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Osama bin Laden

The Zawahiri Era

Meet Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian doctor-turned-jihadist-mastermind—and the new head of al-Qaeda. He will out-terrorize his predecessor. Prepare for the new age of jihad.

Foreign-Policy Failure

Obama’s foreign-policy decisions—from provoking Islamabad to two-timing Beijing to alienating Moscow—lack the strategic long-term thinking the U.S. needs. Hypocrisy and incoherence rule.

Unintelligent Design

In the wake of the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, Americans cried out for catharsis. The 9/11 Commission delivered. What we are left with is an ill-conceived bureacracy in the guise of reform.

American Jihad

Al-Qaeda has accomplished the unthinkable: establishing an embryonic recruitment, radicalization and operational capacity on our shores. Our current strategy risks another 9/11.

Rogue Operators

Think that state sponsors of terror are pulling all the strings? Think again. Countries like Iran and Syria may play a big role in the terrorism underworld, but they’re quickly losing control over rogues that bite the hands that once fed them.

Could It Happen Again?

Given the scale of the damage caused to the United States, the 9/11 attacks neither required much money to execute, nor did they take a large number of plotters.

Commentary

How Susan Rice Bungled Sudan

The new national-security adviser has a long history of poor judgment in east Africa.

The Al Qaeda Cancer

A limited treatment is sometimes better medicine.

Assessing the Al-Qaeda Threat in Syria

The terrorist group's presence in Syria is likely small, but that doesn't make it less deadly.

Blogs

The Limitless Global War

The myth of a coherent "Al Qaeda" is being used to justify illegal, unconstitutional warfare.

The Bin Laden Anniversary

By continuing to dwell on the man a year after his death, we are still serving Bin Laden's nefarious purposes.

Number Three is Now Number Two

Counterterrorists are after al-Qaeda scalps—and doing more harm than good.

Books & Reviews

Al Qaeda Rises in Yemen's Chaos

How the deadly offshoot of the infamous terror group got its start.

A War, or Un-War?

Experts Peña and Pham square off on Iraq.

T for Terrorist

Hollywood romanticizes terror - Nir Rosen exposes it.

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June 19, 2013