Mark Esper – Eye on Islamism

Iran has a hit list of former Trump aides. The U.S. is scrambling to protect them Roughly a dozen national security aides from the Trump White House are feared to be [on] Iran’s hit list. It’s hard to protect them all.

October 11, 2024 John Sakellariadis

(Politico) U.S. officials are coming to a troubling realization about Iran’s repeated threats to kill Donald Trump and some of his former top generals and national security strategists: Tehran isn’t bluffing — and it isn’t giving up anytime soon. Iran has been […]

‘It’s complicated’: Australia hardens stance against IS wives, children

July 29, 2020 Farrah Tomazin and Matthew Knott

(Sydney Morning Herald) Dozens of Australian-born women married to Islamic State fighters in Syria face an even tougher battle to return home, after Foreign Minister Marise Payne warned coronavirus had stretched the resources needed to deradicalise and reintegrate women and children. Speaking […]

Group: Texas naval base shooter voiced support for clerics

May 22, 2020 Juan A. Lozano, Lolita C. Baldor and Michael Balsamo

(AP) The suspect killed during what the FBI is calling a “terrorism-related” attack at a Texas naval air base voiced support for hardline clerics, according to a group that monitors online activity of jihadists. The attack Thursday at Naval Air Station Corpus […]

Naval flight training resumes for Saudi students

February 26, 2020 Courtney Mabeus

(Navy Times) Saudi Arabian students resumed Navy flight training Tuesday, nearly three months after a massacre at Naval Air Station Pensacola by one of their comrades left three dead in a shooting that U.S. leaders linked to terrorism. Saudi Royal Air and […]

At Florida base, a mix of relief, anxiety in Saudi shooting aftermath

January 22, 2020 Phil Stewart

(Reuters) With an FBI investigation underway, Navy security officer David Link still is not allowed to talk about what he saw when a Saudi gunman killed three U.S. sailors at this sprawling Florida naval base last month. But Link, one of the […]

Pentagon gives conditional OK to resume Saudi training in US

January 21, 2020 Unlisted Author

(AP) The Pentagon has given the Navy and other military services conditional approval to resume training of Saudi Arabian nationals in the U.S. Operational training, such as flying and other non-classroom work, for the approximately 850 Saudis at multiple U.S. bases was […]

Pentagon adding to restrictions on foreign military students

January 17, 2020 Robert Burns

(AP) The Pentagon is imposing new restrictions and controls on all international military students at American bases, including barring them from having privately owned firearms on base, in response to a shooting by a Saudi trainee in December that killed three sailors […]

Trump criticized for retweeting image of Pelosi, Schumer in Muslim attire

January 13, 2020 Brett Samuels

(Hill) The White House on Monday defended President Trump retweeting an image that showed two Democratic leaders edited into Muslim clothing with a backdrop of an Iranian flag after it prompted allegations of Islamophobia. Trump on Monday morning shared the image from […]

US sends home nearly two dozen Saudi cadets after shooting

January 13, 2020 Eric Tucker and Michael Balsamo

(AP) The U.S. sent home 21 Saudi military students following an investigation into a deadly shooting last month by one of their fellow trainees at the Pensacola Naval Air Station, an attack that Attorney General William Barr said was an act of […]

Pensacola Navy base shooting was ‘act of terrorism,’ attorney general says An investigation revealed that the gunman, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, posted anti-American, anti-Israeli and jihadi messages on his social media.

January 13, 2020 Jacqueline Feldscher

(Politico) The shooting by a Saudi national that killed three American troops at a Pensacola Navy base last year was an act of terrorism, Attorney General William Barr announced today. An investigation revealed that the gunman, Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, posted anti-American, anti-Israeli […]

U.S. grounds Saudi pilots, halts military training after base shooting

December 10, 2019 Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart

(Reuters) The Pentagon announced on Tuesday it was halting operational training of all Saudi Arabian military personnel in the United States until further notice after a Saudi Air Force lieutenant shot and killed three people last week at a base in Florida. […]

Official: Base shooter watched shooting videos before attack

December 7, 2019 Brendan Farrington

(AP) The Saudi student who fatally shot three sailors at a U.S. naval base in Florida hosted a dinner party earlier in the week where he and three others watched videos of mass shootings, a U.S. official told the Associated Press on […]

Six Saudis said to be questioned after Pensacola Navy base shooting Authorities were trying to determine whether the shooting that killed three and injured eight others was an act of terrorism.

December 6, 2019 Kalyn Wolfe, Patricia Mazzei, Eric Schmitt and Christine Hauser

(NY Times) A member of the Saudi Air Force armed with a handgun fatally shot three people and injured eight others on Friday morning during a bloody rampage in a classroom building at the prestigious Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Fla., where […]

Military base shooter assailed US as ‘nation of evil’

December 6, 2019 Leila Macor and Will Dunlop

(AFP) A Saudi military student reportedly condemned America as a “nation of evil” in an online manifesto prior to opening fire Friday at a US naval base, killing three people before being shot dead by police. The shooting, which took place in […]

US digs into Saudi shooting suspect motive in Navy shooting

December 6, 2019 Lolita C. Baldor

(AP) U.S. law enforcement officials were digging into the background of the suspected Florida naval station shooter Friday, to determine the Saudi Air Force officer’s motive and whether it was connected to terrorism. As questions swirled about the shooting, which left four […]

Saudi student opens fire at Florida Naval base, killing 3

December 6, 2019 Bill Kaczor and Brendan Farrington

(AP) An aviation student from Saudi Arabia opened fire in a classroom at the Naval Air Station Pensacola on Friday morning, killing three people in an attack the Saudi government quickly condemned and that U.S. officials were investigating for possible links to […]

Trump administration considers a drastic cut in refugees allowed to enter U.S.

September 6, 2019 Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear

(NY Times) The White House is considering a plan that would keep most refugees who are fleeing war, persecution and famine out of the United States, significantly cutting back a decades-old program, according to current and former administration officials. One option that […]

Trump officials pressing to slash refugee admissions to zero next year

July 18, 2019 Ted Hesson

(Politico) The Trump administration is considering a virtual shutdown of refugee admissions next year — cutting the number to nearly zero — according to three people familiar with the plan. During a key meeting of security officials on refugee admissions last week, […]