Jemaah Islamiyah
Lessons from the Philippines: Irregular Warfare in Action
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the world watched as the United States began a punitive expedition to Afghanistan to kill or capture Osama bin Laden, oust the Taliban, and prevent the use of Afghanistan...
Op-eds
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East
Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,it is a...
Congressional Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
Chairman McKeon, Ranking Member Smith, distinguished members of the committee, it is an honor to appear before you to discuss the state of al-Qaeda, its affiliates, and associated groups. My test...
Congressional Testimonies
The Arab Spring and Al-Qaeda’s Resurgence
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Congressional Testimonies
Uncharitable Organizations
Islamist groups are bankrolling terror groups across the Middle East and pretending it's aid work.
Op-eds
US Warns of Terror Threat in Thailand
The US Embassy in Bangkok issued an "Emergency Message to US Citizens" that warned of "Possible Terrorist Threat." The statement was...
Op-eds
Who Will Interrogate Top Terrorist?
An American intelligence official based in South Asia recently told me, “It has been a long time since we captured a senior al Qaeda leader.” His point was transparent: Without detain...
Op-eds
State Department: Former Gitmo Detainee Led Terror Cell in Jordan
A former Guantanamo detainee named Usama Abu Kabir led a terror cell in Jordan that was broken up in 2009, according to a new report by the US State Department. On Thursday, the State Department...
Op-eds
Senior Jemaah Islamiyah commander captured in Indonesia
Click the photo to view a presentation on Jemaah Islamiyah, al Qaeda's affiliate in Southeast Asia. The presentation was created by Nick Grace and Bill Roggio in January 2008....
Op-eds
Symposium: Strategies of Death
FP: Daveed Gartenstein Ross, Walid Phares, Steven Emerson and Bill Roggio, welcome to Frontpage Symposium. Daveed Gartenstein Ross, let’s begin with you....
Op-eds
Jihad’s New Leaders
The recent deaths of prominent Al-Qaeda terrorists such as Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq and Abu Hafs al-Urdani in Daghestan, as well as a host of less publicized kills and captures, have hastened...
Op-eds
Testimonio a puerta cerrada ante el Comité de Relaciones Internacionales
Testimonio a puerta cerrada ante el Comité de Relaciones Internacionales de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos. Presidente Royce, Delegado Sherman, est...
Op-eds
Walid Phares’ Testimony Before House Subcommittee
On Thursday, September 7, 2006, FDD's Walid Phares testified before the House Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation. The topic was 9/11: Five Years Later - Gaugi...
Op-eds
Jihadist Games in Gaza
The release in Gaza of Fox News journalist Steve Centanni and camera man Olaf Wiig, kidnapped Aug. 14 by a group calling itself Holy Jihad Brigade, raises a number of salient issues: "We were for...
Op-eds
The Media’s War Against the War Continues
Yet again, the New York Times was presented with a simple choice: help protect American national security or help al Qaeda....
Op-eds
Blood in Bali
At 8 o'clock Saturday night, horror struck once again in Bali. As of this writing, at least 26 people were killed 101 injured -- including Indonesians, Americans, Australians, Koreans, and...
Op-eds
The Big Picture
The war liberated millions. But the post-war period proved difficult. Members of the former regime went underground and continued to fight, using terrorist tactics – even against their fell...