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Frank Hyland Archives

The Guantanamo Bay Facility - Revolving Door

By Frank Hyland

The public notices in the media become available most often one by one and are typically separated by months if not years. Periodically, then, it is very much worthwhile for The Counterterrorism Blog to refresh readers’ memories on the...

Turkish-Pakistani CT Cooperation Bodes Ill for Bad Guys

By Frank Hyland

Facing well-entrenched insurgencies and numerous acts of terrorism, Turkey and Pakistan have initiated cooperative efforts to increase their security in the face of these threats. Following a two-day, high-level official visit to Pakistan by Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan, the...

Better Intel -- Better Results

By Frank Hyland

The latest operations by the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) against the facilities and personnel of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and in southeastern Turkey have displayed a growing competence on the part of the TSK in...

Ex-Governor Spitzer - Unfinished Business

By Frank Hyland

Much has been made of the family aspects and the political aspects of the Eliot Spitzer fall from power. Now that the laughter over “The Luv Gov” has died down on the late night TV shows as they move...

Reflections on the February 2008 Turkish Operation in Northern Iraq

By Frank Hyland

This article was written by Frank Hyland with Timothy Thompson Many readers may wonder, perhaps even question, from time to time the level of resources that nations put into anti-terrorist programs. Some openly promote the idea that anti-terrorism programs...

Post Script -- The PKK -- Alternate Battleground

By Frank Hyland

The drawback, the downside, in doing CT is that even when you’re right in issuing a warning, there often isn’t much enjoyment or satisfaction in the result, and sometimes a great deal of sadness. This time there is at least...

Turkey's Carrot & Stick Approach to the PKK - December 2007

By Frank Hyland

Turkey's Carrot & Stick Approach to the PKK - December 2007 After months of warnings, reconnaissance flights, cross-border artillery barrages, and forays by smaller numbers of ground troops, Turkey's air forces carried out a bombing attack on the headquarters of...

Lessons of Algiers, December 11, 2007 -- Again

By Frank Hyland

I really dislike writing this piece, but apparently it is still necessary. I and thousands of others have written “it” thousands of times before over the years. There must be some magic number of times that, once reached, obviates the...

The PKK - Alternate Battleground

By Frank Hyland

While scattered clashes persist, the snows have come to the passes in the Qandil Mountains, effectively putting a stop to most, if not all activity by guerrillas of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) attacking Turkey from Northern Iraq. This year,...

Source Compromise Exposes Probable Connection Between Al Qa'ida and Hizb ut Tahrir

By Frank Hyland

An unauthorized disclosure on 7 September that revealed the existence of an Al Qaeda Internet-based communications network received extensive coverage at the time. In the context of earlier reporting by The Jamestown Foundation (see Terrorism Monitor, August 16), however,...