Last January investigative journalist Tom Robbins broke the story of how the NYPD endorsed the scaremongering Islamophobic documentary The Third Jihad. The film was funded by the pro-Israel non-profit group The Clarion Fund, and it contends that few, if any, Muslims can be trusted. "Americans are being told that most of the mainstream Muslim groups are moderate," says the narrator, "when in fact if you look a little closer you'll see a very different reality. One of their primary tactics is deception." Newly released documents show the NYPD knows a thing or two about deception as well! more ›

As if the story of a Staten Island man getting arrested after admitting he'd tried to join the Taliban in order to get off the no-fly list weren't wild enough, now lawyers for Abdel Hameed Shehadeh are trying to suppress from court a 22-page FBI report in which the alleged wannabe spills his guts about his jihadi pals. more ›

A Massachusetts resident is accused of plotting to damage the Capitol building and Pentagon in Washington D.C. remote controlled planes filled with C-4 explosives. According to the Washington Post, "Rezwan Ferdaus, a U.S.-born citizen of South Asian background, traveled to Washington last May to conduct surveillance and intended to launch three small GPS-guided aircraft from East Potomac Park — two against the Pentagon and one against the Capitol, according to a detailed plan he gave to the FBI." more ›

The backgrounds of the two young NJ men who were arrested earlier this week for allegedly plotting to travel to Somalia and kill American troops have been scrutinized, but now the NY Times takes a look at the formative years of Mohamed Mahmood Alessa and Carlos Almonte: "Their stories began like many others: troubled teenagers who scare and mystify their neighbors; run-ins with the police while still in high school; parents who cannot compete with the sense of belonging or purpose their boys find elsewhere." more ›

More details are emerging about the two NJ men who are accused of wanting to go to Somalia to join a violent extremist group and ultimately kill American troops. Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, and Carlos Almonte, 24, were arrested over the weekend at JFK Airport, about to head to Cairo, after a years-long investigation into their alleged plans for jihad. However, reports suggest they had troubled youths. more ›

The two NJ men who were arrested at JFK Airport and accused of terrorism will be arraigned today in a Newark federal court. Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, and Carlos Almonte, 24, were about to board separate flights to Egypt and then travel to Somalia to join a violent extremist group and ultimately kill American troops. The men allegedly spoke to an undercover NYPD officer about their plans: Almonte said, "I was born here, you know, raised here. I just want the [American] troops to come home safely and cozily... in caskets," while Alessa added, "Sliced up in 1,000 pieces, cozy in the grave, in hell." more ›

Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric whose radical views have forced him into hiding in Yemen, released a new video promising harm to Americans, "Oh, America, if you transgress against us, we will transgress against you, and you keep killing our people, we will kill your people. This is the image that we need to present. These American soldiers heading to Afghanistan and Iraq will be killed. We will kill them if we can, there in Fort Hood, or we will kill them in Afghanistan and Iraq." more ›

A federal panel says the Department of Education discriminated against the principal of a Brooklyn dual-language school by forcing her to resign, when critics accused the institution of indoctrinating students into service for jihad. According to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the DOE “succumbed to the very bias that creation of the school was intended to dispel and a small segment of the public succeeded in imposing its prejudices on D.O.E. as an employer.” more ›

The four men, arrested back in May for plotting to blow up Bronx synagogues and shoot planes at a National Guard base in Newburgh, NY, will be tried in June of next year. Lawyers for the four defendants had contended that the men were entrapped by the fed's informant, who promised/gave them money and fried chicken dinners, luring them into the plot. But the AP reports the judge "ruled that prosecutors don't have to disclose before trial any payments from a federal informant" to the defendants. more ›

Yesterday, the city honored the 110 members of teams from the NYPD, FBI and other agencies who helped foil the terror plot to bomb Bronx synagogues and attack the National Guard base in Newburgh, NY. Mayor Bloomberg said, "I feel safer today in this city than ever before. They have prevented what could have been a terrible loss of life." And Governor Paterson said, "The work was simply outstanding, and it demonstrates the increased sophistication that counterterrorist activity has had to undergo to keep up with the widespread threats. I can't thank all of them enough." more ›

Three of the four men who were arrested for allegedly plotting to plant bomb outside two Bronx synagogues and shoot planes at a National Guard base in Newburgh, NY were charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction within the United States and conspiracy to acquire and use anti-aircraft missiles. James Cromitie, 55; David Williams, 28; and Onta Williams, 32 appeared in court and were held without bail; assistant U.S. Attorney Eric Snyder said, "It's hard to envisage a more chilling plot to bring murder to a ...community... These are extremely violent men. These people who are eager to bring death to Jews." more ›