American Thinker:
Criminal justice reform was a major pillar of liberal utopianism during the postwar period. That's the paradigm Obama is now applying to jihadi terrorists. (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a statement by Saudi cleric Salman Al-Awdah condemning the Fort Hood shooting. Al-Awdah, who Usama bin Laden described as his "ideal personality" in a March 1997 interview, asse (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
The editors at the magazine Foreign Policy kindly invited me to contribute commentary on the fallout from the massacre at Ft. Hood and revelations about the online terror ties of Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan:Upon learning of the re (Read More)
BLACKFIVE:
Wow, via Instapundit's comment: WHILE MAJOR NIDAL HASSAN’S JIHADI SPEECH WAS HANDLED WITH P.C. KIDGLOVES, other members of the military are treated very, very differently. My advice: Convert to Islam, so you can get away w (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
Three names have been doing the rounds in India these days: Maulana Ilyas Kashmiri, David Coleman Headley (a.k.a Dauod Geelani) and Tahawur Hussein Rana; one hard core veteran Jehadi and two motivated ‘would be’ terrorists. (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a letter from an unnamed Palestinian Islamist in the Gaza Strip, posted on several prominent jihadi forums, thanking the top commander of the Shabaab al-Mujahideen Movement in S (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
Fort Hood attackThe Fort Hood killings, perpetrated by Major Malik Nadal Hasan, a psychiatric by training, no matter what the judiciary reports will conclude is for now the largest single Terror act in America since 9/11. Thi (Read More)
Thaindian News:
Panaji, Nov 2 (IANS) The Goa police believe there is a difference between jihadi terrorism and right wing Hindu terrorism.A senior police official who is investigating the Diwali eve blast carried out by members affiliated to (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
A new tape produced by Al Qaeda’s propaganda blowhards, As Sahab (“The Clouds”), is raising questions about the whereabouts of top leaders in the terror network, including Osama Bin Laden.The video posted on jihadi websites s (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
Taliban Terror in PakistanThe war between the Taliban and Pakistan continues to accelerate. Just last weekend, Pakistan’s army responded to a long string of Taliban attacks by launching a massive ground operation in Wazirista (Read More)
SWJ Blog:
The Long Road to Indecision - Tom Donnelly, Center for Defense StudiesAfter White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel’s performances on the Sunday talkies, it’s getting harder and harder to avoid the conclusion that the Obama A (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
The aftermath of the attack on the Pakistani military’s GHQ earlier this week has brought attention to the complex stew of jihadi groups running around the Punjab. Imtiaz Gul provides an overview at Foreign Policy while the (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
The NEFA Foundation has obtained a new communiqué from Al-Qaida's network in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) announcing the foundation of a specialized media wing known as the "Andalus Foundation." According to the statement, "due (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
Hamas in the Gaza Strip is under significant stress. As a government it has failed to provide for the needs of its purported constituents, and remains an international pariah under economic siege. At the same time, its cred (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
Following is an interview I conducted with Nowe Panstwo (Our Times), a Politics and History Journal in Poland. The title of the interview in Polish is "ihad jak joga" which translate to "Jihad like Yoga." In this extensive di (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, Members of the US Congress, Members of European Parliament and a Member of the Canadian Parliament signed an historic document condemning Iran’s continued human rights abuses. This document w (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
It is unprecedented in American counter terrorism annals: in one day the nation was dealing with three separate Jihadist plots to blow up civilian and other targets inside the Homeland. Although the cases were addressed at di (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
Jund Ansar AllahHamas’ attack against a Jihadist group inside Gaza is about to provide the Palestinian Islamist organization a pass to become a “mainstream” movement, acceptable internationally as a partner in negotiations. O (Read More)
Counterterrorism Blog:
The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new post from online jihadi discussion forums that describes a dispute over two French security consultants in Somalia who were kidnapped from a Mogadishu hotel on July 14. Th (Read More)
World News from Times Online:
Loading ammunition into the magazine of his AK-47 assault rifle, the young suicide bomber looked straight into the camera. “Jihad is real,” he said. “There’s no way you can understand the sweetness of jihad until you come to (Read More)