What could go wrong with a Pakistani military delegation flying from D.C. to Tampa for a meeting with the U.S. Central Command? How about getting kicked off a flight after being mistaken for terrorists by a scared passenger?
Eight Pakistani military officers were in the U.S. for a meeting at Central Command in Tampa. But, unfamiliar with the American custom that dark-skinned people aren't allowe...
The AP and international media channels last week reported statements from Pakistani Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq that barely veiled threats of violence against foreign aid workers responding to catastrophic flooding.
In coverage of Tariq’s statement below, you can see that rationale is claimed as international relief efforts are suspected to have “other unspecified ‘intentions’” beyond aid to...
Sheik Ali Mohamud Rage (aka: Sheikh Ali Dhere) is a media spokesperson for the al Qaeda-aligned Somali terror group al-Shabaab. Based on two recent incidents captured by Recorded Future , Sheikh Ali Dhere may be (intentionally or unintentionally) telegraphing the group’s terror plans through his media campaign.
Beginning with the July 12 attack on soccer fans in Uganda during the World Cup , S...
Seven months after it happened, the mysterious assassination of a Hamas
operative in Dubai is still causing fallout in the Middle East.
I am writing this as I return from a seminar at Oxford University on the threat posed by terrorism today. Forty individuals from many different disciplines and a diversity of nations and cultures convened for a week to present their current research on this topic. Immediately a difference of opinion surfaced between those who felt passionately that Islam was significantly and essentially more viol...
Military documents reflect deep suspicions among U.S. officials that Pakistan’s spy service has for years guided the Afghan insurgency with a hidden hand.
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I've been thinking about U.S. grand strategy again, and pondering some big questions that ought to be central to the debate on America's global role. Some of these big questions are researchable, others are by their very nature more speculative. How you answer some of them also depends on the theories you think are most powerful or applicable (i.e., realist theory suggests one set of answers, libe...
CNN has fired senior editor Octavia Nasr for tweeting that she was "Sad to hear of the passing of Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah ... One of Hezbollah's giants I respect a lot." Fadlallah was one
of the spiritual leaders of Hezbollah, and regarded by the U.S. government as a terrorist. Nasr subsequently clarified that she was referring to
Fadlallah's "pioneering" po...
At least eight Taliban were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday as they attempted to breach a gate to the base.
By David Rittgers The attempted Times Square bombing prompted Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and Scott Brown (R-MA) to propose that anyone suspected of providing material support, as defined by 18 U.S.C. § 2339A, to State Department-listed terrorist groups be stripped of their citizenship. As Julian Sanchez points out , existing law provides for expatriation for a number of reasons, but in ...
An employee at Marc Jacobs ' SoHo store intercepted a delivery of cocaine ; she called the cops because she thought it was anthrax. It can be hard to tell the difference between drug dealers and terrorists. More »
There are certain events that are made for certain
reporters. For example, everything in Anthony
Shadid 's career prepared him to cover post-invasion Iraq. Likewise, if you
want to understand the guy who tried to bomb Times Square, you need to read the
New Yorker ‘s Steve Coll, the only person
I can think of who has written books about the South Asian subcontinent ,
the Taliban
and Islamic ex...
The top five United States cities for terrorist attacks have just been identified in a new report.
Anwar al-Awlaki (born April 22, 1971 in Las Cruces, New Mexico) is an American Muslim lecturer, spiritual leader, and former imam believed to be a senior talent recruiter and motivator “for al-Qaeda and all of its franchises.” With a blog and a Facebook page, he has been described as the “bin Laden of the Internet.” He is currently believed to be in Yemen and has been linked to two recent terrori...