Tagged with alqaeda

The Coming War in the Middle East

by Lieutenant Colonel Joel Rayburn (contributor to the working group on Islamism and the international order) Imagine a sectarian conflagration, fueled by Al Qaeda, raging across the Fertile Crescent. In the days of the Ottoman Empire, British diplomats referred to the Arabic-speaking territories of the empire as “Turkish Arabia.” It was these Arabic-speaking lands that … Continue reading »

#Obama: Disarming Americans, Arming Terrorists

  While the White House was busy drafting proposals to ban assault rifles, the last of the regulations imposed on Saudi travel to the United States after September 11 were being taken apart. While some government officials were busy planning how to disarm Americans, other officials were negotiating the transfer of F-16s and Abrams tanks … Continue reading »

The Road to Damascus

Forget the Grand Prix or the Daytona 500, the real race right now is the race to Damascus. The racers include Syrian rebels in pickup trucks with mounted machine guns and homemade tanks, toting weapons and equipment supplied and paid for by Qatar and Turkey, and more covertly by the British and French intelligence services. … Continue reading »

Syria: Jihadists Get Obama’s Blessing

President Obama chose an exclusive interview with ABC News’s Barbara Walters to announce his decision that the United States now formally recognizes the recently formed umbrella coalition of Syrian rebels who are fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. The coalition is known formally as the National Coalition of Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. In … Continue reading »

UN Official Arrested for Aiding Al Qaeda

WOW..By Daniel Greenfield// In an unofficial capacity. UN officials aiding terrorists is common enough in an official capacity, but Idris Abdi Dhakhar was doing this on how own time while working for UN FAO or the United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization. An FAO official was today arrested for having alleged connections with the Al … Continue reading »

Bin Laden Bodyguard Discovered in Germany

Those wishful-thinking diehards who believe Europe will eventually come to its senses regarding its security interests and reverse its suicidal tolerance of militant Islamists in its midst received a ringing slap in the face earlier this month. The latest occurrence indicating the Old World is sliding into a bloody nightmare of Islamist violence with little … Continue reading »

Al-Qaeda rising

Authorities are worried that a rejuvenated al-Qaeda is now a real threat to the London Olympics later this summer. PTI: Though they still retain safe havens in Pakistan and Afghanistan, jihadists are now heading to the Middle East to seek terrorist training as parts of the Arab world have “once more become a permissive environment … Continue reading »

Global Jihadists on Israel’s Doorstep

The revelation that an Egyptian and a Saudi national infiltrated southern Israel from Sinai on June 18 and killed an Israeli worker is the first credible sign of the emerging global jihadist threat in the peninsula. Previously, groups using the names “al-Qaeda in the Sinai Peninsula” and “Ansar al-Jihad in the Sinai Peninsula” had released … Continue reading »

Terrorist Fishing in the Yemen

Last month, according to news accounts, U.S. President Barack Obama agreed to widen the scope of drone attacks carried out against al Qaeda members in Yemen. Previously, strikes targeted only known individuals; henceforth, the CIA and the U.S. military’s Joint Special Operations Command will be permitted to target people whose patterns of behavior make them … Continue reading »

Pakistan: Muslims vow jihad in revenge for Osama’s death

Proudly misunderstanding Islam Back before the U.S. Government went completely insane, I was speaking at a State Department briefing on Islam and jihad and got into conversation with a career diplomat who was also speaking at the sessions. In passing he referred to jihad terrorists as “Muslims” and then looked embarrassed, stopped himself, and said, … Continue reading »

Al-Qaeda’s Big Fat Iranian Wedding

America’s top spy says the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism and the world’s most infamous terrorist organization are married. by Clifford D. May  for National Review The Bush administration waged what it called a Global War on Terrorism. Yet against Iran, the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism, no serious actions were ever taken. President Obama … Continue reading »