What Inspire Says about Stabbing Operations 23 May 2013 | 08:17 pm

The recent stabbing attack in Woolwich prompted me to think a bit more critically about this tactic, which we’ve seen at least several times before this with Muhammad Bouyeri and

Reverse Engineering Al-Zawahiri’s New Statement – Part 1 10 Apr 2013 | 02:21 am

Over the weekend, Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri released a new audio statement titled, “Unifying the Word Toward the Word of Monotheism.”  I have long argued that al-Zawahiri statements are ideally constructe...

Welcome 13 Feb 2013 | 01:37 am

Welcome to my homepage.  Here you can find links to my previous publications, updates on my current research efforts or you can contact me directly for speaking or training opportunities.

Ibrahim al-Asiri: AQAP’s Colonel Sanders?? 2 Jul 2012 | 12:54 am

I just stumbled over a punchy little piece of punditry from Brother Bakhsruf posted last month in the Ansar al-Muj forum. His observations about the way in which the U.S. has painted Ibrahim al-Asiri ...

The “Malfeasance” of ‘Counter-Jihad/Creeping Shariah’ Trainers 26 Jun 2012 | 10:36 am

I just received a fundraising email from the The Board of Directors of the Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), which includes Frank Gaffney, Hon. Joseph Schmitz, Morgan Wright. For those of you who don’...

In a Nutshell: Abu Yahya’s Death 6 Jun 2012 | 08:00 pm

I was driving to my office on Monday morning and I came across an accident that had just happened.  A motorcyclist thought he could scoot around a massive flatbed tractor trailer hauling a large piece...

While We Wait for Official Confirmation… 5 Jun 2012 | 11:08 pm

Abu Yahya al-Libi is (Possibly) Dead 5 Jun 2012 | 04:53 am

If true, a cataclysmic blow to the future of al-Qaida’s General Command.  For my money, there’s no recovering from this one.  Once Zawahiri is dead, game over for the senior leadership.  For more, I r...

Stakelbeck on Terror? More like Stakelbad on Terror 30 May 2012 | 09:39 pm

Money quote from 4:09 AG Eric Holder: “I don’t want to say anything negative about a religion.” Erick Stakelback: “Pretty bad, right?  Embarrassing. Pathetic.  Misleading. All of the above. But it get...

On the Language of Counterterrorism 24 May 2012 | 02:33 am

The Heritage Foundation is co-sponsoring an event tomorrow featuring Patrick Sookhdeo titled “Fighting the Ideological War: Lessons from the United Kingdom and the United States.”  According to the ev...