by William George | Mar 13, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads ISIS Leader Purportedly Accepts Boko Haram’s Pledge of Allegiance Hamdi Alkhshali, Steve Almasy / CNN In an audio message purportedly from an ISIS spokesman, the group announced that a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian-based Boko Haram has been accepted by...
by William George | Mar 12, 2015 | Monitor
Last month, affiliates of the terrorist group ISIS attacked key oil fields and pipelines in Libya. On February 4th the group attacked the al-Mabrook oil field, killing 12 people, and a February 14th bombing of a pipeline connecting the El Sarir field to the Hariga oil...
by William George | Mar 4, 2015 | Monitor
International News Coverage Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism In Congress, Netanyahu Faults ‘Bad Deal’ on Iran Nuclear Program Peter Baker/ The New York Times With dark warnings and a call to action, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel used one of...
by William George | Feb 27, 2015 | Monitor
International News Coverage Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism ‘Jihadi John’ Unmasking Raises Questions for British Security Forces Henry Ridgwell / Voice of America The identity of the masked man in several Islamic State videos showing the beheading of...
by William George | Feb 26, 2015 | Monitor
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015, the American Security Project hosted Dr. Seyom Brown in a discussion of President Obama’s national security policy. Dr. Brown sat down with ASP CEO BGen Stephen Cheney, USMC (Ret) and examined key questions regarding the current...