Counterterrorism Blog

NEFA: TerrorWatch on Fatah al-Islam and Samina Malik Powerpoint

The NEFA Foundation has posted a new edition of its TerrorWatch video cybercast, this time examining Al-Qaida's growing focus on the plight of the Palestinians and the emergence of apparent Al-Qaida...

Jihad Against Freedom of Speech at the United Nations

The United Nations' Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has no problem with suggesting that the 9/11 attacks were an "inside job" perpetrated by the United States on itself. The human rights of America's...

Treasury Designates Major Saudi Charity -- Al Haramain - - For Financing Terrorists

Following several years of wrangling with Saudi Arabia over Al Haramain Islamic Foundation’s continuing international role in facilitating terrorism financing, the US Treasury Department has...

Are There Lessons To Be Learned At USF?

Today, Ahmed Abdellatif Sherif Mohamed, an Egyptian student in Tampa, Florida, entered a guilty plea in Federal Court in Tampa to one count of providing material support to terrorists. The plea...

Treasury Moves on Hezbollah in Venezuela

The Treasury Department's Office fo Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today several entities tied to Hezbollah and operating in Venezuela. This is the first time I can find of the U.S. government...

(NBC/NEFA) - Voices From the Iraqi Insurgency: Exclusive Interviews with Hamas al-Iraq and the Al-Ra

(See also - MSNBC Deep Background: "Exclusive Interviews with Iraqi Insurgents")In an effort to help Americans better understand the evolving dynamics behind the Sunni insurgency in Iraq, I have...

NEFA Foundation: AQIM Claims Bomb Attacks on French Contractors in Algeria

The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a new communiqué from Al-Qaida’s Committee in the Islamic Maghreb claiming responsibility for several recent terrorist attacks in Algeria,...

NEFA Foundation Exclusive: Video Interview with Pakistani Taliban Commander Maulvi Faqir Mohammad

The NEFA Foundation has obtained an exclusive video-recorded interview with Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a senior commander of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and an acknowledged deputy of notorious...

Money Laundering Laws: The Practical versus the Technical

On June 2, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) narrowed the focus of federal money laundering laws by ruling against the government in two money laundering cases. In pursuing these and most cases,...

The Nuclear Network

There were several reports, led by the Washington Post, on the rogue international smuggling network that managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon.No one knows where those...