Terrorist Leaders and Other Questionable People in Positions of Power

February 17, 2017 Donate Featured Stories Venezuela: State Sponsor of Terrorism? February 17, 2017  •  IPT News U.S. intelligence has long considered Tareck El Aissami as a key figure in the global narcotics trade with ties to Iran. He oversaw massive shipments of drugs from Venezuela to other countries, including the United States, and issued identification documents to Hizballah operatives.  Click here to read the full story New Hamas Leader, a Vicious Killer, Portends New Rounds of Violence by Yaakov Lappin  •  February 16, 2017  •  Special to IPT News The election of Yehya Sinwar to lead Hamas in Gaza represents the completion of a lengthy takeover by the terror movement's military wing at the expense of the political wing, and it could signal a more imminent confrontational path with Israel than previously thought. Click here to read the full story Prof's Slavery/Sexual Consent Comments Become Georgetown's Latest Outrage February 13, 2017  •  IPT News A Georgetown University Islamic civilization professor's lecture on slavery, asserting that it isn't "morally evil to own somebody" and minimizing the need for sexual consent from a spouse is bringing the school renewed criticism and scrutiny. Click here to read the full story Featured Videos Watch Video Netanyahu: US, Israel Have 'Grand Mission' to Confront Iran Threat Listen to the Audio IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy Discusses the Challenges of Monitoring Jihadis After Prison Watch Video Muslim Author: I Feel Safer in the U.S. Than I Do in Any Muslim Country Watch Video Fatah Official Says Palestinians Have "Right" to Use Terror to "Liberate Our Homeland" The IPT Blog Maryland Mosque Lauds Pakistani Assassin On Sunday, an American mosque glorified a terrorist responsible for killing a Pakistani governor who was critical of Pakistan's blasphemy laws, the Rabwah Times reported. Rasmieh Odeh's Co-Conspirators' Testimony Sought for Retrial Federal prosecutors want to travel to the Middle East to question two women who previously have acknowledged helping Rasmieh Odeh bomb a Jerusalem supermarket in 1969 along with the British Consulate. The supermarket bombing killed two college students, Leon Kanner and Edward Joffe. ISIS Terrorists Tapping Organized Crime to Infiltrate Europe With the help of organized criminal elements, Islamic State terrorists reportedly are buying legitimate British passports that can evade security detection from security authorities, the Daily Beast reports. Also in the News Washington Post Whitewashes Hater of Women, Gays, and Jews Because He's a Muslim Convert February 14, 2017  •  The Federalist What did it take for the Washington Post to accuse a Jewish man of racism for exposing a white man as an anti-Semite? That white man's conversion to Islam. Click here to read the full story Islamist moderates, Swedish hardliners and Islamist Islamophobia February 14, 2017  •  Jerusalem Post For almost two decades since 9/11 the mainstream media in every Western country, and to some extent the rest of the world, has adopted Orwellian language to whitewash and mislead the public about the nature of Islamist regimes, political Islamism and the creeping bigotry, hatred and extreme right-wing, conservative, fundamentalist intolerance in parts of the world. Click here to read the full story The Hate Group that Tracks Down Other "Hate Groups" January 9, 2017  •  FrontPage Mag The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was founded in 1971 by two Alabama attorneys, Morris Dees and Joseph Levin Jr. The latter served as the Center's legal director from 1971-76, but it was Dees, who views the U.S. as an irredeemably racist nation, who would emerge as the long-term "face" of the organization Click here to read the full story The IPT accepts no funding from outside the United States, or from any governmental agency or political or religious institutions. Your support of The Investigative Project on Terrorism is critical in winning a battle we cannot afford to lose. All donations are tax-deductible. Click here to donate online. The Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation is a recognized 501(c)3 organization.   To subscribe: http://www.investigativeproject.org/list_subscribe.php The Investigative Project on Terrorism 202-363-8602 - main 202-966-5191 - fax