Analysis & Commentary


17th May 2013 - The Long War Journal

ISAF Targets al Qaeda Facilitator in Eastern Afghanistan

Bill Roggio, Patrick Megahan

During a raid in Nuristan province on May 15, Afghan and Coalition special operations forces targeted a senior Taliban leader who is known to assist members of al Qaeda in Afghanistan...

17th May 2013 - The Atlantic

How Iran Benefits From an Illicit Gold Trade With Turkey

Jonathan Schanzer

Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has arrived in Washington, D.C. for a much-anticipated summit with President Barack Obama. The timing of the visit -- amid reports of chemical weapons...

17th May 2013 - FDD Policy Brief

Iran’s Extending Influence in East Africa

Dawit Giorgis

The Sudan Tribune reported last week that Iranian forces were preparing to train Sudan’s navy. The move was not exactly surprising. In the last few months alone...

16th May 2013 - The Weekly Standard

Petraeus’s Objection to the Benghazi Talking Points

Thomas Joscelyn

After nearly two days of editing, then CIA director David Petraeus was sent the revised Benghazi talking points on September 15, 2012. He was less than impressed, to put it mildly.

16th May 2013 - America's Radio News Network

News

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Department of Justice investigation into leaks to the Associated Press.

16th May 2013 - The Weekly Standard

Podcast

Reuel Marc Gerecht

On his piece on the Iranian regime and its apologists.

16th May 2013 - FDD Policy Brief

Why Iran’s Elections Will Not Be Democratic

Six hundred and eighty six Iranian citizens have registered as candidates for the eleventh presidential elections scheduled to be held in Iran on Friday, June 14, 2013.

16th May 2013 - Job Announcment

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16th May 2013 - Cited by Indira A.R. Lakshmanan, Bloomberg

Senators Urge Obama to Press Iran by Increased Sanctions

Mark Dubowitz

Members of Congress from both parties urged Obama administration officials to impose greater economic pressure to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions and punish its human-rights violations.

16th May 2013 - The Long War Journal

Al Nusrah Front’s Emir to be Added to US Terrorism List

Bill Roggio

The US State Department will add Sheikh Abu Muhammad al Julani, the emir of al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists in a decision to be announced...

16th May 2013 - Scripps Howard News Service

Night at the Newseum

Clifford D. May

Inspire is a glossy, English-language, online magazine published by al-Qaeda. It was conceived by Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born cleric and al-Qaeda leader, who also contributed editorials.

15th May 2013 - The Weekly Standard

CIA Warned of ‘Jihadist’ Threat to Cairo Embassy

Thomas Joscelyn

The Obama administration’s editing of the Benghazi talking points not only obscured what really happened in Libya on September 11, 2012, it also confused the events of earlier...

15th May 2013 - The Long War Journal

Tensions Continue to Escalate in Tunisia

Thomas Joscelyn

Almost two months after Tunisia's prime minister and the head of Ansar al Sharia Tunisia, an al Qaeda-linked organization, traded barbs in the press and online, tensions have escalated once again...

15th May 2013 - Fikra Forum

The Battle for Control of Al-Azhar

Khairi Abaza

In the wake of the crisis between radical Islamists and Copts during the Coptic Easter, another major religious crisis has been unfolding in Egypt. Al-Azhar, one of the world’s most respected...

14th May 2013 - NPR

The Diane Rehm Show

Clifford D. May

On Sept. 11, 2012, the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, was attacked. Four Americans died, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens. In the days and months...

14th May 2013 - Quoted by Lisa Daftari, Fox News

Newseum Reverses Plan to Honor Accused Terrorists

Clifford D. May

Washington’s Newseum reversed its plans to honor two accused members of a terrorist organization when it pays tribute to journalists who died in the line of duty last year, FoxNews.com has learned.

14th May 2013 - Foreign Policy

Erdogan’s Great Gamble

John Hannah

Something quite extraordinary -- perhaps even historic -- is afoot in Turkey. The country's prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is engaged in a colossal roll of the political dice...

14th May 2013 - Quoted by Oren Kessler, The Tower

Analysts: Confronting Tyrants Means Taking on Their Enablers

James Kirchick

Denouncing dictators is only partially effective without also naming and shaming their enablers, said analysts and activists Tuesday at a key international human-rights conference in the Norwegian capital.

13th May 2013 - Quoted by Lee Smith, The Weekly Standard

Disappearing Red Lines

Tony Badran

In his April 30 White House press conference, President Obama explained that there’s evidence chemical weapons have been used in Syria, but “we don’t know how they were used...

13th May 2013 - Quoted by Joby Warrick and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post

Frustrated with Diplomacy, Some in Congress Seek Total Ban on Iran’s Oil

Mark Dubowitz

After failing to halt Iran’s nuclear advances with harsh economic sanctions, a group of U.S. lawmakers and analysts is proposing a more drastic remedy: cutting off Iran entirely...

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Khairi Abaza

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Tony Badran

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Mark Dubowitz

Executive Director

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Director, Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization

al-qaeda, energy

Reuel Marc Gerecht

Senior Fellow

cia, iran, iraq

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