Burning Victims to Death: Still a Common Practice
The ISIS video of a Jordanian pilot being burned to death prompted denunciations over this unique form of savagery. How unique is it really?
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Making a Killing
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AQAP Develops Its Own Version of Reddit’s AMA and Twitter’s Blue Checkmark Verification
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has deployed social media operatives on Twitter to spread its message and to engage with its followers and critics alike. Despite U.S. government attempts to shut down its accounts, AQAP has proven effective at maintaining its own bizarro verification methods.
Al Qaeda Source: AQAP Directed Paris Attack
UPDATED — A source within al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has provided <em>The Intercept</em> with a full statement claiming responsibility for the attack against the offices of <em>Charlie Hebdo</em> in Paris.
The Paris Mystery: Were the Shooters Part of a Global Terrorist Conspiracy?
Officials from Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and ISIS have issued competing claims for the massacre at <em>Charlie Hebdo</em>. Are any of them legitimate? And what link, if any, did U.S. citizen Anwar al Awlaki have to the attacks?
Hailed as a Model for Successful Intervention, Libya Proves to be the Exact Opposite
Libya shows how the West's wars are empowering its enemies and thus fueling endless conflict.
Al Qaeda Claims New Butt Bomb
Al Qaeda claims to have come up with the perfect recipe for a deadly bomb, it's just too embarrassed to tell its devoted followers to place it inside their rectal cavity.
Saudi Arabia's Tyrant King Misremembered as Man of Peace
It’s not often that the unelected leader of a country which publicly flogs dissidents and beheads people for sorcery wins such glowing praise from American officials and the Western press. King Abdullah's regime engaged in wanton human rights abuses, instrumentalized religious chauvinism, and played a hugely counterrevolutionary role in regional politics.
Secret Cash Pays for U.S. Drone Mistakes
Victims of U.S. drone strikes in Yemen, Pakistan, and Somalia are being compensated with large amounts of cash — but it's not officially U.S. money.
U.S. Scuttled Negotiations to Free American Killed in Yemen
AQAP never killed any of its foreign captives. At least until a Dec. 6 twilight raid by U.S. commandos.
On Media Outlets That Continue to Describe Unknown Drone Victims As "Militants"
It has been more than two years since The New York Times revealed that "Mr. Obama embraced a disputed method for counting civilian casualties" of his drone strikes which "in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants. Yet U.S. media outlets continue to use the term.