Rouhani’s World
Whatever comes out of the UN General Assembly session this week, Hasan Rouhani is the star of the show. Nothing new or surprising there; so was his predecessor, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who...
Kenya
Our ‘Bar the Door’ Strategy
I like bipartisanship as much as the next guy. Still, the Washington Post...
Op-eds
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...
Congressional Testimonies
Egypt and the African Union
By Zachary Elkaim Following the ouster of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi earlier this month, the Afric...
Policy Briefs
Salafi Jihadism in the North African Regional Context
Chairmen Poe and Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Members Sherman and Deutch, distinguished members of the subcommittees, it is an honor to appear before you today to discuss the threat of jihadist terroris...
Congressional Testimonies
Obama’s New World Order: Power to Our Enemies, Death to Our Friends & a Fish in the President’s Face
The anti-Morsi, anti-Muslim Brotherhood, and therefore anti-Obama demonstrations in Egypt are the biggest in human history. It’s quite something, an historic event. Whatever the...
Op-eds
Jordan, a Land Flowing with Syrian Refugees
Zaatari, Jordan – The Zaatari Refugee Camp sprawls across the featureless, colorless desert of northern Jordan, six miles from the border with Syria, a country torn limb from limb...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda vs. Hezbollah
Back during the Bush administration, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage famously called Hezbollah the “A Team of terrorists,” adding, “al-Qaeda is actually the B Team.&r...
Op-eds
See No Evil
During his speech at the National Defense University on May 23, President Obama sought to reassure Americans that they are “safer” because of the administration’s “efforts...
Op-eds
Canadian Terror Plot Linked to al Qaeda in Iran
Canadian police officials have linked the plotting of two Muslim men to destroy a Toronto passenger train to al Qaeda's network inside Iran. The two suspects, neither of whom are Canadian ci...
Op-eds
Canada Plot Revives Concerns about Ties Between Iran and al-Qaeda
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Monday that it disrupted a plot to derail a VIA passenger tra...
Policy Briefs
African AQ Affiliate Groups Leave Signatures in Mali
Al-Qaeda affiliated groups in northern Mali launched a...
Policy Briefs
US Posts $5 Million Reward for American Suspected of Being Zawahiri’s Emissary to Shabaab
The US State Department's Rewards for Justice program posted $5 million rewards for information leading to the arrest or conviction of two Americans who have served in leadership positions i...
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
What Did Iran Know?
Last week, the U.S. government announced that Sulaiman Abu Ghaith, Osama bin Laden’s Kuwaiti-born spokesman and son-in-law, had been arrested in Jordan and is awaiting trial in New York Cit...
Op-eds
Uncharitable Organizations
Islamist groups are bankrolling terror groups across the Middle East and pretending it's aid work.
Op-eds
Veteran Sudanese Jihadist Killed in French Airstrike in Mali
A senior al Qaeda commander who waged jihad for more than 20 years in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Chechnya, and the Sudan was killed in a French airstrike in Mali. A Sudanese jihadist...
Op-eds
Blaming Terrorists for Terrorism
Yesterday the Bulgarian government announced the results of its investigation into...
Op-eds
The War Rages, The White House Ducks, Death Abounds
You know all this, of course, because you’ve been reading these blogs all along. But as my mother used to tell me with her charming smile and melodious voice, repetition is the basis...
Op-eds
US Adds 2 Sudanese al Qaeda Operatives to List of Terrorists
The US government has added two al Qaeda-linked operatives who murdered a US diplomat and his driver in Khartoum in 2008 to the list of g...