Posted in Iran, Matthew Levitt on Nov 13th, 2009 Comments Off on Disrupting Iran’s weapons smuggling
From Matthew Levitt Even as the West seeks to engage Iran in negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program, Iran continues to arm rogue regimes and terrorist groups in blatant violation of UN Security Council Resolution 1747. Such aggressive behavior on the part of Iran in support of terrorist groups and rogue regimes highlights a critical shortcoming […]
Posted in Afghanistan, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Matthew Levitt, Philip Carl Salzman, Taliban on Oct 10th, 2009 2 Comments »
From Matthew Levitt The Washington Post reports that some in the administration see the Lebanese Hezbollah as a possible model for transformation of the Taliban. Describing the Taliban as a movement “deeply rooted” in Afghanistan, much like Hezbollah is in Lebanon, proponents of a Hezbollah model for the Taliban see a scenario in which the […]
Posted in Hamas, Joshua Muravchik, Matthew Levitt, Palestinians on Aug 11th, 2009 3 Comments »
From Matthew Levitt Hamas, which recently created a production company and released its first major film production glorifying the life of a master terrorist (view the Arabic trailer at the end of this post), has scored its first major public relations coup. In a new article on the website of Foreign Affairs, Michael Bröning (director […]
Posted in Hezbollah, Lebanon, Matthew Levitt, United Kingdom on Mar 22nd, 2009 Comments Off on Hezbollah: narco-Islamism
From Matthew Levitt Earlier this month, the United Kingdom announced that it is reopening dialogue with the political wing of Hezbollah. Unlike the United States, the United Kingdom has only banned Hezbollah’s terrorist (External Security Organization) and military wings. The ban on the terrorist wing came in 2000, while the ban on the military wing […]
Posted in Matthew Levitt, Palestinians, United Nations on Jan 30th, 2009 Comments Off on Broken aid system to Palestinians
From Matthew Levitt In the wake of the Gaza war, finding ways to provide much needed humanitarian support to the residents of Gaza—without inadvertently empowering Hamas—is of paramount concern. Unfortunately, problems remain with two of the primary vehicles the U.S. government intends to use to provide newly pledged aid, namely the United Nations Relief and […]
Posted in Hezbollah, Matthew Levitt, Terrorism on Jan 6th, 2009 Comments Off on Hiding terrorist activity
From Matthew Levitt Even under geographic siege and financial sanction, Hamas was still able to smuggle some 80 tons of explosives, roadside bombs and longer-range rockets into Gaza over the course of the past ceasefire. Were it not for that success, Hamas would not have been able to continue firing rockets at southern Israeli communities, […]
Posted in Matthew Levitt, Terrorism on Nov 11th, 2008 Comments Off on Terrorism’s money trail
From Matthew Levitt U.S. and international efforts to combat terrorist financing are a little understood—and often under-appreciated—aspect of the global counterterrorism campaign. With this in mind, soon after rejoining The Washington Institute after serving in the Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Michael Jacobson and I decided that it would be worthwhile to […]
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