The Future Belongs to Charlie Hebdo
"The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam," were the words of President Barack Obama,...
Al Qaeda
Accelerating Off a Cliff
The Washington Post recently reported that as 2014 draws to a close, President Obama is “accelerating” his efforts to close...
America’s Fatal Flaw in the War on Terror: Underestimating the Jihadist Enemy
Hillary Clinton recently gave a foreign policy speech in what seems to be part of her early groundwork for an...
Gitmo Detainee Acquitted in Algeria
Last week, an Algerian court acquitted Ahmed bin Saleh Belbacha of a prior conviction of terrorism. Ahmed Belbacha is a...
Killer of British Soldier Trained In Muslim Brotherhood-linked Seminary
Wales Online reported November 30th, that Michael Adebowale, one of the two men convicted of murdering British Army drummer Lee Rigby...
U.S. Treasury Removes Suspected MB/AQ Financier from SDN List
In an announcement today, the U.S. Treasury Department has apparently delisted controversial Saudi businessman Yasin Al-Qadi from its list of...
Kenya’s Fourth Generation War with Al Shabaab
The war between Al Shabaab Islamists and the conventional militaries of Kenya, Somalia, and the African Union is a fourth...
The GOP’s Policy on Iran, ISIS, and Al-Qaeda?
Washington politicians confront new “facts on the ground” for the new Congress next year. With the Republican victory returning them...
Islamic State’s Libyan Expeditionary Force
The reach of the Islamic State (ISIS) has most recently spread to the North Eastern Libyan city of Derna. The...
The Obama Administration’s Strategic Schizophrenia
Last week in the Wall Street Journal it was reported that the Obama administration sought an agreement on fighting ISIS...
Discussions of Broad ISIS- al-Qaeda Merger Overblown
Al- Qaida disavowed ISIS (formerly known as al-Qaida in Iraq or AQI) officially back in February 2014 after months of...
The Clearing of the Pawns
It is now being reported that Al Qaeda's Syrian group, the Al Nusra Front has accepted the surrender of the...
Al Qaeda’s War on Our Energy Supply
America’s dependence on foreign sources of fuel for our transportation sector is a strategic vulnerability. Now, we are on notice...
Al Qaeda Targets Oil Tankers, Sea Lanes
Al Qaeda is urging jihadists to conduct attacks on U.S. and foreign oil tankers and strategic sea lanes in a...
“Call it Jihad: ‘Terrorism’ Just Doesn’t Define This Threat”
2014’s spate of Islamic terror attacks against Western targets leaves observers grasping for words to describe what’s happening. President Obama...
ISIS Draws Experienced Jihadists and Youth Alike From North Africa
A reporter for Mahgarebia, Mohamed Saadouni, pointed out last month how telling it was that a counter-gang unit in Morocco...