
Latest Terrorism Monitor Articles
Terrorism and Violence in the Sudan: The Islamist Manipulation of Darfur, Part Two
This is the second of a two part series on Islamism and Terrorism in Darfur. The conflict in Darfur is closely tied to the War on Terrorism, largely because the influence of the U.S. to deter ethnic and political violence in the region has been... MORE
Understanding the Second Houthi Rebellion in Yemen
2004 witnessed a lengthy battle between Shabab al-Mu'minoon (Believing Youth), a Shi’a religious organization, and the Yemeni government. Believing Youth’s leader and inspirational figure, Hussein Badr ad-Deen al-Houthi, was killed in early September and his death marked the end of that conflict. The fighting, however,... MORE
Islamist Extremist Mobilization in Bangladesh
Bangladesh is increasingly recognized as the locus of a significant and expanding threat emanating from radicalized Islamist extremist mobilization and its systematic transformation into political and terrorist violence. Notwithstanding vociferous official denials, it has, for some time now, been an established staging post for terrorism... MORE
The Origins of Militancy and Salafism in Morocco
Moroccan militants have carried out a number of daring and devastating attacks in the last 24 months: from the train bombings in Madrid, to the murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh and the executions of more than 166 Moroccan civilians regarded as "bad Muslims".... MORE
Terrorism and Violence in the Sudan: The Islamist Manipulation of Darfur
The following article is the first in a two part series on Islamism and Terrorism in Darfur. The United States has made some strange alliances in the War on Terrorism, but none odder than its growing relationship with the ruling Islamists of Sudan. Once eager... MORE
The Ongoing Baluch Insurgency in Pakistan
On May 14, four bombs went off in Gwadar, a coastal town in Pakistan’s western province of Baluchistan, where around 500 Chinese engineers and workers are busy building a deep-sea port. [1] On May 3, 2003, a bomb blast at the same site killed three... MORE

The Future of Uzbekistan After Andijan
To assess the nature and likely development of terrorist threats to Uzbekistan in the wake of the Andijan massacre, we must determine what exactly happened there on May 12-13 and place this massacre – which may have taken as many as 1,000 lives – in... MORE
Al-Qaeda and WMD: A Primer
Al-Qaeda's peculiar constitution as an organization and its proven ability to plan and execute mega-terror attacks makes it the most likely candidate to pull off the world’s first serious terrorist attack involving weapons of mass destruction. [1] Al-Qaeda’s attempt to cause massive destruction would serve... MORE
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi: Sectarian Violence in Pakistan and Ties to International Terrorism
The following article is the second and final part of a series on sectarian organizations in Pakistan linked with international terrorism. The first part, Sipah-e-Sahaba: Fomenting Sectarian Violence in Pakistan, appeared in Terrorism Monitor Volume 3, Issue 2. In the dizzyingly diverse universe of Pakistani... MORE
Al-Qaeda and WMD: a Primer
Al-Qaeda's peculiar constitution as an organization and its proven ability to plan and execute mega-terror attacks makes it the most likely candidate to pull off the world’s first serious terrorist attack involving weapons of mass destruction. [1] Al-Qaeda’s attempt to cause massive destruction would serve... MORE