Blowback in Cairo
On Sept. 5, a car bomb ripped through the Cairo neighborhood of Nasr City, narrowly missing its target: Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim. Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, a Sinai-based jihadist g...
Nasr City
The New York Times Whitewashes Benghazi
David D. Kirkpatrick of the New York Times has ...
Op-eds
Al Qaeda-Linked Groups Increasing Contact with Salafi Groups in Nile Delta and Sinai
By David Barnett Egyptian officials are worried that they are seizing only a fraction of the weaponry entering the Sinai Peninsula from Libya. And in contrast to earlier arms sh...
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US Officials Denied Access to ‘Nasr City Cell’ Suspects
The US has not been granted access to the senior members of the so-called "Nasr City Cell" who were arrested late last year, according to several American officials familiar with the case. The Na...
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Communications with Ayman al Zawahiri Highlighted in ‘Nasr City cell’ Case
Egyptian prosecutors have uncovered a treasure trove of information in the so-called "Nasr City Cell" case, including correspondence between the terrorist who headed that cell and al Qaeda emir A...
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Investigating ‘Command and Control’ in Benghazi Attack
The Accountability Review Board’s investigation into the September 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi says much about the deteriorating security situation surrounding the U.S. consulate...
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Al Qaeda Lives
The real story behind Benghazi and the other attacks of 9/11/12
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A Major Benghazi Terror Bust
The Egyptian government has nabbed a major terrorist tied to the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, according to...
Op-eds
The ‘Hybrid View’ of Benghazi
The Washington Post...
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Zawahiri Says Raids on Diplomatic Facilities Were ‘Defeats’ for US
In a new audio message addressed to Shabaab, al Qaeda's affiliate in Somalia, Ayman al Zawahiri cites the raids on US diplomatic facilities in September as evidence of American weakness....
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Egypt Arrests Pro-al Qaeda Jihadist Tied to Benghazi Suspect
Sheikh 'Adel Shehato, a senior Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ) official who has openly proclaimed his allegiance to al Qaeda's ideology, has...
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Video Reportedly Shows Key Suspect From Benghazi Attack
One of the main suspects in the Sept. 11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi appeared in a recent video posted online by an Egyptian media organization, according to the SITE Intelligence Grou...