Report Showed 18.8% of Insurgent Fighters in Iraq Were From East Libya
In December 2007, the Combating Terror Center at West Point released analysis of a report that examined the places insurgent fighters in Iraq were coming from. The report, which was limited to the location of Sinjar, Iraq, a border city with Syria near Mosul, pointed out that 18.8% of foreign fighters were from Libya. More [...]
Special Report: Iran’s Violations of International Law
Violations at a Glance This special report identifies 55 clear violations of international law by the Islamic Republic of Iran: hh Nuclear Program/Proliferation Violations: 18 8 IAEA Resolutions, 6 UNSC Resolutions, 4 Treaties/Agreements; hh Crimes Against Humanity: 30 21 UNSC Resolutions, 3 Treaties, 6 G.A. Resolutions; hh Human Rights: 7 7 All Treaties/Agreements; Each [...]
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Effects on National Security
The U.S. Senate’s repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy governing the service of homosexual men and women in the military has the potential to put the national security at risk. DADT reflected one priority: minimizing the risk to our nation’s military capabilities. The underpinnings of the law were carefully studied by Congress [...]
Should WikiLeaks Be Dubbed a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)?
The main benefit from declaring Wikileaks a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) would be restricting financial support to the organization. The primary effect of an FTO designation is to make illegal any material support for the organization by any US person or corporation; secondary effects include international corporations and organizations being aware of potential negative [...]
Human Factors Key in Afghanistan Campaign
This weekend American troops will launch a grand military campaign to take control over the Kandahar region from the Taliban insurgents. If successful, this will be a huge success in the campaign against the Taliban. They will be one giant step closer to stabilizing Afghanistan. While the outcome of all this fighting will be worth [...]
Preventing Another Cargo Bomb Attack
Two parcel bombs en route by air from Yemen to Chicago were recovered in Dubai and Britain on Friday. Investigators believe that al-Qaeda’s top explosives expert from the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, designed the two bombs. The adept construction and sophistication of the bombs revealed that Al-Qaeda’s Yemeni offshoot is improving its capabilities [...]
Iranian Sanctions Achieving Aims?
What exactly will it take to effectively force the suspension of Iran’s nuclear program? Years of sanctions from the United Nations and the U.S. government have yet to make any progress toward curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions. But America’s latest sanction has many international energy companies halting their Iranian business. The United States passed legislation in [...]
The Threat Posed by Shariah Law
A recent report issued by the Center for Security Policy, entitled Shariah: The Threat to America [full text is available through this link], goes into great detail about the real and potential threats that Shariah law (Islamic holy law) poses to the United States. The main thrust of the article is the incompatibility of Shariah [...]
The Bear and the Dragon Strengthen Economic Ties
It appears that the highly publicized stand-off between China and Japan over the detention of a Chinese boat captain is over. Both sides are requesting what they believe to be fair financial compensation, but for the most part their spat seems to have been quelled. A far more interesting and longer term issue is the [...]
Special Assessment: North Korean Nuclear Program
One issue that typically remains on the periphery of American minds is the potential threat and continuously demonstrated recklessness of Kim Jong-il’s dictatorship in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). In particular, due to the largely atypical and opaque nature of Kim’s regime, successfully acquiring accurate, current and reliable information regarding the exact state [...]
