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May 12, 2012 Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the United States and non-Muslims on social media si... May 11, 2012 Israel’s Unity Deal and Lebanon The surprise unity deal struck between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima chairman Shaul Mofaz has spurred a flurry of speculation, including in the Arab media, about its ultima... May 11, 2012 Spying on al Qaeda It is easy to see why double agents are the source of inspiration for many spy novels and movies. The intrigue involved, including a potentially violent end to their spy games, gives writers low-... May 10, 2012 Bin Laden Docs Hint at Large al Qaeda Presence in Pakistan Two of the 17 documents released by the US government from the large cache seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound indicate that al Qaeda has a much larger footprint in Pakistan... May 10, 2012 Suicide Bombers Kill 55 in Syrian Capital A pair of suicide bombers killed at least 55 people and wounded 372 more in a coordinated attack on a military intelligence headquarters in the Syrian capital of Damascus. One suicide bo... May 10, 2012 Clumsy Assassins Roya Hakakian, Assassins of the Turquoise Palace (Grove Press, 2011), $25.00. Whe... May 10, 2012 Osama bin Laden on the Muslim Brotherhood One of the chief beneficiaries of the Arab Spring thus far has been the Muslim Brotherhood, which has gained power in Egypt and elsewhere. This did not escape Osama bin Laden's attention pri... May 9, 2012 Of Masterstrokes and Apoplectic Strokes Israel's left had an apoplectic stroke when, on Tuesday morning, it woke up to the news that Shaul Mofaz' Kadima faction was joining the coalition to form a national unity government -... May 9, 2012 Canada’s Vulnerability to Bombs Made of Bits and Bytes Our ever-increasing reliance on cyber technologies has generated a parallel vulnerability to cyber attacks on an individual, industry-wide and governmental level. The importance of attaining grea... May 9, 2012 The 140-Character Fatwa Despite assurances from the Saudi government that it is cracking down on religious radicalism, the kingdom's top clerics continue calling for attacks on Christians across the Arab world. And... May 9, 2012 The Real Palestinian Refugee Problem After World War II, the British left India which was to be partitioned into two independent nations. One would have a Hindu majority, the other a Muslim majority. More than 7 million Muslims move... May 8, 2012 Al Qaeda Spins Failed Plots as Successes Because They Ramp Up Security and Drain US Treasury Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, blamed for a thwarted plot to bring down an airplane using explosives concealed in the bomber’s underpants, has emerged as likely the most potent Al Qaeda... May 8, 2012 Are More Underwear Bomb Plots in Progress? Yesterday’s news that the CIA had recently thwarted a plot to destroy a plane bound for the U.S. using explosives concealed in the bomber’s underpants has been followed by the alarmin... May 8, 2012 USS Cole Bomber Killed in US Drone Strike in Yemen A senior al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader who is wanted for his involvement in the USS Cole attack in 2000 and a failed airplane bombing over Detroit in 2009, and who currently leads a te... May 8, 2012 Al Qaeda Releases Vdeo of American Captured in Pakistan Al Qaeda has released its first video of Warren Weinstein, an American citizen who was kidnapped in Lahore, Pakistan in August 2011. In the videotape, Weinstein pleaded with US President Barack O... May 8, 2012 AQAP Overruns Yemeni Army Bases, Kills 32 Soldiers Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula attacked two Yemeni military bases in a contested area of southern Yemen today, killing 32 troops and capturing several more after overrunning the outposts.... May 8, 2012 Analysis: Spinning Iran and al Qaeda, Part 1 Do Osama bin Laden's files disprove the idea that al Qaeda and Iran collude against their common enemies? The answer to that question would be affirmati... May 8, 2012 Analysis: Spinning Iran and al Qaeda, Part 2 Editor's note: Part 1 of this series was published on May 5, 2012. In a recently released report on Osa... May 7, 2012 Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media Download Publication The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has relea... May 7, 2012 Beinart’s Argument Was Already Debunked As a further thought to Michael Rubin’s response to Joe Klein’s defense of Peter Beinart,... May 7, 2012 Compulsory Blindness A few years back, I wrote a book called “Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad.&rdquo... May 7, 2012 The New Palestinian Strategy One word went unspoken in an interview President Barack Obama gave to journalist Jeffrey Goldberg in late February. In their 45-minute discussion, devoted exclusively to the subject of Israel, th... May 7, 2012 Dishonor and War I wonder what the Atrocities Board would say about the dreadful betrayal of freedom in China. Only... May 7, 2012 Assessing Interpretations of the New Bin Laden Documents The documents recovered from Abbottabad that were released on Thursday represent the largest new trove of i... May 7, 2012 Auf Wiedersehen, Mon Ami If the results of the latest elections are any indication, Europeans will elect anyone from communists to fascists if they promise to fight German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the financial aust... May 7, 2012 Nukes and a Fatwa In the same week that Iranian nuclear negotiators in Istanbul mentioned an alleged fatwa... May 6, 2012 مؤسسة الدفاع عن الديمقراطيات تصدر دراسة متطورة عن وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعية السعودية بيان صحفي للنشر الفوري «&#1605... May 6, 2012 FDD Releases Cutting Edge Study of Saudi Social Media PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (FDD, May 7, 2012) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what... May 6, 2012 Obama’s Way of War Is Barack Obama a warrior president? Not in the British tradition, of course, which gave us Winston Churchill, with his crazy cavalry charge against Sudanese spears, or the more cerebral Harold M... May 4, 2012 The Bin Laden Files West Point's Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) has released 17 declassified documents c... May 4, 2012 Bin Laden Told Shabaab to Hide al Qaeda Ties In August 2010, al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden sent a letter instructing the leader of Shabaab, Mukhtar Abu al Zubayr, to hide the ties between the two terror groups so as not to draw internationa... May 4, 2012 Has America Given Up? Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled the latest artful attempt at avoiding responsibility to prevent genocide. With his newly created "Atrocities Prevention Board," the president has b... May 4, 2012 Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media May 3, 2012 Damascus via Moscow Despite its admission that the UN-backed Kofi Annan plan in Syria was failing,... May 3, 2012 London Jews’ Labour Problem London mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone—whose political future will be determined in today’s election against Conservative incumbent Boris Johnson—has a Jewish problem. He&rsqu... May 3, 2012 Obama vs. Romney: Cold War Revival Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has been predictably ridiculed for his sta... May 3, 2012 Bin Laden Advised Relocation of Some Leaders to Afghan Provinces Due to Drone Strikes in Waziristan Seven months before his death in a US special operations raid at his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan, al Qaeda emir Osama bin Laden instructed some of al Qaeda's leaders to relocate to provi... May 2, 2012 A New United Church Report Shows How Israel-Haters Have Lost the Argument According to a new report from the United Church of Canada, “the deepest meaning of the Holocau... May 2, 2012 The Israel Lobby’s GOP Past The influence of the late Benzion Netanyahu over his son Benjamin, the prime minister of Israel, is perhaps the most over-discussed Oedipal theme in the psycho-history of international affairs. B... May 2, 2012 Chen Guangcheng, China’s One-Child Policy, and Abortion’s Slippery Slope The whole world now knows the name of Chen Guangcheng, the blind Chinese human-rights activist from Shandong province who briefly took protective shelter in the U.S. embassy — before being... May 2, 2012 Taliban Announce Start of Al Farooq Spring Offensive Today the Taliban announced the beginning of their yearly spring offensive, in an official statement released on their propaganda website, Voice of Jihad. The Taliban statement, which wa... May 2, 2012 The Foggiest War The “fog of war” is a concept derived from the writings of Carl von Clausewitz, the great 19th century Prussian military theorist who recognized that those leading troops into battle... May 1, 2012 Declassify Intelligence that Led to Bin Laden Jose Rodriguez, the former head of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center and National Clandestine Service, has made quite a splash in the past couple of days. Building on arguments in his new b... May 1, 2012 Oil Market Impact of Sanctions Against the Central Bank of Iran The report assesses the effect of sanctions against the Central Bank of Iran. It should help reduce the concerns of those who fear a slippery slope to a global economic crisis if central bank san... April 30, 2012 Terrorists or Fall Guys? The Treasury Department has issued subpoenas to the speakers’ agencies of 11 prominent former U.S. officials, including a governor of Pennsylvania, a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,... April 30, 2012 Triple Play! Obama Blows Off Congress, Funds Palestinians, Lies About PA Stance on Israel Friday night news dump: President Obama has decided to provide $192 million to the Palestinian Authority despite Congress’s freeze on PA funding aft... April 30, 2012 AQAP Confirms Commander Linked to Osama bin Laden Killed in Drone Strike Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula confirmed that a senior leader was killed in a recent US drone airstrike in Yemen. The commander had trained in Afghanistan and served as a member of Osama bin L... April 30, 2012 What’s Going On in Azerbaijan? On April 18, just days after a U.S.-led coalition wrapped up the first round of renewed nuclear negotiations with Iran, the Republic of Azerbaijan made an announcement. In a statement released on... April 30, 2012 Abbas’s Police State President Barack Obama's administration has loudly touted its efforts to protect peaceful activists across the globe from regimes that would oppress them. On April 26, the White House issued... April 29, 2012 US Drone Strike Kills 4 ‘Militants’ in North Waziristan Today the US launched its first drone strike in Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency in nearly a month. The strike in North Waziristan targeted an abandoned school that is known to be...

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