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
In this dispatch from the field, “Vanguard” correspondent Christof Putzel rides with state police officers in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, through some of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the area. watch video
American guns are flooding across the border into Mexico, arming deadly cartel drug wars that continue to spiral out of control. Embedded with Mexican police, Army Special Forces and Juarez CSI teams, in “Arming the Mexican Cartels” Christof Putzel takes [...] watch video
Correspondent Christof Putzel walks through one of the poorest neighborhoods in Juarez, Mexico, with a mother whose teenage sons are dangerously close to being ensnared in gang violence. watch video
In this scene from Arming the Mexican Cartels, correspondent Christof Putzel goes undercover at a gun show in Texas, just a few miles over the border from Juarez, Mexico, which has been dubbed the Murder capital of the world. 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
In their stories, van Zeller finds testament to both the power of the American Dream and the absolute failure of American border policies. watch video
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
