Category: Articles of the Week

Saturday January 22:
Hamburg´s Jihadi Legacy – German Town Invaded by Islamists – Florian Flade, Jih@d Blog: https://bit.ly/ehcZun
Return of The German Taliban? – Florian Flade, Jih@d Blog: https://bit.ly/eR5Cfr
Sunday January 23:
Second thoughts on the overthrow of Ben Ali – Kal, The Moor Next Door: https://bit.ly/hpdD46
You too can be Anwar al-Awlaki – Jarret Brachman & Alix Levine, The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs: https://bit.ly/dTvy96
Monday January 24:
Hitting the Blind-Spot- Review of Jean-Pierre Filiu’s “Apocalypse in Islam” – Charles Cameron, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/etDYXO
New issue of the International Journal of Middle East Studies released: https://bit.ly/h8IMkx
Entering a new dimension – Jihad via Bluetooth (Part 1) – Nico Prucha, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/h2IPlp
A Jihadist Manual on Intelligence – Mark Stout, Spy Blog: https://bit.ly/hGtc2p
Tuesday January 25:
ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group releases its Periodical Review: Fatwas – November-December 2010: https://bit.ly/edQtVF
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume 34 Issue 2 2011 released: https://bit.ly/hCYjGk
Wednesday January 26:
Was Daghestan Jamaat Behind Domodedovo Bombing? – Liz Fuller, The Caucasus Report: https://bit.ly/dQcrdv
Jihad Vault: Building an Archive of American Online Jihad – Marisa Urgo, Making Sense of Jihad: https://bit.ly/fvqiJH
Thursday January 27:
Hezbollah’s Double Standards: Tunisia and Iran – Christopher Anzalone, Informed Comment: https://bit.ly/exUS31
Retribution, Reconciliation and the Stoning of Siddiqa and Khayyam – Christian Bleuer, Ghosts of Alexander: https://bit.ly/fB0Awg
Some contrarianism on Yemen protests; or: No, Daily Dish- not “NOW YEMEN?!?!” – Brian O’Neill, Always Judged Guilty: https://bit.ly/ehCJ1p
Al Qaeda loses bridge to the West – Christopher Anzalone, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/h4CZIO

Saturday January 15:
Why Tunisia’s Revolution Is Islamist-Free – Michael Koplow, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/edwpI3
Sunday January 16:
Awlaki Breaks Silence, Goes Back To The Future, In New Issue Of Inspire – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://intelwire.net/dV1IIP
Monday January 17:
ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group releases its Periodical Review December 2010 – No. 2: https://bit.ly/e5NW6v
Tuesday January 18:
AQIM Kidnappings and Murders in the Sahel, 2007-Present – Alex Thurston, Sahel Blog: https://bit.ly/gqkchi
Voice of Terror – Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/hDDy5l
Wednesday January 19:
“Report ‘Domestic Intelligence: New Powers, New Risks'” – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/ektqkU
New issue of the CTC Sentinel released: https://bit.ly/fzd3KA
A Bit of a Backlash? – Gregory Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/gUfNVK
Thursday January 20:
Jihadists: The Wallflowers of the Tunisian Uprising – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Atlantic: https://theatln.tc/g44MZx
Operation Neath: Is Somalia’s al-Shabaab Movement Active in Australia? – Raffaello Pantucci, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/fOABd0
The Tribes of Yemen: An Asset or Impediment to Stability? Part Two – Michael Horton, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/eSBXVT
Friday January 21:
Chasing Web Jihadists – Raff Pantucci, Free Rad!cals: https://bit.ly/gRO9hE

Sunday January 9:
The Plot Thickens – Gregory Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/f6W19h
Monday January 10:
Al-Qaeda in Nigeria? – John Campbell, CFR Africa Blog: https://on.cfr.org/eHvpob
North Caucasus Insurgency Admits Killing Circassian Ethnographer – Liz Fuller, Caucasus Report: https://bit.ly/dQ4gAt
ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group releases its Periodical Review December 2010 – No. 1: https://bit.ly/heE4KO
Tuesday January 11:
Arab regimes on edge – Marc Lynch, Abu Aardvark Blog: https://bit.ly/dJUazz
Wednesday January 12:
Salafist Jihadism in Germany – F.W.Horst, International Institute for Counterterrorism: https://bit.ly/fMm13B
Copts, Brothers, Salafis, and Autocrats: The Alexandria Bombing and Egypt’s Unresolved Crisis – Arab Reform Bulletin: https://bit.ly/ie03F4
Afghanistan Law Bibliography – Tim Mathews, The Afghanistan Analyst: https://bit.ly/htTh6s
Thursday January 13:
“Qur’anic ‘jihād’: A Linguistic and Contextual Analysis” – M.A.S. Abdel Haleem – Journal of Qur’anic Studies: https://bit.ly/fWjkwB
The Unforgivable Horror of Village Razing – Joshua Foust, Registan: https://bit.ly/gAm4Ct
Friday January 14:
Assessing the Jihadist Threat To Azerbaijan – Liz Fuller, Caucasus Report: https://bit.ly/e3LO6s
A look into the troubled mind of American jihadist Emerson Begolly – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/fR7dA7

January 1:
Elif Medya to return – Mr. Orange’s War Tracker: https://bit.ly/eyvnMZ
January 2:
al-Qimmah forum: current status – Aaron Weisburd, Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/g02abQ
January 3:
From the Pen to the Sword – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/hF4XqF
January 4:
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume 34 Issue 1 2011 was released: https://bit.ly/fObBxj
January 5:
The Rise of Muslim Foreign Fighters- Islam and the Globalization of Jihad – Thomas Hegghammer, International Security: https://bit.ly/f09elf
January 6:
And…. We’re Back. FP Terrorism Survey – Jarret Brachman: https://bit.ly/hxy9sV
The Role of Egyptian Militants in Developing al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – Hani Nasira, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/g7ChW3
Al-Shabaab Desertions Increase in Southern Somalia – Muhyadin Ahmed Roble, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/e9c1dF
The Tribes of Yemen: A Threat to Stability or Asset to Unification? Part One – Michael Horton, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/i7E8ta
January 7:
Password-protecting the forums [al-Shmukh and at-Tahadi] – Aaron Weisburd, Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/i1IotA

Sunday December 12:
Abu Gaith book ‘criticises’ AQ – Camille Tawil: https://bit.ly/gEuu6S
The Operational Network of Abu Dujana al-Khurusani in AfPak – Flashpoint Partners: https://bit.ly/fU3SPh
L’entreprise Aqmi – Slate France: https://bit.ly/ervqkX
Stockholm – Thomas Hegghammer, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/hyE5E7
Thoughts regarding Geopolitical Actors in the Maghreb-Sahel – Kal, The Moor Next Door: https://bit.ly/f03AnG
Monday December 13:
Three Geopolitical characteristics of the Maghreb-Sahel sub-region – Kal, The Moor Next Door: https://bit.ly/hWjUQg
Al Qaeda in Iraq’s Swedish connections – Brian Fishman, The AfPak Channel: https://bit.ly/ezt8OX
Tuesday December 14:
Stockholm (2) – Thomas Hegghammer, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/dENyBN
Law of the land: Sharia in Somalia – Mohamed Husein Gaas and Michael Skjelderup, Janes Intelligence: https://bit.ly/egd36L
Wednesday December 15:
The Iraq Connection – Thomas Hegghammer, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/fWxU3H
The afterlife of Sayyid Qutb – John Calvert, The Middle East Channel: https://bit.ly/fqS4Q6
Swedish Motivation – Michael Scheuer, The National Interest: https://bit.ly/eQAplN
ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group releases its Periodical Review November 2010 – No. 1: https://bit.ly/g5xJ3g
Thursday December 16:
Somalia: All Sides Losing? – Alex Thurston, Sahel Blog: https://bit.ly/hXnH5V
The Jihadi Dialogue following the Terrorist Attack in Stockholm – ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group: https://bit.ly/fylMBh
Self-Inflicted Wounds Debates & Divisions within al-Qa’ida and its Periphery – (ed) Brian Fishman & Assaf Moghadam, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/gvaFTQ
Somalia: Terrorism’s Dark Corner, Part 2 – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://bit.ly/fiApDy
The wrong way to prevent homegrown terrorism – Arun Kundnani, CNN: https://bit.ly/hkClIi
Abdullah Azzam Brigades Claim to be Defenders of Sunnis in Lebanon – Murad Batal al-Shishani, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/femsBE

Monday December 6:
Interesting Jihadist Iconography – Mark Stout, On War and Words: https://bit.ly/dKdImT
Insurgency, Governance, & Legitimacy in Somalia: A Reassessment of Harakat al-Shabab al-Mujahideen, its Rhetoric & Divisions – Christopher Anzalone, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/eCxHkF
Tuesday December 7:
Love and Healing for Muslim 20-Somethings: Anwar al-Awlaki’s Moment – Theo Padnos, Huffington Post: https://huff.to/g13T0j
Al Qaeda’s M&A Strategy – Daniel Byman, Foreign Policy:https://bit.ly/eTABOq
Wednesday December 8:
Somalia:Terrorism’s Dark Corner, Part 1 – Clint Watts, Selected Wisdom: https://bit.ly/ekcp9q
The Edge of Violence – Jamie Bartlett, Jonathan Birdwell, and Michael King, Demos: https://bit.ly/hvasOP
Thursday December 9:
Agent Provocateurs: Al-Qaida’s New Strategy in Yemen – Jarret Brachman, International Relations and Security Network: https://bit.ly/fGqxw0
al-Thabaat/AMEF backgrounder – Aaron Weisburd, Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/gk1fuY
Friday December 10:
For God or for Fame? The Making of a Teenage Bomber – Kambiz GhaneaBassiri, Religion Dispatches: https://bit.ly/ehCzBu

Saturday November 27:
Concerning Bomb Makers – Mr. Orange’s War Tracker: https://bit.ly/gYr4Mf
Sunday November 28:
Dehumanize or Understand Your Enemy? Choose One – Mark Stout, On War and Words: https://bit.ly/e4NPVu
Misinterpreting the “Insurgency” in Tajikistan – Christian Bleuer, Ghosts of Alexander: https://bit.ly/fKbQhh
Monday November 29:
AQAP v Huthi: This time, its personal – Brian O’Neill, Always Judged Guilty: https://bit.ly/fR8I47
Yemeni Intellectual Saeed al-Jamhi Ideologically Attacks al-Qaida – Youssef Aboul-Enein & D Corley, Small Wars Journal: https://bit.ly/dF1h3C
Tuesday November 30:
Promoting Jihad Against China: The Turkistani Islamic Party in Arabic Jihadist Media – Kirk H. Sowell: https://bit.ly/gkcYee
The al-Awlaki Debate Continues – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/e0pc84
Wikileaks Questions – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/iicvzU
Majahden vs. Shmukh Country statistics for November 2010 – Aaron Weisburd, The Internet Haganah: https://bit.ly/hxeM89
Wednesday December 1:
Al-Qaeda’s relations with the Taliban: An unhappy marriage? – Noman Benotman and James Brandon, Quilliam Foundation: https://bit.ly/g7zIeS
Thursday December 2:
Trial of Would-Be Assassin Illustrates al-Awlaki’s Influence on the British Jihad – Raff Pantucci, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/dLtTVI
The Salafist Challenge to al-Qaeda’s Jihad – Michael W. S. Ryan, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/eCrvct
Friday December 3:
Bin Laden’s Lonely Crusade – Peter Bergen, Vanity Fair: https://bit.ly/hdp0Lc
New CTC Sentinel is released: https://bit.ly/ihV5qz

Saturday November 20:
A False Target in Yemen – Gregory D. Johnsen, The New York Times: https://nyti.ms/bSt3Sc
Al Qaeda’s Organizational Structure and its Evolution – Rohan Gunaratna & Aviv Oreg, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/cSs9B6
Tuesday November 23:
3 Questions on Inspire Magazine – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/fMIbJX
Drone Debate: A follow-up – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/e5BQmD
Death by a Thousand Cuts – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/fWKxyH
Wednesday November 24:
A Crash Course in Jihadi Theory (Part 3) – Joas Wagemakers, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/gzAT5g
The case for chasing al-Awlaki – Thomas Hegghammer, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/gjDimn
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Hopes Baghdad Church Attack Will Involve Egypt’s Traditional Salafists in Jihad – Murad Batal al-Shishani, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/eonO5i
Jihadists in Crisis – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/iiirs5
Negotiate with bin Laden? – Andrew Lebovich, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/fQBegZ
Thursday November 25:

Taliban Realism over the September 11 Attacks – Alex Strick van Linschoten, A Different Place: https://bit.ly/dRWCP8

Friday November 26:

Zachary Chesser: an American, Grassroots Jihadist Strategist on Raising the Next Generation of Al-Qaeda Supporters – Christopher Anzalone, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/f8Q9Vy

Sunday November 14:
ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group presents “Global Jihad: Summary from Arabic Sources – 1st Half of October 2010” https://bit.ly/9uMMYV
ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group presents “Periodical Review: Fatwas – October 2010” https://bit.ly/9SHpJE
AQAP: New Talent – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/bErQLh
Monday November 15:
We must challenge the ideology driving terrorism – J. Scott Carpenter & Matthew Levitt, The Australian: https://bit.ly/9eH5PE
Tuesday November 16:
Militant Islamist Renunciations from Egyptian Prisons: An Ideological Challenge to al-Qaida – Youssef Aboul-Enein, Small Wars Joural: https://bit.ly/deUQjq
Death to Christians – ISI and the rampage against the Cross – Nico Prucha , Online Jihad: https://bit.ly/bmigaj
The Ideology and Influence of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi – Joas Wagemakers, Closer: https://bit.ly/91XTUM
Countering Terrorism in East Africa: The U.S. Response – Lauren Ploch, Congressional Research Service: https://bit.ly/bVgg31
Wednesday November 17:
The Other Face of Al-Qaeda – Camille Tawil, Al-Hayat: https://bit.ly/9PKS4x
Saving Yemen? – Brian O’Neill, Always Judged Guilty: https://bit.ly/druaHg
Thursday November 18:
Hijacked Islam – Nico Prucha, Online Jihad: https://bit.ly/aUyNL9
New “Fursan al-Shahada” Video about Nigeria? – Nico Prucha, Online Jihad: https://bit.ly/bG0lhu
Friday November 19:
A Limited View of AQAP – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/9hX91K
“Fursan al-Shahada, part 8” highlights Nigeria and Central Africa – Nico Prucha, Online Jihad: https://bit.ly/cvsuEw
Drones Aren’t the Answer in Yemen – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/acaXYU

Saturday November 6:
Identifying the enemy in the Sahel – Andrew Lebovich, al-Wasat: https://bit.ly/bSY1QD
Al-Qaeda´s Greetings to Dead Crusaders – Florian Flade, Jih@d Blog: https://bit.ly/9wLzST
Monday November 8:
As long as Yemen is destitute, al Qa’eda will thrive – Brian O’Neill, The National: https://bit.ly/bX3734
Tuesday November 9:
The Awlaki-Gadahn Nexus and Al Qaeda’s War On Scholarship – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/bdHasi
Throught a Glass Darkly – Gregory D. Johnsen, Waq al-Waq: https://bit.ly/bvjOGy
The Battle for Afghanistan: Militancy and Conflict in Kandahar – Anand Gopal, New American Foundation: https://bit.ly/aafen8
Al Qaeda Bombings, Drive-By Shootings, and Penalty Kicks? – Laura Kasinof, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/9OyIOp
Wednesday November 10:
Thoughts on the transcript of the interrogation of AQAP figure Ibrahim al-Banna – Leah Farrall, All Things Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/90BbjG
Corrupting Counterterrorism – Paul R. Pillar, The National Interest: https://bit.ly/bAboFQ
Thursday November 11:
More Ruminations about Al Qaeda’s War on Scholarship – J.M. Berger, IntelWire: https://bit.ly/aNFZuA
Friday November 12:
Kazakhstan’s Jihadists Solicit Assistance From Ingush Insurgency Website – Liz Fuller, The Caucasus Report: https://bit.ly/cEE9di
Drones and Yemen – Brian O’Neill, Always Judged Guilty: https://bit.ly/a2Arv4
Insurgents in Ingushetia Regroup as Local Jammats Become More Nationalist – Mairbek Vatchagaev, North Caucasus Analysis: https://bit.ly/dBQheC