Articles of the Week – 7/14-7/20

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Monday July 16: 
The al-Shabab Finance System – Hiraal Institute: https://bit.ly/2mjIwjL
A New Era of Insurgent Recruitment: Have ‘New’ Civil Wars changed the Dynamic? – William Reno and Jahara Matisek, Civil Wars: https://bit.ly/2JE0W82
What Happens When Your Town Becomes an ISIS Recruiting Ground? Lessons from Central Asia about Vulnerability, Resistance, and the Danger of Ignoring Perceived Injustice – Noah Tucker, Central Asia Program: https://bit.ly/2O2DiFH
Too dangerous for fieldwork? The challenge of institutional risk-management in primary research on conflict, violence and ‘Terrorism’ – Jeffrey Alan Sluka, Contemporary Social Science: https://bit.ly/2mYhY7Z
Tuesday July 17:
The banality of counterterrorism “after, after 9/11”? Perspectives on the Prevent duty from the UK health care sector – Charlotte Heath-Kelly and Erzsébet Strausz, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2LvMFw4
From Jabhat al-Nusra to Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham: Evolution, Approach and Future – Aymen Jawad al-Tamimi, KAS: https://bit.ly/2uEeKe0
Wednesday July 18:
Lone Actor Terrorists: A Residence-to-Crime Approach – Zoe Marchment, Noémie Bouhana, and Paul Gill, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2uBsTc4
Thursday July 19:
Press coverage of lone-actor terrorism in the UK and Denmark: shaping the reactions of the public, affected communities and copycat attackers – David Parker, Julia M. Pearce, Lasse Lindekilde, and M. Brooke Rogers, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2zXiigI
Politics and Threat Perception: Explaining Pakistani Military Strategy on the North West Frontier – Paul Staniland, Asfandyar Mir & Sameer Lalwani, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2LT4Xuq
Rearing Cubs of the Caliphate: An Examination of Child Soldier Recruitment by Da’esh – James Morris & Tristan Dunning, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2Maeevj
Exploring the Radicalization Process in Young Women – Clara Isabel Morgades-Bamba, Patrick Raynal & Henri Chabrol, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2voXidf
Friday July 20:
Burying the Lede: The Islamic State Downsizes? – Brian Dodwell, Daniel Milton, and Muhammad al-‘Ubaydi, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2M5ptEW

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: "al-Nabā’ #140"

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For prior parts see: #139, #138, #137, #136, #135, #134, #133, #132, #131, #130, #129, #128, #127, #126, #125, #124, #123, #122, #121, #120, #119, #118, #117, #116, #115, #114, #113, #112, #111, #110, #109, #108, #107, #106, #105, #104, #103, #102, #101, #100, #99, #98, #97, #96, #95, #94, #93, #92, #91, #90, #89, #88, #87, #86, #85, #84, #83, #82, #81, #80, #79, #78, #77, #76, #75, #74, #73, #72, #71, #70, #69, #68, #67, #66, #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #55, #54, #53, #52, #51, #50, #49, #48, #47, #46, #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.
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Eye On Jihadis in Libya Weekly Update: July 17

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IS in Action On 10 July, the Libyan National Army’s (LNA) Criminal Investigations Department in Brega arrested an individual suspected of being an IS fighter. During the arrest, the suspect was discovered to possess a suicide belt. A weekly update of ISIS’s actions, the Western response, and developments pertaining to Libya’s other militias is available by subscribing here. To read about Western countries’ responses to ISIS in Libya this week, click here, and to read about the developments within the anti-ISIS Coalition of Libyan militias, click here. To read all four sections of this week’s Eye on ISIS in Libya report, click here. Eye-on-Isis-Logo-001

New issue of al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent’s magazine: “Nawaī Afghān Jihād Magazine – July 2018”

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Previous releases- 2018- June issue. May issue. April issue. February issue. January issue. 2017- December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2016- July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. 2015- November issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2014- December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. April/May issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2013- December issue. October/November issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2012- December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue. July issue. June issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2011– December issue. November issue. September/October issue. August issue. June/July issue. May issue. April issue. March issue. February issue. January issue. 2010– December issue. November issue. October issue. September issue. August issue.
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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: al-Qā’idah in the Indian Subcontinent — “Nawaī Afghān Jihād Magazine – July 2018”
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New release from al-Qā’idah's Shaykh Bilāl Khuraysāt (Abū Ḥudhayfah al-'Urdunī): "Arrests and Interactions…And From Memories of the Positions"

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Click the following link for a safe PDF copy: Shaykh Bilāl Khuraysāt (Abū Ḥudhayfah al-‘Urdunī) — Arrests and Interactions…And From Memories of the Positions
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