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Facebook Fatwa: Saudi Clerics, Wahhabi Islam and Social Media
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies has released the first-ever study of what radical Saudi Wahhabists are preaching to their followers about the United States and non-Muslims on social media sites.
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Debate Aside, Number of Drone Strikes Drops Sharply
President Obama embraced drone strikes in his first term, and the targeted killing of suspected terrorists has come to define his presidency. But lost in the contentious debate over the legality... more...
Boise Case May Be New Chapter for Terror Group
The IMU has been active in Pakistan and Afghanistan for more than a decade. The U.S. State Department declared it a foreign terrorist organization in 2000. more...
US Drones Strike Again in Yemen, Kill 2 AQAP Operatives
The US launched a drone strike against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula today in central Yemen, killing two AQAP operatives. The strike is the third recorded in the country... more...
Reduced Security Blamed for Taliban Attack
The Taliban fighters who blew up a half-dozen U.S. Marine fighter jets on a sprawling NATO base last fall were able to walk easily onto the encampment because patrols of the perimeter... more...
Bombing Suspects Lauded Jihad
While police in and around Boston celebrate the capture of 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the suspected Boston Marathon bombers, information gathered from various social media.... more...
Uzbek Fighters Gain Support in Afghan North
More than a decade ago, the people of the predominately Uzbek province of Takhar in the country's north fiercely resisted the Taliban's desire to impose Sharia on the region. Indeed, in January 2001, Taloqan... more...
Targeted Killing Comes to Define War on Terror
In Pakistan, where the SEAL raid that killed Bin Laden sent Pakistani-American relations into a tailspin, drone strikes — though deeply unpopular — are tolerated by the security establishment. more...
10 Things to Know About Drones
Drones received nearly 13 hours of attention on the Senate floor Wednesday: the tools were the center of a filibuster delaying confirmation of CIA Director nominee John Brennan, as Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)... more...
Al Qaeda’s ‘Wanted Dead or Alive’ List Confirms Its Propaganda Machine is Still Running
A hate list of 11 politicians, writers, cartoonists and polemicists accused of insulting Islam has been published by the Yemen-based Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula with a graphic description of them as... more...
Bin Laden Son-in-Law Detained Overseas, Brought to New York
Prosecutors unsealed an indictment against a son-in-law of Osama bin Laden on Thursday that charged him with conspiracy to kill Americans, after government sources said he was arrested overseas and brought... more...
Surge in English-Speaking Militants Worries US, European Officials
Increased use of English in videos by Islamic extremists and a rising flow of recruits from Europe to fight in Syria and on other battlegrounds is disturbing U.S. officials who fear some could return to Europe... more...
Report: UK Stripping Terrorism Suspects of Citizenship, US Killing Some of Them
From the UK, more fodder for the debate over the US drone assassination campaign and the acceptability of killing citizens: In early February, a leaked white paper from the Obama Justice Department caused a small stir... more...
The Drone War Doctrine We Still Know Nothing About
The nomination of John Brennan to be CIA director has prompted intense debate on Capitol Hill and in the media about U.S. drone killings abroad. But the focus has been on the targeting of American citizens... more...
Bill Roggio’s The Long War Journal Becomes Go-To Source For Drone Coverage
If you turned to The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Associated Press or USA Today this month for coverage of the United States' drone war, now under the media’s microscope following John Brennan’s... more...
The Unending Gitmo Nightmare
In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, Obama proposed bringing greater transparency to the war on al Qaeda and creating a new group to research alternatives to fossil fuels. One thing he didn’t... more...
Lawmakers Test Legal Waters for Regulating Drones
The new notion is drawing concern from some in Congress who fear special courts would slow down the drone strikes — considered by some, including Brennan, as one of the most effective weapons in the war... more...
Brennan’s CIA Bid Chance to Strike Back at Critics
In answers to questions from the Senate Intelligence Committee before the hearing, Brennan said he was "aware of the program but did not play a role in its creation, execution, or oversight," and added... more...
Drone Strikes’ Risks to Get Rare Moment in the Public Eye
American officials have never explained in public why the C.I.A. and the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command are carrying out parallel drone campaigns in Yemen. Privately, however, they describe... more...
UN Expert Investigates US Drone Killings
A U.N. expert on Thursday launched a special investigation into drone warfare and targeted killings, which the United States relies on as a front-line weapon in its global war against al-Qaida. more...
Algerian Terrorist: The Fuzzy Contours of al-Qaeda
As news media, the administration and national security analysts grapple with the identity and nature of the Islamist hostage takers in Algeria the question is often posed: Is this al-Qaeda or not? more...