“We need to have some pretty unpleasant conversations with those people in the very near future.” – Ambassador John Bolton comments on the those Pakistani officials who must have known of Bin Laden’s presence. The administration has narrowly defined the
In the wake of Osama bin Laden’s demise, his likely successor is his longtime deputy and collaborator, Egyptian jihadist Ayman al-Zawahiri. The U.S. government has offered a reward of up to $25 million for Zawahiri, who officials have said was
President Barack Obama deserves praise for taking out Osama bin Laden. Politically, it may not have been as difficult a choice as President George W. Bush’s surge in Iraq, which he undertook in the face of congressional and even military
Nearly flawlessly executing the operation in Pakistan to raid the compound where Osama bin Laden was living – among the military and police leadership of Pakistan by the way – the U.S. Navy’s SEAL Team Six along with elements of
Some people will never believe the facts, no matter how effectively presented. But for those of us who are convinced that Osama bin Laden is dead, it’s still imperative that the U.S. government show the forensic evidence. Evidence is important
Last night was a transcendent moment for Americans. News that Osama bin Laden had been killed–by U.S. forces, no less–triggered spontaneous joy that spilled over into the streets of our nation. All of us–almost all of us–were united in congratulating
Our people have hunted down and killed Osama bin Laden. Thank you to all the military and other good people who tracked him down to his own sanctuary. We can only hope that the materials captured at his hiding place
Rejoice. But. Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion located in a “densely populated” area called Abbottabad, 30 miles outside Islamabad — not in that dark, wet cave in the North West Territories where, it was often imagined, his
I always knew that the reason Osama Bin Laden was never located for almost 10 years was not because America was not trying hard or incompetent, but it is because he was surrounded by many Muslims who would protect him
Just as Islamist extremists sought to use Ground Zero as a triumphal place to build their mosque, the United States should use the site to display Osama bin Laden’s naked body for all Americans to see. We have a right
The long-awaited assassination of Osama bin Laden in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan is a welcome defeat for al Qaeda – and a victory for all those Americans, in uniform and out, who have worked for so many years to
Beautiful, downtown Kandahar. Hey, it works, says Jim Lacey, so let’s go. — Jim Lacey is a professor of strategic studies at the Marine Corps War College. Good. Judging by his recent piece at NRO, he has common sense, the
Does this mean we should drop boxes of Viagra on terror camps as a counter-terrorism ploy? From the Daily Mail: A bummer when he finally meets those 72 virgins… “An Al Qaeda henchman used impotency injections so that he could
Branches of al-Qaida in the Middle East and North Africa are hoping to make advances amid civil unrest, particularly in shaky Yemen. The organization appears willing to use tactics that it has traditionally shunned, such as strategic limitations on attacks
On 31 March, the leftist Center for American Progress (CAP) released a document called Understanding Sharia Law. In that document, the authors asserted that “conservatives’ skewed interpretation” of Sharia law “needs debunking.” It is actually the Center for American Progress
This is the fourth in a 14 part series at Big Peace which will detail the history, objectives, strategy, operational structure, modus operandi, and influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States. Click here to view previous articles on
A recent survey showed 1/3 of Palestinians support the attack in Itamar in March, in which an Israeli family of five was murdered while sleeping. The fact that such hateful act is supported by 1/3 of the people is a
Haven’t we seen this before? We move in, clear an area, turn it over or depart, only to see al Qaeda fighters comeback like so many cockroaches. We have over 100,000 troops in Afghanistan as we speak fighting under a
Why on earth would the United States arm the Libyan opposition if it includes members of Al Qaeda? Part of the reason is because President Obama and his aides have a myopic view of what causes terrorism. Most of us
The US ambassador to the UN and the commander of NATO can fight over “flickers” of al Qaeda and Hezbollah among the Libyan rebels, but it’s clearly indisputable that enemy Hezbollah leader Nasrallah (along with al Qaeda’s Abu Yahya al-Libi
Today, NATO commander Admiral James Stavridis told the US Senate something some of us have been noticing from afar ever since this weirdo-bizarre R2P “humanitarian” assault in Libya on American national interest began: “We have seen flickers in the intelligence
One of the myriad problems the vast majority of Americans have with President Barack Obama’s ridiculous foray into Libyan civil war side-choosing is – we don’t know who it is we’re helping to oust Muammar Gaddafi. With whom are we
We first reported on this more than a week ago. Now there is even more evidence that the Obama Administration (and Europe) is on the same side as Al Qaeda in Libya. Now comes further evidence, as a Libyan rebel
What Qaddafi has done to his people is morally reprehensible, but why is it any different than events in Sudan, Zimbabwe, Côte d’Ivoire, or Bahrain? More importantly, how does intervention in the conflict meet vital American interests? On the contrary,
This week marks the eighth anniversary of the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In liberating the Iraqi people from a cruel and sadistic regime that had the means and desire to commit mass genocide, used biological weapons against its own
