Egyptian Authorities Break Up Embassy Plot
The Egyptian interior ministry announced Saturday that an al Qaeda plot against a Western embassy and other targets had been disrupted. Two suspected terrorists are being held for questioning and...
Benghazi
Disconnecting the Dots in Benghazi
Nearly eight months after terrorists killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Benghazi, Libya, the Obama administration still has not explained who, exactly, was responsible....
Op-eds
The Syrian Conundrum
President Obama warned the Assad regime not to use chemical weapons against the rebels. To do so, he said, would be to cross a “red line.” So now that it’s been crossed the cons...
Op-eds
Ansar al-Sharia Tunisia’s International Connections
Ansar al-Sharia Tunisia (AST) is the most prominent jihadist organisation in Tunisia, sharing al-Qaeda’s worldview, and yet its strategy is currently more...
Op-eds
Benghazi Suspect Fled to Pakistan, Recently Detained in Libya
A suspect in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi has been detained in Libya, according to multiple press outlets. CNN...
Op-eds
Tunisian ‘Martyrs’ Celebrated by Ansar al Sharia
In early February, a video of an interview with Ansar al Sharia Tunisia's leader Seifallah ben Hassine (a.k.a. Abu Iyad al Tunisi) was released online after it had been banned by government...
Op-eds
AQAP Releases 10th Copy of Inspire; Features Adam Gadahn
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has released the 10th edition of Inspire, its English language propaganda magazine that is marketed to Westerners. The magazine features an article by Adam Gadah...
Op-eds
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Launches New Website
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, the al Qaeda-linked extremist group responsible for the Sept. 14, 2012 assault on the US Embassy in Tunis, has launched a new website. The group advertised the impending...
Op-eds
It’s Too Late To Stop Syria Disintegrating
I still remember seeing him in my parents' garden, fresh from a trek from hell, running for his life. What remains seared in my memory is how swollen his feet were — cov...
Op-eds
US Officials Denied Access to ‘Nasr City Cell’ Suspects
The US has not been granted access to the senior members of the so-called "Nasr City Cell" who were arrested late last year, according to several American officials familiar with the case. The Na...
Op-eds
Communications with Ayman al Zawahiri Highlighted in ‘Nasr City cell’ Case
Egyptian prosecutors have uncovered a treasure trove of information in the so-called "Nasr City Cell" case, including correspondence between the terrorist who headed that cell and al Qaeda emir A...
Op-eds
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Honors Senior al Qaeda ‘Martyrs’
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia has honored two deceased senior al Qaeda leaders on its Facebook page this week. The first is Said al Shihri, an ex-Guantanamo detainee who cofounded al Qaeda in the Arabi...
Op-eds
The Obama Vacuum
One thing Hillary Clinton got right in her testimony before Congress last week: “When America is absent,” she said, “there are consequences.” But the administration she se...
Op-eds
A Religious Taboo
American officials can kill our enemies. They just can’t discuss our enemies’ beliefs.
Op-eds
Germany’s Top Anti-Semite?
Journalist Jakob Augstein appears alongside Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on a top 10 list of the world’s worst bigots.
Op-eds
Debacle in Benghazi
It’s worse than an injustice; it’s a humiliation.
Op-eds
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia Releases Video of Freed Benghazi Suspect
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, an extremist group headed by a UN-designated terrorist with longstanding ties to al Qaeda, has released a video of one of the key suspects in the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist...
Op-eds
Al-Qaeda and the Arab Spring
Sitting in his Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound just days before his demise in May 2011, Osama bin Laden surveyed the political turmoil in the Middle East. In a memo dated April 26, 2011, the terro...
Op-eds
Der Spiegel’s America Problem
It has been a rough several weeks for Der Spiegel magazine — one of Germany’s most respected news outlets. First, the online Spiegel website published a pre...
Op-eds
Interrogate Brennan
President Obama’s nominee for CIA director, John Brennan, has been one of the president’s closest advisers over the last four years. So it should come as no surprise that O...