The Naval Air Station Pensacola Shooter Shows That Al-Qaeda Is Still a Significant Threat
We now know that Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani was working for AQAP.
Inspire
U.S. Train Stations The Target Of Al-Qaeda In Latest Magazine
Al-Qaeda has ordered its followers to focus on a specific western target in its latest propaganda magazine: train stations. The jihadi group's newest edition of its Inspire Magazine...
Op-eds
Senior AQAP Official Praises Paris Attack in New Audio Message
A newly released audio message from al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) features a top official in the group, Harith al Nadhari, praising the attack on the office...
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
Study Shows Saudi Ambivalence on Radicalism
On May 27, an airstrike by the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in northeastern Afghanistan killed Sakhr al Taifi, a Saudi citizen and al Qaeda's deputy commander for Afghanist...
Op-eds
Yemen Claims AQAP Cleric Anwar al Awlaki ‘Killed’ in Airstrike
Yemen's Defense Ministry claimed its forces killed Anwar al Awlaki, the American cleric who serves as an operational commander for al Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen. Samir Khan, another Ame...
Op-eds
AQAP Releases 7th Edition of Inspire
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released the seventh edition of its Inspire magazine. The publication, which was obtained by the SITE Intelligence Group, praises the Sept. 11 attacks...
Op-eds
Ex-Gitmo Detainee Criticizes Saudis in Latest Edition of Inspire
The fifth and latest edition of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's Inspire magazine contains an article written by Ibrahim Rubaish, a former Guantanamo detainee, who criticizes the Saudi go...
Op-eds
Looking for Gitmo
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released the fourth edition of its Inspire magazine online in recent days. As with the previous three editions, the PDF publication is a combination of de...
Op-eds
Anwar al Awlaki: Jihadists Should Steal From Disbelievers
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has released the fourth volume of its Inspire magazine online and it features a potentially revealing commentary by al Qaeda cleric Anwar al Awlaki. In an...
Op-eds
DNI Clapper Needs to Know
Little did Director of National Intelligence James Clapper know that when he and two of his Obama administration colleagues sat down to discuss the terror threat with ABC’s Diane Sawyer ear...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda Troubled by Helen Thomas’s Firing
A few weeks ago, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula released the second edition of its online magazine, Inspire. As with the first edition, Inspire seeks to garner new recruits i...
Op-eds
Anwar Awlaki’s Message to Inspire Readers
The second edition of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) Inspire magazine makes multiple references to the controversy over the Obama administration's decision to allow US force...
Op-eds
Two Ex-Gitmo Detainees Featured in al Qaeda’s Inspire Magazine
The newly released issue of Inspire, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) quarterly online magazine, features two former Guantanamo detainees. The first is Othman Ahmed al Ghamdi, who...
Op-eds
US State Department Designates Two al Qaeda Leaders in Yemen
Today, the US State Department designated al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) commander Othman al Ghamdi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, under Executive Order 13224. Al Ghamdi is...