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September 10, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

LIFG and Al Qaeda: A Response to Zelin

On Friday, I had a post at G&L questioning the field’s conve...

December 23, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

US Offers $10 Million Reward for Iran-Based al Qaeda Financier

The State Department announced on Dec. 22 that a reward of up to $10 million is being offered for any information leading to the capture of an Iran-based al Qaeda financier named Ezedin Abdel Azi...

July 11, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Alleged Shabaab Operative to Stand Trial in New York

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced the indictment of a Somali man who allegedly worked for Shabaab and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). Ahmed Abdulkadir Warsame was arreste...

June 14, 2011 | FrontPage

Symposium: The “Moderate” Muslim Brotherhood?

Just recently, the Muslim Brotherhood released its political platform, part of which would establish an Iranian-style mullah council overseeing Egypt's democratic institutions. It also prohi...

December 27, 2010 | The Weekly Standard

Gitmo Is Not al Qaeda’s ‘Number One Recruitment Tool’

During a press conference on December 22, President Obama was asked about the difficulties his administration has encountered in trying to close Guantanamo. The president explained (emphasis adde...

June 21, 2010 | The Long War Journal

Saudi Gitmo Recidivists

On Saturday, June 19, Saudi officials told reporters that about 25 former Guantanamo detainees, or approximately 20 percent of the 120 detainees who have been repatriated to Saudi Arabia, have re...

June 3, 2010 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda operative killed in South Waziristan strike

A senior al Qaeda operative and a Taliban commander were killed in last week's airstrike in Pakistan's lawless tribal agency of South Waziristan. The Al Fajr Media Center, a ji...

December 8, 2009 |

From ‘Gitmo Poet’ to Qaeda Kingpin

A former Guantanamo de tainee has emerged as a leading ideologue and theo logian for al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula -- one of the strongest al Qaeda affiliates in the world. Pakistani...

November 4, 2009 | CTR Vantage

Understanding al-Shabaab

By Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Madeleine Gruen The advance of Islamist groups in Somalia is seen as a cause for concern by Western law enforcement and...

October 22, 2009 | Middle East Quarterly

The Strategic Challenge of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab

Since emerging from an era of colonialism under Italy and Britain, Somalia has passed through military dictatorship, famine, and civil war to regional fragmentation. In the modern period, America...

March 26, 2009 | Dr. J. Peter Pham Family Security Matters

Bin Laden’s Somali Gambit

Last week, al-Qaeda chieftain Usama bin Laden interjected himself yet once again into the ongoing conflict in the territory of the former Somali Democratic Republic. On closer examination, the mo...