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27B Stroke Six
This Wired.com sponsored blog hovers over, and comments on, those places where new technology, security and privacy intersect. Fingerprint scanners, RFID chips, traveler profiling and tracking systems are all covered in clear and informative articles that raise provocative questions about technology, society, and security.

Amarji: A Heretic's Blog
A Heretic's Blog is written by Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syria native who left in 2005 after critiquing the government. Ammar regularly addresses the causes, not just the symptoms, of extremism and violence in Syria, Israel/ Palestine, Lebanon, and is a friendly, slightly mocking, but always warm voice on politics, Islam, radical Islamism, and regional politics.

Antiwar.com
An unabashedly in-your-face site that is exactly what it says it is: against the current wars, on terror, in Iraq, and in Afghanistan. Headlines detail how many have been killed in the recent U.S. war, how much it costs, and how many Americans don't like it. A "Viewpoints" section collates thoughtful journalism from around the web on these issues.

Counterterrorism Blog
The Counterterrorism Blog calls itself a "unique, multi-expert … one-stop gateway to the counterterrorism community." Blog entries on the site, posted by a number of their contributing experts, are soberly reported right–leaning comments on a wide range of terrorist groups, global terrorism issues and the war on terror.

Fourth Rail
Bill Roggio, a former soldier, has embedded several times with the U.S. military in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Roggio, a former soldier himself, writes frequently from the ground in Afghanistan and Iraq, where he shares his fascinating tales of military operations and the day-to-day tasks and challenges faced by the military.

Informed Comment
Juan Cole, the author of Informed Comment, teaches modern Middle Eastern and South Asian history at the University of Michigan, and has written and spoken widely elsewhere on the War on Terrorism, the Iraq War, and on "jihadi" Muslim radicalism.

Iraq Pundit
These "observations of an Iraqi exile" are tartly stated, and designed to poke holes at everyone–-right, left, and center--with something to say about the Iraq war

Mountain Runner
Mountain Runner provides "commentary and observations on public diplomacy, counter-insurgency and small wars, civil-military relations, private military force, and other fun stuff."

Schneier on Security
Bruce Schneier is a security technology expert; his blog frequently covers topics of interest in counterterrorism, such as on data mining cybersecurity and U.S. government efforts to create databases. Schneier's writing is clear, pleasantly idiosyncratic, and authoritative.

USC Center on Public Diplomacy Blog
The University of Southern California's Center for Public Diplomacy studies how governments communicate with people in foreign countries. The columnists on this site address the cultural and communications aspects of the "war on terror," rising anti-Americanism, propaganda, and programs such as Voice of America radio.