This fascinating story from ABC News details the capture last month in Afghanistan of Dr. Aafia Siddique (or “Siddiqui”; Ar. عافية صديقي), the only woman ever named by the FBI as a top al-Qaeda operative.
Also significant was the “treasure trove” of…
One of the darkest eras in the history of the American system of jurisprudence finally has resulted in something that looks like justice.
A military tribunal last week acquitted Salim Hamdan, who was a driver for Osama Bin Laden, of conspiracy to…
It would be tempting to view the recent stories about the suicide of Army biodefense researcher Bruce Ivins — who was about to be indicted by the FBI for the 2001 anthrax attacks — as long-overdue “closure” to the situation.…
Not good: “‘More than 100 terror camps’ in operation in northwestern Pakistan”
A few days ago I wrote about the deteriorating situation in northwestern Pakistan and the rise of Taliban power and influence there. Apparently the situation is even worse than the…
The situation in Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP), which borders Afghanistan, has been going steadily downhill since 2006, when the Taliban began their campaign against the provincial and national Pakistani governments there.
To make a long story short, Pervez Musharraf’s government responded with a schizophrenic policy,…
USA Today reports that a Philadelphia man was arrested and charged with several crimes, including “making terroristic threats” and “corrupting the morals of a minor” after he appeared in a YouTube video encouraging viewers to kill cops.
The Daily News says members of a…
Where is Osama bin Laden?
An interview with an anonymous senior military analyst by NBC’s Robert Windrem explodes many of the media myths.
A “Western military analyst” was asked earlier this month about reports that Osama Bin Laden was seen on the…
An incredible story out of Iraq’s Anbar province from the New York Sun: “Iraqi Sheik Offers To Take Fight to Bin Laden”:
The leader of the tribal confederation that has fought to expel Al Qaeda from most of Iraq’s Anbar province is offering his…
