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 scene from “Cage Fighting in the USA,” Marianna van Zeller meets Tim, a man who believes he’s been able to overcome his drug addictions thanks to finding support in a Christian mixed martial arts community. watch video
In “Islamophobia,” Vanguard correspondent Adam Yamaguchi examines the rising tide of Islamophobia on both sides of the Atlantic. watch video
In this scene from “Islamophobia,” Tommy Robinson of the English Defence League takes “Vanguard” correspondent Adam Yamaguchi on a tour of the neighborhood where Robinson grew up, which he says has been taken over by radical Islamists. watch video
A “Vanguard” producer goes undercover at a training session at a community center in Mission Viejo, Calif., where ACT for America uses slide shows and paranoid charts to link virtually every Muslim group in the U.S. 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
Vanguard producer Alex Simmons’ live commentary on “City of God, Guns & Gangs.” read post
Congratulations to “Vanguard” correspondent/producer Mariana van Zeller, senior producer Alex Simmons and producer John Henion, who were each named as finalists for the 2010 Livingston Awards for Young Journalists! read post
