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Dr. Walid Phares, Jihadism and Terrorism Expert for the U.S. Department of Justice, Senior Fellow with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He has produced a master video presentation for US security agencies on "Profile of the Terrorists," is a Terrorism Analyst with NBC-MSNBC, and appears on Fox News, CNN, BBC, al Hurra, al Jazeera and other networks around the world. Dr. Phares is the author of eight books on Middle East Conflicts and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, DC.
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Fort Hood: The Largest ‘Terror Act’ Since 9/11
Taliban’s War on Pakistan: Lessons to Learn, Options to Pursue
Nobel Committee Pulls Oil Plug on Democracy: A Prize to Drop the Underdogs?
Warning: The Jihadists are Mushrooming Inside America
Message to the UN – Defend Democracy, Not Dictators
Trans-Atlantic Legislators Gather to Discuss Jihadist Terrorism
Bin Laden to U.S.: ‘Drop Israel, Let's Talk’
9/11: Seven Years of War, One Year of Retreat
Beslan: Jihad Against Children Must Trigger Global Response
Lockerbie: Compassion for Petrodollars?
Gaza: Big Jihad vs. Little Jihad
Is ‘Petro Jihad’ Behind Western Abandoning of Iran’s Uprising?
Early Assessment of the Elimination of Taliban Commander Mehsud
Australia: Jihad ‘Down Under’?
Nigerian Taliban: Oil and Caliphate in Africa
North Carolina: Meet Taqiyya Jihad
U.S. Should Encourage Democracy in Africa, Counter the Wahhabis
Obama Must Decry African Genocide
Iraqi Success Will Depend on Next U.S. Strategy
Iran’s Elections: A National Show Designed to Delay Democracy
Cedars Revolution Defeats Hezbollah in Election – Putting March 14 to the Test
15 Hard Questions about Obama’s Cairo Speech
Little Rock’s ‘Lone’ Jihadist: How Alone Is He?
First Jihadi Cell of 2009 Busted In the United States – What Does It Mean?
Countering Jihadi Strategies in the Sub Continent
The Taliban’s “AfPak” Strategy: A Jihadi Preemptive War
Jihadi Pirates on High Seas: What's the Driving Force Behind Them?
Britain's Double Vision of Hezbollah?
Obama’s Message to Iran: Is the Regime Interested?
Jihadi Penetration of Pakistan’s Armed Forces is of Central Concern to Any New U.S. Strategy
Exclusive: The Myth of the Two Talibans
Iraq Withdrawal Can Only Work With Pressure on Iran and Syria
Jihad against Love: Valentine's Day Enflames the Middle East
Iran's New Satellites: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in Space
Iraq’s Elections: Pointing the Way to the Future or a Return to Oppression?
Guantanamo’s Manipulators Leading the New Jihad
Middle East Challenges to the Obama Administration: The Forthcoming Crises
Bin Laden: Gaza is one of the many fronts of ‘World Jihad’
Bush Will Be Vindicated in the War on Terror
A Plan for Gaza: Demilitarization and Internationalization
Strategic Reading in the Gaza Conflict: An Eight Point Assessment
Shadow of Iran Looms Large Over Gaza
Are WMD Strikes "Highly Likely” or “Less Likely” Over the Next Five Years?
The OIC: A Modern Inquisition?
Exclusive: Who Was Behind the Jihad by the Shoe – and Why?
A Belgian Victory over al Qaeda: More Lessons To Be Learned
Guantanamo’s Jihad: The Show Begins…
After Mumbai: The Terror Attacks Will Be Worse
Are We at War or Prosecuting Criminals?
Video: Discussing al Qaeda and the New Administration
Al Qaeda’s Message: We Will Not Stop Waging Jihad with Obama in the White House
Exclusive: Comments on First Unofficial Obama Positions on New War Strategies
Al Qaeda-Iraq's Message to the New ‘Ruler of the White House’
Exclusive: EMP – The Next Iranian Strategic Threat to U.S. Mainland?
Hezbollah Believes Obama Administration ‘Better’ for Them
Exclusive: Last Advice Before Election Day: Vote for National Survival
Al Qaeda's Propaganda Aims to Affect US Election and Future Strategies
OPEC Regimes: the "Change They Need" in U.S. Foreign Policy
The OPEC War against American Energy Independence (Part Two)
Is There A Foreign Force Waging War Against the US Economy? (Part One)
Let the Dissidents Challenge the Jihadists
Jihadis’ Hellish Message to Pakistan
Hezbollah and Sudan's Salafi Regime Converge
Exclusive: The Inevitability of 9/11
Europe Must Realize: Jihadism is an Ideology - Not Just a Theology
Focus on Jihad: Hezbollah Signs Pact with Salafis
China discovers al Qaeda in its backyard
Exclusive: How the Jihadi Propaganda Machine Will Win the Guantanamo Trials
How to Measure al Qaeda’s Defeat
Osama's Message: Good Jihadists v. Bad Jihadists