Craig Whitlock
Foreign

» Washington Post Staff Writer | Craig Whitlock is based in Berlin for The Washington Post. He has worked for the Post since 1998, and covered the Maryland Statehouse in Annapolis and the Prince George's County police department before joining the foreign desk in 2004. He was awarded the German Marshall Fund's 2005 Peter R. Weitz senior prize for his coverage of international terrorist networks. He is a graduate of Duke University and has also reported for The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C.
Articles by Craig Whitlock
Probe of USS Cole Bombing Unravels (May 4, 2008)
Vote Fails to Save Historic Berlin Airport (April 28, 2008)
Senior Al-Qaeda Commander Believed to Be Dead (April 10, 2008)
Bin Laden Threatens Europe Over Muhammad Cartoons (March 20, 2008)
After a Decade at War With West, Al-Qaeda Still Impervious to Spies (March 20, 2008)
For Germany's Former Communists, a Stunning Resurgence (March 16, 2008)
Non-European PhDs In Germany Find Use Of 'Doktor' Verboten (March 14, 2008)
U.S. Presses Allies for More Afghan Troops (February 11, 2008)
Ritual of Dealing With Demons Undergoes a Revival (February 11, 2008)
Dependent on a Dirty Fuel (February 8, 2008)
Al-Qaeda Commander Moved Freely in Pakistan (February 4, 2008)
Germany Rebuffs U.S. On Troops in Afghanistan (February 2, 2008)
Al-Qaeda Figure Is Killed in Pakistan (February 1, 2008)
The East Berlin Tunnel: Whose Ruse? (January 28, 2008)
Heirs of Jewish Art Collectors Pursue Works Sold in Nazi Era (January 21, 2008)
New Team in Poland Cool to U.S. Shield (January 19, 2008)
A Scholar's Legal Peril in Poland (January 18, 2008)
Taliban Commander Emerges As Pakistan's 'Biggest Problem' (January 10, 2008)
Terror Suspects Hone Anti-Detection Skills (January 5, 2008)
A Green Light for Common Sense (December 24, 2007)
Belgium Arrests 14 in Plot to Free Inmate Linked to Al-Qaeda (December 22, 2007)
In Europe, Opening Night at the Border (December 21, 2007)
Lebanon Convicts 2 In German Bomb Plot (December 19, 2007)
Many See China Rivaling U.S. in Influence by 2020, International Survey Finds (December 14, 2007)
Algiers Attacks Show Maturing of Al-Qaeda Unit (December 13, 2007)
Dozens Killed in Algiers Bombings (December 12, 2007)
Taking U.S.-German Tie Personally (December 12, 2007)
Jailed Teen Is Cloud Over Turkey's E.U. Bid (December 10, 2007)
Germans Take Pride in the Wurst (December 2, 2007)
Jordan's Spy Agency: Holding Cell for the CIA (December 1, 2007)
Holocaust Survivors, Heirs Fight On for Compensation (November 25, 2007)
Church Tower Lists Toward Tipping Point, If Not a Title (November 23, 2007)
Finland's Gun Culture Facing New Questions (November 9, 2007)
Student Kills 7 Classmates, Principal at School in Finland (November 8, 2007)
Poles Soften Toward Stalin's Hulking 'Gift' (November 2, 2007)
21 Convicted in Madrid Bombings (November 1, 2007)
From CIA Jails, Inmates Fade Into Obscurity (October 27, 2007)
Poland's Powerful Twins Face Key Test Sunday (October 20, 2007)
Austria Holds Bosnian Who Took Explosives To the U.S. Embassy (October 2, 2007)
Official Links German Terror Plot to Syrian Arms, Pakistani Operatives (September 26, 2007)
Germans Drop Bid for Extraditions In CIA Case (September 24, 2007)
Converts To Islam Move Up In Cells (September 15, 2007)
Plot by German Cell Detailed on Internet (September 12, 2007)
The New Al-Qaeda Central (September 9, 2007)
Germany Widens Probe Into Bomb Plot (September 7, 2007)
Germany Says It Foiled Bomb Plot (September 6, 2007)
Al-Qaeda Suspect Released by Pakistan (August 22, 2007)
German Hard-Coal Production to Cease by 2018 (July 30, 2007)
German Entrepreneur's Glamour Airline: Nicotine Niche or Pipe Dream? (July 25, 2007)
In Morocco's 'Chemist,' A Glimpse of Al-Qaeda (July 7, 2007)
Terror Webmaster Sentenced in Britain (July 6, 2007)
Homemade, Cheap and Dangerous (July 5, 2007)
Foreign Doctors Queried in Bomb Plot (July 4, 2007)
Bomb Plot Suspects Are Foreign Physicians (July 3, 2007)
Rigged Vehicle Rams Terminal At U.K. Airport (July 1, 2007)
Double Bombing Averted in London (June 30, 2007)
North Africa Reluctant to Host U.S. Command (June 24, 2007)
The Professor's Quantum Leap (June 8, 2007)
G-8 Leaders Trade Conflicting Views on Warming (June 7, 2007)
Thousands of Protesters Converge on G-8 Summit (June 6, 2007)
Germany Taking Hard Line to Foil Disruption at G-8 (June 6, 2007)
VW's Home Town Finds Ways to Cope With Globalization (June 5, 2007)
Group in Algeria Turned To Al-Qaeda for Assistance (May 30, 2007)
From Iraq to Algeria, Al-Qaeda's Long Reach (May 30, 2007)
From Nazi Past, a Proliferating Pest (May 26, 2007)
Algeria's Voters Uninspired as Limited Democracy Slowly Evolves (May 16, 2007)
Cloudy Germany a Powerhouse in Solar Energy (May 5, 2007)
Saudis Say They Broke Up Suicide Plots (April 28, 2007)
Across the Gulf of Time, Bearing Witness to Evil (April 22, 2007)
U.S. Issues Warning on Terrorism In Germany (April 21, 2007)
Suicide Bombers Strike N. Africa Again (April 15, 2007)
Suicide Attacks Mark Turn in Algeria (April 13, 2007)
Al-Qaeda Branch Claims Algeria Blasts (April 12, 2007)
Berliners Go Deep to Recover Past (April 5, 2007)
In Reconciling Its Past, Poland Is Divided Anew (April 1, 2007)
Iraqi Resident of Britain to Leave Guantanamo (March 30, 2007)
Czechs Agree to Talks on U.S. Missile Shield (March 29, 2007)
American Leads a New Generation of Polish Jews (March 26, 2007)
On Its 50th, E.U. Faces an Identity Crisis (March 25, 2007)
Terrorists Proving Harder to Profile (March 12, 2007)
Germans Reliving Red Army Faction's Season of Terror (March 4, 2007)
U.S. Won't Send CIA Defendants To Italy (March 1, 2007)
Terrorist Networks Lure Young Moroccans to War in Far-Off Iraq (February 20, 2007)
Milan Court Indicts 26 Americans In Abduction (February 17, 2007)
Iran Softens Tone, Declares Readiness To Resume Talks (February 12, 2007)
Putin Hits U.S. Over Unilateral Approach (February 11, 2007)
In Another CIA Abduction, Germany Has an Uneasy Role (February 5, 2007)
Travel Logs Aid Germans' Kidnap Probe (February 2, 2007)
A Colossal Leap of Faith In Fight Against Famine (February 2, 2007)
Germans Charge 13 CIA Operatives (February 1, 2007)
Six Decades After War, Cleanup Is a Constant (January 31, 2007)
A 'Chunnel' for Spain and Morocco (January 28, 2007)
Humor Article Leads to Conviction of 2 in Morocco (January 16, 2007)
Germans Anxiously Await Return Of National Bird's Beloved Brood (January 5, 2007)
Future of Historic Airport Has Berlin Divided Again (January 1, 2007)
Risk of Attack Rising, Officials In Europe Say (December 21, 2006)
In German Opera, Heads Come Off Without Incident (December 19, 2006)
Testimony Helps Detail CIA's Post-9/11 Reach (December 16, 2006)
Two Old Friends at Center of Poison Mystery (December 13, 2006)
Egypt Detains American In Terrorist Cell Case (December 5, 2006)
The CIA and The Militant Who Eluded It in Norway (December 4, 2006)
European Report Details Flights By CIA Aircraft (November 29, 2006)
Italian Spy Chief Out; Investigated In Abduction (November 21, 2006)
In Letter, Radical Cleric Details CIA Abduction, Egyptian Torture (November 10, 2006)
Leaders Struggle to Repair Polish-German Ties (October 31, 2006)
Photo Scandal Raises Doubts in Germany About Deployments (October 28, 2006)
Taking Terror Fight to N. Africa Leads U.S. to Unlikely Alliances (October 28, 2006)
U.S. Faces Obstacles To Freeing Detainees (October 17, 2006)
Case in Germany Puts An Old Taboo to the Test (October 11, 2006)
Germany's Denials on Detainees Challenged (October 7, 2006)
Al-Qaeda's Far-Reaching New Partner (October 5, 2006)
German Lawmakers Fault Abduction Probe (October 4, 2006)
Fear of Muslim Backlash Cancels Opera (September 27, 2006)
Hungarian Leader Defends Comments: 'I Did Not Lie' (September 22, 2006)
Protest in Hungary Draws 15,000 (September 21, 2006)
Algerian Program Offers Amnesty, but Not Answers About Past (September 17, 2006)
First Rabbis Ordained in Germany Since Holocaust (September 15, 2006)
Turk Was Abused at Guantanamo, Lawyers Say (August 26, 2006)
U.S. Frees Longtime Detainee (August 25, 2006)
2nd Man Held in German Plot (August 25, 2006)
At Guantanamo, Caught in a Legal Trap (August 21, 2006)
British Make Arrest In Plot (August 16, 2006)
Tip Followed '05 Attacks on London Transit (August 11, 2006)
In Neutral Switzerland, A Rising Radicalism (July 20, 2006)
A Double Act Takes Center Stage in Poland (July 9, 2006)
Prosecutors: Italian Agency Helped CIA Seize Cleric (July 6, 2006)