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War with Iraq looms and not everyone is happy about it. "I think the principle of 'first things first' does apply," says Al Gore, "and has to be followed if we are to have any chance of success." By this he means that, instead of Saddam's removal, Afghanistan's stability "needs to be assured first" -- just as in the Second World War we wisely concentrated on nation-building in the Solomon Islands for two or three years instead of rushing on to liberate a lot of other places. I'd say it's Al Gore's stability that needs to be assured first. Across...

The day the skies went silent Air traffic controllers talk about 9/11 August 12, 2002 Posted: 11:30 PM EDT (0330 GMT) Green dots represent planes in the air in these air traffic control maps from 8:30 and 11:30 a.m. September 11. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CNN) -- Shortly after American Airlines Flight 11 slammed into the World Trade Center's North Tower at approximately 8:46 a.m., air traffic controllers knew another plane was minutes away from the same deadly objective. They knew because, as with Flight 11, they had lost communications with United Flight 175 and were watching their radar screens as the second...

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen infiltrated a Jewish settlement in the West Bank on Saturday night, and one person was killed and several wounded in the ensuing firefight, Israeli security sources said. They said two or more gunmen penetrated Mehora in the Jordan Valley under cover of darkness as the Jewish sabbath ended, and were still exchanging fire with Israeli security forces. Israel Radio put the preliminary Israeli casualty toll at five, including one killed, and said one of the gunmen was also believed killed. Palestinians waging a 22-month-old uprising for independence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip have...

<p>National Guardsmen patrolled below and federal officials watched the skies over the Golden Gate Bridge during Monday morning's commute, wrapping up a weekend of intensified monitoring due to the latest word of a potential terrorist threat.</p> <p>The bridge was placed on a "super-heightened" state of alert Friday through Sunday after information was shared through an interagency coalition Friday, said Mary Currie, spokeswoman for the Golden Gate Bridge Highway & Transportation District.</p>

ARAB TERRORISTS INFILTRATE JEWISH TOWN Two or more terrorist have infiltrated the Jewish town of Mechora, east of Shechem. One Israeli woman has been reported murdered, and two others who were seriously wounded have been taken by helicopter to hospitals. One terrorist is reported killed, and shots are still being exchanged. Click here to read these real-time updates! Do you know what you are missing? Subscribe to the GAMLA Intelligence Report and stay in the know! (FREE email newsletter)

The author is a former political-military analyst with the U.S. Department of Defense and terrorism analyst with the State Department. He is currently a security consultant, focusing on the mitigation of post-Cold War patterns of terrorism and political violence. Definition of Terrorism "the unlawful use of -- or threatened use of -- force or violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives." -- U.S. Department of Defense publication In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., the threat of militant Islamic terrorism --...

<p>"U.S. advisers see Saudis as enemies," said the lead story headline in the International Herald Tribune, a global newspaper read by almost all Americans living abroad and by the elites the world over. "Briefing at Pentagon recommends ultimatum over links to terrorism," was the subhead.</p>

LONDON, Aug 12, 2002 -- As revealed in a recent front-page story in The Washington Post, "Briefing Depicted Saudis as Enemies," neoconservatives in the US are gaining a wider audience for their attempts to demonize Saudi Arabia. Such jingoistic talk runs counter to the position of the Bush administration, which recognizes Saudi Arabia as a vital ally. Still, the talk is fanning resentment in the kingdom and making it more difficult for the royal family to cooperate with the US on a range of initiatives, such as regional peace, economic development, and maintaining stability in the oil markets. Saudis see...

Louder and louder, growing more confident hourly, gradually recovering its nerve following the fiasco of the predicted "quagmire" in Afghanistan, the international peace party is massing to prevent a U.S. attack on Iraq. From the usual suspects -- The New York Times editorial page, the moderate Arab despotisms, Europe's leftish politicians like German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder -- to relatively new recruits such as former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft and anonymous Pentagon generals, the same message is heard: Any American attempt to overthrow Saddam Hussein would threaten the stability of Saudi Arabia, cause a "conflagration" in the Middle East, alienate...

Ned Colt is reporting that it may be a car bomb. 12 Dead, 85 wouinded. No Americans.

BACK in the late 1960s, Iran s Shah had once wrote to King Faisal that Saudi Arabia should open up and modernize , like making schools mixed women and men . Prince Bandar Bin Sultan, in a PBS television interview referred to these letters preserved in the Saudi archives. The Shah had warned that if Saudi Arabia did not take his advice, I cannot guarantee you will stay on your throne . In his reply, the prescient King Faisal, said: May I remind you, you are not the Shah of France. You ... are in Iran. Your population is 90...