The US announced in June that it would be dramatically reducing military presence in Syria, manifested in the abandonment of seven of its eight bases within the nation. Despite the … Continue reading Dissipating Pressure – A Withdrawal From Opposing Hatred
Less than a year from the inglorious drone strike on Damadola, Bajaur, the CIA conducted a much more devastating attack, this time on a madrassa in Bajaur, ostensibly utilized by … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of The Khorasan – The Chenagai Madrassa
Even as 2006 commenced, Iraq remained the most viable and strategically vital theatre for al-Qaida. The organization’s combined efforts with the Taliban and allied movements would eventually thrust Afghanistan into … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Faltering Along The Way To Jihad
Two factors drove al-Qaida external operations after the 2005 London bombings. First was the need and ability to outwit international security services in order to recreate and expand upon the … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Transatlantic Conspiracy
Segment IX – To Inspire An Insurrection (Chapter 36 – A Forgotten Warning) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ Amidst the conflict in Abyan and throughout Yemen, … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 36 – A Forgotten Warning)
Segment IX – To Inspire An Insurrection (Chapter 35 – An Emirate In Abyan) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ In the following chapter, we discuss how … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 35 – An Emirate In Abyan)
Segment IX – To Inspire An Insurrection (Chapter 34 – While Combatting Satan…) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ AQAP styled itself through 2010 as a paramilitary … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 34 – While Combatting Satan…)
Segment IX – To Inspire An Insurrection (Chapter 33 – Eradicating Malice) Commencing herein, we delve into the expansion of AQAP into a regional paramilitary force, focused on an intensive … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 33 – Eradicating Malice)
During this tumultuous period, in the time since Abu Faraj al-Libi was captured and Hamza Rabia killed, the American press particularly emphasized the remaining and new al-Qaida commanders climbing in … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Replenishment And Admonishment
A renewed urgency swept through the encampments of al-Qaida and their allied movements in 2005. It would be a mistake to assume that the jihadist focus on paramilitary and political … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Obdurate Militancy
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