by Daniel Pipes May 4, 2011 Cross-posted from National Review Online Although the execution of Osama bin Laden was mainly a symbolic and psychological act of counterterrorism, its most immediate consequence, ironically, affects U.S.-Pakistan relations. In response to Pakistani upset about their national sovereignty being trespassed, the Zardari government severely condemned what it called “an […]
(CNSNews.com) – Breaking his silence on Sunday’s U.S. Navy SEAL operation against Osama bin Laden, Pakistan army chief Gen. Ashfaq Kayani has warned the United States not to contemplate a similar mission in the future. Pakistan also wants the U.S. to reduce the strength of U.S. military personnel inside the country “to the minimum essential,” […]
Financial Times Loses Grip on Reality The so-called “Arab Spring”, the results of which are still not clear, have prompted many reassessments of the misleading yet previously accepted wisdom that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the fulcrum at the heart of the Middle East’s troubles. Even Yasmin Alibhai-Brown who has a long history of Israel bashing […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in London condemned the signing ceremony for the Fatah-Hamas reconciliation agreement in Cairo on Wednesday. “What happened today in Cairo is a tremendous blow to peace and a great victory for terrorism,” Netanyahu told reporters. “Three days ago terrorism was dealt a resounding defeat with the elimination of Bin Laden,” Netanyahu […]
by Daniel Pipes Moment Magazine May/June 2011 Moment Magazine asked: “In recent months, the Middle East has been set aflame by democratic uprisings, popular protests, brutal crackdowns, political upheaval and international military intervention, shattering conventional wisdom about the region. Israel—surrounded by a newly unstable Arab world and confronting a Palestinian march toward statehood—faces uncertainty on […]
When one of Osama bin Laden’s most trusted aides picked up the phone last year, he unknowingly led U.S. pursuers to the doorstep of his boss, the world’s most wanted terrorist. That phone call, recounted Monday by a U.S. official, ended a years-long search for bin Laden’s personal courier, the key break in a worldwide […]
While Americans were celebrating Osama Bin Laden’s death, forming cheering crowds near the White House and Manhattan’s Ground Zero, Islamic supporters of jihad both on the ground and on-line had a very different take on the terror leader’s death. An official of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that runs Gaza, condemned the killing, telling reporters […]
Abbottabad, Pakistan (AP) – Four helicopters swooped in early Monday and killed Osama bin Laden in a fiery American raid on his fortress-like compound in a Pakistani town that is home to three army regiments. His location raised pointed questions of whether Pakistani authorities knew the whereabouts of the world’s most wanted man. The al-Qaida […]
by Daniel Pipes May 1, 2011 updated May 2, 2011 Bin Laden was just a part of Al-Qaeda which is just a part of the Islamic terrorist effort which is just a part of the Islamist movement, so the announcement of his death tonight by the U.S. government makes little operational difference. The war on […]
Sunday night Obama went live from the Whitehouse confirming US troops had a shootout with Al-Qaeda troops in Pakistan after receiving intelligence that the 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden as well as other high level Al-Qaeda officials were known to be in a resort location within the country of Pakistan approximately 1 hour outside its […]
