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Editor's Note: Helping other countries' militaries and intelligence services is a vital part of whatever we're calling the war on terrorism these days. These programs, however, are often seen as one of t...
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Don't look now, but something's happening in the Guantanamo litigation.
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Editor's Note: This piece originally appeared on Markaz.
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Editor's Note: There is a popular misconception that the serious study of Islam is a step on the road toward radicalization and terrorism. Christine Fair, Jacob Goldstein, and Ali Hamza (all of whom I'm...
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In September 2014 the Obama Administration announced its Counter-ISIL strategy, aimed to “degrade and ultimately destroy ISIL… so that it’s no longer a threat to Iraq, the region, the United States, and ...
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Since 9/11, the United States has furnished Pakistan with some $33 billion dollars in economics assistance, foreign military sales, and lucrative “reimbursements” under the coalition support funds (CSF) ...
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Editor's Note: Despite its successful terrorist attacks in Europe, the Islamic State is being hit hard in Iraq. Indeed, Iraqi forces and their U.S. and coalition allies are gearing up to retake Mosul, Ir...
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On March 30, President François Hollande announced that he was abandoning a constitutional amendment that would have enshrined state of emergency powers and stripped French citizenship from convicted ter...
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The Supreme Court of Israel continues to restrain the Israeli government’s use of home demolitions for counterterrorism purposes. In two new decisions the Court annulled orders to demolish or seal the ho...
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Hot on the heels of another transfer of Guantanamo Bay detainees—this time to Senagal—and amid news that nine more detainees are likely to be transferred in the next two weeks, Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH...
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The New York Times' Charlie Savage reports that the United States military transferred two Libyan detainees to Senegal on Monday. The two men, Omar Khalifa Mohammed Abu Bakr and Salem Abdul Salem Ghereby...
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Army Col. James Pohl, the military judge presiding over the 9/11 military commissions trial at Guantanamo Bay, abruptly canceled this week's hearings on Friday, April 1st. (Insert obligatory no April Foo...