September 17, 2014 | Press Release

FDD Scholar to Testify Before Congress Friday on Threat of Islamist Foreign Fighters

WASHINGTON – Thomas Joscelyn, senior fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Friday on “Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe.” Joscelyn, the senior editor of FDD’s Long War Journal, will discuss the threat of small-scale attacks from the Islamic State or its sympathizers in Europe and the United States. He will also discuss other threats to the West emanating out of Syria, including al Qaeda’s official branch, Jabhat al Nusrah.

He will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats. 

Joscelyn has been described as “one of the most trusted authorities on the al Qaeda network because of his encyclopedic knowledge of terrorist biographies.” He work is regularly featured in The Weekly Standard and he has recently appeared on CNN and Fox News Channel.

In 2007, Joscelyn published a monograph titled Iran’s Proxy War Against America, which details Iran’s decades-long sponsorship of America’s terrorist enemies. In 2008, he completed an exhaustive review of the Guantanamo Bay detainee population, cataloging and analyzing thousands of pages of declassified documents.   

WHAT: House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee Hearing: Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home and the Threat to Europe

WHEN: Friday, September 19, 2014 at 10:00 am.

WHERE: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172

WHO:  Thomas Joscelyn, senior fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies; senior editor; Long War Journal

A webcast of the hearing can be viewed online at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/hclive04 or through foreignaffairs.house.gov. Joscelyn’s prepared remarks will be available at www.defenddemocracy.org once the hearing commences.

About the Foundation for Defense of Democracies:
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) is a non-profit, non-partisan 501(c)3 policy institute focusing on foreign policy and national security. Founded in 2001, FDD combines policy research, democracy and counterterrorism education, strategic communications and investigative journalism in support of its mission to promote pluralism, defend democratic values and fight the ideologies that drive terrorism. Visit our website at www.defenddemocracy.org and connect with us on TwitterFacebook and YouTube.

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Issues:

Al Qaeda