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05/28/2010, Thomas Joscelyn, From The Long War Journal
A videotape released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) earlier this week says that a former Guantanamo detainee is now a commander within the terrorist organization.The former detainee, Othm...
Inside the Gitmo Task Force's Final Report
05/27/2010, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
On January 22, President Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force completed its final report, which outlined the administration's plan for the remaining detainees held at Guantanamo. The Task Force was se...
The Grand Jihad
05/26/2010, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO The Corner
Sorry for the radio silence the last few days, but I'm delighted to report that my new book, The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, is doing well - even though it only came out offi...
Before the Rockets Start to Explode
05/25/2010, Across the Bay
Ron Ben-Yishai in Ynet today:At this time, Hezbollah serves as Iran' s long strategic arm, aimed at deterring Israel from attacking Tehran' s nuclear program by threatening the Jewish State' s militar...
Yemeni airstrike kills deputy governor, al Qaeda operatives
05/25/2010, Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
The deputy governor of Marib province, five of his bodyguards, and several al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula fighters were killed on an airstrike today, sparking retaliation from local tribes.
Jabir ...
Re: Kurdish Libel Tourism and Threats
05/25/2010, Clifford D. May, NRO The Corner
Our friend, Michael Rubin, has been attempting to provoke a "good-spirited conservative debate" about Iraqi Kurdistan, following dispatches from that corner of the Middle East by Max Boot, Abe Greenwa...
Now Can We Put North Korea Back on the Terrorism List?
05/25/2010, Claudia Rosett, The Rosett Report
Fear not! It seems there is a secret plan to deal once and for all with the murderous totalitarians running the rogue regime of North Korea. The U.S. government, together with the United Nations, is g...
Pakistan hits Taliban in Arakzai
05/24/2010, Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
The Pakistani military pounded Taliban positions during the latest round of fighting in the lawless tribal agency of Arakzai.
Pakistani Air Force attack aircraft and Army helicopter gunships hit Tali...
Ten Years ago, Hezbollah takes over South Lebanon
05/23/2010, Dr. Walid Phares, Counterterrorism Blog
Today is the 10th anniversary of the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, from what was known then as a "security zone." That geographically limited event has had significant strategic consequenc...
US national security is targeted by al Qaeda and Iran' s strategic threats
05/22/2010, Dr. Walid Phares, Counterterrorism Blog
al Qaeda and its nebulous: One Threat President Obama informed the graduating Cadets at West Point that the US will be facing the threat of al Qaeda for a long time to come. Defining the long term str...
Afghan forces capture northern shadow governor
05/20/2010, Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
Map of Afghanistan's provinces. Click map to view larger image.
Afghanistan's intelligence service has detained the Taliban's top leader for the northern province of Samangan.
The National Dire...
The Flight of the Intellectuals
05/20/2010, Tony Bey, Across the Bay
In this week's column, I talk to Paul Berman about his new book.
Don' t You Just Love Hezbollah? It' s So Interesting'Like Freddie Kruger
05/20/2010, Faster, Please!
As the extraordinary Andy McCarthy points out on The Corner, White House terror “expert” John Brennan–and his boss, President Obama– seem to think that we should be cultivating...
The System Failed
05/19/2010, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has released an unclassified summary of its investigation into the attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day 2009. The committee's bottom line is that the...
Next Up: Cultivating the Moderate Hezbos
05/19/2010, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO The Corner
While the Obama administration's foreign service team is out apologizing to Chinese Communist gulag-keepers over the human-rights violations of Arizona, the president's crack national-security team is...
Who Killed Daniel Pearl?
05/18/2010, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
At Commentary's Contentions blog, Jen Rubin points out that President Barack Obama did not identify who killed Daniel Pearl at a signing ceremony for a bill that bears Pearl's name - the Daniel Pea...
Taliban suicide bomber kills 18 in Kabul
05/18/2010, Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
The Taliban claimed the deadly suicide attack that killed 18 people in the Afghan capital of Kabul today.
The suicide bomber targeted and hit a Coalition convoy as it traveled on the Darulaman Road i...
Suicide bomber kills 12 in Pakistan's northwest
05/18/2010, Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
A Taliban suicide bomber killed 12 Pakistanis during an attack on police convoy in northwestern Pakistan.
The suicide bomber detonated his car packed with explosives as a police van passed by in the ...
Hot Tips on UN Waste, Fraud and Abuse: U.S. Mission Posts Scores of UN Internal Reports
05/17/2010, Claudia Rosett, The Rosett Report
Hot tip for any reporters interested in newly disclosed documents on waste, fraud and abuse at the United Nations:
Just days after I queried the U.S. Mission to the UN about its commitment to UN tran...
Iran's Game of Negotiations
05/17/2010, Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, Commentary's Contentions
One unanswered question about the nuclear-swap deal: who provides the 120 kilograms of 20 percent enriched uranium fuel rods to Iran? Because that is what swapping means - Iran gives Turkey 1,200 kilo...
Holder Isn't the Only One in the Administration Who Can't Seem to Form the Words 'Radical Islam'
05/17/2010, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO The Corner
As Jen Rubin points out, there is also The One himself.
At the signing ceremony for the Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act, the president couldn't bring himself to mention who actually murdered Da...
Time Square message: Many 'lone wolves' attempts makes it a terror campaign
05/16/2010, Dr. Walid Phares, Counterterrorism Blog
Time Square security deployment In the first few hours following the discovery of the car bomb in Time Square and the subsequent arrest of Faisal Shahzad at the airport, New York' s Governor David Pat...
US Predators carry out first strike in Khyber
05/15/2010, Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
US Predators fired missiles a Taliban compound and a vehicle today in the first recorded airstrike in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency.
The unmanned Predators or the more deadly Reapers attacked a hom...
Re: The Battle for Islam
05/14/2010, Andrew C. McCarthy, NRO The Corner
I just watched the latest installment of Peter's intriguing interview of Fouad Ajami. I'm sure Mark [Steyn] will have his own take on it, but, despite my admiration for Mr. Ajami, I was unimpressed....
All You Need to Know About the UN: 155 Votes for Libya
05/13/2010, Claudia Rosett, The Rosett Report
All you really need to know about the United Nations is that today, in the 192-member General Assembly, 155 member states – yes, 155 – voted in favor of giving Libya — yes, Libya ...
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David B. Rivkin, Jr. is a partner in the Washington office of Baker Hostetler LLP. He serves as Co-Chair of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism, a joint initiative of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the National Review Institute. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Nixon Center and a Contributing Editor of the National Review magazine...more
From From The Long War Journal: Former Gitmo Detainee Featured as Commander in al Qaeda Tape by Thomas Joscelyn, 05/28/2010
From The Weekly Standard Blog: Inside the Gitmo Task Force's Final Report by Thomas Joscelyn, 05/27/2010
From NRO The Corner: The Grand Jihad by Andrew C. McCarthy, 05/26/2010
A videotape released by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) earlier this week says that a former Guantanamo detainee is now a commander within the terrorist organization...more
From The Weekly Standard Blog: Inside the Gitmo Task Force's Final Report by Thomas Joscelyn, 05/27/2010
On January 22, President Obama's Guantanamo Review Task Force completed its final report, which outlined the administration's plan for the remaining detainees held at Guantanamo...more
From NRO The Corner: The Grand Jihad by Andrew C. McCarthy, 05/26/2010
Sorry for the radio silence the last few days, but I'm delighted to report that my new book, The Grand Jihad: How Islam and the Left Sabotage America, is doing well - even though it only came out officially yesterday...more
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