Entries by AIFD

9/12/13 Egypt tanks cross fence leading to Gaza

Source: Fox News GAZA CITY (AFP) –  Two Egyptian army tanks crossed an initial border fence leading to Gaza for the first time on Thursday, witnesses said, but did not enter the Palestinian territory itself. Gaza’s Hamas rulers neither confirmed nor denied the incursion, but said no Egyptian tanks had entered the besieged Strip. The […]

7/23/13 Al Qaeda growing, but less focused on US, study finds

Source:  The Christian Science Monitor The number of Al Qaeda affiliates has expanded, as have their geographic scope, but the terror network has become more diffuse and decentralized, the RAND study found. Al Qaeda not only remains a threat to the United States, but its capabilities and scope are expanding, a new analysis from a respected think […]

09/11/13 WEA-RLC Research & Analysis Report: Religious Repression Carries on Unabated in Turkmenistan

Read the entire article on the World Evangelical Alliance site Turkmenistan has been one of the most repressive countries in the world for over two decades, as key international actors continue to sideline the issue of religious and other freedoms due to their thirst for cheap energy. This Muslim-majority Central Asian nation possesses the world’s […]

8/28/13 The West’s Denial at Fort Hood

Read the article at National Review Online We ignore Nidal Hasan’s trial — and continue to underrate the Islamist threat — at our peril. By M. Zuhdi Jasser & Seth Leibsohn The idea that America has been so successful in its war on terror that we have not been attacked since 9/11 is a lie. If the past […]