Posted on Thu, March 22, 2012 at 20:55 pm CET
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Mohammed Merah was a new breed of Iron Man terrorist

The French-born al Qaeda killer, Mohammed Merah, who shocked the world by murdering three Jewish schoolchildren and their teacher in Toulouse by shots to the head… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Semitism • Counter-terrorism • France • Global Jihad • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Religion • Salafism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, February 21, 2012 at 22:52 pm CET
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Bashar’s ‘Iron Fist’

The iron fist against “terrorist gangs” as promised by Bashar Assad got off to a fairly impressive start two weeks ago… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Religion • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Sun, February 19, 2012 at 14:11 pm CET
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Riyadh Enters the Yemen-Huthi Fray

On August 11, 2009, the Yemeni government launched “Operation Scorched Earth,” aimed at putting an end to the Huthi uprising that had destabilized the country’s northern province of Sa’da for more than five years… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • Saudi Arabia • Security and Defense • Yemen 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 20:58 pm CET
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Rethinking U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

As U.S. military operations in Afghanistan drag on inconclusively, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Taliban insurgency is gaining ground… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sat, February 18, 2012 at 00:48 am CET
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From Magharebia: Mauritanian President Rates Sahel Security

The security vacuum in northern Mali endangers the entire Sahel region, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz warns… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Maghreb • Mali • Mauritania • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, January 25, 2012 at 19:19 pm CET
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Obama’s State of the Union Speech: My Response Discovers Some Curious Insights and Strange Formulations

In his State of the Union message, President Barack Obama began by wrapping himself in the flag, patriotism, and love of the armed forces while trying to highlight his foreign policy achievements… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Diplomacy • Iraq • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, December 6, 2011 at 22:43 pm CET
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The Majdalani Effect, the Zawahiri Strategy and the Middle East Curse

In a rare glimpse behind the curtain, a Palestinian scandal sheds a lot of light on the Palestinian Authority, Arab politics, and Western illusions… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Arab Spring • Culture • Islamism • Jihadism • Palestinian Authority • Politics • Taqiyya • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 14:35 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Syria – State Sponsor of Terrorism

Syria in 2009 continued political support to Palestinian terrorist groups… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Funding Islamic Terrorism • Hamas • Hezbollah • Palestinian Terrorism • Politics • Syria • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Thu, November 10, 2011 at 21:26 pm CET
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Libya Heading Towards Islamism

Islamism will be the dominant political force in Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Libya • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sat, October 29, 2011 at 13:48 pm CEST
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Al Qaeda Plants Its Flag in Libya

According to multiple eyewitnesses one can now see both the Libyan rebel flag and the flag of al Qaeda fluttering atop… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamism • Libya War • Salafism 
Posted on Sat, September 10, 2011 at 22:43 pm CEST
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Ten Years After September 11: Who’s Really Winning the War On Terrorism

Ten years after September 11, 2001, when the very phrase “war on terrorism” is barred from U.S. government usage by the president… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Hamas • Hezbollah • Islamic Terrorism • Muslim Brotherhood • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, September 6, 2011 at 22:12 pm CEST
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Al-Shabaab Movement imposes strict form of Sharia Law across Somalia

The hard-line Islamist group al-Shabaab is imposing Islamic Law on the outskirts of Mogadishu and across Somalia… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Jihadism • Sharia Law • Somalia 
Posted on Fri, September 2, 2011 at 00:41 am CEST
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Libya: U.S. confirms al Qaeda members’ role in rebel command

The Obama administration finally acknowledged that al Qaeda elements had been fighting in Libyan rebel ranks in last week’s capture of Tripoli… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Libya War • NATO • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 01:09 am CEST
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Pro-Al Qaeda brigades control Qaddafi Tripoli strongholds

Members of the Al Qaeda-linked Libyan Islamic Fighting Group are in control of the former strongholds of Muammar Qaddafi captured by Libyan rebels… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Global Jihad • Libya War 
Posted on Fri, August 19, 2011 at 21:14 pm CEST
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Israel: Blood in the Streets

Israeli military preparedness follows a depressing pattern… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, August 19, 2011 at 00:40 am CEST
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IDF Taken by Surprise: Al Qaeda-style Coordinated Deadly Multiple Terror Attack

Israel had its first taste of a sophisticated al Qaeda-style coordinated terrorist operation modeled on the atrocities common in Afghanistan and Iraq… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Jihadism • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, August 18, 2011 at 21:21 pm CEST
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New Phase in War as Terrorists Cross Egypt-Israel Border

This isn’t just another terrorist attack — it’s a major escalation, a new phase in the Arab-Israeli conflict in two ways… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, August 16, 2011 at 00:23 am CEST
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Egyptian forces take on Al Qaeda Militants in Sinai

Egyptian forces descended on the Sinai Peninsula Sunday, Aug. 14, for their first post-Mubarak operation to retake control of the territory… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Salafism 
Posted on Sun, July 24, 2011 at 02:32 am CEST
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Profile of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Osama bin Laden’s Heir as Leader of Al-Qaeda

On June 16 Al-Qaeda announced that after a period of consultations, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri had been appointed as Osama bin Laden’s heir… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Taliban • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, July 22, 2011 at 20:39 pm CEST
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Oslo Bombing: Terror strikes Norway

European cities went on terror alert after the Norwegian prime minister’s office in Oslo was rocked Friday, July 22 by huge bomb explosions… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Norway 
Posted on Mon, June 27, 2011 at 22:00 pm CEST
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Seinfeld’s Advice for Obama Administration Policy: Do the Opposite

Just your normal Middle East policy day in which every instinct the Obama administration has is wrong… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamism • Libya War • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, June 24, 2011 at 00:30 am CEST
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What Obama Didn’t-And What We Should-Learn From The War In Afghanistan

I am in favor of a U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, but I was fascinated with how President Barack Obama handled the issue… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Al-Qaeda • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, June 16, 2011 at 20:46 pm CEST
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Al Qaeda – Mombassa Attacks 28 November 2002

On June 11, 2011 Somali police reported that Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa’s most wanted al-Qaeda operatives, was killed… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Israelism • Counter-terrorism • Global Jihad • Kenya • Somalia • Wahhabism 
Posted on Wed, June 15, 2011 at 14:01 pm CEST
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The Emptying of Yemen

For the first time in its exceedingly long history, Yemen now threatens the outside world… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • Yemen 
Posted on Thu, June 9, 2011 at 21:35 pm CEST
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One Degree of Separation: President Obama, al-Qaida’s New Leader, and Their “Mutual Friend”

Ayman al-Zawahiri, nephew of a Nazi collaborator and grandson of the man who helped produce the… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Hamas • U.S. Middle East Policy