Press accounts say body of ‘White Widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite found at Westgate massacre scene; officials say they will await investigation.
Killer converted to Islam as a teenager and was previously investigated by British authorities. The terrorist told a witness at the scene, ‘We want to start a war in London tonight.’
‘I apologize that women have to witness this today, but in our land, our women have to see the same. … Remove your government! They don’t care about you!’
Documents show the State Department changed the CIA’s assessment of the terrorist attack that killed four Americans last September, because of an official’s political concerns. The changes deleted reference to al-Qaeda and changed ‘attacks’ to ‘demonstrations.’
The suspected terrorists accused of bombing the Boston Marathon, killing a police officer and shooting it out with cops in the streets of Watertown did not have licenses for their guns, an official tells the Associated Press: Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas tells The Associated Press in an interview Sunday that neither Tamerlan Tsarnaev nor his brother Dzhokhar had permission to carry firearms. More than 200 rounds of ammunition were […]
Reports that the Boston Marathon bombings were committed by two brothers whose family immigrated to the United States from the war-torn Russian province of Chechnya immediately sparked commentary by critics of America’s immigration policy. Best-selling author and conservative columnist Ann Coulter said on Twitter: “It’s too bad Suspect # 1 won’t be able to be legalized by Marco Rubio, now.” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is the leading Republican sponsor of […]
The two terrorists whose bombs killed three and wounded more than 170 people Monday at the Boston Marathon have been identified as recent immigrants from the war-torn Russian province of Chechnya. One was slain in a gun battle with police near Watertown, Mass., while another is reportedly still at large and considered armed and dangerous. The Associated Press reported early Friday: Two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an […]
CNN, Reuters and other news organizations are reporting that a suspect in Monday’s deadly bombings at the Boston Marathon has been identified from video recorded at the scene. An arrest is expected to be reported shortly. UPDATE: Both CNN and Fox News now report that the suspect has been arrested. CNN reports: The breakthrough came from analysis of video from a department store near the site of the second explosion. Video […]
