Tag Archives: al Qaeda

Great Counter-Terrorism Blog

All interested in the Islamic fundamentalist terrorism threat should check out this exceptional blog: http://allthingsct.wordpress.com/ It has great insights into the al Qaeda and associated movements threat. Al Qaeda expert, Leah Farrall, has a great opinion piece in today’s Australian.  It is based on documents her research has revealed from senior al-Qaeda figure Abu Walid …

September 15, 2009 – 8:58 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in Taliban, U.S. Intelligence Community, counterterrorism, terrorism | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Big Trouble in al Qaeda’s Paradise

An interesting report from the Christian Science Monitor (Dec. 15) on a battle between the two major al Qaeda ideologists.  Clearly, there is trouble in the al Qaeda paradise:  numbers down, no effect attacks, no ability to sustain attacks, leadership and finances under enormous pressure, online presence diminishing.  And now an open schism.  Let’s hope …

December 15, 2008 – 2:00 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in Uncategorized, al Qaeda, terrorism | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Remember, al Qaeda Gets a Vote Too

Americans must remember that al Qaeda gets a vote too.  Americans should assume that al Qaeda is planning an attack or multiple attacks before the election.  This is their modus operandi.  Just as the terrorists influenced the Spanish election of 2004, and Usama bin Laden’s message in 2004 hurt Democratic candidate John Kerry, so too …

October 21, 2008 – 12:36 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in 2008 U.S. Election, al Qaeda, terrorism | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Excellent Analysis of al Qaeda

This month, Hassan Mneimneh of The American Enterprise Institute published an excellent study of al Qaeda.  It is well worth your time to read “Seven Years Later:  The Jihadist International.”  He argues strongly that we must think of al Qaeda as a diffuse network of “franchises” bound by ideology.  With this conception of al Qaeda, …

September 19, 2008 – 1:48 pm | By BenjaminFranklin | Posted in U.S. Defense Policy, al Qaeda, terrorism, war on terror | Tagged , , | Comments (0)