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August 16, 2011 Book-TV’s After Words Pirates from Somalia made international news with the capture of an American cargo ship in 2009 in eastern African waters and later the murder of four retirees sailing around the world. Mr. Bahad... August 16, 2011 New Iran Sanctions Could Bring Unintended Blowback "You want to move the market so that you have a smaller number of buyers" of Iranian oil, added Mark Dubowitz, director of the Iran Energy Project at the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, a... August 16, 2011 Diplomatic Chorus Grows for Sanctions on Syrian Oil Mark Dubowitz, FDD executive editor and director of its Iran Energy Project, said important sanctions bills have recently been introduced in both houses of the US Congress, but that the most cons... August 12, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Special operations forces kill Taliban leader, shooter behind downing of Chinook.... August 12, 2011 Taking Out a Tyrant These leaders, says Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, “will essentially be militia heads, like those who arose during Lebanon’s civil wars.&... August 12, 2011 C.I.A. Is Disputed on Civilian Toll in Drone Strikes Others who question the C.I.A. claim include strong supporters of the drone program like Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal, who closely tracks the strikes. “The Taliban d... August 12, 2011 Assad’s Noose Tightens Kuwait’s turnaround may be the most significant since, as Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, explains, Assad and his cousin Rami Makhlouf have reac... August 10, 2011 News Update Iran and al Qaeda.... August 10, 2011 Fox News.com Live Syria under new pressure for its brutal crackdown of anti-government protesters.... August 9, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Dozens Killed as NATO Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan.... August 9, 2011 Syrian Defense Minister Killed? Syria expert Tony Badran of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies is cautious. He e-mails me, “Well, first we don’t yet know for sure if he’s actually dead. There are some n... August 8, 2011 Senators Demand Obama Step Up Iran Policy Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies has been intimately involved in drafting sanctions legislation and in urging a series of escalating measures. He e-mailed me this mornin... August 8, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Recent developments in the War on Terror.... August 4, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Mubarak trial, Libya and Syria.... August 4, 2011 The Mike Rosen Show Cliff's column, "The Marilyn Monroe Doctrine."... August 4, 2011 The John Batchelor Show The Norway attack and Mubarak trial.... August 4, 2011 Daily Brief Did Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conduct an about face with respect to possible new parameters to Mideast peace talks based on the '67 lines?... August 4, 2011 US Looks at Intensifying Sanctions Against Syria Over a quarter of the Syrian regime’s revenue comes from the sale of oil, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. FDD Executive Director Mark Dubowitz assessed that... August 4, 2011 Iran Sanctions Failing Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies has been intimately involved in helping to craft sanctions efforts. But he, too, recognizes that sanctions alone are insufficient. He e-... August 3, 2011 Fox News.com Live What inspired the latest Fort Hood terror plot? ... August 2, 2011 FDD Praises Senators for Legislation to Pressure Assad to End Repression ... August 2, 2011 News Update Is al Qaeda on the brink of collapse and what is the extent of its connections with Iran?... August 2, 2011 News Update What is the extent of al Qaeda's connections with Iran?... August 2, 2011 Obama Finally ‘Appalled’ at Syria Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies e-mailed me: “Syria is an increasingly ugly mess, and I don’t see anyone from the international community willing to ste... August 2, 2011 Obama ‘Horrified’ as Syrian Forces Kill at Least 80 in Hama “What the regime is facing here is a tribal insurrection in the east stretching from the north in Deir al- Zor, through the middle in Albu Kamal,” Tony Badran, a research fellow with... July 29, 2011 The Rob Breakenridge Show Terrorist attacks in Norway.... July 29, 2011 Whatever the Fate of al-Qaeda, the Islamist Terrorist Threat Remains There is a clear and present danger of premature triumphalism when American counter-terrorism officials proclaim al-Qaeda is “on the brink of collapse.” As Daveed Garstenstein-R... July 29, 2011 Oh, Yeah, There is an Iran-al-Qaeda Connection Iran expert and former CIA analyst Reuel Marc Gerecht of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies was part of that debate. He e-mails me: Iranian-al-Qaeda ties... July 27, 2011 Happening Now Is al Qaeda on the verge of collapse?... July 27, 2011 News Update The conflict in Libya.... July 27, 2011 Fox News.com Live Does the situation in Norway pose a threat to U.S. national security?... July 26, 2011 Even Dead, Osama Has a Winning Strategy (Hint: It’s Muhammad Ali’s) Osama bin Laden is dead. And the Obama administration that killed him is smelling the successful conclusion to the war on terrorism. “There will come a time when they simply can no longer r... July 26, 2011 Fox News.com Live What led to the Norway terrorist attack?... July 26, 2011 The Janet Medford Show Army Secretary granting Conscientious Objector status to PFC Nasser Abdo who said he could not, under Islamic law, take up arms against fellow Muslims.... July 26, 2011 The John Batchelor Show The attacks in Norway.... July 26, 2011 The News Hub Show The attacks in Norway.... July 26, 2011 The Bottom Line The attacks in Norway.... July 26, 2011 News Update 9/11 anniversary – where we are and are not.... July 26, 2011 Daily Brief The attacks in Norway.... July 26, 2011 Rally in London Calls For an End to The Persecution of Falun Gong At an event in the UK Parliament on July 12, investigative journalist Ethan Gutmann said that the persecution of Falun Gong is one of the “clearest cases of genocide in this century”.... July 25, 2011 Taking Stock The attacks in Norway.... July 25, 2011 Delaware’s Afternoon News with Allan Loudel The attacks in Norway.... July 22, 2011 US is Right to Give Aid to Somalia, Despite Risk of Helping Al Shabab The answer to the crisis would seem to be aid from the outside, but control of southern Somalia by al Shabab, an Islamic militia designated as a terrorist group by the US State Department, poses... July 21, 2011 Al Qaeda in the Horn of Africa Jon Huntsman made an interesting comment the other day. He said the al Qaeda terrorism sweeping the world these last decades represents the collapse of old regimes much as collapse swept old Euro... July 20, 2011 The John Batchelor Show Political transition in Egypt and Morroco.... July 20, 2011 The John Batchelor Show US threatens to cut aid to Pakistan over bin Laden.... July 19, 2011 Do We Have An Iran Policy? I spoke to Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies yesterday about the state of the administration’s Iran policy. He was blunt: I&rsquo... July 18, 2011 Fox News.com Live Who was behind the blasts in Mumbai?... July 18, 2011 News Update Events in Egypt.... July 18, 2011 The Secret War in Somalia Writing in the Nation this week, Jeremy Scahill revealed that the CIA is running "a counterterrorism trai...

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