Not a game: Caucasus terrorists vs. Russia in Sochi showdown

Not a game: Caucasus terrorists vs. Russia in Sochi showdown

LIGNET.com December’s twin suicide bomb attacks in Volgograd, Russia, brought to the fore the threat of Islamist terror in the North Caucasus region. Now the Olympic Games, scheduled to begin Feb. 7 at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, present a perfect terrorist target.   Notorious Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov — a self-styled Islamist […]

China confirms hypersonic ‘assassin’s mace’ weapon test

China confirms hypersonic ‘assassin’s mace’ weapon test

By Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China’s Defense Ministry on Wednesday confirmed that weapons designers recently conducted the first test of an ultra-high speed missile vehicle considered cutting edge military technology. … U.S. defense officials said the test of what the Pentagon is calling the WU-14 hypersonic glide vehicle took place Jan. 9 over China. […]

By Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon China’s military last week conducted the first flight test of a new ultra-high speed missile vehicle aimed at delivering warheads through U.S. missile defenses, Pentagon officials said. The test of the new hypersonic glide vehicle was carried out Jan. 9 and the experimental weapon is being dubbed the WU-14 […]

U.S. search for Benghazi terrorist contradicts N.Y. Times report

U.S. search for Benghazi terrorist contradicts N.Y. Times report

By Bill Gertz, Washington Free Beacon The U.S. government is trying to apprehend an Al Qaida terrorist wanted for his role in the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack that killed four Americans. The suspect, Muhammad Jamal, was imprisoned in Egypt last fall and in September was being held by the Egyptian government. His current whereabouts could […]

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