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A Resurgent al-Qaeda in Iraq Threatens U.S. Attack
Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), which has staged a bloody comeback in Iraq in recent months, issued a threat this week to strike at the “heart”… Read More
Terrorism Still Stalks Us at Home and Abroad
An independent review of the FBI and Pentagon’s handling of the 2009 Fort Hood massacre is expected to make its way to the desk of… Read More
Al-Qaeda May Be Hurting, but It Still Poses Threat to U.S.
In a recent article, well-known CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen claims that al-Qaeda is defeated and that it is time to declare victory over… Read More
Somebody Watched Too Many Episodes of ‘The West Wing’
The closer we get to the election, the more the White House rewrites the notion of “state secrets.” First there was the sneak-peek of Osama… Read More
Biden Blames Bush for Iran Problems
After more than three years in office, the Obama Administration still is blaming the Bush Administration for its own difficulties. On Tuesday, Vice President Joe… Read More
Al-Qaeda Plot Disrupted: The War Goes On
Yesterday, U.S. national security officials announced that the CIA and other U.S. agencies, working with foreign intelligence services, had uncovered and disrupted an al-Qaeda plot… Read More
Most Americans Agree: War on Terrorism Not Yet Won
Last week, experts fired back at the assertion by an unnamed senior State Department official that “The war on terror is over.” Yet, according to… Read More
Getting the Facts Straight on the Taliban
The relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda was one of the hot topics of Monday night’s presidential debate. Candidate Ron Paul downplayed the dangers of… Read More
The 9/11 Commission Recommendations — 10 Years Later
Last week, the Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG)—a follow on to the original 9/11 Commission—reported that, 10 years after 9/11, nine of… Read More
USA Had Legal Right to Enter Pakistan and Kill Bin Laden
Was it legal for the United States to enter Pakistan, without their consent, to kill or capture Osama bin Laden? The successful raid by the… Read More
