Forget Paris
For almost two generations, since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, self-proclaimed jihadis have been fighting to re-establish Islamic supremacy and domination in the world. Leaders of the na...
Lashkar-e-Taiba
Terror on the Cheap: Paris Attacks Required Little Funding
The U.S. government imposed sanctions on two French citizens in September for their ties to the Islamic State. One of them,...
Policy Briefs
Paris Terror Attacks Indicate That Age of Urban Warfare May Just Be Beginning
The atrocities in Paris are not just terrorism: They represent yet another example of an urban warfare attack designed to kill, terrorize and shut down a major city for an extended period of time...
Op-eds
Not a Conspiracy
In May, the London Review of Books published a 10,000-word exposé by veteran investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on the killing of Osama bin Laden. It was widely read online, receiving...
Op-eds
FDD’s Schanzer and Zarate Testify about Terror Finance Threats
WASHINGTON, DC – As Congress and the administration explore ways to stem the threat of terrorists destabilizing important regions and attacking U.S. interests and those of its allies, Dr. J...
Press Releases
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Legislative Testimonies
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
Download full testimony here...
Legislative Testimonies
Pakistan Falsely Claims it Takes ‘Immediate Action’ Against Terror Groups Listed by the UN
A spokesman for Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed that his country takes "immediate action" against any terrorist groups that are sanctioned by the Un...
Op-eds
Reported Ban of Haqqani Network Unlikely to End Pakistan’s Support of Group
Anonymous Pakistani officials have told news agencies that the government will ban the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network "within weeks." But a listing of the Haqqani Netw...
Op-eds
US Adds Mullah Fazlullah to List of Global Terrorists
The US government has added Mullah Fazlullah, the emir of the fractured Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, to its list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists today. Fazlullah, who a...
Op-eds
Are Paris-Style Attacks the Future of Terrorism?
... “I would place [the Paris attack] into the ‘urban warfare’ model of attacks,” said Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defens...
Op-eds
Some Possibilities For Who Might Be Responsible For The Paris Attack
... "A few data points suggest Al Qaeda. A few data points suggest ISIS. And we just don't have enough information to really know right now," Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fello...
Op-eds
Taliban Video Highlights Training Camp, Operations in Kunar
The "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," the official name of the Taliban, released a video that showcases its operations and a training camp in the remote northeastern pr...
Op-eds
The Uruguay Six
On Sunday, December 7, a U.S. military medical aircraft landed in South America, to deliver six jihadists from the detention facility at Guantánamo Bay to Uruguay. For more than a dozen ye...
Op-eds
The Peshawar Attack: Sickening, but No Surprise
The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, one of many al-Qaeda-linked jihadist groups operating in the South Asian country, launched one of its more horrific...
Policy Briefs
New FDD Report Reveals Depth of Qatar’s Terror Financing
WASHINGTON - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance today released Part One of a three-part series revealing Qatar’s shocking record of ne...
Press Releases
UAE’s Zealous New Terror List
The United Arab Emirates announced on Saturday its list of terrorist organizations under a new counterterrorism l...
Policy Briefs
“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...
Op-eds
Zawahiri’s Revenge
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham -- which has now rebranded itself "the Islamic State" (IS) -- is trying to position itself as the new leader of the global jihadist movement. After being...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda In Afghanistan And Pakistan: An Enduring Threat
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the subcommittee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the enduring threat posed by al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is wide...