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August 15, 2012 Engaging Fundamentalists Given the growing strength and electoral triumphs of fundamentalists in the Middle East, many in Washington fear that the administration just can’t handle Islamists. Egypt’s Muslim Br... August 15, 2012 The Rise of a ‘German Salafist Colony’ in Egypt BERLIN -- Earlier this year, the Austrian-born Islamist and al Qaeda supporter Muhammad Mahmoud fled Germany for Egypt, where he has launched an organizational structure to develop a base of Germ... August 15, 2012 The Israel/Iran War Game Will they (the Israelis) or won’t they? And if so, when? I know the answers, but you’re not going to like them. The answers are all the same: we don’t... August 15, 2012 The Israeli-American Divide Last weekend, in the most dramatic shakeup of Egypt’s political system since Hosni Mubarak was toppled from his presidency, President Muhammad Morsi sacked Defense Minister Mohamed Hussein... August 15, 2012 ‘Brigades of Osama bin Laden’ Forms in the West Bank A new jihadist group calling itself the Brigades of Osama bin Laden has announced its formation, in a statement that was recently released on terrorist-linked web forums. The Brigades of... August 15, 2012 Pakistan Will Launch Operation Against the Taliban, Panetta Claims This is absolutely stunning. Yesterday, The Associated Press interviewed US Secretary of Defense L... August 14, 2012 Omani Jihadist Participated in Haqqani Network Raid on FOB Salerno Co-authored by Bill Ardolino A jihadist from Oman was killed during the Haqqani Network suicide assault on a major US base in eastern Afghanistan in June, according to a martyrd... August 14, 2012 Free-Speech Hypocrisy in Europe There are few people in the world who have sacrificed more for the principle of free speech than the staff of Jyllands Posten, the most popular newspaper in Denmark. Since the paper publ... August 14, 2012 Groups Demand Halt of Berlin Anti-Israel March The daily (B.Z.) Berliner Zeitung's‘s popular columnist Gunnar Schupelius has called on the Berlin authorities to ban a pro-Iranian regime demon... August 14, 2012 Taliban Suicide Assault Team Kills 36 Afghans in Western City A Taliban suicide assault team fanned out across the western city of Zaranj today, killing 36 Afghans in several attacks before being gunned down by Afghan forces. A suicide assault team... August 13, 2012 So You Want to Be a Sanctions-Buster There's been a whole lot of head-scratching since it emerged -- smack in the middle of the London Olympics -- that Standard Chartered, one of the crown jewels of the British financial indust... August 13, 2012 Afghan Intelligence Thwarts Complex Assault Plot in Kabul; Pakistani Suspect, 4 Others Arrested By LWJ Staff Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) personnel supported by Coalition forces thwarted a major terrorist plot in Kabul City late on Saturday night, preventi... August 13, 2012 Khamenei’s Sacred Word: Destroy Israel There’s nothing wrong with negotiating with your enemies. There is something wrong if you don’t know that those sitting across the table from you are your enemies. Too many Americans,... August 13, 2012 Reflections on Byman’s “Breaking the Bonds” The incisive Daniel Byman recently published a new study with the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy entitled... August 13, 2012 The Most Dangerous Man in the World One of the startling cultural disconnects in studying Iran is how unimpressive the officials of the Islamic Republic usually are. Reading Persian history inclines one to expect Iranians to be hig... August 10, 2012 Washington’s Self-Defeating Policy In a steady stream of leaks and public statements in recent days, a number of US officials have offered a window into the Obama administration’s current thinking on Syria. Specifically, the... August 10, 2012 Pinning Iran to the Mat There will be a physical confrontation between Iran and the United States on Friday night. But it’s not in the Strait of Hormuz; it’s in the Olympic Games, on the wrestling mat.... August 9, 2012 Jeane Kirkpatrick’s War Jeane Kirkpatrick spent her life studying — and fighting — totalitarianism. Reading Peter Collier’s illuminating new biography,... August 9, 2012 Jeane Kirkpatrick’s War Jeane Kirkpatrick spent her life studying — and fighting — totalitarianism. Reading Peter Collier’s illuminating new biography,... August 9, 2012 Time for the EU to Ban Hezbollah US and Israeli intelligence agencies attributed last month’s suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists in Bulgaria to Hezbollah and Iran. The joint Hezbollah-Iran operation resulted... August 9, 2012 Palestine’s Biggest Obstacle What’s holding back Palestinian society? In the wake of Mitt Romney’s speech last week in Jer... August 9, 2012 Al Qaeda Calls on Jihadists to Attack NATO Supplies, ‘Secure the Back’ of the Afghan Taliban Al Qaeda's top spokesman for Pakistan called on jihadists in Pakistan to attack NATO supply convoys to "secure the back" of al Qaeda's ally, the Afghan Taliban. Ustad Ahmad Far... August 9, 2012 Outrage Over ‘Anti-Semitic’ German-Iranian Program The University of Potsdam, located near Berlin, triggered sharp criticism from German academics this week because of its joint academic program with the University of Religions and Denominations,... August 9, 2012 The Anti-Social Network: How al-Qaeda Survives Co-authored by Adam Elkus Terrorism watchers are engaged in a heated debate about the strength of al-Qaeda, the central leadership of which is believed to be in Pakistan. Defens... August 8, 2012 US Adds Saudi al Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan to Terror List The US State Department has added a wanted Saudi citizen who serves as a senior al Qaeda leader, trainer, and facilitator in Afghanistan to the list of Specially Designated Global terrorists.... August 8, 2012 A Trip Report From Israel: ‘We Have Entered the Phase of Strategic Decisions’ I recently returned from a trip to Israel. I met with a handful of very senior foreign policy and defense officials, but did not speak with any member of the "Forum of Eight" -- Israel's sec... August 8, 2012 Obama Administration Making Concessions to the Taliban During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama famously said that the U.S. should negotiate with Iran without any preconditions. Obama’s notion of diplomacy with the mullahs was widely... August 7, 2012 Why Is the West Ignoring Saudis’ Persecution of Christians? Saudi Arabia’s deportation of 35 Christian Ethiopian workers last week for holding a private prayer in advance... August 7, 2012 Mitt Speaks the Truth Before Mitt Romney even stepped back onto American soil, the media had already concluded that his overseas trip was... August 6, 2012 ‘Global Jihadists’ Overrun Egyptian Army Outpost on Israeli Border More than 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed by "global jihadists" during a complex attack at night on a border crossing between Israel, Egypt, and the Gaza Strip. The terrorists seized two armored... August 6, 2012 Nidal Hasan’s “Fairly Benign” Correspondence with Anwar al Awlaki When Nidal Hasan carried out his notorious massacre at Fort Hood in November 2009, it was quickly revealed that he had previously exchanged between ten and twenty emails with the extremist imam A... August 6, 2012 The Real War Redux: Syria’s Only One Battlefield, Stupid Thanks to Claire Berlinski, we discover that the Turks are all of a sudden worried that the Arab Spr... August 6, 2012 Al Qaeda Emir for Kunar, Deputy, and Facilitator Killed in Airstrikes The Coalition confirmed that al Qaeda's leader for Kunar province and his deputy were killed in Friday's airstrike in the Watahpur district. Both al Qaeda leaders were Pakistani citizen... August 6, 2012 US Drone Strike Kills 5 AQAP Fighters in Eastern Yemen The US killed five al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters in a drone airstrike in eastern Yemen. The strike is the first in Yemen in more than a month. The unmanned Predators or Reap... August 3, 2012 It’s Far From Safe to Say That al-Qaeda is Dead Agrowing chorus of Western analysts is arguing that al-Qaeda is dead, and that it is time to end the “global war on terror.” As the ubiquitous CNN terrorism analyst and bestselling au... August 3, 2012 Taliban Opens Office in Zahedan, Iran The Wall Street Journal reports that the Iranian government is expanding its t... August 3, 2012 Egypt Requests Release of al Qaeda Explosives Expert The Egyptian government has requested the release of a top al Qaeda explosives expert from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, according to... August 3, 2012 Why the Palestinians are Turning Against al-Assad Even if Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad somehow survives the current uprising... August 3, 2012 The Syrian Conflict’s New Phase It has become apparent that the areas held by Syrian president Bashar Assad’s forces are rapidly shrinking. As Assad concentrates his forces in Damascus and Aleppo, he is ceding... August 3, 2012 The New War Against America Last January, President Obama went over to the Pentagon to announce deep cuts in defense. He took the occasion to proclaim: “Even as our troops continue to fight in Afghanistan, the tide of... August 3, 2012 The Cost of Kofi Kofi Annan resigned yesterday as the United Nations-Arab League Envoy to Syria after failing to bring an end to the internecine violence that has been raging in Syria since last spring.... August 3, 2012 How Obama is Letting Iran Win in Syria The U.N.–Arab League joint special envoy to Syria, Kofi Annan, resigned his post yesterday, singling out the U.N. Security... August 2, 2012 After the Fall Call me a squish but I can’t be blasé about mass murder. The genocide carried out by the Communists in Cambodia in the 1970s, and the slaughters of Tutsis b... August 2, 2012 Powering Guantánamo Last month, I undertook field research into U.S. detention policy at the detention camp operated by Joint Task Force-Guantánamo (JTF-GTMO). While out there, I had the opportunity to interv... August 2, 2012 Afghan Intel Kills 5 Members of Haqqani Network Suicide Cell in Kabul The National Directorate of Security killed five members of the al Qaeda and Pakistan-linked Haqqani Network during a raid in the capital that targeted a suicide assault cell. The NDS has linked... August 2, 2012 Den Terror Beim Namen Nennen Seit ihrer Gründung 1982 führt die radikalislamische Hisbollah einen Terrorkrieg gegen Israel und den Westen. Erst wieder am 18. Juli tötete einer ihrer Selbstmordattentäter i... August 2, 2012 Lebanon: ‘Anal Probes’ Used on 36 Detainees at Gay Cinema Lebanese security authorities imposed a crackdown on a gay cinema in Beirut on Saturday and closed the movie house, arresting 36 male attendees and performing anal probes on them. The anti-gay ca... August 2, 2012 CNN Interviews Mohamed al Zawahiri Post-Mubarak Egypt presents a number of counterterrorism challenges for the US and its allies. An unknown... August 1, 2012 Review: Violent Non-State Actors in World Politics Violent Non-State Actors in World Politics By Klejda Mulaj (ed.) (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010), 475 pp. Klejda Mulaj notes in her introduction to thi... August 1, 2012 Tehran Takedown The nuclear question is at the center of most countries' Iran policies. China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have all engaged in negotiations to convince...

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