Tag: Al Qaeda

I hope Generals Dunford, Mattis, McMaster, and Kelly tell him as much. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s General Pershing vs. ISIS analogy is stupid

Tom Rogan · August 18, 2017 3:58 pm

An injured person is treated in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 after a white van jumped the sidewalk in the historic Las Ramblas district, crashing into a summer crowd of residents and tourists and injuring several people, police said. (AP Photo/Oriol Duran)

Beltway Confidential

The Barcelona attack isn’t the first in Spain. It needs to be the last

Philip Wegmann · August 17, 2017 5:06 pm

Al Qaeda is clearly doubling down on the Islamic State model of inspiring followers into attacks. (@JihadoScope/Twitter)

Beltway Confidential

Deciphering al Qaeda’s new rant: Gays are grotesque and trains are targets

Tom Rogan · August 16, 2017 9:00 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson walks with Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. On June 5, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain declared a full blockade of Qatar by land, sea, and air. They cited Qatar's alleged support for terrorism as justification. (Alexander W. Riedel/State Department via AP)

The world must take Qatar’s side against the blockade

Noor Ahmed AlKhori · August 10, 2017 4:01 am

Had certain terrorism plots come to fruition, hundreds, possibly thousands, of innocent people would have died. Unfortunately, that reality has been lost as most of the media laps the ACLU's claims at face value.

Beltway Confidential

The ACLU is suing two CIA contractors for saving American lives

Tom Rogan · August 8, 2017 9:33 pm

A Pentagon spokesman says a "lion's share" of the fighting is being done by Yemeni forces, backed by the UAE, and supported by the U.S. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)

National Security

US supporting Yemen offensive against al Qaeda

Jamie McIntyre · August 4, 2017 4:51 pm

Trump is right to demand a strategy that matches U.S. interests to strategic feasibility. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Trump is right to be angry about Afghanistan

Tom Rogan · August 3, 2017 4:13 pm

The State Department says authorization for use of military force (AUMF) provides 'sufficient authority' to fight ISIS. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)

National Security

State Department: AUMF provides ‘sufficient authority’ to fight ISIS

Joel Gehrke · August 2, 2017 6:49 pm

Leaving aside for the moment whether a terrorist-free Afghanistan is even possible, the suggestion that the U.S. will be safe from terrorism only if the U.S. and the Afghan government drive all terrorist groups out of the country is ludicrous. (AP Photos/Rahmat Gul)

Beltway Confidential

There’s nothing left for the US to win in Afghanistan

Daniel DePetris · August 2, 2017 5:51 pm

A U.S. drone strike in Somalia has targeted a key leader of the al-Shabab militant group, the Pentagon said. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

National Security

US airstrike kills Somalia fighter under new Trump authority

David Brown · July 31, 2017 1:03 pm

The president's decision will empower jihadism, Assad, Iran, and Russia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s short-sighted decision to stop supporting Syrian rebels

Tom Rogan · July 20, 2017 3:23 pm

Rep. Barbara Lee authored an amendment to the spending bill that would repeal the authorization of military force that passed in 2001 and give Congress eight months to debate and pass a successor bill. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

GOP leaders quietly remove language repealing post-9/11 military authorization from defense bill

Joel Gehrke · July 19, 2017 3:13 pm