Middle East

Al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya

The group seeks to establish Islamic rule in Egypt by force and targets any secular establishment that they believe to be heretical.

Export Control Observer

Export Control Observer

International Export Control Observer (IECO) launched in September 2005. The IECO replaced the NIS and Asian Export Control Observers.

Key Figures in Saddam’s Government

Key Figures in Saddam’s Government

WMD Terrorism and Bin Laden

Prosecution witness, Jamal Ahmad al-Fadl, detailed his efforts to assist Bin Laden in an attempt to acquire uranium.

Preconditions for a NWFZ in the Middle East

Meeting report with agenda and discussion of possible future sessions.

Al-Jihad al-Islami

While all of al-Jihad’s armed operations occurred in Egypt, the group placed operatives in the throughout the Middle East and Western Europe.

CNS Testimony: US Nonproliferation Policy

Testimony of Leonard S. Spector, CNS Deputy Director, before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Committee on International Relations US House of Representatives

WMD Middle East Information of 2006

Information about nuclear, chemical, biological, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, other delivery systems and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

“Suitcase Nukes:” Permanently Lost Luggage

Nikolai Sokov February 13, 2004 View “Suitcase Nukes:” A Reassessment On February 8, a London-based Arab newspaper, Al-Hayat, reported that in 1998, in Kandahar, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda had bought nuclear weapons from Ukraine using the services of a Ukrainian scientist, whose first name was Viktor. Multiple news sources immediately linked this story to the 1997 statement by […]

The Significance of the “Death” of Ali Hassan al-Majid

Iraq’s ability to resist the US/UK forces in the south of Iraq have taken a hit with the possible death of Ali Hassan al-Majid, Saddam’s paternal cousin.