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Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey (right) listens Thursday as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel testifies on Capitol Hill before the House Armed Services committee hearing on the Islamic State. (Associated Press)

Islamic State, al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front align as Pentagon reconsiders combat troops

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Drones are about to be used for much more than military missions, and states already are preparing. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

7 al Qaeda fighters killed amid surge of drone strikes in Yemen

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Associated Press)

Al Qaeda frustrated by global popularity of Islamic State: report

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Osama bin Laden. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Osama bin Laden doll made by CIA and depicted as demon hits auction block

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Former President George W. Bush speaks at the George W. Bush Institute at Southern Methodist University in Dallas on Feb. 19, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**

George W. Bush: Danger posed by Islamic State rivals pre-9/11 al Qaeda

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

BRUCE FEIN: Head injuries or method in the madness?

By Bruce Fein

Illustration on the failing results of our training of Iraqi defense forces by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

WEINER & ABAY: The myth of ‘training’ to fight ISIS

By Robert Weiner and Joseph Abay

conflagration: Thick smoke rises following an airstrike by the U.S.-led coalition in Kobani, Syria, as fighting continued between Syrian Kurds and militants of the Islamic State group. Kobani, also known as Ayn Arab, has been under assault since mid-September. Story, A9 (Associated Press)

Obama strategy, legal authority for Islamic State offensive in question

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Islamic State demonstrators chant pro-al Qeada messages in Mosul. According to U.S. counterterrorism officials, both the North Africa-based al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and Yemen-based al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula have seen defections to the Islamic State in recent weeks. (Associated Press)

Inside the Ring: Al Qaeda, Islamic State teaming up

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

Marine Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, listens March 26, 2012, during a news conference at the Pentagon. (Associated Press)

U.S. pushing for new ‘Sunni Awakening’ in Iraq

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Illustration on U.S. reinvolvement against ISIS by Schot/De Volkskrant, Amsterdam, Netherlands

LAMBRO: A Mideast policy rewritten in blood

By Donald Lambro

President Barack Obama speaks about the Ebola epidemic, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters. President Barack Obama, in a chilling assessment of international efforts to stem a deadly Ebola outbreak, said the world has not done enough to respond to a health crisis that poses a growing threat to regional and global security. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

HUMPHRIES: The buck stops anywhere but here

By Rusty Humphries

Illustration on the persecution of Christians by Islamists in the Middle East by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

ZAKHEM: Christians under siege in the Islamic Middle East

By Sam H. Zakhem

U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. Obama told the United Nations amid a U.S.-led bombing campaign against Islamic State militants that he will build a coalition to "dismantle this network of death." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama sells Islamic State strikes to United Nations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

President Obama, flanked by Secretary of State John Kerry and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during his meeting with the representatives of Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, United Arab Emirates and Iraq in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Feds name 11 backers of terrorist organizations

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Muhsin al-Fadhli. (Image: U.S. State Department)

Inside the Ring: Death of a terrorist?

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Times

aftermath: Syrians sift through the rubble of a house targeted by coalition airstrikes in the village of Kfar Derian. Washington informed President Bashar Assad's government of imminent U.S. strikes against Islamic State group strongholds hours before the bombing began. (Associated Press)

Obama use of Sept. 11 authority for Syria airstrikes questioned

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Army Lt. Gen. William Mayville, Jr., Director of Operations J3, speaks about the operations in Syria, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, during a news conference at the Pentagon. In a separate action from the air strikes against the Islamic State group, the U.S. bombed a cell of al Qaida militants in northwestern Syria after concluding they were close to attacking the U.S. or Europe, Pentagon officials say. Mayville, the Pentagon’s operations chief, said that the Khorasan Group was nearing “the execution phase of an attack either in Europe or the homeland.&quot; (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Pentagon: Al Qaeda splinter planned ‘imminent’ U.S. attack

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

ready, aim, fire: Hours before an American-led military coalition pounded Islamic State strongholds in Syria, the Obama administration informed President Bashar Assad of its plans. (U.S. Navy via Associated Press)

NSA scores victory in foiling Khorasan Group’s U.S. terror plot

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 10, 2014 photo, Ana and John Conley, parents of defendant Shannon Conley, exit the U.S. Federal courthouse following their daughter's plea hearing, at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in Denver. Shannon Conley, a 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who federal authorities say intended to wage jihad has pleaded guilty under a deal that requires her to give authorities information about others with the same intentions. With foreign fighters from dozens of nations pouring into the Middle East to join the Islamic State group and other terrorist organizations, U.S. officials are putting new energy into trying to understand what radicalizes people far removed from the fight and into prodding countries around the world to do a better job of keeping them from joining up. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

A look at American jihadis: Why do they fight?

By DEB RIECHMANN - Associated Press