Middle East
Kurdish Counterterrorism Group Works to Prevent Terrorism in Kurdistan and Iraq
March 11, 2010With an intelligence and military wing of over 1,000 people, the Sulaymaniyah-based Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) collects intelligence and carries out operations to prevent terrorists in Iraq from destabilizing the Kurdistan...
An Assessment of the Anatomy of al-Qaeda in Yemen: Ideological and Social Factors
March 4, 2010
Yemen has become one of the most important strongholds and safe havens for al-Qaeda. The impact of Yemen’s Salafi-Jihadist movement is no longer limited to that nation and its national security alone. The threat posed by...
Kata’ib Hezbollah and the Intricate Web of Iranian Military Involvement in Iraq
March 4, 2010
It is no secret that Iran’s influence runs deep in Iraq. Most Iraqi politicians with close ties to Iran, however, are wary of tarnishing their nationalist credentials by admitting that they prefer to cooperate with Iran rather...
From Yemen to Detroit: The Expanding Influence of AQAP’s Sa’id al-Shihri
March 1, 2010
In the Saudi state television broadcast of a recorded conversation which took place on August 27, 2009 between Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef and Abdullah Hassan Tali al-Assiri—moments before al-Assiri attempted to assassinate...
No Place Like Home: Iraq’s Refugee Crisis Threatens the Future of Iraq
February 26, 2010
The massive upheaval of Iraq’s population that has occurred since 2006 threatens the long-term stability of the country, regardless of short-term gains achieved through the political process or military surges. Symptomatic of a...
Key to Iraqi Stability Lies in Resolution of the Conflicting Interests of Kurds and Arabs
February 26, 2010
In his February 2, 2010 “Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community,” U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair predicts that Iraq will continue making progress, although “this forecast is dependent...
Who Speaks for the Shi’a of Iraq?
February 19, 2010
Iraq’s Shi’a Arabs, the demographic majority with an estimated 60-70% of the population, wield the most political influence in Iraq. But the Shi’a of Iraq are a diverse group, with major regional differences between the Shi’a of...
The People of Righteousness: Iraq’s Shi’a Insurgents Issue Demands for Hostages
February 12, 2010
The second man in the Iraqi Shi’a insurgent group Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (The People of Righteousness – AAH), Shaykh Akram al-Ka’abi recently gave his first interview to the mainstream pan-Arab media. Al-Ka’abi talked to the...
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