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February 9, 2010 How Iranian Shells Reach the Mideast’s Seashores The recent assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai has been described as another episode in an ongoing sha... February 8, 2010 Western Civilization on Trial I used to think of the Netherlands as a land of tulips, windmills, Anne Frank, and a little boy with his finger in the dike. Increasingly, I think of it as the place where Theo van Gogh was murde... February 4, 2010 Eye to Eye on Iran Iran's 1979 revolution began with the overthrow of the Shah, but it is meant to end with the overthrow of "infidel" dominance everywhere. Hardliners envision Iran as an oil-powered, nuclear-... February 4, 2010 Flirting With Disaster Does Barack Obama really want to be the president who let Iran get the nuclear bomb? Outside the White House bubble, signs keep multiplying that this could be the year. Iran continues to... February 4, 2010 Why Panetta Should Stop Talking If the CIA chief had a good asset inside Al Qaeda, he wouldn't be discussing the group's plans publicly. And predicting attacks only risks lowering the intel chief's credibility if... February 2, 2010 A Tale of Two Terrorists The Obama administration's decision to read the Christmas Day bomber his Miranda rights has rightly come under withering criticism. Instead of a lengthy interrogation by officials with al Qa... February 2, 2010 Hezbollah Is Not The IRA Islamist groups have invited a whole set of analogies purportedly aimed at better explaining them and how best to deal with them. One such analogy that has gained currency in recent years is the... February 1, 2010 Rigging the Numbers It is welcome news that the Obama administration has reversed its irrational decision to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 plotters in Manhattan's federal court. So far, however... February 1, 2010 Google vs. Beijing Western corporations never die in China, they just fade away. They don't do what Google has threatened to do: Slam the door on its way out. Google's decision to stop censoring its Chine... January 29, 2010 Amici Curiae Brief for Samantar v. Yousuf Dr. j. Peter Pham Former Somali General Mohamed Ali Samantar was defense minister and vice president (1980-1986) and, once the post was revived, prime minister (1987-1990) under Somalia&... January 28, 2010 Emerging West African Terror-Drug Nexus Poses Major Security Threat Over the course of the last month, the foiled attempt by would-be "underwear bomber" Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab to blow up a Detroit-bound passenger flight on Christmas Day has underscored the dan... January 26, 2010 Lebanon’s Next War May Also Be Syria’s Media reports in recent days have painted dire scenarios for what is, supposedly, the inevitable conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. Of particular note are persistent indicators that the next... December 28, 2009 A Martyr For the Next Iranian Revolution? When I first encountered the Persian word mofangi, I struggled to grasp its meaning. It implies a certain timidity, physical weakness, and awkwardness. Seeking to put some flesh on that definitio... December 26, 2009 Hezbollah’s “Lebanonization” Manuela Paraipan: Why is the Lebanonization of Hezbollah a chimera? Tony Badran: This is a rather timely question with the recent unveiling of Hezbollah'... December 25, 2009 Christmas is Not Negotiable By: Dr. Walid Phares On the eve of this Christmas 2008, I shifted from my ongoing field of research and commentary in terrorism, international and ethnic conflict, and global strategies... December 22, 2009 The “Lebanonization” of Iraq Over the past few weeks, several important statements have come out of Iraq - both from Iraqi officials and top US commanders - regarding the recent bomb attacks in the country and their perpetra... December 21, 2009 Unfriendly Skies: Taiwan’s Exclusion from UN Agency Undermines Air Safety By: Dr. J. Peter Pham In recent days, the United Nations celebrated International Civil Aviation Day, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Convention on International... December 17, 2009 Save the SEALs Three SEALs are now in trouble. Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe stands accused of "assault, dereliction of performance of duty for willfully failing to safeguard a det... December 17, 2009 Gitmo Does Not Cause Terrorism So we're going to shut down the detention center at the U.S. naval base on Guantanamo Bay and move the 200-plus terrorists detained there to a seldom-used civilian correctional center in Tho... December 17, 2009 Attempt to Attack the Paul Findley Federal Building in Springfield, Illinois By: Madeleine Gruen On September 23, 2009, Michael C. Finton (a.k.a. Talib Islam) attempted to detonate what he believed to be one (1) ton of explosives packed in... December 17, 2009 Iran’s Global Bedfellows If you listen to U.S. officialdom, Iran is a pariah, cast out by the world community for its sanctions-violating, nuclear-wannabe ways. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has just warned Latin Am... December 15, 2009 Imad Mustapha: the Ambassador No One Wants The Washington rumor mill is in high gear again amid reports that the State Department, after a lengthy delay, has finally sent the White House its recommendation for the new American ambassador... December 15, 2009 Out of Gas: Why Sanctions on Iran Are Still the Best Option Following the passage of the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act in the U.S. House of Representatives today, it's worth considering the following facts in response to those who claim that t... December 13, 2009 Was CAIR Responsible for the Zamzam Arrests? Recently, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) helped to alert US authorities that Ramy Zamzam and four of his friends from Northern Virginia had gone missing by encouraging the famil... December 11, 2009 Rumors of David Headley, Rogue CIA Asset David Headley was convicted on heroin smuggling charges in 1998, and the available evidence overwhelmingly suggests that the following year he did undercover surveillance work in Pakistan for the... December 10, 2009 Through Our Enemies’ Eyes We’ve heard a lot in recent days about how conservatives and liberals are responding to President Obama’s plans for Afghanistan. But what does the enemy think? Mullah Mohamme... December 10, 2009 Guinea: In Search of a Soft Landing Guinea cannot seem to catch a break. In 1958, it was the only French colony to opt for an immediate break with France rather than continued association with Paris leading to gradual inde... December 9, 2009 New Charges Against Headley for 2008 Mumbai Attacks In October, 49-year-old Chicago man David Headley (born Daood Gilani) was arrested for his role in planning terrorist attacks against the Danish newspaper Jyllands Posten and two individuals asso... December 8, 2009 For Hezbollah, Lebanon is an Afterthought Two things were unsurprising about Hezbollah’s political document, unveiled on November 30 by the party’s secretary general, Hassan Nasrallah, namely its content and characteriz... December 8, 2009 From ‘Gitmo Poet’ to Qaeda Kingpin A former Guantanamo de tainee has emerged as a leading ideologue and theo logian for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- one of the strongest al Qaeda affiliates in the world. Pakistani... November 26, 2009 The Shooting of Luqman Abdullah Co-authored by Madelein Gruen In late October, a shootout at a warehouse in Dearborn, Michigan, claimed the life of Luqman Abdullah -- the imam of Detroit's Masjid al-... November 25, 2009 Western Terrorism Recruits in Somalia On Monday, the United States unsealed terrorism charges against eight defendants for supporting a Somali Islamist group called al-Shabaab. While few lay people in Canada or the United States have... November 24, 2009 The Danger Signs of Terror In the wake of U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan's shooting rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas, experts are debating the process by which people are radicalized into accepting militan... November 24, 2009 Don’t Mention the M-word For those of us who have tracked Islamic militancy in Europe, Major Nidal Malik Hasan's actions are not extraordinary. Since Muslim militants first tried to blow a French high-speed train of... November 23, 2009 Major Hasan and Holy War For those of us who have tracked Islamic militancy in Europe, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's actions are not extraordinary. Since Muslim militants first tried to blow a French high-speed train off... November 20, 2009 CTR Vantage: The Luqman Abdullah Shooting and Cause Celebre Islam The Center for Terrorism Research (CTR) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is proud to present its second issue of CTR Vantage. This issue examines the Oct. 28 shooting of Detroit imam Luqman Abdullah by FBI agents. November 20, 2009 Cause Célèbre Islam: Racism, Revolution, Black Nationalism “We can’t just be saying, ‘O.K., everything is run by the U.S. government,’ we got to take out the U.S. government. The U.S. government is nothing but Kuffars.”... November 20, 2009 The Darul Islam Movement in the United States The 1960s were a time of great social upheaval in the U.S. Within the African-American Muslim population, young organizations trumpeted separation from mainstream American culture. Of these group... November 20, 2009 Jamil al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown The criminal complaint against Luqman Abdullah and his associates states that when al-Ummah succeeds in establishing a "separate, sovereign Islamic state," they intend for it to be led by Jamil a... November 19, 2009 Lessons of Fort Hood When a military officer participates in a war against his own country, that is high treason, and that is the charge that ought to be brought against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. But it's not goin... November 19, 2009 Iran’s Man In Manhattan It made headlines last week when federal prosecutors moved to seize assets of the Alavi Foundation, a New York-based nonprofit that is allegedly a front for the U.S.-sanctioned government of Iran... November 18, 2009 The Shooting of Luqman Abdullah The shootout occurred during an FBI raid designed to disrupt a variety of illegal activities being carried out by Abdullah and at least ten of his associates—activities that were uncovered... November 18, 2009 It’s Time to Open the Fuel Market to Methanol By: Dr. Robert Zubrin. Here's a fact that is worthy of lawmakers' attention: Methanol is currently selling internationally, without any subsidy, for $1 per gallon.... November 18, 2009 Al Qaeda’s Civil Liberties Union "I'll talk to you guys after I get to New York and see my lawyer." That, according to former Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, is what September 11 planner Khalid Sheik... November 16, 2009 Connecting the Dots On Tuesday, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a stinging rebuke to a district court that granted a Guantanamo detainee’s habeas petition last year. The detainee in question is... November 13, 2009 September 10? It’s Worse Than That ‘September 10 America.” The phrase signifies a reprise of the “terrorism is just a crime” mindset that reigned in the years before the 9/11 attacks. Like other observers,... November 12, 2009 Media Mush Imagine if, in 1942, the son of German immigrants from the Sudetenland had yelled "Heil Hitler!" and then gunned down several dozen of his fellow soldiers on an American military base. Most repor... November 12, 2009 Fog Of War There's been plenty of debate about President Barack Obama's omission of the word "terrorism" when he spoke Tuesday at Fort Hood to honor the 13 Americans shot to death and dozens wound... November 12, 2009 Return of the Somali Pirates By Dr. Peter Pham After maintaining a relatively low profile since the end of the monsoon season two months ago, Somali pirates literally shot their way back into the headlines... November 12, 2009 Arrest in Netherlands May Yield Insight Into Shabaab Recruiting Networks Yesterday the Star Tribune (published in Minneapolis-St. Paul) reported on a seemingly significant arrest in the Netherlands related to the al Shabaab recruiting networks that have centered on th...

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