Birth of a Terrorist: U.S. Scholars Seek Clues
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What turns a man into a terrorist?  What makes a doctor like al Qaeda's Ayman al-Zawahri swap  healing for killing, or a Palestinian mother of two blow  herself up at an army checkpoint?
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Investigation of the Mosul attack has revealed an astounding fact: the suicide bomber could have been a member of the new Iraqi security forces and therefore has made it through the Americansâ screening process.
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U.S. News & World Report - When it comes to terrorists' most valuable weapons, passports and visas probably rank higher than bullets and bombs. Without such documents, terrorists can't easily travel to train, conduct reconnaissance, or prepare for an attack. "They are the greatest tools that terrorists have in their arsenal," says Asa Hutchinson, under secretary for border and transportation security at the Department of Homeland Security. That fact became clear in the aftermath of 9/11, when it was discovered that all 19 of the hijackers had made it into the United States with doctored or suspicious  ...
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PARIS -- Three years after the Sept. 11 attacks forced the West to take a collective crash course on Islamic terrorism, the myths endure: The militants are impoverished and uneducated. Lifelong religious fervor drives them to embrace jihad. Al Qaeda aggressively recruits and brainwashes the men.
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A new television channel that claims to be the first U.S. Muslim lifestyle network in English debuts next week, bringing to fruition an idea born in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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An unidentified Muslim militant suspected of helping plan the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States also ordered this year's Madrid train bombings, a Spanish newspaper said Sunday, asserting the closest link yet between the two terrorist attacks.
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Critics say the academy may breed extremism. Supporters see a vital role for it in the post-9/11 world.
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It was unclear what role the suspect might have played in last weekâs killing of a tribal leader who had collaborated with the U.S.
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A new report fueled jitters of a fresh Al Qaeda attack on America. But the document also shows how little intelligence officials really know about the state of terrorist threats.
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CHESTER, Pa. -- On Nov. 15, 2001, Irshad and Masood Shaikh found themselves standing under the darkest cloud imaginable: The brothers had become suspects in the worst bioterrorism attack in American history.
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Details of how 19 al-Qaida hijackers got into the United States and financed their deadly attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, have been released.
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Why European counter-terror officials share U.S. concerns of an imminent threat
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The next terrorist assault on the United States is likely to come through relatively unsophisticated, near-simultaneous attacks -- similar to those attempted in Britain over the weekend -- designed more to provoke widespread fear and panic than to cause major losses of life, U.S. intelligence and...
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After more than a decade hunting al-Qaida, U.S. counterterrorism agencies are reviewing their understanding of the terror group, which they strongly believe was behind the plot to blow up some 10 jetliners bound for the U.S.
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A new National Intelligence Estimate raises concerns that the terrorist group is growing stronger.
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A radical Islamic group known for launching a bloody 1990 coup attempt in Trinidad faced growing scrutiny at home and abroad well before an alleged U.S. terrorist plot focused new attention on it.
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In the five years since the September 11   attacks, U.S. intervention abroad has fed the extremism it   seeks to destroy and cemented the rise of political Islam as   the ideology of choice for millions in the Middle East, experts   say.