The Taliban: local or international threat (IV)
The issue of whether the Taliban are insurgents with strictly local grievances or an Islamist movement with international...
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How Fowler’s freedom was bought: letting other countries do our dirty work
I’ve just spoken with a source who is familiar with the negotiations that took place for the release of Canadian diplomats...
Germany and Switzerland paid ransom for kidnapped Canadians: Algerian security source
I have an article in tomorrow’s print edition of Maclean’s about al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the Islamist group that held...
Source: Germany and Switzerland paid ransom for kidnapped Canadian diplomats
Senior Algerian security official says US$8 million ransom helped spring Robert Fowler and Louis Guay
Sticking with the Tigers
The Canadian Tamil Congress held a press conference today to demand that the Canadian government “take immediate and strong...
Harsh new Afghan law linked to Iran
Some senior clerics are more hard-line than the people
The Taliban: local or international threat (III)
I believe the latter. See here and here . John Mueller disagrees : "Multiple sources, including Lawrence Wright’s book The Looming...
How to beat an insurgency by killing fewer people (II)
My colleague Andrew Potter blogged a few weeks ago about Thomas Ricks’ new book, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the...
Why isn’t Maher Arar welcome in the United States?
Computer engineer is still considered a security threat south of the border
Edging in from the cold?
The U.S. is making overtures to Syria—hoping to isolate Iran