Omar Hammami, the Alabama-born Jihadist who abandoned his roots to join an Islamic extremist group in Somalia, publicly spoke out against the beleaguered Al Shabaab militants on Friday and appealed to al-Qaida for help. read post
“Viewpoint” host Eliot Spitzer talks to Current TV’s Christof Putzel about Omar Hammami, an American-born member of the al-Qaida-affiliated Somali terrorist group Al Shabaab. read post
Omar Hammami, the 28-year-old American from Alabama who joined an al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic militant group fighting in Somalia, has just published his 125-page memoir online, confirming that he is alive, contrary to the numerous reports that he was beheaded last month. [...] read post
From New York to London, “Vanguard” correspondent Adam Yamaguchi examines the rising tide of Islamophobia on both sides of the Atlantic. watch video
The killing of two U.S.-born Jihadi leaders, Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan, in Yemen by a U.S. air strike this morning dealt a devastating blow to al-Qaida’s propaganda machine. read post
Omar Hammami, the American-born jihadist profiled by Vanguard correspondent Christof Putzel in last year’s “American Jihadi,” may be dead, according to reports. read post
In this clip, undercover operatives conclude a dramatic four-month investigation by luring growers and financiers — who may be heavily armed — into a trap. watch video
In this clip, we see how the reach of drug trafficking isn’t contained to California. watch video
In this clip, Adam learns how undercover operatives prepare to go inside a Mexican drug trafficking organization, posing as land owners whose property could become a marijuana grow site. watch video
In this scene from “Marijuana Wars, Part 1,” Vanguard executive producer and correspondent Adam Yamaguchi embeds with MAVMIT, an elite task force that hikes into the California wilderness in search of marijuana grow sites operated by Mexican drug trafficking organizations. [...] watch video
