More on Sawa and Gutting the Voice of America I’ve been listening to Radio Sawa, and the situation is even worse than I thought. It […]

al-Qaeda in Holland Dutch prosecutors in Rotterdam said on Monday that they had arrested 8 persons who belong to a radical Islamic group that provided […]

Gutting VOA and Radio Sawa Some news reports from the Los Angeles Times and other newspapers this week have talked about the amazing success of […]

Explosions near Kabul Airport There were three explosions near Kabul airport on Saturday, according to the Turkish commander of the peace keeping forces in Afghanistan. […]

Combatting extremism in Yemen Asharq al-Awsat reports that Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Salih has formed a council of senior Muslim clergymen to preach to Yemen’s […]

al-Qaida Funding Two contradictory reports are out. Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal says that his government has blocked $90 mn. from going to al-Qaida […]

al-Qaida in Iran Iran has denied a Washington Post report that two senior al-Qaida figures are hiding out in far eastern Iran near the Afghan […]

Bin Ladin Back in Control? Al-Quds al-`Arabi, a London newspaper, is reporting that Bin Ladin is firmly back in control of al-Qa’ida and that the […]

No Security Council Resolution? The Los Angeles Times reported today that the Bush administration will likely not seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing war […]