Argentine Prosecutor Found Dead, Fought Iran-Backed Terror Around World
Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor who had been investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center (the AMIA building) in Argentina, has been ...
Kenya
Paris Newspaper Attack Underscores Terrorist Shift to ‘Soft Targets’
Majority of recent jihadi attacks perpetrated by ‘lone wolves’ on easy prey
Op-eds
Jihadists who attacked French magazine displayed professional training
Co-Authored by Bill Ardolino Unidentified jihadists killed 12 people and injured seven in an assault on the Paris office of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo earlier t...
Op-eds
Somali Government Reports Shabaab’s Intel Chief Killed in US Airstrike
Note: this article was updated on Dec. 31 to include the US confirmation of Tahlil Abdishakur's death. Somalia's National Security Agency said that the US killed the l...
Op-eds
US Targets ‘Senior Leader’ for Shabaab in Southern Somalia
The US military confirmed that its aircraft launched an airstrike against a "senior leader" of al Qaeda's branch in Somalia. "The strike took place in the vicinity of Saakow, Somali...
Op-eds
Iran On A Nuclear Roll
“America cannot do a damn thing.” A banner displaying that slogan adorned the stage of an elegant mausoleum in Tehran where ...
Op-eds
Al – Shabaab Strikes In Djibouti
Co-Authored by Henry Appel On Saturday evening, May 24, a Somali man and his female companion took their seats in La Chaumière, a restaurant in Djibouti’s capital p...
Op-eds
Academic Dishonors
Remember when colleges prided themselves on the diligence and depth of their research? Frederick Lawrence, president of Brandeis University, apparently does not. He offered an honorary degr...
Op-eds
Syria’s Jihadist Twitter Wars
In March 2012, Omar Hammami, the American jihadist who called himself Abu Mansour al Amriki and fought for Shabaab, al-Qaeda’s branch in Somalia, released a short videotape ...
Op-eds
Iran Honors Al-Qaeda Mentor
During his visit to Lebanon on January 13, Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif Khonsari placed a wreath at the tomb of Imad Mugniyah and then bowed his head in reverence. Zar...
Op-eds
Protecting the World’s Christians
Co-authored by Danny Eisen As the winter holidays wind down for another year, Canadians can reflect on the blessing of their democracy, which enables its citizens to celebrate o...
Op-eds
The Jihad According to Rand Paul
Last month, at the Values Voter Summit, a gathering of conservative activists from around the country, Senator Rand Paul gave a speech on...
Op-eds
Anas Al-Liby’s Pakistan Qaeda Connection
The recent counterterrorism raids in Libya and Somalia highlight a fundamental flaw in the U.S. Government’s analysis of al Qaeda. A common misconception is that there is a distinct, fixed...
Op-eds
The Limits to Obama’s Surgical Counterterrorism Strikes
The Obama administration’s decision to send elite commando troops to pursue al-Qaeda terrorists in Libya and Somalia advances American interests. Without question, the ...
Op-eds
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...
Op-eds
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...