Yonathan Melaku, a former Marine Corps Reservist, pled guilty to a series of shootings targeting the Pentagon and several other military targets in Northern Virginia.

DOJ announced that "a federal grand jury in Denver returned a one-count indictment charging Jamshid Muhtorov with one count of providing material support of a designated foreign terrorist organization and attempt to do the same."

Shkumbin Sherifi, brother of convicted terror plotter Hysen Sherifi, and Nevine Aly Elshiekh, a school teacher, were arrested for their role in plotting with Hysen Sherifi to murder witnesses who testified against him at his recent trial.

On January 19, 2012, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) issued a statement alleging that British soldiers “compelled two ten year old [Afghan] children” to participate in videotaped sexual activities with International Security Assistance Forces. The statement “vehemently condemns this moral and shameful act and points to this as an example of the ethical standards of the occupying soldiers.” The Islamic Emirate calls upon all Afghans to “take revenge…

Kareem Ibrahim was sentenced "to life in prison for conspiring to commit a terrorist attack at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York, by exploding fuel tanks and the fuel pipeline under the airport. Ibrahim and his coconspirators believed their attack would cause extensive damage to the airport and to the New York economy, as well as the loss of numerous lives...

DOJ announced that "Mark Deli Siljander, 60, of Great Falls, Va., was sentenced...to one year and one day in federal prison without parole. Siljander was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan and was a U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations General Assembly. Siljander operated a Washington, D.C. consulting business called Global Strategies...

On January 10, 2012, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) issued a statement denying a report by Al Jazeera “in which it claimed that 3 officials of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have been released from Guantanamo in exchange for the American prisoner Bergdahl who is held by Islamic Emirate.” The communication “strongly urge[d] all news agencies to avoid damaging their reputation by publishing such untrue reports.”

Craig Benedict Baxam was charged with attempting to provide material support to al Shabaab and was arrested upon his return to Maryland after traveling to Africa. According to DOJ, "Baxam joined the U.S. Army in 2007 and completed eight months of advanced training for cryptology and intelligence. Baxam was deployed to Baghdad, Iraq and upon completion of his deployment, he reenlisted.

Sami Osmakac, a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in the former Yugoslavia (Kosovo), has been charged in connection with an alleged plot to attack locations in Tampa with a vehicle bomb, assault rifle and other explosives. According to DOJ, "The arrest of Osmakac was the culmination of an undercover operation during which Osmakac was closely monitored by law enforcement officials for several months.

On January 3, 2012, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) issued a statement announcing that they had “reached an initial agreement with Qatar and other related sides” to establish an office there. Additionally, the “Islamic Emirate has…asked for the release of its prisoners from the Guantanamo prison in exchange basis. Apart from this, the perturbing reports spread by some news agencies and western officials about negotiations have no reality and are strongly rejected by Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.”

On December 17, 2011, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) issued a statement regarding “the expansion of local militias by the invaders.” According to the communique, “The Russians created these hired militias yesterday under the name of tribal contingents and the defeated America is trying to create and expand it under the banner of local police and ‘Arbaki’. The purpose behind this colonial process by both Russia and American is one and the same which is to strike...

Oytun Ayse Mihalik, a Turkish citizen living in Orange County, California, was indicted "on federal charges of providing material support to terrorists for allegedly sending money to Pakistan to help fund attacks against American military personnel. According to the FBI...

On December 22, 2011, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban) issued a statement “regarding the supposed surrender of 50 mujahideen.” According to the communication, “On Tuesday the 20th of December 2011, the media once again reported the re-integration of 50 Taliban fighters with the Kabul regime in Panjwai district of Kandahar province through the mouthpiece of the stooge officials under the theatrical process of peace and reconciliation.” The statement continued...