Posted on Thu, August 29, 2013 at 21:35 pm CEST
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Writing the bin Laden Story

Reviewing the biographies of America’s late enemy number one… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, May 27, 2013 at 23:04 pm CEST
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The Woolwich Killing

“We will never stop fighting you”… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Global Islam • Islamic Terrorism • Islamofascism • Jihadism • Religion 
Posted on Wed, February 13, 2013 at 22:33 pm CET
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State of the Union Address on Foreign Policy: Careful Phrasing Conceals Disasters

Think about the kind of mental construct that could produce this State of the Union address… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, December 10, 2012 at 23:24 pm CET
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Ayman Zawahiri and Egypt: A Trip Through Time

Around 1985, current al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri fled his homeland of Egypt, presumably never to return, he never forgot his original objective: transforming Egypt into an Islamist state that upholds and enforces the totality of Sharia law, and that works towards the resurrection of a global caliphate… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Egypt • Global Jihad • Islamic Terrorism • Religion • Salafism 
Posted on Mon, April 9, 2012 at 20:51 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood in Saudi Arabia

The first Muslim Brotherhood activists came to Saudi Arabia in the first half of the 1950s… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Saudi Arabia • Wahhabism 
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 Mon, January 30, 2012 at 16:25 pm CET
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Why We Should End Our Relationship With Pakistan

As Pakistanis burned American flags and the Washington Post wrote of “a new normal” in US-Pakistani relations earlier this month, it looked like the beginning of the end of five decades of friendly alliance between the two countries… Continue reading

Topics: Abigail Esman • Counter-terrorism • Diplomacy • Human Rights • NATO • Pakistan • Politics • Religious Terrorism • Security and Defense • Sunni Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, December 9, 2011 at 22:34 pm CET
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Obama Gives a Preview of How He’ll Campaign on Foreign Policy

I think Obama genuinely believes what he’s saying… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Islamism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, September 25, 2011 at 18:55 pm CEST
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PM Abdiweli Mohamed Ali Addresses the General Debate of the 66th Session of the General Assembly

The humanitarian situation in Somalia remains dire… Continue reading

Topics: Somalia • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, September 13, 2011 at 21:27 pm CEST
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The U.S. Government’s Failed History of Muslim Outreach

When President Obama hosted his annual iftar dinner in August to commemorate Ramadan… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Global Islam • Jihadism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
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 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 15, 2011 at 21:24 pm CEST
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The Obama Administration’s “Mission Accomplished” Fallacy in the War on Terrorism

Leon Panetta, leaving the CIA directorship post to become secretary of defense, and General David Petraeus, leaving the job of commander… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, July 12, 2011 at 22:28 pm CEST
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Obama Extends Hand; America’s Enemies Extend Fist

There’s a remarkable exchange from a May 2009 presidential press conference that is extraordinarily revealing… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, July 11, 2011 at 00:14 am CEST
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Islamic jihadist organizations in Egypt ideologically originating in the Muslim Brotherhood

From the 1970s to the late 1990s, militant Islamic groups in Egypt posed the greatest challenge to the regime in terms of internal security… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Global Jihad • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Fri, June 17, 2011 at 17:39 pm CEST
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Holland: Professional “Moderate Muslim” Turns Out to be Radical, Pro-Terrorist Jihadist

Mohamed Azahaf, a 28-year-old immigrant from Morocco, was hired by the east Amsterdam district to build trust between… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Westernism • Islamism • Jihadism • Netherlands 
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 Sat, June 11, 2011 at 20:09 pm CEST
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The Myth That Contemporary Western Mass Media Help Understand the World: An Example on Pakistan

A remarkable amount of what’s written on the Middle East in the mass media is nonsensical… Continue reading

Topics: Pakistan • The Media • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
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 
Posted on Mon, May 30, 2011 at 16:12 pm CEST
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Iran: Reactions to President Obama’s Speech – “It’s all Words”

President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech was met with skepticism in Iran, and said to be an expression of… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 01:37 am CEST
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The Army of Islam Designated as a Terrorist Organization by the United States

A spokesman for the American State Department announced that the Army of Islam had been designated as a terrorist organization… Continue reading

Topics: Army of Islam • Global Jihad • Palestinian Terrorism • Salafism • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 17:44 pm CEST
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President Obama’s Abandonment of America

Before we get into what the speech means for Israel, it is important to consider what it means for America… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:43 am CEST
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President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa Speech, May 19, 2011

Official release of President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Maghreb • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 20:00 pm CEST
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IHH Leader Yildirim: “We Will Not Hesitate to Sacrifice Shaheeds to Achieve the Flotilla’s Objective”

IHH, which plays a central role in organizing the upcoming flotilla to the Gaza Strip, joined Turkish Islamist organizations in… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Gaza Flotillas and Convoys • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamism • Jihadism • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 17:52 pm CEST
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Obama: Muslim Outreach 2.0

On Thursday, President Obama will “reach out” yet again to what he insists on calling “the Muslim world.” Think of it as… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy