Tag Archives: Al Qaeda

Walid Phares

The Lesson of the Past Decade: Ideology Is Al Qaeda’s Power, Not Leaders

Ten years have slipped by since Osama bin Laden’s jihadists massacred thousands of men, women and children in the northeastern United States, prompting the start of what Americans came to know as the War on Terror. The current administration, however, insists on more benign terminology, choosing for political reasons to describe the conflict as an [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

2-Feb-12 World View: Leaked Nato Report Says Pakistan ‘Directly Assisting’ the Taliban

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. The ‘conquistador’ Prince William heads for Falkland Islands mission Deadly riot at Egypt soccer game kills 74 Surge of Afghan troop attacks on U.S., Nato forces raises alarms Leaked Nato report says Pakistan is ‘directly assisting’ the Taliban Panetta announces that Nato will end Afghanistan combat in 2013 Germany to China: Bail us out for [...]
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Sun Tzu

Anti-Saleh Yemeni Minister Escapes Assassination Attempt

From BBC News: Yemen’s information minister has escaped an assassination attempt in the capital, Sanaa, witnesses say. Ali al-Amrani’s car was hit by bullets as he left a cabinet meeting, but he was unhurt in the attack, an aide said. Earlier, reports said at least 13 suspected militants from al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula had been killed [...]
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Walid Phares

Mitt Romney’s Cutting-Edge Middle East Strategy

As the US electoral process grinds on and Republican primary debates fold into state primaries and caucuses, candidates’ views on national security and foreign policy are being carefully scrutinized by voters who consider them crucial components of the total policy package a candidate will carry into the Oval Office. Citizens’ attention is understandably riveted to [...]
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Kerry Patton

Lack of Info on Hezbollah’s Militant Wing Leaves U.S. Unprepared for Contingencies with Iran

For several months, I, along with a select group of colleagues have been in “closed door” dialogue questioning the international community and their understanding towards the militant wing of Hezbollah.  After weeks of extensive research, a depressing conclusion has been made. Very few have a clear understanding of Hezbollah’s militant wing, let alone Iran’s military [...]
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Sun Tzu

Al Qaeda Spokesman: ‘America Has Been Defeated in Iraq’

BAGHDAD (AP) – The U.S. pulled its troops out of Iraq because its economy is collapsing and it needed to save money, an al-Qaida front group said in a message posted on its website Wednesday, its first online comment since the U.S. completed its pullout last month after nine years of war. Scene from a January [...]
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El Cid

US Muslims Joining Islamic Insurgency In Africa

From the Associated Press: NAIROBI, Kenya — The October al-Qaida video shows a light-skinned man handing out food to families displaced by famine in Somalia. But the masked man is not Somali, or even African — he’s a Wisconsin native who grew up in San Diego. Militant Islamist insurgency is recruiting Americans A handful of young Muslims from [...]
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Secure Freedom Radio

We Can No Longer Ignore The Threat

Mitch Silber from the New York Police Department’s Intelligence Division explains how his new book, “The al-Qaeda Factor: Plots Against The West,” analyzes 16 different al-Qaeda plots in both Europe and North America since 1993. By looking into past attacks, units such as the NYPD might be able to thwart future terrorist attacks on the [...]
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Kerry Patton

The Threat Once Known As Al Qaeda

Osama Bin Laden, the presumed mastermind behind the creation of Al Qaeda, originally formalized a global network of militants mostly comprised of Muslim Brotherhood members. These Brotherhood members, like Ayman al-Zawahiri, tapped into their own personal networks which later socially conditioned and recruited a mass movement of followers. Many were active militant fighters while many [...]
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John J.  Xenakis

8-Jan-12 World View — Britain Warns Of Increased Risk Of Terror Attack In Kenya

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Egypt’s Coptic Christians celebrate Christmas amid heavy security Top Christian official murdered in Jaffa Israel marking Orthodox Christmas Russia’s Patriarch Kirill walks tightrope in Orthodox Christmas message Britain warns of increased risk of terror attack in Kenya Kenya claims to be neutralizing al-Shabaab in Somalia Nigeria imposes curfew in north after new [...]
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