Author Archives: Maria Ressa

FROM BIN LADEN TO FACEBOOK now on Kindle!

Posted on April 26, 2013 by Maria Ressa

I learned something from the 2003 release of “Seeds of Terror: An Eyewitness Account of al-Qaeda’s Newest Center of Operations in Southeast Asia.” It was published by Free Press, a division of Simon & Schuster. That meant everything was centralized … Continue reading →

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Sorry for being gone so long!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Maria Ressa

I realized my last blog was before I came back home to the Philippines to start our new baby, Rappler. What an incredible year it’s been! Since 2011, I finished that book! There are 2 editions out now: the first … Continue reading →

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New Threats in a Peer-Networked World – From Chechnya to Boston

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Maria Ressa

When the Chechen roots of Boston bombing suspects Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev became public, it threw me back in time to the end of September 2002 when I delved into Chechnya’s links to al-Qaeda’s global jihad. I was in a … Continue reading →

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WHY THE FIASCO IN BASILAN

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Maria Ressa

How could good men with good intentions go so horribly wrong? You’ve seen my summary of what actually went wrong. This is my attempt to figure out WHY it did. Keep in mind that just because the October 18 operation … Continue reading →

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FIASCO IN BASILAN

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Maria Ressa

Philippine President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino faced a dilemma last week after the deaths of 19 soldiers in Al-Barka, Basilan. Despite the public outcry and mourning, he resisted numerous calls to declare war against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and … Continue reading →

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