USS Cole (DDG-67)

February 10, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

AQAP leader cites U.S. Capitol riot as evidence of America’s supposed decline

In a newly released video, Khalid Batarfi, the emir of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), cites the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of former President Trump as evidence of America’s...

April 23, 2018 | Alexandra N. Gutowski

The Senate’s Blind Spot on Terrorism in Yemen

On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee pressed hard on top administration officials to justif...

April 14, 2014 | Bill Roggio

Assessing Terrorism in the Caucasus and the Threat to the Homeland

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April 23, 2013 | Thomas Joscelyn FDD Policy Brief |

Canada Plot Revives Concerns about Ties Between Iran and al-Qaeda

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) announced on Monday that it disrupted a plot to derail a VIA passenger tra...

May 11, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Spying on al Qaeda

It is easy to see why double agents are the source of inspiration for many spy novels and movies. The intrigue involved, including a potentially violent end to their spy games, gives writers low-...

February 17, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn |

British Intel Concerned About Iran-Al Qaeda

Members of British intelligence are concerned about the possibility of Iran and al Qaeda teaming up in a plot against the West, perhaps in a joint attack against the 2012 Olympic Games in London....

February 16, 2012 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal |

Report: New Leader of al Qaeda Network in Iran Named

A notorious Kuwaiti terrorist named Muhsin al Fadhli has reportedly taken over leadership of al Qaeda's network inside Iran. Sky News...

August 5, 2011 | The Long War Journal

Al Qaeda Fighter’s Detention Upheld By DC Circuit Court

On July 22, a DC Circuit Court panel affirmed a district court's denial of Guantanamo detainee Moath Hamza Ahmed al Alwi's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Government prosecutors i...

May 16, 2011 |

Bin Laden’s Killing Shows Us the Irrelevance of “International Law”

 This past week, the NDP’s Thomas Mulcair became a figure of ridicule for suggesting that the United States doesn’t have photos of Osama bin Laden’s body — presumably...

March 23, 2011 |

Time for Saleh To Go?

Nowhere has the Obama administration been more reluctant to embrace the revolutions sweeping through the Middle East than in Yemen. This is, in part, understandable. According to t...

May 28, 2010 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Former Gitmo Detainee Featured as Commander in al Qaeda Tape

A videotape released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) earlier this week says that a former Guantanamo detainee is now a commander within the terrorist organization. The...

May 13, 2010 | The Long War Journal

US State Department Designates Two al Qaeda Leaders in Yemen

Today, the US State Department designated al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) commander Othman al Ghamdi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, under Executive Order 13224. Al Ghamdi is...

October 12, 2005 | Clifford D. May |

Name Thy Enemy

For more than a generation, a war was fought against the United States. Most Americans, however, didn't know it. And even those who did may have been puzzled about whom it was we were fighti...