Egypt Requests Release of al Qaeda Explosives Expert
The Egyptian government has requested the release of a top al Qaeda explosives expert from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, according to...
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Some Questionable State Department Actions
Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...
Op-eds
Obama Administration’s Breathtaking Arrogance on Questions about Inviting a Terrorist to Washington
One should always hesitate before jumping to the conclusion that the something that just happened is the worst thing that has ever happened — history usually has many worse “worsts&rd...
Op-eds
On Egyptian President-elect’s Vow to Work for Blind Sheikh’s Release
The New York Times has a report this morning about the pledge by Egypt’s newly elected president, Mohammed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, to work for the release from U.S. p...
Op-eds
Egyptian President Wants Arch-Terrorist Freed
In a rousing speech in Tahrir Square on Friday, Egypt’s new president, Mohamed Morsi, t...
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Member of Al Qaeda-Allied Organization Visits Washington
Writing at the Daily Beast, Eli Lake has the scoop o...
Op-eds
Why We Need to Know Why — Honoring Attorney General Mukasey
Last night in New York City, I had the privilege of presenting former U.S. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey with the 2012 Freedom Flame Award, an annual honor bestowed by Frank Gaffney’s...
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Al Qaeda Releases Vdeo of American Captured in Pakistan
Al Qaeda has released its first video of Warren Weinstein, an American citizen who was kidnapped in Lahore, Pakistan in August 2011. In the videotape, Weinstein pleaded with US President Barack O...
Op-eds
Compulsory Blindness
A few years back, I wrote a book called “Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad.&rdquo...
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Releasing the Blind Sheikh?
It is too early to tell, but not too early to be very worried.
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Egyptian Islamic Group Plans to Sue Interior Ministry Over Torture
The Egyptian Gama'a al-Islamiyya plans to sue the Egyptian Interior Ministry because members of the organization were "tortured by t...
Op-eds
Concern for Egypt
Now that runoff results are in from the first round of Egypt’s parliamentary elections, it’s clear that the Islamists are running the board. As Samuel Tadros writes in the...
Op-eds
Islam or Islamist?
Islam or Islamist? That is the question. Is the term “Islamist” a politically correct fabrication to dodge the inconvenient truth that Islam itself is inhere...
Op-eds
Blind Sheikh’s Son Killed in US Airstrike in Afghanistan
The son of the 'Blind Sheikh,' the spiritual leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group who is in a US jail for the 1993 attack on the World Trade Center, was killed in a US airstrike in Afgh...
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3 Egyptians Killed in Recent Predator Strike in North Waziristan
Friday's Predator airstrike in North Waziristan killed three Egyptians closely linked to the Haqqani Network. The son of the "Blind Sheikh," the leader of the Egyptian Islamic Group who is s...
Op-eds
The Copts Will Fight
But they won’t win.
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Awlaki’s Death a Delayed Counterterrorism Success
Anwar al Awlaki has reportedly been killed in an airstrike in Yemen, bringing an end to the life of one of al Qaeda’s most effective recruiters. Awlaki had an especially s...
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Early Warnings Ignored
September 11: A Decade Later
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Of Mafiosi and Mullahs
Intelligence is how you take down organized crime and organized terror.
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How the NYPD Gets Jihad Right
In a world of wishful thinkers, Commissioner Kelly is a realist.