Posted in Daniel Byman, Hezbollah, Iran, Nuclear, Pakistan, Qaeda on Mar 31st, 2008 Comments Off on Nuclear transfers: comparing Iran and Pakistan
From Daniel Byman U.S. and world attention is focused understandably on the Iranian nuclear program. The list of reasons to worry about an Iranian bomb is exceptionally long and, for the most part, legitimate.
Posted in Afghanistan, Daniel Byman, Martin Kramer, Matthew Levitt, Qaeda, Terrorism on Mar 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Matthew Levitt Fifteen years from now, when classified documents produced today begin to be declassified, we will surely look back with some discomfort and see just how far off some of our judgments were when written in 2008. Such is the nature of intelligence assessments. What would be worse, however, would be for us […]
Posted in Counterinsurgency, Daniel Byman, Iraq, Qaeda, Terrorism on Mar 6th, 2008 Comments Off on U.S. success in Iraq and the global jihad
From Daniel Byman While it is far too early to say that the United States and its allies have permanently “crippled” Al Qaeda in Iraq (as claimed by some U.S. officials), clearly the terrorist organization has suffered grievous blows in the last year. Indeed, U.S. officials are so pleased they hope to use the “Anbar […]
Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Michael Horowitz, Qaeda, Terminology, Terrorism on Feb 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Assaf Moghadam In recent years, a growing number of analysts and policymakers, have referred to the doctrines guiding Al Qaeda and its associates as an ideology, and appear to have influenced the Bush administration into adopting the term as well. President Bush, for example, has characterized the 9/11 suicide hijackers as men who “kill […]
Posted in Islamism, Qaeda, Walter Laqueur on Feb 1st, 2008 1 Comment »
From Raymond Ibrahim Will the recent killing in Pakistan of “senior” Al Qaeda leader, Abu Laith al-Libi, have any tangible effects on the “war on terror”? Considering the headline news coverage, one might assume so. In fact, whenever any major Al Qaeda operative or leader is slain, the media is abuzz with it, implying that […]
Posted in Afghanistan, Intelligence, Qaeda on Dec 31st, 2007 Comments Off on Charlie Wilson’s War: fairy tale comedy
From a member (A MESH member who prefers to remain anonymous submits the following comment on the film Charlie Wilson’s War.) This is a movie made by a highly sophisticated political and artistic mind, someone—the director—who knows all the arguments and charges and nuances of what this important episode has come to mean to various […]
Posted in Afghanistan, Martin Kramer, Pakistan, Qaeda, Terrorism on Dec 30th, 2007 Comments Off on Bhutto’s murder: prelude to…
From Martin Kramer An editorial in the Wall Street Journal on Friday, entitled “Target: Pakistan,” mourned Benazir Bhutto, whom it described as “the highest profile scalp the jihadists can claim since their assassination of Egypt’s Anwar Sadat in 1981.” The editorial then offered this analysis: With the jihadists losing in Iraq and having a hard […]
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