NOSI - Naval Open Source Intelligence: Terrorism

Terrorism - Jihadi Suicide Bombers: The New Wave

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:01:37 GMT

New York Review of Books - Ahmed Rashid reviews the current state of the jihad against the West.

Terrorism - The Myth of Grass-Roots Terrorism: Why Osama bin Laden Still Matters

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 07:44:49 GMT

Foreign Affairs - Marc Sageman claims that al Qaeda's leadership is finished and today's terrorist threat comes primarily from below. But the terrorist elites are alive and well, and ignoring the threat they pose will have disastrous consequences.

Terrorism - Azzam the American

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 10:31:35 GMT

New Yorker - The making of an Al Qaeda homegrown.

Terrorism - Losing the War on Terror

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:19:21 GMT

Washington Post - Ahmed Rashid shows how in the five years since Sept. 11, the tactics and strategy of Islamic extremists fighting U.S. or NATO forces have improved dramatically. To a degree they could not approach five years ago, the extremists are successfully facing off against the overwhelming technological apparatus that modern armies can bring to bear against guerrillas. Islamic extremists are winning the war by not losing, and they are steadily expanding to create new battlefronts.

Terrorism - Bin Laden Trail 'Stone Cold'

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:49:45 GMT

Washington Post - The status of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden.

Terrorism - The World After 9/11

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 10:35:01 GMT

New Yorker - An interesting roundtable discussion on the war on terror, and whether America is stronger now.

Terrorism - Is There Still a Terrorist Threat?

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 20:11:44 GMT

Foreign Affairs - Despite all the ominous warnings of wily terrorists and imminent attacks, there has been neither a successful strike nor a close call in the United States since 9/11. The reasonable -- but rarely heard -- explanation is that there are no terrorists within the United States, and few have the means or the inclination to strike from abroad.

Terrorism - We're Not Winning This War

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 08:41:26 GMT

Washington Post - Former Navy Secretary and 9/11 Commission member John Lehman reviews the progress of the Long War to date...

Terrorism - After Londonistan

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 08:47:03 GMT

New York Times Magazine - In the year since the July 7 bus and subway terror attacks, Tony Blair’s government has tried a combination of hard power (expanding the role of the police) and soft power (reaching out to local Muslim leaders) to prevent a next time. But the more that officials learn, the scarier things seem.

Terrorism - Letter From Jedda - Young Osama

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:13:06 GMT

New Yorker - Osama bin Laden’s first lessons in jihad.

Terrorism - Making Sense of a Sea of Information

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 12:12:29 GMT

Washington Post - Last week, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency requested proposals for a new research effort to make sense out of the sea of information. The new PANDA project (for Predictive Analysis for Naval Deployment Activities) seeks to develop a warning system that will automatically evaluate the behavior of maritime vessels worldwide to detect possible terrorist (or criminal) activity.

Terrorism - Taking Stock of the Forever War

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:25:03 GMT

New York Times Magazine - A terrorist leader four years ago, Osama bin Laden is now an ideology as well — and a viral movement.Terrorist attacks worldwide are on the rise. Iraq could well end up a "failed" state. Maybe it's time to stop fighting on their terms.

Terrorism - Lost at Tora Bora

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:23:29 GMT

New York Times Magazine - In December 2001, Osama bin Laden was cornered in a mountainous region along the Afghan-Pakistani border. Why wasn't he captured? And why can't he be apprehended now?

Terrorism - Here's a challenge: link the al-Qaeda bombs to poverty and global warming

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:10:07 GMT

Daily Telegraph - Historian Niall Ferguson nicely maps out the connections between terrorism, aid to Africa, global warming, and this week's G8 Summit.

Terrorism - In Gitmo

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 10 Jul 2005 09:07:14 GMT

New Yorker - A look at the treatment of detainees at Guantanamo.

Terrorism - Attacks Bear Earmarks Of Evolving Al Qaeda

Michael D'Alessandro — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 10:38:09 GMT

Washington Post - A look at what Al Qaeda is morphing into, and how that new form relates to yesterdays terror attacks in London.

Terrorism - Help From France Key In Covert Operations

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 03 Jul 2005 11:24:55 GMT

Washington Post - France and the US are fighting terror together, much more closely than generally believed -- Funded largely by the CIA, France's Alliance Base analyzes transnational movement of suspects and develops operations to catch them.

Terrorism - Outsourcing Torture

Michael D'Alessandro — Wed, 23 Feb 2005 11:56:55 GMT

New Yorker - The secret history of America's "extraordinary rendition" program.

An interview with the author: New Yorker - Torture by Proxy.

Terrorism - Al Qaeda's New Front

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:26:08 GMT

Frontline - An investigation into the threat radical jihadists pose to Western Europe and its allies - including the U.S. Read the Transcript, and the Interviews, Special Reports, and essay on Al Qaeda Today.

Terrorism - Magnum Force

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 03 Feb 2005 11:42:54 GMT

Wired - Thomas P.M. Barnett on what Dirty Harry can teach the new Geneva conventions.

Terrorism - Iraq War is Breeding a New Generation of Professional Terrorists

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:43:30 GMT

Guardian - The chaos of Iraq is giving rise to a new generation of "professional" terrorists who will eventually replace al-Qaida as a global threat, according to a report by the National Intelligence Council. The report warns that the US faces an increasing risk of an attack involving biological agents.

More from the Washington Times - Inside the Ring

Terrorism - The Long Hunt for Osama

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:45:39 GMT

The Atlantic - Where has he been? How did we ever let him get away? Peter Bergen is one of the few Western journalists ever to have met Osama bin Laden and he traces the al-Qaeda leader's footsteps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and describes the sometimes hapless American pursuit.

Part 2 of the article.

Terrorism - Bin Laden bought ship ‘for terror’

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 18 Oct 2004 11:39:06 GMT

The Times - Al Qaeda continues to acquire a fleet.

Terrorism - Bin Laden's Vision Becoming Reality

Michael D'Alessandro — Fri, 17 Sep 2004 10:23:44 GMT

Defense and the National Interest - An interesting evaluation of the current state of the war on terrorism.

Terrorism - Terrorizing Schools

Michael D'Alessandro — Tue, 14 Sep 2004 18:25:14 GMT

New York Post - Ralph Peters points out that "The terrorist assault on civilization and modernity has many aspects, from barbarism toward women to bombings and massacres. But no dimension of the struggle is more important than the Islamist war against secular education. All other progress flows from knowledge. And the terrorists know it. "

Terrorism - Pakistan, US take on the madrassahs

Michael D'Alessandro — Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:47:15 GMT

Christian Science Monitor - The madrasas are the nurseries of radical Islam. Are the US and Pakistan doing enough to reform them?

Terrorism - The 9/11 Commission Report: Reorganization, Not Reform

Michael D'Alessandro — Mon, 02 Aug 2004 09:39:09 GMT

Defense and the National Interest - William Lind comments on the 9/11 Commission Report.

Terrorism - The Terror Web

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 01 Aug 2004 08:46:40 GMT

New Yorker - Were the Madrid bombings part of a new, far-reaching jihad being plotted on the Internet? An excellent look into what Al-Qaeda is morphing into...

Terrorism -The War on Terrorism: The Big Picture

Michael D'Alessandro — Sun, 25 Jul 2004 09:52:01 GMT

Parameters - What is the strategy the US is using to prosecute the War on Terror?