By The Klaxon Staff / inquiries@theklaxon.com / 06.24.2010

The Klaxon is on hiatus as its staff works to better find ways to serve its reading audience. In the interim, feel free to browse previous site content. — More

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By Ahmed Mahmoud / ahmed@theklaxon.com / 06.11.2010

U.S. Marshals Service

Police arrested two men at JFK airport in New York last Saturday who allegedly were headed to Somalia to join the terrorist group al-Shabaab, an al-Qaeda-based terrorist group. (Read the criminal complaint here.) — More

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By Joseph L. Giacalone / joe@theklaxon.com / 06.07.2010

Once again, two “men” were detained at JFK airport in New York, on their way to Somalia for jihad. Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 24, are the latest suspects in a series of attempts and plans from the far-reaching corner of Africa. They also are part of a new disturbing trend: Americans going abroad to train and fight. Sometimes with the plan to bring the fight back to the American people. The way it looks, though, it seems they already have accomplished such a task. — More

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By Joshua Wilwohl / josh@theklaxon.com / 06.05.2010

Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE/caglecartoons.com

A former United Nations nuclear inspector said Friday that secret documents smuggled out of Myanmar by an army defector show the country anxiously is looking to develop nukes. — More

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By The Klaxon Staff / inquiries@theklaxon.com / 06.01.2010

We’ve heard of an embarrassed government, but this is ridiculous. In its latest report, the Office of Inspector General has said the U.S. Department of Justice, who would coordinate public safety and security after an attack using a weapon of mass destruction, is not ready for a WMD incident. — More

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By Ahmed Mahmoud / ahmed@theklaxon.com / 05.30.2010

FBI photos

In a 55-minute long video Wednesday, courtesy al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, Fahd al-Quso pledges new attacks on American soil, its embassies and warships. Al-Quso is under indictment by the Untied States for the USS Cole bombing in October 2000, where 17 service men were killed and 49 injured. — More

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By Chuck Frank / chuck@theklaxon.com / 05.28.2010

Wright, The Detroit News/caglecartoons.com

Thirty-eight days ago, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, in a conflagration that killed 11 workers and was the result of poor decision making after nearly two days of arguments as to how to proceed. — More

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