Tag: Abu Jihad al-Masri

SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – A Formidable Farewell

As a fitting finale for their portion of the War on Terror, the last several months of the Bush Administration proved to be efficient, productive, and lethal. These months were … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – A Formidable Farewell

An inevitable result of an enhanced unilateral drone campaign in Pakistan was the assassination of obscure militant figures, who upon first reporting seemed to have little consequence to the overall … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – The Obscure Yet Relevant

Representing a time wherein American drone strikes were still rarities; news-worthy events that heralded some enormous stride in the war against al-Qaida and the efforts to protect quotidian American endeavors, … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – Damned, by Hellfire or Malady

Several years into the insurgency, al-Qaida propaganda resolved to celebrate their fallen “martyrs” in releases designed to glorify jihad and entice replacement followers. Consequently, the recruitment efforts of the jihadist … Continue reading SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Martyrs and Miscues

Segment X – Chaos Sans Conclusion (Chapter 40 – Ascertaining The Fates) Amidst the intense battle, chaos, and US intervention that the nation of Yemen was going through because of … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 40 – Ascertaining The Fates)

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: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Faltering Along The Way To Jihad

With Hassan Ghul captured in early 2004, the intrinsic bond of the Iraqi and Afghan insurgencies may have been imperiled, but Ghul’s interrogation displayed the organizations’ adamant intent on merging, … Continue reading SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Mesopotamian Expansion

In late 2003, the collective American consciousness disregarded the war in Afghanistan and observed with intense focus the happenings of Operation Iraqi Freedom, as well as the militant determined to … Continue reading SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – A Lion Emerges