Walid Phares

Director of the Future of Terrorism Project, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies'

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Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and Director of its Future of Terrorism project; instructor in Global Strategies at National Defense University in Washington DC; author of Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies against the West, The War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracies, and The Confrontation: Winning the war against Future Jihad

Walid Phares on KCRW

Are American Muslims being radicalized?  Is any substantial number likely to go overseas for training and then return to commit terrorist actions on American soil?

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Are American Muslims being radicalized?  Is any substantial number likely to go overseas for training and then return to commit terrorist actions on American soil?

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A series of recent incidents led Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to warn that “home-based terrorism” is a threat the US “must confront.”

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A series of recent incidents led Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to warn that “home-based terrorism” is a threat the US “must confront.”

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In 2001, Scottish judges  convicted Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi  and sentenced him to a minimum of 27 years for planting the bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people in…

Convicted Bomber Released but Lockerbie Case Far from Over

In 2001, Scottish judges convicted Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi and sentenced him to a minimum of 27 years for planting the bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 that killed 270 people in…

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