Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is worried that Americans are becoming radicalized by al-Qaeda-linked militant groups while fighting in the Syrian civil war, the Associated Press reports. Some estimates place the number of Americans involved in the conflict at a couple dozen. Feds have already arrested at least three Americans this year for planning to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents are having a hard time investigating the killings of four Americans at a U.S. consulate in Libya because they can’t get clearance from the country’s leaders to enter the city of Benghazi, CNN reports. Making matters worse, the crime scene has not been secured, according to CNN, citing sources. Libya…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Three Somali pirates pled guilty Friday in federal court in Norfolk, Va., to leading the group that hijacked the S/V Quest in the Indian Ocean, which resulted in the death of four American crew members in February. “These men have admitted to pirating an American yacht and holding four U.S. citizens…
The drug wars, the homicide, the violence south of the border is taking its toll on Americans. By LISE OLSEN Houston Chronicle HOUSTON — A 22-year-old man from Houston and his 16-year-old friend are hauled out of a minivan in Mexico, shot execution style by thugs in a black Lincoln Continental, and left dead in…
