GITMO IS OK
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 91 Current Event According to the New York Times on March 7, 2011 WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday reversed his two-year-old order halting new military charges against detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, permitting military trials to resume with revamped procedures but implicitly admitting the failure of his pledge [...]
PAI OP-ED: Yemen Becomes Terrorist Haven
Download OP-ED – Yemen: The Newest Front in the War on Terror or Read Article Online Pax Americana Institute Executive Director Drew Davis also serves on the commentary team for Capital Newspapers headquartered in Madison, WI. Capital News overseas the production of the Wisconsin State Journal, the Capital Times and the following publications: Baraboo News [...]
The Revival of Islamic Terror in Africa
On July 11th, Al Shabab, the Somalia-based terrorist organization, killed 76 people watching the World Cup in Uganda. Al Shabab is a growing threat to Somalia, neighboring countries and the United States. It began as an insurgency against the Somali government but has since grown into a dangerous organization which is now capable of attacks [...]
Continued Controversy Over Guantanamo Bay, Terrorists, and Tribunals
Late last week, one of the first terrorism suspects admitted to Guantanamo Bay reached a plea bargain with his military prosecutors, marking only the fourth conviction of a prisoner detained at the facility since 2002. Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi stood accused of serving as an accountant, supply chief, cook and bodyguard for al-Qaeda’s primary figure, [...]
Hezbollah in the West
Click here to read the published edition of this column in Capital Newspapers. By Drew Davis, Executive Director One month ago, the Department of Defense released a report in which intelligence officials said operatives from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps were cultivating terrorist networks in Latin America that “could be called upon to attack the [...]
Will Afghanistan Break the U.S.?
Will Afghanistan break U.S.? Read published op-ed online Afghanistan: the graveyard of empires is an historical epitaph. No occupying power has ever won in the country. The British tried three times to conquer the territory in the mid-1800s to contain the expansion of the Russian empire. After their third defeat, they abandoned such folly. The [...]
President Obama Soft on Illegal Immigration
Today, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed a state law granting local and state police the authority they need to crack down on rampant illegal immigration. President Obama wasted no time in taking the extraordinary, unusual step of sharply criticizing the state’s action, suggesting that it would “undermine basic notions of fairness” and discourage “trust” between [...]
Al-Qaeda in the Malay Archipelago: A Case Study of the July 2009 JW Marriott & Ritz-Carlton Bombings in Jakarta, Indonesia
The Case Study This case study examines the history of the Indonesian terrorist network al-Jemaah al-Islamiyah (JI) and its most deadly and violent splinter cell Tanzim Qaedat al-Jihad, particularly through the lens of the 17 July 2009 terrorist bombings of the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta. Focus is given the history of both [...]
YEMEN: A THREAT ASSESSMENT
Yemen has served as a safe-haven for Al Qa’ida Arabian Peninsula since 2001. As U.S. and Coalition Forces continue to drive insurgents out of Iraq and Afghanistan, terrorists are seeking refuge in the ungoverned, mountainous swaths of northwestern and eastern Yemen. The 30,000-strong U.S. troop surge will only expedite the transition of terrorists to places like Somalia, North Africa, and Yemen unless the United States and Yemen direct more resources to these dark corners. This threat assessment is a concise overview of the threats posed to the U.S. and U.S. interests in the region by terrorists in Yemen.
