Lydia Khalil

Lydia Khalil recently returned from Iraq where she worked as governance policy advisor for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad. Prior to that, Lydia was appointed to the White House Office of Homeland Security. She has worked at home and abroad for the U.S. government, international organizations, private companies and think-tanks on a variety of Middle East political and terrorism issues.

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Strategic Implications for Northern Iraq’s Kurdish Oil Industry

11.26.2007 Lydia Khalil

Article 3, paragraph 3 of the Oil and Gas Law of the Kurdistan Region seems straightforward enough: “The Regional Government shall, together with the Federal...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Europe

Bin Laden’s Call to Unite Exposes al-Qaeda’s Strategic Blunders

10.31.2007 Lydia Khalil

Last week, several jihadi forums released an audio message from Osama bin Laden chastising the Iraqi mujahideen for their failure to unite to defeat their...

Publication Terrorism Focus Middle East

Foreign Fighters Face Obstacles Joining the Somali Jihad

07.25.2007 Lydia Khalil

After their defeat in December 2006, Somalia's Islamic Courts Union (ICU) vowed to launch an Iraqi style insurgency against the invading Ethiopian forces. Al-Qaeda leaders...

Publication Terrorism Focus Africa

The Hidden Hand of Iran in the Resurgence of Ansar al-Islam

06.07.2007 Lydia Khalil

Ansar al-Islam, an Islamic militant group based in the Kurdish mountains that briefly housed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was at the height of its power in...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East

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