Articles of the Week – 10/29-11/4

Saturday October 29:
Harakat al-Shabab says Somali-American Killed in Brazen Assault on AMISOM Base in Mogadishu Today – Christopher Anzalone, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/uQiWiZ
Monday October 31:
Will an Islamist victory translate to democracy? – Melani Cammett, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/vynFPd
Putting the Islamist “win” in Tunisia in Context – Jeffry R. Halverson, COMOPS Journal: https://bit.ly/vTA8tr
Why Blockading Kismayo Will Not Weaken Shabab Financially – M. Mubarak, Inside the Insurgency: https://wp.me/p1lIyn-2p
Tuesday November 1:
Is al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghrib Gaining Influence in Libya? – Aaron Y. Zelin, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/v4glYj
Amr ibn al-A’as, a Realistic Examination of an Early Islamic Military Strategic Planner – Youssef Aboul-Enein, Small Wars Journal: https://bit.ly/txl0uV
Wednesday November 2:
Christopher Boucek – Brian O’Neill, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/ut6wuj
Thursday November 3:
Insights from Bin Ladin’s Audiocassette Library in Kandahar – Flagg Miller, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/uo6iYO
The Enduring Appeal of Al-‘Awlaqi’s “Constants on the Path of Jihad” – J.M. Berger, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/u72Cge
Understanding the Role of Tribes in Yemen – Charles Schmitz, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/tqicbf
Al-Shabab’s Setbacks in Somalia – Christopher Anzalone, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/uD8P4z
How the Muslim Brotherhood will win – Shadi Hamid, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/sMCWkG
Al-Awlaqi and the Rebbetzin? – Charles Cameron, ZenPundit: https://goo.gl/yTxO9