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September 14, 2023 | Behnam Ben Taleblu

Remarks by Behnam Ben Taleblu at FDD Event Promoting Maximum Support for the People of Iran One Year After Mahsa Amini’s Murder

We all have a song. A song whose lyrics resonate not just with us. But beyond us. That’s what “Baraye” or “For” in Persian, by Shervin Hajipour, became just over one year ago to Iranian protestors....

April 1, 2022 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Even when they fail to win, Iran’s Iraqi loyalists refuse to lose

Iran has therefore changed its narrative from demanding the “Shia share” to insisting on “national unity,” which means giving Iran’s tiny minority veto power or live with a shutdown state.

April 5, 2017 | Clifford D. May

Letting freedom fade

Whatever happened to Charlie Hebdo? For years, the French satirical magazine threw spit balls at polite society. Its writers and cartoonists particularly delighted in ridiculing religions and pie...

October 21, 2014 | Clifford D. May

“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...

July 18, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges

Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...

January 17, 2013 | Clifford D. May

Osama and the Two Nazirs

Their deaths are instructive.

August 17, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Pragati - India

The Al Qaeda Factor, and the Fate of a Jihadi Group

The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West by Mitchell D. Silber. One reason terrorism watchers have often been wrong about some of the critical...

August 3, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

It’s Far From Safe to Say That al-Qaeda is Dead

Agrowing chorus of Western analysts is arguing that al-Qaeda is dead, and that it is time to end the “global war on terror.” As the ubiquitous CNN terrorism analyst and bestselling au...

July 30, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

NCTC Director: ‘We Remain at War with al Qaeda’

During testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 25, National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) director Matthew Olsen testified that while al Qaeda's central leadership...

January 3, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Al Qaeda Round-Up, 2012

As we enter a new year, I wanted to outline the contours of, and analyze, a few issues that are likely to feature prominently in the fight between the U.S. and al Qaeda in 2012....

September 30, 2011 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross The Atlantic

What Will Anwar al-Awlaki’s Death Really Mean for al-Qaeda?

The apparent death of Anwar al-Awlaki -- a U.S. citiz...

September 8, 2011 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Al-Qaeda Isn’t Beaten Yet

Adecade after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. officials are openly declaring that victory over al-Qaeda is imminent. "Al-Qaeda is sort of on the ropes and taking a lot of shots to the body and the head,"...

September 8, 2011 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Al-Qaeda Is Winning

Their ability to land large-scale attacks like that of September 11 might be eroded, but the group has another strategy.

July 28, 2011 |

Al-Qaeda on the Brink?

The idea that al-Qaeda is on the brink of collapse has taken hold. On Wednesday, the Washington Post noted that “U.S. counterterrorism officials are increasingly convinced that the killing...

June 14, 2011 | National Review Online |

A Year@War

Successes and setbacks.

June 14, 2011 | Human Events

FISA Reform Is Vital to Stopping the Next Terror Plot, Not the Last One

Thanks to a testimonial error that National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is now undertaking to clarify, a confusing turn has been taken in the debate over reforming “FISA” --...

September 24, 2010 | The Long War Journal

Lady al Qaeda’ Sentenced to 86 Years in Prison

A New York court sentenced Aafia Siddiqui, who has been dubbed "Lady al Qaeda" by the press, to 86 years in prison yesterday. Siddiqui's sentence follows her conviction on charges related to...

September 23, 2010 | The Long War Journal

US Official Explains National Counterterrorism Center’s View of The Enemy

In testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee yesterday, Michael Leiter provided an overview of how his National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) sees the terror...

August 8, 2007 | Clifford D. May

Who Threatens the Homeland?

Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama wants to fight al-Qaeda in Pakistan -- after accepting defeat at the hands of al-Qaeda in Iraq. His critics say that shows his inexperience. But he...

July 26, 2007 | |

Hot in Tehran

On the same day that Tony Blair debuted in Portugal as Middle East envoy for the Quartet, a group attempting to advance peace efforts in the Middle East, another kind of meeting convened in Syria...