islamic state

• News

Maryland man accused of plotting Islamic State inspired attack on National Harbor pleads not guilty

Rondell Henry, 28, of Germantown was arraigned on one count of interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle. He was indicted April 10 on the charge, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

• News

Judge refuses bond for Maryland man accused of plotting Islamic State-inspired attack

The defense attorney for a Maryland man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., has asked a judge to be skeptical of authorities' claims

• News

Maryland man inspired by Islamic State attack plotted to drive truck into National Harbor pedestrians, officials say

A Maryland man inspired by the Islamic State group plotted to ram a stolen U-Haul truck into as many pedestrians as possible at a popular convention and tourist destination just outside the nation’s capital, federal prosecutors said Monday.

• Opinion

Putting the American ISIS bride into context of the Confederacy

Historians are people too. The gift of historical knowledge makes us no less prone to snap judgements. In the context of Black History Month, I am reminded of this as I considered the case of Hoda Muthana, the young American widow of an ISIS soldier, who wants to be re-admitted to the U.S.

• Opinion

Witcover: A crack in Senate Republican solidarity behind Trump

Jules Witcover: Where are the GOP giants of yore who put their principles ahead of party loyalty?

• Maryland

Fort Meade sailor among Americans killed in suicide bomb attack in Syria

A Fort Meade sailor was among four Americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in Syria this week, the Pentagon announced Friday.

• Opinion

Alternative Fact of the Week: Suddenly, Syria

Remember when containing Iran's influence was so important to President Trump or how he ridiculed his predecessor for withdrawing from Iraq in 2011? Suddenly, it's all reversed.

• News

Terror plotter from Edgewood who took ISIS money for attack sentenced to 20 years

A federal judge sentenced handed down a 20-year sentence on Friday to an Edgewood man who accepted thousands of dollars from ISIS terrorists overseas to carry out an attack in the United States.

By Ian Duncan

Mar 30, 2018

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Where 2017's joyride might lead in 2018

The year 2018 will reveal whether last year’s political transition from the status quo is here to stay, says Rachel Marsden.

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Returning jihadists need prison, not couches

Anyone who left their home countries to join ISIS should be imprisoned for life, not allowed to return, says Rachel Marsden.

• Opinion

Trump is lying about the Iran nuclear deal

President Trump is lying about the Iran nuclear deal.

• Opinion

Afghanistan surge is about regime change in Iran

Rachel Marsden: Terrorists are everywhere these days. We have to ask ourselves whether the 16-year fight against terrorism has made America and its allies any safer.

• News

Edgewood man pleads guilty to aiding ISIS

ISIS Federal Terror Harford Edgewood Mohamed Elshinawy

By Alison Knezevich

Aug 15, 2017

• Maryland

I-95 bridge to be dedicated in memory of fallen Marine with Harford, Cecil ties

Dale Burger Jr. grew up in Harford County and later lived in Cecil County prior to his 2004 death at age 21 while fighting in the Iraq war.

By Allan Vought

Jun 29, 2017

• Howard County

Howard County officials respond to website hack

County officials are working to investigate a Sunday night hack on the county government's website in which pro Islamic State messages were written on the site.

By Kate Magill

Jun 26, 2017

• Islamic State

Howard County government website restored after it was hacked with pro-Islamic State message

Howard County's government website was hacked with messages supporting the Islamic State on Sunday, part of a larger attack on local government websites around the country.

By Carrie Wells

Jun 26, 2017

• Opinion

Trump at war: Troops first, strategy later

The Trump administration approved a troop increase for the war in Afghanistan. To what end, nobody knows.

• Opinion

London attacks followed by same old stale argument

The saddest part about the recent terrorist attacks in the U.K. — aside from the actual horror for the victims and their families, of course — was that there was so little new to say about it. But that didn't stop anyone. Everyone backed into their usual rhetorical corners, filling in the blanks on the familiar post-terror conversation like it was a game of Mad Libs, only none of the answers were particularly funny.

• Opinion

Cal Thomas: Terrorism's 'Groundhog Day' scenario

The terrorism scenario is always the same, says Cal Thomas. Events repeat themselves, like in the film "Groundhog Day."

• Maryland

A war that continues to claim service members' lives, to little attention from many citizens

This Memorial Day arrives at a time when many American have tuned out the war in Afghanistan. Combat operations were declared over in 2014, and yet service members continue to die, including five in 2016 and 2017 who have ties to Maryland. Their relatives and a military history speak about what to many is a forgotten war.

By Jean Marbella

May 29, 2017

• News

FBI director wrote Trump wanted Flynn investigation ended

The White House confronted Tuesday what could be the most serious allegation to date against President Trump amid reports that in February he asked the FBI

• Harford

Staff Sgt. De Alencar laid to rest in Arlington with full military honors

Army Staff Sgt. Mark De Alencar, a former Harford County resident, was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery Wednesday.

By David Anderson

May 10, 2017

• Opinion

Robert B. Reich: Principles of the Trump foreign policy doctrine

The Trump Doctrine of foreign policy is rooted in making money for Mr. Trump, says Robert Reich.

• Opinion

Is Trump abandoning everything he stood for or merely being 'flexible'?

President Donald Trump's sudden foreign-policy pivot, from "America First" to international engagement through military action and re-embracing NATO, may have

By Jules Witcover

Apr 17, 2017

• Harford

Many with Harford ties have died in the War on Terror

The death of Army Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar, an Edgewood resident and 1998 Joppatowne High School graduate, was the first since 20014 among people with

• Opinion

Jules Witcover: Take charge Trump? He's still impulsive and mercurial

Jules Witcover: Take charge Trump? He's still impulsive and mercurial.

• Maryland

Sgt. De Alencar to be buried in Arlington

Staff Sgt. Mark De Alencar, of Edgewood, who died after being wounded in Afghanistan, will be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Funeral arrangements have not been finalized as of this week.

By David Anderson

Apr 13, 2017

• Opinion

Chemical attack remains unproven

Americans should be skeptical about U.S. claims of a chemical attack by Syrian government

• Maryland

Harford County soldier, Staff Sgt. Mark De Alencar, killed in Afghanistan

Mark De Alencar, a 1998 graduate of Joppatowne High School, and an Army Special Forces solider, died after being wounded in action in Afghanistan Saturday.

By David Anderson

Apr 10, 2017

• Opinion

To be American and Muslim is not a contradiction

America is unique among all the major Western democracies in that it is the only country in which a sizable percentage of its Muslims are native-born African-American converts. This group has flourished as part of the American experiment. The First Amendment's guarantees of freedom of speech and religion have provided the foundation for the African-American Muslim community's success and resiliency. Members have fought in every major American war. They are doctors, lawyers, sports figures,

• Maryland

Baltimore-area advocates for refugees condemn Trump policy

A day after an executive order halted the flow of refugees to the United States, immigrant advocates in Maryland and elsewhere condemned a policy they said punishes innocent people fleeing violence while failing to make the nation more secure

By Lorraine Mirabella

Feb 7, 2017

• Iraq

Nearly 200 Maryland National Guardsmen leave Aberdeen for Middle East

Nearly 200 Maryland National Guardsmen parted with their families at the base in Edgewood Sunday, boarded buses and left for a month's training in Fort Hood, Texas. They are scheduled to serve nine months in the Middle East.

By Tim Prudente

Jan 29, 2017

• Maryland

Nearly 200 Maryland National Guardsmen leave Aberdeen for Middle East

Nearly 200 Maryland Army National Guardsmen parted with their families Sunday at the base in Edgewater. They boarded three buses and left for a month's training in Fort Hood, Texas, then nine months in the Middle East.

By Tim Prudente

Jan 29, 2017

• Opinion

Rachel Marsden: Murder of Russian ambassador underscores Turkey's capriciousness

The assassination of Russia's ambassador to Turkey is symbolic of the chaos that plagues Turkey and its foreign policy.

• Maryland

Nearly 200 Maryland National Guardsmen depart in deployment for Middle East

Nearly 200 Maryland National Guard soldiers parted with their families Sunday at an Army base in Northern Virginia for deployment through the holidays to the Middle East.

By Tim Prudente

Oct 30, 2016

• Maryland

Maryland National Guard joins fight to take Mosul from the Islamic State

Attack planes from the Maryland Air National Guard are aiding a major offensive to wrest control of Mosul from the Islamic State, joining a battle that could all but dislodge the terror group from Iraq.

By Ian Duncan

Oct 19, 2016

• Opinion

The fight for Mosul

A tough, difficult fight

• Opinion

Stay out of Syria

Now is the time to avoid further entanglement in Syria by U.S. armed forces.

• Opinion

Syria's failed cease fire

Syria's failed cease fire

• Opinion

Syria's fragile cease-fire

In the next few days we should know one way or another whether Russia can be counted on to help end the fighting

• Opinion

No, Obama didn't found ISIS

Obama didn't found ISIS, duh

• Opinion

The battle for Mosul

The battle for Mosul

• Opinion

ISIS' global reach

The terrorists are shifting tactics; the U.S. and its partners need a unified response

• Opinion

Giving Muslims their due

Fact: ISIS kills mostly Muslims. Terrorists overall kill mostly Muslims. Yet fatalities due to terrorism in Muslim countries hardly draw any attention from the media, while isolated attacks in the Western world lead to great outpourings of sorrow. One can't help but wonder if the only factor for the seeming apathy toward Turkey's and Iraq's victims is Islam.

• Opinion

Another ISIS outrage

Another ISIS outrage

• Opinion

Can I vote for Trump?

A conservative university professor explains why George Will's take on Donald Trump will effect his own presidential vote this election.

• Opinion

Politicians never let a good crisis go to waste

In the aftermath of the Orlando massacre, the Democrats applied a law that serves them well: "Never let a good crisis go to waste."

• Opinion

Lessons of Fallujah

The victory represented by the Iraqi government's recapture of the historic city won't bring peace absent a process of political reconciliation among the country's sectarian and ethnic factions

• Opinion

Trump sinks to a new level with remarks on Orlando

Donald Trump sinks to a new low with his remarks on the Orlando shooting, says Jules Witcover.

• Opinion

The battle for Fallujah

The outcome will be a test of Iraq's political leadership as well as of U.S. strategy in the region