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The Hunt: The US still has some unfinished business with al-Qaida

Wednesday marks 23 years since 3,000 people were killed when terrorists hijacked passenger jets and purposefully crashed them in the worst attack on America in history.

It was planned and carried out by al-Qaida, and while the U.S. has killed its founder, Osama bin Laden, and his successor, Ayman al-Zawahri, the militant group is still active.

On this week’s episode of The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green, Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director at the Counter Extremism Project, said two of al-Qaida’s original members are still out there and evidence suggests the group is training and plotting again.

Kirillov’s assassination: A wake-up call for Moscow and a score to settle with Kyiv

The assassination of Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defense Forces, represents a defining moment in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict. Killed in a brazen bombing near his residence in central Moscow, Kirillov’s death underscores the vulnerabilities in Russia's domestic security apparatus and signals the intensifying covert operations in this protracted war. The meticulously planned attack not only delivered a significant blow to Russia’s military leadership, but also set the stage for possible retaliation and strategic recalibration. A meticulously planned operation
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