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Illustration on the real connection between Guantanamo Bay and the increase of terrorism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Guantanamo’s real boost to terror recruitment

By Bridget Johnson

The horrific truck assault on Bastille Day revelers last week is featured in Inspire, a publication of al Qaeda's Yemeni branch that is dedicated to attacking the U.S. homeland. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda reduced to trumpeting rival ISIS’ terror attacks in online magazine

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 11, 2001 file photo, a shell of what was once part of the facade of one of the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center rises above the rubble that remains after both towers were destroyed in New York. Whether they survived the attacks by fleeing the buildings, worked at the site after the attacks or simply lived near-by, people are still dealing with the emotion effects of the attacks 13 years later. (AP Photo/Shawn Baldwin, File)

9/11 report details Saudi Arabia funding of Muslim extremists in U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Sirte and other parts of Libya became destabilized after the death of Moammar Gadhafi, and President Obama acknowledged that a lack of planning after the U.S. intervention was his worst mistake. (Associated Press)

ISIS’ rise in post-Moammar Gadhafi Libya catches CIA by surprise

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Jihad Magazines Collage by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Al Qaeda the original jihadists

By Bridget Johnson

FILE - In this May 23, 2013 file photo, Boston Marathon bombing survivor Pete DiMartino, of Rochester, N.Y., and his girlfriend, Rebekah Gregory, hold hands prior to DiMartino throwing out the ceremonial first pitch before a Red Sox game at Fenway Park in Boston. DiMartino and Gregory were injured in an explosion near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The couple were chosen for the “Dream Wedding Contest” given by Theknot.com, a wedding planning website. Gregory’s fit-and-flare Sophia Moncelli dress, the couple’s rings and location were chosen by the site’s users. The couple tied the knot last April in front of 125 people at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina. Her search for the perfect wedding dress is featured in Friday night’s season finale of TLC’s popular reality show, “Say Yes to the Dress.” (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Al Qaeda to lone-wolf terrorists: Target whites to avoid ‘hate crime’ label

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

FBI agents return to the scene of the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., Tuesday, June 14, 2016. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP) **FILE**

FBI under the gun after Orlando massacre

By Donald Lambro

Critics of the Obama administration's policy toward captured jihadis say that the White House offers a mixed message of releasing terrorists with one hand while using the other to kill them on the battlefield. (Department of Defense)

Pentagon brags of killing terrorists even as transferred Gitmo detainees return to battlefield

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, California Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Lawmakers slam Saudi record on fight against terrorism

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

People stand near a coffin carrying a body one of the victims of a U.S. drone strike on May 22 in Quetta, Pakistan. A senior commander of the Afghan Taliban confirmed that the extremist group's leader, Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour, was killed in the strike. (Associated Press)

Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour death creates opening for Haqqani network

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 31, 2010, file photo, an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Mullah Mohammad Ali, senior al Qaeda leader, killed in U.S. drone strike: report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

A worker walks on the rubble of a food factory destroyed by Saudi-led airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed) ** FILE **

U.S. military in Yemen supporting UAE, Saudi Arabia in fight against al Qaeda

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

"The Taliban came at the Afghan Security Forces more intensely than perhaps we anticipated," Army Lt. Gen. John Nicholson, President Obama's nominee to become the next top American commander in Afghanistan, testified last week to Congress. (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda seeks partnership with Taliban for comeback

By Carlo Muñoz - The Washington Times

"Taps" is played at Ground Zero during a 9/11 memorial ceremony on September 11, 2009 in New York City. Family of the victims, government officials and others gathered at the annual ceremony to remember the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people with the destruction of the World Trade Center, the crash at the Pentagon and United 93 in Shanksville, Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001. (Photo by Chang W. Lee-Pool/Getty Images)

9/11 Commission: No Saudi smoking gun

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

fine line: President Obama was visiting Saudi King Salman in Riyadh on Wednesday as politicians back home were calling for the administration to release information implicating a number of Saudis in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (Associated Press)

Push for answers on Saudi Arabia’s involvement in Sept. 11

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

President Obama's pick to head up CENTCOM sends a clear message that he intends to continue his drone-heavy defense strategy throughout the remainder of his presidency. (U.S. Air Force)

Obama cements drone-centric counterterrorism legacy with Central Command pick

By Carlo Munoz - Special to The Washington Times

Illustration on Iranian meddling in Libya by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

KENNETH TIMMERMAN: The Iranian connection to the Benghazi attacks

By Kenneth R. Timmerman

Osama bin Laden wrote in 2010 in a letter to an ally: "As it pertains to the brothers coming from Iran, I think that at this stage they are in safe places outside the areas of bombardment." (Associated Press)

Osama bin Laden, Iran shared logistical alliance, intense hatred of U.S.

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this undated file photo, Osama bin Laden is seen in Afghanistan. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

Osama bin Laden document dump: His will shows he wanted to use $29M for jihad

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times