeda leaders earlier this year, The New York Times reported Thursday. The Times reported that experts fear that the release of these terrorists “could re-energize the militant group, providing an influx of vetted leaders at a crucial time.” The Iranian government, in a statement on...

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Over the past 15 years, the government of Iran has been found liable in American courts for more than $40 billion in restitution to victims of terror attacks conducted by groups it sponsors. A bill introduced to the House of Representatives last week would mandate that Iran pay that money to victims before it receives any sanctions...

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The Obama administration should release all of the papers found at Osama Bin Laden’s complex that expose the ongoing ties between Iran and al-Qaeda, The Wall Street Journal urged in an editorial (Google link) Tuesday. The editorial noted that former Vice President Dick Cheney gave a speech last week in which he quoted Gen. Michael Flynn, the...

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Qasssem Suleimani, the general of Iran’s elite militia who is subject to UN sanctions and a travel ban, reportedly met this week with Russian leaders in Moscow for the second time in two months. The Lebanese newspaper As-Safir, known as being sympathetic to the terrorist group Hezbollah, reported on Tuesday that Suleimani,...

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Hillary Clinton promised that she would “act decisively” as president to ensure Iran did not violate the recent nuclear deal. The leading presidential candidate and former secretary of state told an audience at the Brookings Institution today that Iran will “want to see how far they can bend the rules,” but that she would “hold...

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The recently reported arrest of Ahmed al-Mughassil, the head of Saudi Hezbollah, for the 1996 bombing of the United States military barracks at the Khobar Towers complex in Saudi Arabia has once again emphasized the heavy involvement of both Iran and its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah in orchestrating the terror attack. In...

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