July 5, 2017 Special Ops Chief: US troops have killed 60,000 ISIS militants the past two years U.S. military forces have killed 60,000 Islamic State militants over the past two years, according to a U.S. Special Operations Commander.
July 5, 2017 ISIS supporter sentenced to prison in Muhammad cartoon contest attack An American-born Muslim convert convicted of supporting the Islamic State group and helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years behind bars.
July 5, 2017 Florida airport shooting suspect said he did it for ISIS, officials reveal Accused Florida airport shooter Esteban Santiago told investigators that he spoke with ISIS terrorists in “jihadi chat rooms” and carried out the deadly Jan. 6 attack on behalf of ISIS, authorities said Tuesday during a bond hearing.
July 5, 2017 Parents of American journalist killed by ISIS claim US failed their son The family of an American journalist executed by the Islamic State said the U.S. government failed them by not backing a policy allowing for ransom payments in hostage situations.
July 5, 2017 House Report: US facing biggest Islamic terror threat since 9/11 The United States faces its highest threat from Islamist terrorists since 9/11 and much of that stems from those radicalized at home, according to the House Homeland Security Committee’s December Terror Threat Snapshot released Tuesday.
July 5, 2017 No US carrier at sea leaves gap in Middle East For the next week, not only will there be no US Navy aircraft carrier in the Middle East, but there will also be no American aircraft carriers deployed anywhere else in the world, despite a host of worldwide threats facing the United States.
July 5, 2017 Grand jury indicts Virginia man accused of joining, quitting ISIS A federal grand jury on Wednesday night indicted a Virginia man on terror charges after investigators said he joined, then quit, the Islamic State.
July 5, 2017 US service member killed in Afghanistan during mission targeting ISIS affiliate A roadside bomb killed a US service member during a patrol Tuesday in eastern Afghanistan as part of a mission to fight a growing Islamic State affiliate, the US-led coalition announced.
July 5, 2017 EXCLUSIVE: Federal complaint against bombing suspect omits journal's ISIS references Pages from the bloody journal of the New York and New Jersey bombing suspect Ahmad Khan Rahami showed at least three names commonly associated with the Islamic State terror group and its followers, yet federal investigators included only one of those names in their complaints charging him on Tuesday.
July 5, 2017 Suspect who tried disguising terror trip as getting 'teeth fixed' pleads guilty, feds say A man in Michigan pleaded guilty to lying to federal agents after he said he tried flying to Lebanon to join the terror group Hezbollah, but told the feds the purpose was to "get his teeth fixed."