Erick Stakelbeck

Former Bin Laden Associate Recalls Meetings with UBL, Ayman al-Zawahiri: During the summer of 2000, Noman Benotman stood face-to-face with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, listening as the al-Qaeda kingpin described, in detail, his plans for an upcoming major operation

The latest episode of the Stakelbeck on Terror show is a special featuring an extended version of my recent, wide-ranging interview with Israel’s Vice Prime Minister, Moshe Yaalon–the second highest ranking member of the Israeli government. Some highlights from our

I recently sat down with Israel’s Vice Prime Minister, Moshe Yaalon, for a wide ranging interview on the latest events in Israel and the greater Middle East. Some highlights from my chat with MInister Yaalon, who is the second-highest ranking

New evidence has emerged that the Iranian government sees the current unrest in the Middle East as a signal that the Mahdi–or Islamic messiah–is about to appear. CBN News has obtained a never-before-seen video produced by the Iranian regime that

I recently sat down for a wide-ranging interview with freshman Forida congressman Allen West. The retired Army Lt. Col and I discussed homegrown jihad, Iran, the Muslim Brothehrood, Israel, healthcare, the national debt and much more. And the take-no-prisoners approach

On this week’s special edition of Stakelbeck on Terror, we’re on location in Israel for analysis of the latest events in the region. CBN’s Middle East Bureau Chief Chris Mitchell joins me in Jerusalem for a closer look at what

With fears that the Muslim Brotherhood could gain power in Egypt, I thought it would be a good idea to put together a short CBN report on the group’s roots, ideology and goals. My hope was to get the average

South Sudan is posed to become Africa’s newest country following this month’s independence vote. But Sudan’s Islamist government and its Iranian ally may not let the south break away without a fight. Just as it has done in Lebanon, Iraq,

I recently sat down with Ilan Mizrahi, former Deputy Director of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, to discuss the threats gathering against Israel. Mizrahi In Part 2 today, Mizrahi, who was also head of Israel’s National Security Council from 2006-2008, describes

Dear friends, On the of the Stakelbeck on Terror Show, we focus on Muslim persecution of Christians and Jews in the Middle East, and much more: An interview with leading Middle East expert Walid Phares about his new book, The

The new epsiode of my show, Stakelbeck on Terror, may be our most important one yet. . We devote the entire show to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps, the guardians of one of the world’s most secretive and radical regimes. Over

News that Iran is placing medium-range missiles inside Venezuela that can reach the U.S. should come as no surprise. Last month, in a special episode of my show, Stakelbeck on Terror, a former high-ranking State Department official, Roger Noriega, shared

America’s Ambassador to Great Britain, Louis Susman, is coming under fire for his recent visit to a notorious London mosque with terrorist ties. According to the US Embassy in London, Susman’s visit to the East London Mosque was part of

I have one more alert for you before heading out of the office for a bit on diaper duty with my second child (arriving in the next day or two!). CBN has acquired exclusive, never-before-seen footage of Al Qaeda’s North

The latest episode of the Stakelbeck on Terror show is a special 30-minute expose of the growing Iran/Venezuela axis in our hemisphere. Watch as former high-ranking State Department official Roger Noriega and leading Iran expert Ilan Berman provide exclusive evidence

Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez differ in many ways, but they share a common enemy — the United States. According to U.S. officials, they also have another common interest: the multi-billion dollar drug trade. My latest report

My investigation into anti-Semitic, Holocaust-denying professor Kaukab Siddique has brought Siddique and his employer, Lincoln University, under the spotlight of both the national media and Pennsylvania state lawmakers. My exclusive report, which originally aired on CBN News on October 18th

On this week’s edition of Stakelbeck on Terror, CBN News exposes a Pennsylvania college professor who has called for Israel’s destruction and branded the Holocaust “a hoax.” We then head to London for interviews with two members of the British

Last month, a Pennsylvania college professor publicly called for destruction of the state of Israel. His name is Kaukab Siddique, and he is an associate professor of English at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University. Siddique made the remarks at an annual gathering

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The concluding segment of my CBN special on the Muslim Brotherhood in America is now online. You can watch it here: The segment is part of the latest episode of my show, Stakelbeck on Terror. Watch it here: Here is

I wanted to direct you to a new special edition of my show, Stakelbeck on Terror. I’m joined by an expert panel in discussing a jihadist organization what many consider the greatest long-term threat to America’s national security: The Muslim

A few months back, I traveled to London, where I interviewed a veritable who’s who of the city’s most notorious Islamic radicals and wanted terrorists (see my reports here, here and here). But perhaps my most fascinating interview on that

The latest episode of Stakelbeck on Terror features on-the-ground reports from America, Europe, and Israel: We kick off the show with a commentary on President’s Obama’s recent endorsement of the Ground Zero mega-mosque (hint: we don’t like it). We then

President Barack Obama’s top counterterrorism advisor John Brennan created a stir recently when he talked of building up the “more moderate elements” of the terrorist group Hezbollah. But in response to such an idea, one Christian member of Lebanon’s Parliament

[youtube MvfB6Jq0bmA nolink] With Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and “Son of Hamas” author Mosab Hassan Youssef all voicing strong public opposition recently, momentum continues to build against the proposed erection of an Islamist victory arch, er, mosque, near Ground Zero.

The latest edition of my new show, Stakelbeck on Terror, is now online. You can watch it here. In this week’s episode, I sit down with a former Palestinian Muslim sniper who used to work for terror master Yasser Arafat–but

[youtube z6zHWGFEg7w nolink] In the wake of 9/11, it became rare for American Islamist groups to openly call for the establishment of Islamic sharia law or the revival of the pan-Islamic state, or caliphate. Media-savvy, Muslim Brotherhood-linked operations like the