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Christopher Heffelfinger Archives

Abu Mansour al-Amriki, one among al-Amrikin in Somalia

By Christopher Heffelfinger

On yesterday's America’s Newsroom on Fox, Bill Hemmer asked me if Somalia was the next battleground in the war on terror, in re to a newly release video of an American known as Abu Mansour who is helping train the...

Operation Greenquest unresolved

By Christopher Heffelfinger

Starting on Oct. 25, 2001, the Treasury Department began Operation Green Quest, aimed at seizing the assets of terrorist organizations using legitimate business or charitable cover in the United States. The multi-agency initiative intended to "augment existing counter-terrorist efforts by...