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Why the CIA Director is Wrong: Rethinking al-Qaida

It’s time, a dozen years after September 11 and following Islamist coups in the Middle East, to rethink completely our view of al-Qaida… Continue reading

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Algerian Hostage Crisis Ends with Military Assault: So How is Al-Qaida Dead?

An organization that can seize about 1,000 hostages in the middle of Algeria, a country whose regime has been so tough on radical Islamists, is not dead… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Mali Government Released “Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” Detainees

Malian newspaper l’Independant carried a front page news story stating that Mali’s Government released four AQIM detainees… Continue reading

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Ayman Zawahiri and Egypt: A Trip Through Time

Around 1985, current al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri fled his homeland of Egypt, presumably never to return, he never forgot his original objective: transforming Egypt into an Islamist state that upholds and enforces the totality of Sharia law, and that works towards the resurrection of a global caliphate… Continue reading

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Syria: Spillover into Iraq?

Is the resurgent of Al-Qaida in Iraq a result from the growing civil war in Syria… Continue reading

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Is Obama Strong on National Security? Of Course Not and Here’s the Iron-Clad Case Against Him

Let me explain to you why the Obama Administration’s propaganda leak effort to prove that the president is tough on national security is nonsense… Continue reading

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The Media Discovers What Obama’s Been Doing All Along: Al-Qaida Bad, Islamists Good

Since then, America’s enemies have made great progress; the Obama Administration almost none at all… Continue reading

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The Jihadist Roots of the Norway Massacre

Anders Breivik, who went on a shooting spree in Norway last year, killing some 70 people, recently confessed his inspiration: al-Qaeda, the jihadists par excellence of the modern world… Continue reading

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On Massacres and Motivations

Commenting on the recent massacre of 17 Afghan civilians that was allegedly carried out by Staff Sergeant Robert Bales… Continue reading

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France: Here Comes the Whitewash

The murders in Toulouse should be a wake-up call for France and all of Europe… Continue reading

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Mohammed Merah was a new breed of Iron Man terrorist

The French-born al Qaeda killer, Mohammed Merah, who shocked the world by murdering three Jewish schoolchildren and their teacher in Toulouse by shots to the head… Continue reading

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Bashar’s ‘Iron Fist’

The iron fist against “terrorist gangs” as promised by Bashar Assad got off to a fairly impressive start two weeks ago… Continue reading

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Riyadh Enters the Yemen-Huthi Fray

On August 11, 2009, the Yemeni government launched “Operation Scorched Earth,” aimed at putting an end to the Huthi uprising that had destabilized the country’s northern province of Sa’da for more than five years… Continue reading

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Rethinking U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground… Continue reading

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From Magharebia: Mauritanian President Rates Sahel Security

The security vacuum in northern Mali endangers the entire Sahel region, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz warns… Continue reading

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Obama’s State of the Union Speech: My Response Discovers Some Curious Insights and Strange Formulations

In his State of the Union message, President Barack Obama began by wrapping himself in the flag, patriotism, and love of the armed forces while trying to highlight his foreign policy achievements… Continue reading

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The Majdalani Effect, the Zawahiri Strategy and the Middle East Curse

In a rare glimpse behind the curtain, a Palestinian scandal sheds a lot of light on the Palestinian Authority, Arab politics, and Western illusions… Continue reading

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WikiLeaks: Syria – State Sponsor of Terrorism

Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups… Continue reading

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Libya Heading Towards Islamism

Islamism will be the dominant political force in Libya… Continue reading

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Al Qaeda Plants Its Flag in Libya

According to multiple eyewitnesses one can now see both the Libyan rebel flag and the flag of al Qaeda fluttering atop… Continue reading

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Ten Years After September 11: Who’s Really Winning the War On Terrorism

Ten years after September 11, 2001, when the very phrase “war on terrorism” is barred from U.S. government usage by the president… Continue reading

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Al-Shabaab Movement imposes strict form of Sharia Law across Somalia

The hard-line Islamist group al-Shabaab is imposing Islamic Law on the outskirts of Mogadishu and across Somalia… Continue reading

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Libya: U.S. confirms al Qaeda members’ role in rebel command

The Obama administration finally acknowledged that al Qaeda elements had been fighting in Libyan rebel ranks in last week’s capture of Tripoli… Continue reading

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Pro-Al Qaeda brigades control Qaddafi Tripoli strongholds

Members of the Al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group are in control of the former strongholds of Muammar Qaddafi captured by Libyan rebels… Continue reading

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Israel: Blood in the Streets

Israeli military preparedness follows a depressing pattern… Continue reading

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IDF Taken by Surprise: Al Qaeda-style Coordinated Deadly Multiple Terror Attack

Israel had its first taste of a sophisticated al Qaeda-style coordinated terrorist operation modeled on the atrocities common in Afghanistan and Iraq… Continue reading

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New Phase in War as Terrorists Cross Egypt-Israel Border

This isn’t just another terrorist attack — it’s a major escalation, a new phase in the Arab-Israeli conflict in two ways… Continue reading

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Egyptian forces take on Al Qaeda Militants in Sinai

Egyptian forces descended on the Sinai Peninsula Sunday, Aug. 14, for their first post-Mubarak operation to retake control of the territory… Continue reading

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Profile of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s Heir as Leader of Al-Qaeda

On June 16 Al-Qaeda announced that after a period of consultations, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri had been appointed as Osama bin Laden’s heir… Continue reading

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Oslo Bombing: Terror strikes Norway

European cities went on terror alert after the Norwegian prime minister’s office in Oslo was rocked Friday, July 22 by huge bomb explosions… Continue reading

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Seinfeld’s Advice for Obama Administration Policy: Do the Opposite

Just your normal Middle East policy day in which every instinct the Obama administration has is wrong… Continue reading

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What Obama Didn’t-And What We Should-Learn From The War In Afghanistan

I am in favor of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but I was fascinated with how President Barack Obama handled the issue… Continue reading

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Al Qaeda – Mombassa Attacks 28 November 2002

On June 11, 2011 Somali police reported that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa’s most wanted al-Qaeda operatives, was killed… Continue reading

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The Emptying of Yemen

For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world… Continue reading

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One Degree of Separation: President Obama, al-Qaida’s New Leader, and Their “Mutual Friend”

Ayman al-Zawahiri, nephew of a Nazi collaborator and grandson of the man who helped produce the… Continue reading

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