by The Long War Journal | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
Ansar al Sharia Tunisia has honored two deceased senior al Qaeda leaders on its Facebook page this week. The first is Said al Shihri, an ex-Guantanamo detainee who cofounded al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and served as the group’s deputy emir, or...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — enforcement of moral codes in the UK, US, Israel and KSA, unofficial and official, worsening, continuing and improving, quite the smörgåsbord ] . . Moral vigilantism appears to be on the rise in parts of London, according to this...
by Theodore MacDonald | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
On January 29 the Information Technology and Innovative Foundation, along with the Breakthrough Institute, hosted an event entitled Energy Innovation 2013. The purpose of the event was to present the current state of clean energy, specifically solar, wind, nuclear,...
by LÃvia Pontes Fialho | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
For some time now, Brazil has been enjoying a wave of good publicity across the globe. Seen as one of the next major economic players along with its BRICS partners (Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa), its economic and social advances have made it a...
by The Long War Journal | Jan 30, 2013 | Monitor
View Larger Map The Al Nusrah Front for the People of the Levant, al Qaeda in Iraq’s affiliate in Syria, has imposed sharia, or Islamic Law, in a town in eastern Syria that is close to the Iraqi border. The area has served as a jihadist haven in the past....
