Terrorism

The LWOT: Government approves military custody for terrorist suspects

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 16, 2011

The Bioterrorist Next Door

Man-made killer bird flu is here.  Can -- should -- governments try to stop it?

BY LAURIE GARRETT | DECEMBER 15, 2011

Is Foreign Policy Obama's Safe Zone?

Not among Republicans.

BY SCOTT CLEMENT | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: Senate, House edit detainee provision in defense bill

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 14, 2011

The LWOT: AP report describes secret CIA prison in Romania

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 9, 2011

The LWOT: U.N. tightens sanctions on Eritrea

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 6, 2011

The LWOT: Senate votes to keep detainee provisions

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | DECEMBER 2, 2011

The Idiot Jihadist Next Door

We can now add Jose Pimentel to the list of homegrown U.S. terrorist wannabes. But just how real is the threat?

BY LOUIS KLAREVAS | DECEMBER 1, 2011

The General's Luck Runs Out

Does the killing of the notorious guerrilla leader Kishenji mean the end of India's four-decade Maoist insurgency, or the beginning of its next chapter?

BY JASON MIKLIAN | NOVEMBER 30, 2011

The LWOT: NYC "al-Qaeda sympathizer" faces terrorism charges

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 22, 2011

The LWOT: Norway's anti-terrorism laws tested in conspiracy case

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The LWOT: Alleged Cole bomb planner arraigned at Gitmo

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The LWOT: Georgia men charged with bioterrorism plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | NOVEMBER 4, 2011

The LWOT: Kenyan receives life sentence for grenade attack, al-Shabaab membership

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 28, 2011

The LWOT: Basque separatist group renounces violence

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 21, 2011

Pakistan's Alternate Universe

What possible motive does Islamabad have for supporting Afghanistan's bloody insurgency?

BY JOHN R. SCHMIDT | OCTOBER 18, 2011

The LWOT: U.S. accuses Iranians of assassination plot

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 14, 2011

The Jihad Deficit

Terrorism scholar Daveed Gartenstein-Ross says Charles Kurzman is underestimating the threat al Qaeda will pose in the coming decade.

NOVEMBER 2011

The LWOT: Government kill list approved by secret committee - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | OCTOBER 7, 2011

The Price of Failure

How much has the collapse of Somalia cost the world? $55 billion -- and here's where it went.

BY JOHN NORRIS, BRONWYN BRUTON | OCTOBER 5, 2011

More Than a Feeling

Anwar al-Awlaki's killing is more than just a blow to al Qaeda -- it's a real victory for American security.

BY DANIEL BYMAN | SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Gone But Not Forgotten

Anwar al-Awlaki might be dead, but his legacy of hatred and radicalism will live on.

BY J.M. BERGER | SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The LWOT: Anwar al-Awlaki reported killed in Yemen

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND | SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

The Gloves Come Off

Washington's talking tough to Pakistan about the Haqqanis. But does it have enough leverage to walk the walk?

BY DANIEL S. MARKEY | SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The LWOT: NYPD Watched Moroccan Immigrants - Report

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

The LWOT: Key al-Qaeda figure reported killed in Pakistan

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BY JENNIFER ROWLAND AND ANDREW LEBOVICH | SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Unilaterally Assured Destruction

If it's possible to deter terrorist attacks, why hasn't the United States adopted this strategy as a core principle of the war on terror?

BY BARRY PAVEL, MATTHEW KROENIG | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

9/11 from Arab Shores

Ten years after the World Trade Center attacks, is 9/11 still a seminal moment or a historical footnote for the Middle East?

BY BORZOU DARAGAHI | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Human Time Bombs

Before the 9/11 pilots were suicide terrorists, they were just suicidal.

BY ADAM LANKFORD | SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Reading Shakespeare in Kandahar

The United States has won some measure of revenge in the 10 years since 9/11. But as in Shakespeare's bloodthirsty play Titus Andronicus, has the cost been too great?

BY NICK SCHIFRIN | SEPTEMBER 8, 2011