Abdullah Yusuf Azzam
Osama bin Laden’s relative faces trial in U.S. despite criticism
A relative of Osama bin Laden appeared in a New York court last week in connection with the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. While the trial is being criticized for being held on American soil, one reporter says the shift could be helpful to the Obama administration.
How Would John O. Brennan Change the CIA?
Today John O. Brennan will face his Senate confirmation hearing for the position of C.I.A. director. Brennan served as President Obama’s chief counter-terrorism adviser in the President’s first term, and he quickly learned the threats posed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. On Christmas Day 2009, on a plane traveling from Amsterdam to Detroit, […]
Bin Laden’s Death, One Year Later
Tomorrow will mark the one-year anniversary of the Navy SEAL raid on Osama bin Laden’s complex in Abbottabad, Pakistan. In the immediate aftermath of the al Qaeda leader’s death, many wondered how the organization would be affected. A year later, with al Qaeda now under the leadership of Ayman al-Zawahiri, Gideon Rose, the editor of Foreign Affairs, […]
NYPD Speaks About Use of Anti-Muslim Video
An 80-minute movie called “The Third Jihad,” produced by the Clarion Fund, asserts that a vast number of radical Islamic forces exist in the U.S. and are preparing a violent jihad against America. Last January, the NYPD revealed that this direct-to-DVD movie had been shown once during anti-terrorism officer training. But this week, following a […]
Al-Qaeda Claims Responsibility for Kidnapping of US Aid Worker
Warren Weinstein is a veteran aid worker who was kidnapped by armed men in Lahore almost four months ago. Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Pakistan branch of al-Qaeda have claimed responsibility for this, and created a list of demands for his release. Among them are the end of U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, as […]