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Two Jordanian men walk past graffiti depicting the flag of the Islamic State group with Arabic that reads, "There is only one God and Muhammad is his prophet," in the city of Ma'an, Jordan. (Associated Press)

Islamic State expands beyond Syria, Iraq as recruits create global network of terror cells

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

Ex-CIA Director James Woolsey. (Image: CNN screenshot) **FILE**

Obama ‘looks scared’ to call terrorists Islamic says ex-CIA director James Woolsey

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemenis wearing army uniforms ride in a pickup while patrolling in a street near Republican Palace, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

U.N. Security Council OKs resolution against Yemen rebels

By Cara Anna - Associated Press

President Obama speaks at the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism. Mr. Obama penned an op-ed outlining his position on countering "violent extremism" — a buzz phrase being used by the administration as part of politically correct efforts not to focus on the Islamic nature of the current terror threat. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: China tests nuclear missile for submarine launch

By Bill Gertz

Local residents watch as authorities use heavy machinery to demolish the compound of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Abid Naseer, reputed al Qaeda operative, to represent himself at U.S. trial

By Tom Hays - Associated Press

In this Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, then-Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)

‘No cheap way’ to defeat Islamic State; multigenerational approach needed, former top spy warns

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Yemeni demonstrators climb the gates of the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, during a protest against a film ridiculing Islam's Prophet Muhammad. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. Embassy in Yemen closing amid violence

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Illustration on Boston's misleading model for security against muslim terror by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

CHARLES JACOBS AND ILYA FEOKTISTOV: Obama’s Boston model should serve as cautionary tale

By Charles Jacobs and Ilya Feoktistov

Yemeni people hold a rally to protest against Shiite rebels' announcement of taking over the country in Taiz, Yemen, Friday, Feb. 6, 2015. Yemen's powerful Shiite rebels announced on Friday that they have taken over the country and dissolved parliament, a dramatic move that finalizes their monthslong power grab. Arabic writing on banners that reads, "We reject the coup." (AP Photo/Anees Mahyoub)

Shiite Rebels take control of Yemen; civil war fears grow

By Ahmed Al-Haj - Associated Press

This undated file image posted on a militant website Jan. 14, 2014 shows fighters from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) marching through Raqqa, Syria. (AP Photo/Militant Website, File)

New sanctions proposed for Islamic State group oil trading

By Edith M. Lederer - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2012 courtroom drawing, seated from left, defense attorney Sabrina Shroff, defendants Kahlid al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdul Bary and attorney Andrew Patel appear before a judge in Manhattan federal court in New York. Adel Abdul Bary, 54, an Egyptian lawyer who pleaded guilty to conspiring to kill Americans in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa was sentenced Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 to the maximum 25 years in prison by a judge who decried the "horror in this world." (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams)

Adel Abdul Bary gets 25 years for role in U.S. Embassy bombings

By Phillip Swarts - The Washington Times

Houthi Shiite Yemenis hold their weapons during a rally to show support for their comrades in Sanaa, Yemen, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015. The Houthis' power grab has plunged Yemen into a deep political crisis. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)

Sheikh Harith bin Ghazi al-Nathari, leading al Qaeda member in Yemen, killed in U.S. airstrike

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

This Nov. 13, 2005, file photo made from television shows Iraqi Sajida al-Rishawi opening her jacket and showing an explosive belt as she confesses on Jordanian state-run television to her failed bid to set off an explosives belt inside one of the three Amman hotels targeted by al Qaeda. (AP Photo/Jordanian TV, File) ** FILE **

Jordan executes Sajida al-Rishawi and other al Qaeda prisoner after Islamic State kills pilot

By Karin Laub and Omar Akour - Associated Press

Faisal Gill (Screen shot from abcnews.go.com)

FRANK GAFFNEY: Faisal Gill: When being surveilled becomes badge of honor

By Kyle Shideler

Jordan responded to the Islamic State's burning execution of pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh by hanging at least two convicted terrorists at dawn Wednesday. (Associated Press)

Muath al-Kaseasbeh, Jordanian pilot, burned alive in ISIS video

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

"U.S. policymakers refuse to accurately name the movement as radical Islam. We further choose not to define it nor explain its ideology, and most critical, we have no comprehensive strategy to stop it or defeat it," said retired Army Gen. John Keane. (Associated Press)

Obama lacks strategy to stop Islamic State expansion

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

The late al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden (Associated Press) ** FILE **

FRANK GAFFNEY: Al Qaeda members list recalls inter-connectedness of jihad

By Kyle Shideler

Protesters chant "Free Goto" during a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's Official residence in Tokyo, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. Freelance journalist Kenji Goto was seized in late October in Syria, apparently while trying to rescue another hostage, Haruna Yukawa, who was captured by the militants last summer. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Islamic State group silent as deadline passes with no swap

By Elaine Kurtenbach and Karin Laub - Associated Press

FILE In this April 6, 2012, photo, former Navy SEAL and author of the book “American Sniper” poses in Midlothian, Texas. Former Navy SEAL and Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura, who won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit last year against the estate of the late Chris Kyle, says he won’t see the film partly because Kyle is no hero to him. He tells The Associated Press a hero must be honorable, and there’ no honor in lying. Lyle claimed in his “American Sniper” book that he punched out a man, whom he later identified as Ventura, at a California bar in 2006 for allegedly saying the SEALs &quot;deserve to lose a few&quot; in Iraq. Ventura said it never happened. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Paul Moseley, File)

ERIC SCHIFFER: We must protect the warrior class of ‘American Sniper’

By Eric Schiffer

A man comforts the wife of Jordanian pilot, Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh, who is held by the Islamic State group militants, during a protest in front of the Royal Palace in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015. Jordan on Wednesday offered a precedent-setting prisoner swap to the Islamic State group in a desperate attempt to save a Jordanian air force pilot the militants purportedly threatened to kill, along with a Japanese hostage. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)

Jordan to Islamic State: Need proof captive pilot is alive before any trade

By Karin Laub and Elaine Kurtenbach - Associated Press