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Violent Jihad

Boston Marathon Bomber Given Death Penalty

A federal jury sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death on Friday after being convicted last month of 30 federal charges, 17 of which potentially carried the death penalty. Tsarnaev and his brother Tamerlan murdered three people, including an eight-year-old boy, and injured 260 others by planting bombs at the Boston Marathon in April 2013 in an … Continue reading "Boston Marathon Bomber Given Death Penalty"

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Understanding Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s Pledge to Islamic State

Update: The Long War Journal argued May 14th that Adnan Abou Walid Sahraoui’s pledge to Abuk Bakr al-Baghdadi and Islamic State does not necessarily speak for Mokhtar Belmokhtar and the entire Al-Murabitoun group. Sahraoui’s position is probably representative of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa, which merged with Belmokhtar’s group to form Al-Murabitoun, … Continue reading "Understanding Mokhtar Belmokhtar’s Pledge to Islamic State"

Violent Jihad

U.S. Military Bases Raise Security Level as FBI Director Warns of ISIS Threat

FBI Director James Comey warned on Thursday that potentially thousands of people inside the United States are consuming recruitment “poison” and directives to attack the U.S. from Islamic State (ISIS), which he compared to “‘a devil sitting on the shoulder saying, ‘Kill, kill, kill, kill’ all day long.’” Comey elaborated to a small group of … Continue reading "U.S. Military Bases Raise Security Level as FBI Director Warns of ISIS Threat"