by Leah Farrall, Australia | May 31, 2012 | Monitor
For those interested in AQAP goings on and US strategy may I suggest reading Gregory Johnsen’s thoughts here, as submitted for Frontline’s Q&A as part of its AQAP documentary. Following on from this is an excerpt from an interesting piece by Sarah...
by JARRET BRACHMAN | May 30, 2012 | Monitor
Money quote from 4:09 AG Eric Holder: “I don’t want to say anything negative about a religion.” Erick Stakelback: “Pretty bad, right? Embarrassing. Pathetic. Misleading. All of the above. But it gets worse. Oh it does…” Really,...
by Matt Armstrong | May 29, 2012 | Monitor
The current debate on the Smith-Mundt Modernization Act is filled with misinformation about the history of Smith-Mundt, some of it verging on blatant propaganda, making the overall discussion rich in irony. In 1947, the bipartisan and bicameral Congressional committee...
by Marc Lynch | May 28, 2012 | Monitor
Given the turbulent path of Egypt’s post-revolutionary transition, it somehow seems only right that last week’s first round of the Presidential election managed to produce the worst of all the possible run-off combinations: the Muslim Brotherhood’s...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | May 27, 2012 | Monitor
Zawahiri Describes the Afghan Camp ComplexIn Chapter 4 Section 4 of the 2d edition of his spiritual autobiography, Knights Under the Banner of the Prophet, Ayman al-Zawahiri describes the training camp complex that had developed throughout Afghanistan during the chaos...
