President Trump is set to welcome Syria's President Ahmed al- Sharah at the White House. This meeting comes at a high stakes time for the war torn country as it looks to rebuild after ousting Bashar al-Assad last year after his 20 plus years in power. And joining us now is MSNBC senior White House reporter Van Hillyard and former deputy assistant secretary of state uh for House Affairs under President Obama, Joel Rubin.Van, this is very significant. This marks the first time a Syrian president will visit th ...

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The US is expected to designate Brazil’s two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations, a move that is likely to amplify the debate over the best way to counter the growing threat of organized crime. https://t.co/amoa2eSwVh ...

New developments in what investigators are calling an ISIS inspired Halloween terror plot that was thwarted by the FBI. >> A Washington state man has been arrested in connection with the investigation. He is the fourth person taken into custody this week and it comes just days after federal agents launched raids outside Detroit.Let's bring in NBC News national law enforcement and intelligence correspondent Tom Winter who is following this investigation for us. Tom, what more can you tell us about this Seatt ...

Two men in New Jersey have been charged as part of an ISIS terrorist plot against LGBTQ bars on Halloween, according to Alina Habba, acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey https://t.co/my1MekuuHq ...

What the FBI says started out as a thwarted Halloween terror attack has now grown to include three more arrests across the country. Tom Winter joins us now tonight. And Tom, suspects have been arrested in various states.They were inspired by ISIS allegedly. >> Yeah, that's right, Tom. Details have been pouring in all afternoon following the arrest by the FBI and the NYPD of two men in New Jersey.More charges for three men allegedly connected to that ISIS inspired Halloween plot in Detroit as well. In New Je ...

On June 18th, 2023, which was a Sunday, Father's Day, Hardeep Singh Nijjar was leaving his temple at the end of the day. There was a car that got ahead of Mr. . Nijjar's truck, forcing him to stop.Two men approached him from the left side. The killing of a man. They found Nijjar inside a pickup truck with gunshot wounds where he died of his injuries.Make no mistake, this is a political assassination. Around the same time, there was, according to US prosecutors, a murder for hire plot unfolding in New York C ...

Taliban Situation - The Taliban is in terrible shape, having lost control over most of Afghanistan, which they previously controlled 90% of a couple of months ago [2][3] - The US air campaign was devastating to the Taliban, leading to their collapse and making them a far less formidable force [4] - The Taliban is in headlong retreat, demonstrating the Bush doctrine that harboring terrorists will have consequences [5][6] Military Operations & Objectives - The US objective in Afghanistan is to target Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaeda network, with the Taliban becoming a target for refusing to produce bin Laden [9][10] - The US is prepared to do whatever is necessary to achieve its objectives, but does not want to signal future military plans in advance [11][12] - The US has not had to put a large force on the ground to achieve these results [12] Osama bin Laden & Al-Qaeda - If one were Osama bin Laden or Moola Omar, one would be very nervous, having seen their organizations pounded and suffered significant casualties [13][14] - Osama bin Laden is likely on the run within Afghanistan, moving dramatically to stay ahead of advancing forces [18] - If the US kills Osama bin Laden, retaliation is a possibility [31] Security Measures & Threat Levels - The US government separates the President and Vice President, especially when the threat level goes up, to ensure continuity of government [25][27] - The threat level has clearly gone up in recent weeks, leading the US to believe there is a likelihood of an additional attack [30] - The US assumes there are still unknown al-Qaeda cells operating within the United States [33] Military Tribunals - The US President has approved special military tribunals for foreigners accused of terrorism, following the precedent set by FDR in World War II [18][19] - These tribunals are for non-American citizens who conspire to support attacks designed to kill thousands of Americans [20] Saddam Hussein & 9/11 - The US is interested in pursuing and exploring whether Saddam Hussein had anything to do with the attacks, but cannot say with certainty [21][22] - The meeting between Muhammad Ada and an Iraqi intelligence official is an interesting piece of information [22][23]

RT Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ)What our 'leaders' will never talk about:In the last week alone, in the UK, in just one week, we've gone from reading about the 27-year-old mother Rhiannon Whyte, stabbed in the head 20 times by an illegal migrant from Sudan, to Wayne Broadhurst, stabbed to death by an illegal from Afghanistan while walking his dog, to a small boat illegal migrant stabbing a stranger to death in a bank in Derby, to a migrant from Afghanistan strangling a railway worker over a minor ticket dispute ...

These new images show two Michigan men inside a gun store, purchasing weapons for what the FBI says was a foiled plot to carry out an ISIS inspired Halloween terrorist attack. Just 3 days ago, the FBI raided homes in Dearborn. Tonight, Muhammad Ali and Majid Mahmood were in federal court.Agents say during the raid, they recovered three AR-15 style rifles, two shotguns, four handguns, and more than 1,600 rounds of ammunition. along with this tactical gear and two dozen magazines from a storage unit. Accordin ...