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April 26, 2010 US strike kills 8 Taliban in North Waziristan The US killed eight Taliban fighters today in the second airstrike in three days in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan. An unknown number of Predators or the more... April 26, 2010 Hacker Nation: China’s Cyber Assault A decade before Operation Aurora—China’s recent hacking spree of at least thirty-four Western companies—the Chinese government attempted to seize American computer code th... April 25, 2010 ‘We Are All Israelis’ This afternoon I spoke to a rally in New York organized by Beth Gilinsky’s Action Alliance. The big crowd, despite miserable weather, filled the sidewalk on Second Avenue between 42nd and 4... April 25, 2010 Iran Drops Bid for UN Human Rights Council A victory for Obama's policy of “engagement”?... April 24, 2010 US sirstrike kills 7 Taliban in North Waziristan Unmanned US strike aircraft killed seven Taliban fighters during an attack today in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of North Waziristan. A flight of Predators or the more deadly Re... April 24, 2010 Al Qaeda in Iraq confirms deaths of al Masri, Baghdadi Al Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed that its top two leaders were killed during a raid last weekend by Iraqi and US forces. The terror group admitted that Abu Ayyub al Masri, the leader of al... April 23, 2010 Who Was Paying For Al-Mabhouh’ s Five-Star Room in Dubai? On Jan. 20th, a top Hamas terrorist, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, was found suffocated to death in his room at a five-star hotel in Dubai. Since then, Dubai authorities have released surveillance video of... April 23, 2010 Taliban ambush military convoy in North Waziristan, kill seven soldiers The Taliban killed eight Pakistani Army soldiers in an ambush on a military convoy in North Waziristan, in direct violation of a peace agreement signed with the government last year. The Taliban... April 23, 2010 67 killed in bombings in Baghdad and Anbar A series of bombings in the capital of Baghdad and in Anbar killed 67 Iraqis as officials said another top al Qaeda leader was captured in Anbar province. The strikes take place just days after a... April 23, 2010 Silver Shrapnel: Congress Targets the Energy Lifeblood of the Iranian Regime Few would dispute that getting strong bipartisan support for legislation that actually has teeth is as rare as a Sidney Crosby fan at the Verizon Center. One exception to the bitter part... April 22, 2010 Iraqi forces detained al Qaeda’s ‘Ruler of Baghdad’ Iraq security forces captured the leader of al Qaeda's network in the capital of Baghdad during an operation more than a month ago. The al Qaeda leader helped direct Iraqi and US forces to t... April 22, 2010 Taliban denies kidnapping ex-ISI officers The Afghan Taliban have denied any involvement in the kidnapping and ransoming of two pro-jihadist former Pakistani intelligence officials who were reported missing in early April. The A... April 22, 2010 House Appoints Conferees on Iran Sanctions Legislation Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed the appointment of House conferees to reconcile the differing House and Senate versions of sanctions legislation targeting the Iranian regime's energy vulnerabilities. April 22, 2010 Terrorist With A Five-Star Tab Were it not for the recent, high-profile murder of a Hamas terrorist leader on the premises, the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel would be notable mainly for its glitz and comfort. As it is, in the many st... April 22, 2010 Why Morocco Must Stay After a nineteen year UN presence in the Western Sahara, the Security Council is about to follow Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's recommendation and vote to extend the mandate of the United N... April 22, 2010 More Than Usual Suspects Taking Shots at Israel It really is open season on Israel, isn’t it? While Iran’s jihadi rulers continue their drive for nuclear weapons, while Syria transfers thousands of missiles to Hezbollah, while lead... April 21, 2010 The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Welcomes Congressman Jim Marshall (D-GA) to Board Press Release &n... April 21, 2010 Lee Smith on the Syria Policy An excellent piece by Lee Smith in Tablet Magazine today: The argument over how to engage Syria encompasses, then, both sentimental and strategic logic.... April 20, 2010 Iraqi forces kill al Qaeda’ s top military commander in the north Iraqi security forces killed al Qaeda in Iraq's top military commander for the north during a raid yesterday in the outskirts of Mosul. The al Qaeda military commander, identified a... April 20, 2010 US withdrawal from Korengal Valley a ‘Taliban propaganda coup’ The recent US withdrawal from the Korengal Valley in Kunar province in eastern Afghanistan has provided the Taliban with yet another "Taliban propaganda coup," as a video released shows enemy fig... April 20, 2010 Revolutionary Guards – Terrorists A broad swath of prominent European intellectuals and politicians, crisscrossing Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, are slated to announce on Wednesday t... April 20, 2010 Seven Myths About Iran (3) Sanctions don't work, and usually wind up strengthening the regime at the expense of its own people. That's only true when the sanctioned regimes have strong internal controls, relativel... April 20, 2010 Ingersoll Bars Units From Sales to Iran Ingersoll-Rand PLC said it has prohibited its subsidiaries from selling products to customers in Iran. The move by the industrial-parts maker is part of an accelerating trend among major Wes... April 20, 2010 House Panel Approves Bill to Punish Iran A House committee, seeking to pressure Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, approved a bill Wednesday aimed at punishing Tehran by cutting off its access to gasoline and other refined petroleum p... April 20, 2010 US-Iran Sanctions Reporting Provision Poses Risk A reporting provision in bipartisan Iran sanctions legislation under consideration in the U.S. Congress could pose a major risk for companies conducting business with the pariah state. A sma... April 20, 2010 Obama’s Enforcer Stuart Levey is the last person to put you in mind of Tony Soprano. Slight and good-natured, he pooh-poohs the notion that what he does for a living is a kind of genteel arm-twisting—intended to,... April 20, 2010 Now Is The Time to Confront Iran In his contribution on Thursday, internationally recognized human-rights expert Irwin Cotler underscored the importance of focusing on the Iranian regime's human-rights record. He has introduced th... April 20, 2010 US Senate Seeks to Pressure Suppliers of Gasoline to Iran Despite its vast petroleum resources, Iran is heavily dependent on imports for its transportation fuels needs, and some pro-democracy advocates say the US can use this dependence as leverage.... April 20, 2010 Amid Pressure For New Iran Sanctions, Obama Administration Weighs Efficacy Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Washington-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said based on the targeted sanctions the U.S. and the United Nations has already establis... April 20, 2010 US House OKs Bill Targeting Cost Invested In Iran Energy Sector Fearing Iran is seeking to use its uranium enrichment for a nuclear weapons program, the legislation is designed to ratchet up the economic pressure on Tehran. "These sanctions are part of a... April 20, 2010 US House Bill Would Punish Iranian Gasoline Trade WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - Suppliers, brokers, insurers and tankers carrying gasoline to Iran could face U.S. sanctions if a bill making the rounds in the U.S. House of Representatives finds... April 20, 2010 Obama’s First Big Diplomacy Test: Iran Iran is shaping up to be the defining test of President Obama's engage-our-enemies diplomacy. As Mr. Obama has pursued his foreign policy in the initial weeks of his presidency, he has begun... April 20, 2010 U.S. Congress Seen Hindering Cheap Fuel for Iran Legislation to punish Tehran for its nuclear program by denying U.S. financial assistance to foreign companies that provide gasoline to Iran has a good chance of passing Congress. Iran may f... April 20, 2010 FDD Welcomes Reports that Malaysia’s Petronas Has Ended Gasoline Shipments to Iran Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed reports that Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned energy company, has stopped supplying gasoline to Iran. Petronas joins seven other energy traders that have reportedly April 19, 2010 US and Iraqi forces kill Al Masri and Baghdadi, al Qaeda in Iraq’s top two leaders Iraq's Prime Minister and the US military confirmed that al Qaeda in Iraq's top two leaders have been killed during a raid in a remote region in the western province of Anbar.... April 19, 2010 Suicide bomber kills 23 in Peshawar Terrorists have carried out their fourth major suicide attack in Pakistan's northwest in four days. A Taliban suicide bomber killed 23 people in an attack today at a crowded bazaar in the ci... April 19, 2010 Al Qaeda beheaded in Iraq? We should underline the following four points in our initial reaction to foreign reports, including a statement from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki, that “Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayy... April 19, 2010 Peace Talks: Bashar’s War by Other Means Here's, belatedly, my piece from last Tuesday on Syria's smuggling of Scuds to Hezbollah: The Syrian president made a telling remark at the la... April 19, 2010 Gates and Iran Secretary of defense Robert Gates told the president last winter that we had no effective strategy for dealing with the Iranian nuclear weapons program. According to the New York Times Secr... April 19, 2010 Taliban demand prisoner exchange for two ex-ISI officers The Pakistani Taliban are demanding the government release two top Afghan Taliban commanders in exchange for two former ISI officers who are known supporters of jihadist groups. The Tali... April 19, 2010 Where’s Iran In Obama’s War on Nukes? It’s been one week since President Obama’s two-day “nukes are bad” extravaganza came to a close. No less than 47 heads of state attended the summit in Washington to determ... April 18, 2010 The Gates Memo: World’ s Least Well Kept Secret So, under the headline “Gates Says U.S. Lacks Policy to Curb Iran’s Nuclear Drive,” the New York Times reports that according to anonymous government officials: “Defense S... April 18, 2010 Our New Year’s Resolution for Iran — Slap Them With Sanctions Saturday is the Iranian holiday of Nowruz, marking both the first day of spring and the first day of the Iranian calendar. This year, the holiday is also a milestone for Americans. We've bee... April 18, 2010 Hitting Tehran Where It Hurts After three decades of an Islamic revolution that has neither upheld Islam's virtues nor brought revolutionary change from repression, many Iranians have had enough. But political transformation, i... April 18, 2010 The El Baradei Candidacy The seemingly interminable reign of President Hosni Mubarak has suppressed Egypt’s domestic political scene for decades. The Pharaoh, as he is known, has held an iron grip on power since th... April 17, 2010 Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan Pakistani prosecutors claim that five Americans currently on trial for attempting to join al Qaeda were in contact with a top leader of the terror group. The five Americans are said to h... April 15, 2010 FDD Welcomes Reports that Malaysia’s Petronas Has Ended Gasoline Shipments to Iran Press Release April 15, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org FDD Welcomes Reports that Malaysia's Petronas Has Ended... April 15, 2010 To Pressure Iran, Obama Should Work on Europe — Not Russia and China The Obama administration is squandering valuable time and resources in making extended overtures to Russia and China to join the West's crackdown on Iran's illegal atomic program. Secretary of Stat... April 15, 2010 Kim Jong Il’s ‘Cashbox’ Despite all the pomp and nuclear summitry, North Korea keeps sliding down President Barack Obama's to-do list. Yet something must be done. The threat here is not solely North Korea's ow... April 15, 2010 The Obama Doctrine In recent days, the Obama administration has fired a salvo of national security initiatives: a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a new National...

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