by Charles Cameron | May 19, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — bemused again, “jihad” (the word) in the news, “big data” too, plus Google expecting Mahdi ] . I suppose I should be glad — or should I? — that the word jihad is now in the news. It’s about time....
by Charles Cameron | May 3, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — I got the announcement via Cole Bunzel, and Kévin Jackson kindly informed me that Dr Fadl is currently free ] . Dr Fadl‘s announcement, in Arabic, is here — I had to use Google Translate, which wouldn’t pass a Turing...
by Noah Shachtman | Feb 8, 2013 | Monitor
Former intelligence officers believe this remote airstrip in Saudi Arabia is a secret U.S. airfield, used to launch attacks on militants in Yemen.
by Kim Zetter | Nov 12, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, presides over a reenlistment and awards ceremony while visiting Soldiers of Task Force Mountain Warrior. Photo: U.S. Army Spc. Albert L. Kelley, 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment Every year...
by Noah Shachtman | Oct 10, 2012 | Monitor
A model of Osama bin Laden’s compound, found on Bing. Photo: Microsoft A top-secret base in Taiwan, revealed on Apple Maps. The Navy SEALs’ rehearsal site for the Osama bin Laden raid, found on Bing. Once again, commercial satellites have snapped images of...
