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How the Jihadi Propaganda Machine Will Win the Guantanamo Trials

Jihadism in the 21st century has plans for all types of situations, including Mujahada (Jihadi activity) in a courtroom when needed. This is now what the world will witness during the trials of the...

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KSA Coddling Continues?

Andrew Cochran’s excellent articles below about the Islamic Saudi Academy highlight, yet again, the linkage of religious radicalism and terrorism and, in this particular case, lineage directly...

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Jane's - "The Quiet American: Tracing the Whereabouts of Adam Gadahn"

In the wake of my CTBlog post from last month, the editors at Jane's Intelligence Review (JIR) asked me to write a piece on the shadowy whereabouts of American Al-Qaida spokesman Adam Gadahn. In the...

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Islamic Saudi Academy in Virginia: Case Study in Homegrown Radicalization

The new report by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom on textbooks in use at the Islamic Saudi Academy in northern Virginia leaves little doubt that the Saudi government,...

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The Drug-Terrorist Link Means Wars can Last Indefinitely

The Brits are finally willing to lay out some of the truths about the war in Afghanistan, truths that apply in many other parts of the world, in a pattern that we continue to see growing.According...

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Chavez: Giving Up on Terrorism or Just Doing it Himself?

After Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez brusquely told FARC to give up their decades-long fight, Doug Farah wondered aloud whether he was "cutting his losses" or whether Chavez is "immersed in some...

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Textbooks Inciting Violence & Intolerance Still Used at Saudi School in Virginia

On May 20, I wrote about the approval by the Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, DC, to continue leasing county property to the Islamic Saudi Academy, which is funded...

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Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State

The Pakistan Taliban (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan or TTP) is in the process of gaining territory and power within Pakistan, as a result of numerous "peace treaties" and agreements to empower the...

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EU Agrees to Join US Iran Sanctions, Iran Gets Funds Out of Town

A surprising consensus has now been reached by the US and the EU on imposing financial sanctions against Iran, if Iran doesn't immediately take action to shut down profliferation efforts.According...

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AQIM Promises Revenge for Attack on Muslim Woman in Morocco

The NEFA Foundation has obtained and translated a statement dated June 4 from Shaykh Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud, the top commander of Al-Qaida’s Committee in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), titled,...

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