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somali foreign minister: help us
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January 15, 2007
30:00 minutes | 14.4 Megs [Listen Here]
Global Crisis Watch calls to Nairobi and Washington for an exclusive interview with Ismael Hurreh, Foreign Minister of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, about the latest developments in Ras Kamboni and Mogadishu, and Sajeeb Wazed, Chairman of the Bongobondhu Foundation and Awami League supporter, about the continuing political crisis unfolding in Bangladesh.

al qaeda on the run

January 10, 2007
25:00 minutes | 11.6 Megs [Listen Here]
Sajeeb Wazed, Chairman of the Bongobondhu Foundation and supporter of the pro-democracy and secular Awami League opposition party, joins Global Crisis Watch to explain the election boycott in Bangladesh, the increasingly tense stand-off between pro-democracy activists and government forces, and the critical importance of the situation as things spins out of control and send Bangladesh back into the hands of Islamic fundamentalists and al Qaeda elements.

January 8, 2007
29:30 minutes | 13.7 Megs [Listen Here]
Global Crisis Watch calls to Washington and Buffalo and dissects the recent discovery of Iran's support for Sunni militants in Iraq with Eli Lake of the New York Sun, the defeat of al Qaeda and the Islamic Courts Union in Somalia with Dr. Abdiweli Ali of Niagara University, and the political tango unfolding in Washington over President Bush's Iraq strategy with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam."

Baidoa under Deadline

December 20, 2006
27:30 minutes | 12.7 Megs [Listen Here]
Dahir Mirreh Jibreel, Permanent Secretary in Charge of International Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, and Niagara University's Dr. Abdiweli Ali join Nick Grace to dissect the situation on the ground inside Somalia.

December 18, 2006
29:30 minutes | 13.7 Megs [Listen Here]
Global Crisis Watch calls to Buffalo, Chennai and Bangkok and discusses events in Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan and Thailand with Niagara University's Dr. Abdiweli Ali, former India intel chief and current Director of the Institute for Topical Studies, B. Raman, and Dr. Zachary Abuza.

Darfur

December 13, 2006
27:30 minutes | 12.7 Megs [Listen Here]
Dr. Walid Phares, author of "Future Jihad," and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam," join Global Crisis Watch for its first midweek national security panel.

December 11, 2006
29:30 minutes | 13.7 Megs [Listen Here]
Global Crisis Watch returns to investigate the standstill in Beirut, Somalia's uranium deal with Iran, and al Qaeda's march across Central Africa with counterterrorism consultant Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Niagara University's Dr. Abdiweli Ali, and SudanTribune.com's Dr. Mahgoub el-Tigani.

the hunt for dulmatin

October 16, 2006
30 minutes | 13.7 Megs [Listen Here]
Global Crisis Watch calls to New York City, Manila and Penang, Malaysia, to tackle China's enabling of North Korea and refusal to enforce the Chapter VII UNSC resolutions, the terror attacks in Mindanao and hunt for JI bombers Dulmatin and Umar Patek, and the looming constitutional crisis faced in Malaysia over civil law versus sharia law with Lt. Col. Gordon Cucullu, author of "Separated at Birth: How North Korea Became the Evil Twin," Maria Ressa, ABS-CBN News Director and author of "Seeds of Terror," and Dr. Maznah Mohamad, political commentator and Malaysia specialist.

eyes on p’unggye-yok

SPECIAL EDITION: October 10, 2006
Global Crisis Watch convenes a roundtable discussion on North Korea and the next possible steps with Rohan Gunaratna, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, counterterrorism consultant and author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam," and Josh Manchester, Marine Reserve Officer and author of TheAdventuresofChester.com.
21 minutes | 9.8 Megs

October 9, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls to Chennai, Kabul and Buffalo to tackle the signs of a looming North Korean nuclear test, Musharraf's tenuous hold on power in Pakistan, increasing Taliban attacks in Afghanistan, and the likelihood that Baidoa could fall soon to the Union of Islamic Courts with B. Raman, former Indian intel chief, Tim Lynch, Vigilant Strategic Services Afghanistan and Dr Abdiweli Ali of Niagara University. Co-hosted by Bill Roggio of The Fourth Rail.

curfew in baghdad

October 2, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls to Washington, Baghdad and Buffalo to tackle the latest al Qaeda video featuring Ayman al-Zawahiri, the curfew and security situation in Iraq, and Islamist advances in Somalia with Dr Walid Phares, author of "Future Jihad," Omar of Iraq The Model, and Dr Abdiweli Ali of Niagara University. Co-hosted by Bill Roggio of The Fourth Rail.

blogging the coup

September 25, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls to Washington, New York and Australia to tackle U.S.-Pakistan post-9/11 relations, prison radicalization inside America, the ties between Caracas and Tehran, and the role bloggers played during the Thai coup with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir," Banafsheh Zand-Bonazzi of IranPressNews.com, and the Bangkok Pundit. Co-hosted by Bill Roggio of The Fourth Rail.

Southeast Asia: the Second Front

September 18, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls to Singapore and Chennai, tackling al Qaeda's connection with Algeria's GSPC, the hunt for JI terrorists in the Philippines, the rise of radicalism in Indonesia, the resurgence of the Taliban in Afghanistan, and the creation of the Islamic Emirate of Waziristan in Pakistan with Dr Rohan Gunaratna, Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, and B. Raman, former head of RAW, India's external intelligence agency. Co-hosted by Bill Roggio of The Fourth Rail.

9/11 Five Years On

September 11, 2006
Global Crisis Watch convenes a counterterrorism round table on the fifth anniversary of 9/11 and looks forward to the threat risks ahead with Dr. Walid Phares, author of "Future Jihad," Bill Roggio, BillRoggio.com, and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir."

Al Qaeda's "Invitation to Islam"

September 4, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls Washington, Carmel, Israel, and Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and tackles Adam Gadahn's "Invitation to Islam" al Qaeda propaganda video with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir," Hezbollah's post-war situation in Lebanon and Iranian sabre rattling with Elliot Chodoff, military analyst with Mideast: On Target, and the role of radical groups with the implementation of Sharia is Aceh with the Aceh Institute's Otto Syamsuddin Ishak.

Global Islamic Media Front logo

August 28, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls Washington and Jerusalem, and tackles the involvement of al Qaeda in the Fox News kidnappings and Iranian sabre rattling with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, author of "My Year Inside Radical Islam: A Memoir," the empowerment of radicals in Egypt with Mike Meunier of the U.S. Copts Association, and the ideology taught to Iranian youths with Dr Arnon Gross of the Center for Monitoring the Impact of Peace. Co-hosted with Nir Boms of the Center for Freedom in the Middle East and Leah Soibel of the Israel Project.

Middle East: the eve of a truce

August 14, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls Washington, Jerusalem and Jakarta, and tackles the intel surrounding the foiled al Qaeda attack on U.S. and British airlines with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross of the Gerard Group, the implications of the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel with the Counterterrorism Blog's Bill Roggio, Nir Boms of the Center for Freedom in the Middle East and Leah Soibel of the Israel Project, and the war against radical Islam waging in Indonesian theaters with renowned filmmaker Joko Anwar.

Indonesia: Laskar Jihad Bom

August 7, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls Miami, Jakarta and Jerusalem, and tackles the end of Castro with George of TheRealCuba.com, the fear of an annual terror attack and increasing radicalism in Indonesia with the Indcoup blogger, and the latest developments in the Middle East with Nir Boms of the Center for Freedom in the Middle East and Leah Soibel of the Israel Project.

Beirut

July 24, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls discusses events in Lebanon with Joseph Gebeily, Washington representative of the American Lebanese Coalition, and calls to Beirut and Sufi scholar Sheikh Abdullah Altamimee. Co-hosted with Nir Boms, Center for Freedom in the Middle East, in Jerusalem and Leah Soibel of the Israel Project.

Middle East on Fire

July 17, 2006
Global Crisis Watch convenes a counterterrorism roundtable with Nir Boms of the Center for Freedom in the Middle East in Haifa, a city under attack from Hezbollah missiles, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Gerard Group, and Bill Roggio and Douglas Farah of the Counterterrorism Blog in Washington, and also calls to India and discusses the attack on Mumbai with former Indian intelligence official B. Raman.

Al Qaeda in Somalia

July 10, 2006
Global Crisis Watch calls to Mogadishu and Mohamed Amiin of Radio Shabelle, Jeremy Zakis of Emergency.com in Australia and the Bangkok Pundit about al Qaeda's English-language spokesman Azzam al-Amriki, and Kurt Muse in Washington about his rescue from Panama and his book, Six Minutes fo Freedom.

the road to gaza

July 3, 2006
Global Crisis Watch analyzes the politics surrounding the standoff in Gaza, counterterrorism developments in the U.S. and the significance of recent al Qaeda messaging with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Senior Counterterrorism Consultant with the Gerard Group in Washington, and Leah Soibel, Israel Project in Jerusalem, and the current state of Iran with Aryo Pirouznia, Iranian National Secular Party in Dallas, and Stefania Lapenna of the FreeThoughts Blog in Italy.

Anarchy in Somalia

May 15, 2006
Global Crisis Watch discusses the case of Fathi elJahmi in Libya with Mohamed Eljahmi in Boston, the deepending crisis in Somalia with Radio Shabelle's Mohamed Amiin in Mogadishu, and new documents that unravel the history of Castro's "revolution" in Cuba with George of TheRealCuba.com.

Iran: "Using Atomic Energy is Our Certain Right"

May 8, 2006
Global Crisis Watch hosts a roundtable discussion on the geopolitical intrigue behind Iran and the U.N. Security Council, impact of the Zarqawi propaganda outtakes, significance of the Goss resignation and public apathy over terrorism with Simon Barrett in London, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Erick Stakelbeck in Washington.

Imad Mugniyah
May 1, 2006
Global Crisis Watch discusses the recent al Qaeda messages and showdown with Iran with counterterrorism expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, the deepening crisis in Sri Lanka with Ambassador Devinda Subasinghe, and the situation in Darfur with SudanTribune.com's Dr Maghoub el Tigani.
Terror alert in Indonesia
April 3, 2006
Global Crisis Watch discusses the terror warning in Indonesia with Emergency.com's Jeremy Zakis in Sydney, the snap elections in Thailand with the Bangkok Pundit, and Venezuela's collision course with the U.S. with VCrisis.com's Aleksander Boyd in Washington.
Belarus: Freedom is not free
March 27, 2006
Global Crisis Watch discusses the major crackdown on democracy activists with PubliusPundit.com's Robert Mayer, reviews the future of Spain after ETA's cease-fire declaration with author Eduardo Verdú in Madrid, and calls to Uma Tu of the Kachin National Organization about events inside Burma.
Kathmandu under rebel blockade
March 20, 2006
Global Crisis Watch follows the political crisis in Thailand with Jeremy Zakis of Emergency.com in Sydney, calls to Dinesh Wagle in Kathmandu, a city under rebel siege, and discusses the rise of the religious right in Indonesia with expat blogger Indcoup in Jakarta.
Iran: Preparing for War
March 13, 2006
Global Crisis Watch returns with analysis on increasing civil disobedience inside Iran with Iranian National Secular Party's Aryo Pirouznia, the nature of the threat that Iran poses to the West with CBN News Terror Analyst Erick Stakelbeck, and diplomatic developments over Iran's nuclear weapons program with Simon Barrett of International Media Intelligence Analysis.
Clash of Civilizations?
February 6, 2006
Global Crisis Watch discusses how Europe's capitulation to the riots in the Middle East over the Danish cartoons is a setback in the War of Ideas with UNT's Mitch Land in Dallas, the struggle for freedom in Iran with Free Thoughts' Stefania Lapenna in Italy and SMCCDI's Aryo Pirouznia, and the deteriorating situation in Nepal in advance of the Feb 8 elections with Dinesh Wagle in Kathmandu.
Castro versus the News Ticker
January 30, 2006
Perceptions in the Middle East following Hamas's victory in Palestine with Simon Barrett of International Media Intelligence Analysis in London, U.S. efforts to break Castro's information blockade with George of TheRealCuba.com, and broadcasting to North Korea with Open Radio for North Korea's Young Howard in Seoul.
Dracula is Back
January 23, 2006
Global Crisis Watch tackles the new messages from Usama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, and discusses the technical aspects with ClandestineRadio.com's Marwan Soliman in Cairo, the significance of the messages with Dr Rohan Gunaratna of the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore, and the impact on the Muslim street with Chaider Bamualin from the Islamic State University in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Target #2
January 16, 2006
Global Crisis Watch discusses the latest developments in the War on Terror and the Iran nuclear weapons program stand-off with Simon Barrett of International Media Intelligence Analysis in London, domestic radicals in the United States with CBN News Terror Analyst Erick Stakelbeck, and Harry Belafonte's anti-US tirade in Caracas with VCrisis.com's Aleksander Boyd and TheRealCuba.com's George.
VOA
January 9, 2006
Global Crisis Watch discusses the intimidation of the Voice of America journalists in Ethiopia with VOA Director David Jackson, the end of an era in Israel and Syria with Nir Boms of the Center for Freedom in the Middle East, and al Qaeda online propaganda and messaging with Aaron Weisburd of the Internet Haganah.
Morales Aligns with Castro
January 2, 2006
Global Crisis Watch covers the raid on the pro-democracy Radio Minivan program with Dave Hardingham, director of the Friends of Maldives, and the rise of Evo Morales in Bolivia and momentum of Leftist groups in Latin America with the Webmaster of TheRealCuba.com and Aleksander Boyd, founder of the Pro Venezuela Organization (Proveo).
Crisis at the Top of the World
December 26, 2005
Global Crisis Watch, recorded on Christmas Day, takes listeners to Zimbabwe and Nepal with Andy Sennitt of Radio Netherlands Media Network and Dinesh Wagle of United We Blog! for a Democratic Nepal in Kathmandu.
Qaddafi Jams Satellite
December 19, 2005
Global Crisis Watch tackled developments in Iran, North Korea and Zimbabwe with Andy Sennitt of Radio Netherlands Media Network, Libya's recent violation of international law with Jalal El Giathi of Sowt al-Amel radio in London, and the doctrine of Islamic radicalism with Ahmad Najib Burhani of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences in Jakarta.
Radio Free Bougainville
June 13, 2005
Global Crisis Watch speaks with Andy Sennitt of Radio Netherlands Media Network, CongBang Nguyen of Hoa-Mai Club's efforts to promote democracy in Vietnam, and Sam Voron, whose efforts to build Radio Free Bougainville have led the island on the road to independence.
Crisis in Zimbabwe
May 30, 2005
Global Crisis Watch speaks with Gerry Jackson, SW Radio Africa station director, about Zimbabwe's efforts to stifle free speech through jamming.
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
May 23, 2005
Global Crisis Watch speaks with Marwan Soliman in Cairo about Radio Tajdeed and its Zarqawi broadcast, Tamara Aqrabawe in Amman about media in Jordan, and Bakhtiar Abdullah of the Free Aceh Movement in Stockholm.
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