Pakistan PM’s political party welcomes Harakat-ul-Mujahideen emir into ranks
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Daniel Pearl
Jihadist suicide bomber kills dozens of Indian troops in largest attack in Kashmir in decades
More than 40 Indian Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel have died as a result of a car bombing reportedly carried out by the Pakistan-supported Jaish-e-Mohammad in city of Pulwama, near Srin...
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CIA Bides its Time
The CIA’s Directorate of Operations doesn’t have an acute memory. But it does have durable institutional sentiments. So here’s a guess: In a few years, few operatives in the cla...
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Reacting to the Massacre in Paris
What’s the proper response? What should we be reflecting on? Some ideas.
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America Needs Its Rough Men
In spring 2009, I was invited to debate “torture” with Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show.” He gave me an opportunity to make a case with which he vehemently disagreed. He did...
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“Homeland” Under Attack
Are the cast, crew and fans of “Homeland” -- Showtime’s television series about a brilliant but neurotic CIA agent – Islamophobes? That’s the implication of...
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Why Al Qaeda Released An American Hostage
Earlier today, the news broke that Peter Theo Curtis, an American who had been held hostage in Syria since 2012, has been released by his captors. Coming just days after another American hostage,...
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James Foley is a Martyr For a Civilization That Has Renounced Martyrdom
A decade from now, will anyone remember the name James Foley? We should. Everyone should. The 40-year-old American freelance journalist was doing something brave when he was kidnapped in...
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The Murder Of Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar Symbolizes Pakistan’s Descent Into Self-Annihilation
Tomorrow, Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar — the Canadian/American doctor who was assassinated last month in front of his wife and child, while he was performing a humanitarian mission in Pakistan &mdas...
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The Disinformation Age
Walter Cronkite, the great CBS anchorman from 1962 to 1981, was called “the most trusted man in America” — and polling supported that claim. He’d conclude his CBS Even...
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Al Jazeera at the Newseum
Bankrolled by the oil and gas wealth of Qatar, now hiring 800 staff members and opening 12 news bureaus across the United States, Al Jazeera will soon be coming to a television near you. From its...
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Night at the Newseum
Inspire is a glossy, English-language, online magazine published by al-Qaeda. It was conceived by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric and al-Qaeda leader, who also contributed edit...
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Self-Radicalization Chic
The president has described the Boston terrorists as “self-radicalized,” and his voice is but one in a great chorus insisting that we face a major threat from Americans gone bad, almo...
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Letter from Ireland
The Troubles ended in a “peace of sorts,” but it’s no model for the Middle East.
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Interrogating Terror
How tough justice keeps us free.
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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...
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Early Warnings Ignored
September 11: A Decade Later
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Pakistani Intelligence Officials Implicated in Journalist’s Murder
The New York Times has published a remarkable article on the murder of Pakistani journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad. It is not the story’s central allegation that makes the piece remar...
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NYT: Bin Laden’s Courier Tied to Pakistani-Backed Terror Group
Contacts between Harakat ul Mujahedin (HUM), a terrorist organization long sponsored by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate, and Osama bin Laden's most trusted courier have...
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A Brave Journalist
Syed Saleem Shahzad was a rare journalist. His reporting on the Taliban, al Qaeda, and other heads of the jihadist hydra based in Pakistan was always essential reading. He never wavered, as far a...