Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The extremist from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria will be held accountable for beheading American journalist James Foley, Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday, CBS DC reports. “Those who would perpetrate such acts need to understand something,” Holder said. “We have long memories and our reach is very wide and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A video purporting to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley is real, the FBI said Wednesday. “The FBI on Wednesday morning told the Foley family they believe the video is authentic,” according to GlobalPost, a Boston-based online publication that employed Foley as a freelancer, the Huffington Post reports. FBI Director…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey said it’s impossible to gauge how many Americans are joining Islamic insurgents in Syria but emphasized that the threat is urgent, the Associated Press reports. Comey said he’s concerned about what he called “lone wolves,” or people who are connecting online with others interested in jihad. Those people…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI Director James Comey warned Monday of the dangers of Americans traveling to Syria to fight in a “misguided jihad,” the Miami Herald reports. During his first visit with the Miami bureau, Comey said he’s concerned with Americans traveling to Syria, receiving terrorism training and returning to the U.S. Comey estimates more…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com DETROIT –– The magical reach of the Internet, and the challenges it presents authorities, is illustrated in this case involving popular Dearborn cleric Ahmad Jebril, who is on probation after serving time for a fraud. Niraj Warikoo of the Detroit Free Press reports that U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen is…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 19-year-old suburban Denver woman boarded a flight on her way to wage jihad in the Middle East. But the Associated Press reports that authorities arrested her April 18 at the Denver International Airport, where she told agents she was en route to the Middle East to help start a holy war,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is accusing two men of conspiring and training to fight alongside terrorists in Syria or Yemen, the News & Observer reports. The charges were the result of a one-year undercover investigation into the actions of Marsalis Brown, 21, and Akba Jihad Jordan, whose age was not disclosed in court records….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is investigating two Los Angeles-based gang members who are accused of fighting alongside terrorists in Syria, CBS LA reports. A video shows two unidentified men shooting AK-47s while apparently giving shootouts to their gangs. “Look homie, check this out,” one man said. The men are known as “Creeper” from G’d…
