Abdul Majeed al-Zindani

December 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda Lives

The real story behind Benghazi and the other attacks of 9/11/12

November 7, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Zawahiri Says Raids on Diplomatic Facilities Were ‘Defeats’ for US

In a new audio message addressed to Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Ayman al Zawahiri cites the raids on US diplomatic facilities in September as evidence of American weakness....

October 3, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn

Al Qaeda Responsible for 4 Attacks on US Embassies in September

On and around September 11, 2012, al Qaeda attacked multiple American assets around the world. The attack that has received the most attention is the deadly attack on the American consulate in Be...

September 14, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer Middle East Quarterly

Early Warnings Ignored

September 11: A Decade Later

May 2, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer

The Hamas-al Qaeda Alliance

While most of the world celebrates the U.S. military operation that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the sentiment is not unanimous. In the Gaza Strip, Hamas leader Ismail Hani...

March 23, 2011 |

Time for Saleh To Go?

Nowhere has the Obama administration been more reluctant to embrace the revolutions sweeping through the Middle East than in Yemen. This is, in part, understandable. According to t...

January 28, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn Weekly Standard

The Muslim Brotherhood is No Friend

 Writing for the Daily Beast, Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer and adviser to the Obama administration, argues that the U.S. can coexist with a Muslim Brotherhood-dominated Egypt. The Obam...

August 19, 2010 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Will the Turkish Flotilla Group Be Named as Terrorists?

It's not every day that House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and Ed Royce (R-CA), the ranking member of terrorism subcommittee of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, agree...

June 7, 2010 | The Weekly Standard

Al Qaeda Cleric Encourages Arab Cooperation with Turkey, Iran

There have been pro-flotilla rallies throughout the Muslim world and some of them have been attended by especially notorious figures. Consider the rallies in Yemen. On June 1, thousands gathered...

June 3, 2010 | The Weekly Standard

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Flotilla

Western press accounts have enumerated the many left-wing human rights activists who were...

May 31, 2010 | Jonathan Schanzer The Weekly Standard |

The Terror Finance Flotilla

The Turkish organizers of the Gaza Strip-bound flotilla that was boarded this morning by Israeli commandos knew well in advance that their vessels would never reach Israeli waters. That's be...

February 24, 2010 | Jonathan Schanzer Henry Jackson Society |

Terror Finance and the Transatlantic Relationship

By kind invitation of Ben Wallace MP, the Henry Jackson Society was pleased to be able to host a discussion with Jonathan Schanzer, a former counterterrorism analyst for the Office of Intellig...