OAN Staff Nathaniel Mannor
11:50 AM – Monday, May 11, 2026
Senior Director of Counter Terrorism Sebastian Gorka says America is back in the business of taking out terrorists.
During an interview on Sunday, Gorka said the White House has neutralized 820 jihadis around the world and has no plans to scale back operations.
“Our incredible warfighters and intelligence community operatives have managed to neutralize more than 820 jihadis across the world,” he remarked. “We are back in the business of counter terrorism.”
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Gorka recently laid out the president’s new counterterrorism strategy aimed at eliminating ISIS, Al-Qaeda and Iran-backed proxies like the Houthis.
He explained that the White House is focusing its attention on Iran as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism.
The counterterrorism strategy will also investigate left-wing political violence committed at home.
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