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Coming to America

It’s not just mass illegal immigration that poses a threat

Laser Focus: Countering China’s LiDAR Threat to U.S. Critical Infrastructure and Military Systems

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Afghanistan and Gaza: Tragedy and farce

You wonder why a Hamas rapist who gets what he deserves is reinvented as an innocent civilian murdered as part of a “genocide,” while Afghan women are transformed into chattels and slaves, and the world remains silent.

Twenty-three years into the long war

The threat matrix keeps expanding

Tehran’s weapons of mass distraction

They conceal Tehran’s development of weapons of mass destruction

Telesur’s Pro-Iran Propaganda

Disinformation from the Maduro regime should draw just as much attention from the State Department as Russian disinformation does.

Hopeless on Gaza 

No decent person can support terrorism and genocide

With Russian invasion of Ukraine, a page just turned in Europe’s history book

In the future, we will remember Feb. 24 alongside 9/11 and Dec. 7. Although Russia’s invasion is not a bolt from the blue like Pearl Harbor or the attack on the World Trade Center, many people did not...

Afghanistan Shows Why the U.S. Still Needs NATO

Our allies responded after 9/11, and many stayed with us throughout our two-decade mission.

Taliban pushes Osama bin Laden truther conspiracy theories

The Taliban promoted two conspiracy theories related to Al Qaeda founder and its first emir, Osama bin Laden. The Taliban denied he was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. and questioned...

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...

America Does Not Have to Choose Defeat in Afghanistan

Study war some more

World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons

Taliban lauds Mullah Omar for defending Osama bin Laden after 9/11

As the U.S. is relying on the Taliban to keep Afghanistan from being a haven for terrorists in the wake of an agreement between the two parties, the Taliban lauds Mullah Omar’s defense of Osama bin Laden...

Making sure foreign enemies fear the United States military

Strategies must cover conventional, asymmetrical or any types of 'stupid' attacks

Key questions concerning Hamza bin Laden’s life remain unanswered

The State Department released this wanted poster for Hamza bin Laden, using an image from his wedding video, in February. On Sept. 14, President Donald Trump said in a statement that Hamza bin Laden,...

Ayman al-Zawahiri defends 9/11 hijackings in anniversary address

Ayman al-Zawahiri defends the 9/11 hijackings in a video released on the 18th anniversary of al-Qaeda’s most devastating attack. The production, released by al-Qaeda’s As Sahab propaganda arm, is titled...

Another unhappy 9/11 anniversary

We continue to fight erratically and without a coherent global strategy.

As U.S. presses negotiations, Taliban promotes training of fighters and attacks

Taliban practices for Peace: Video, ‘Caravan of Khaibar’ at Voice of Jihad, shows fighters moving in a convoy. Notice the new Toyota Hi-Luxs, vehicles adorned with large white Taliban flags, operating...

Taliban justifies 9/11 attack, blaming America’s ‘interventionist policies’

The Taliban justifies al Qaeda's attack on 9/11 as follows: "This heavy slap on their dark faces was the consequence of their interventionist...