...Anthony N. Celso The Barack Obama administration’s May 2013 assessment of al Qaeda’s weakness and fracturing in the post-bin Laden era has been greeted with indignation by both liberals and conservatives. They believe al Qaeda is stronger than ever in the wake of the Arab Spring. These critics...

...Gordon N. Bardos Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2002 Gordon N. Bardos is assistant director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University. Balkan Blowback? Osama bin Laden and Southeastern Europe Gordon N. Bardos Our enemy...

..., and in the wider Middle East, in particular. While it will likely never be announced as concluded, the Global War on Terror is effectively over, due to four separate but related reasons: the killing of Osama bin Laden, the perceived failure of counterinsurgency as an effective policy instrument, the significant...

...Anthony N. Celso The political transformations under way in the Arab world and the killing of Osama bin Laden raise serious questions about al Qaeda’s long-term viability. The secular-liberal Arab Spring protest movement appears to be winning the war of ideas over al Qaeda’s violent religious...

.... Reviewed by Vincent M. Cannistraro Imperial Hubris is an important work by the foremost intelligence analyst on al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden in the US government, who worked with distinction on the related topics of radical Islam and terrorism for several years. It is an antidote to the illusions...

... by Vincent M. Cannistraro Imperial Hubris is an important work by the foremost intelligence analyst on al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden in the US government, who worked with distinction on the related topics of radical Islam and terrorism for several years. It is an antidote to the illusions on which...

.... Reviewed by Vincent M. Cannistraro Imperial Hubris is an important work by the foremost intelligence analyst on al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden in the US government, who worked with distinction on the related topics of radical Islam and terrorism for several years. It is an antidote to the illusions...

..., composed of several well-trained and connected groups, which are directly or indirectly responsible to . . . Osama bin Laden.”1 The Balkans are home to over 6 million Muslims—making up 70 percent of Albania’s popula- tion, 40 percent of Bosnia-Herzegovina’s, 17 percent of Macedonia’s, and 19...

... in the Muslim world over the years. After a preface, the book is divided into four chapters, with a glossary at the end that is helpful to those who are unfamiliar with Islamic terminology. The first chapter discusses the making of a terrorist, Osama bin Laden. The second deals with the concept of jihad...

..., with a glossary at the end that is helpful to those who are unfamiliar with Islamic terminology. The first chapter discusses the making of a terrorist, Osama bin Laden. The second deals with the concept of jihad and the strug- gle for Islam, while the third examines the extreme groups whom Esposito calls...

... in the Muslim world over the years. After a preface, the book is divided into four chapters, with a glossary at the end that is helpful to those who are unfamiliar with Islamic terminology. The first chapter discusses the making of a terrorist, Osama bin Laden. The second deals with the concept of jihad...

... Environment: Preemptive War and International Terrorism after Iraq Vincent M. Cannistraro The terrorist assault against the United States by Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda organization in September 2001 provided the propulsive force for a series...

... at www.cis.org/articles/2002/Paper21/terrorism.html. 10. “Al Qaeda inc.” refers to al Qaeda and organizations affi liated or working with al Qaeda. These organizations often work with al Qaeda on an ad hoc basis and possess no permanent links or con- nections to bin Laden et al. Al Qaeda is not a centralized...

... declaration of evil intent came in the form of a 1998 religious fatwa issued by Osama bin Laden, head of the al Qaeda network. The fatwa called for a jihadist campaign against Washington and its Zionist ally. There was little anticipation by the U.S. government, however...

... 60 percent as well as renewed public support of the U.S. effort in Iraq. But with the euphoria of capturing Saddam (and the “bin Laden next” fever that accompanied it) fading after the new year, the reality in Iraq has set in again; the problems and future prospects after Hussein’s capture...

... in an assassination attempt against Osama bin Laden, who was not present. There was also the more doubtful bombing of a pharmaceutical plant in Khartoum that was allegedly associated with al Qaeda. Although Richard Clarke, Clinton’s counterterrorism chief at the National Security Council, believed...

... Laden and his associates for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings, stated that “at various times from or about 1992 until in or about 1993, the defendant Osama bin Laden, working together with members of the Fatwah (Islamic ruling) committee of al Qaeda, disseminated...

...- clude that those contacts were sporadic and mostly low level. It was notable that Saddam’s regime apparently rebuffed Osama bin Laden’s request for space to establish training camps as well as assistance in acquiring weap- ons.3 The members of the commission concluded that “reports describe...

... where one can hardly envisage much change in direction: Rus- sia, Georgia, and Ukraine; the Balkans; Iran (despite calls for more direct contacts); and Afghanistan (despite renewed determination “to hunt down” Osama bin Laden). The issue of Russia looms large for both realists (in and outside...

.... With respect to stability and oil, we quickly noted that fifteen of the nineteen terrorists involved in executing the attacks in the United States were Saudis; that Osama bin Laden himself was a Saudi; that Saudi charities support al Qaeda; and that various madrassas that school terrorists are supported...