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In this file photo, a young boy leads the hard-line Islamist al-Shabaab fighters as they conduct a military exercise in northern Mogadishu's Suqaholaha neighborhood in Somalia. (Associated Press) **FILE**

U.S. drone strike kills two al Shabaab terrorists in Somalia

By Bill Gertz - The Washington Free Beacon

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

GAFFNEY: ‘We’re here to kill Americans’

By Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

The Giza Pyramids dominate the skyline in Giza, Egypt, Cairo's sister city, Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. Supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi held demonstrations around the country to protest against the military-backed interim government and its crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood. Security, already volatile since 2011, has worsened since the military overthrew Morsi following mass protests calling for his resignation. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

Egyptian ex-army officer was suicide bomber, militants claim

Associated Press

This image made from citizen journalist video posted by the Shaam News Network, which is consistent with other AP reporting, shows the aftermath of a car bomb attack on a market in the town of Darkoush in Idlib province, Monday, Oct. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP video)

Syria seen as haven for Mideast terrorists who can launch attacks on West

By Kristina Wong and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

"I don't care if you're a conservative, a liberal, a Democrat or a Republican, this should send a chill up your spine. This is something that we cannot let stand." — Rep. Mike Rogers, Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Rep. Rogers: al Qaeda allies fighting in Syria also plotting foreign attacks

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Displaced Syrian women sit with 1-month-old Fatima on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, inside a stone house near Kafer Rouma, in ancient Roman ruins used as temporary shelter by refugees from the heavy fighting and shelling in the Idlib province countryside of Syria. (AP Photo)

Al Qaeda-linked rebels cause new refugee crisis for Syrians

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sandra Zea (right), with her husband, Albaro Zea, speaks to reporters outside the U.S. District Courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y., following the arraignment of their son, Marcos Alonzo Zea, on Friday, Oct. 18, 2013. The younger Mr. Zea was ordered held without bail after pleading not guilty to charges that he sought to join an al Qaeda group in Yemen. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)

New York man charged with trying to support al Qaeda terrorists

By Frank Eltman - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this file image taken from Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a rebel fighter fires a gun in a valley in an unidentified location in Latakia province, Syria. (AP Photo/Shaam News Network via AP Video, File)

Foreign jihadists surpass Afghan-Soviet war, storm Syria in record numbers

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

Iraqi Shiite Muslim women attend the Eid al-Adha prayer, outside the party headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Council, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha by sacrificing sheep, goats, cows and camels, to commemorate the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Wave of car, suicide blasts kill at least 61

By Adam Schreck - Associated Press

A displaced Syrian woman cooks a meal as children play in the sunset near Kafer Rouma in ancient ruins used as temporary shelter by families who have fled the heavy fighting and shelling in the Idlib provincial countryside of Syria. (AP Photo/Narciso Contreras)

Clerics encourage hungry Syrians to eat dogs and cats

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GORDON: An Obama field guide to friends and enemies

By J.D. Gordon

Abu Anas al-Libi

Al-Libi’s capture revives debate over trying terrorist suspects

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Al-Libi

Al Qaeda suspect’s capture revives debate over trying terrorist suspects

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

** FILE ** A Syrian rebel fighter returns from fighting Syrian army forces in Aleppo. (Associated Press)

U.S. allies let funds flow to al Qaeda in Syria

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Drone strikes plummet as U.S. seeks more human intelligence

By Guy Taylor and Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

FILE - This file image from the FBI website shows Abu Anas al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader connected to the 1998 embassy bombings in eastern Africa and wanted by the United States for more than a decade. Al-Libi was captured in a raid Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, and is being held aboard the USS San Antonio, a warship mainly used to transport troops. Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA "black" sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning them aboard U.S. naval vessels. (AP Photo/FBI, File)

GOP lawmakers want captured Libyan in Guantanamo

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina wants Abu Anas al-Libi taken to the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as an enemy combatant and interrogated. (Associated Press)

Sen. Graham wants al-Libi sent quickly to Guantanamo for interrogation

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, whose alias is Abu Anas al-Libi, was seized by U.S. forces in Tripoli, Libya, on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, in connection with the 1998 embassy bombings in eastern Africa. (AP Photo/FBI)

Miranda rights waived for suspected al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Dozens of supporters of the militant group Ansar al-Shariah burn an American flag and shout anti-American slogans denouncing the U.S. violation of Libya's sovereignty in the abduction of Abu Anas al-Libi, in the center of Benghazi, Libya, on Oct. 7, 2013. Two days earlier, the U.S. Army's Delta Force captured Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, known by his alias Anas al-Libi, an al Qaeda leader linked to the 1998 American Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania. (Associated Press/Mohammed el-Shaiky)

Libya demanding answers about U.S. raid

By Kristina Wong - The Washington Times

U.S. Navy SEALs in action. (U.S. Navy photo)

SEALs take over for drones as U.S. ups the stakes in fight against Al Qaeda

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times