When as-Sahab Media, the propaganda publisher for al-Qaida released the 50 plus minute video entitled “A Quarter of a Century Since 9/11,” remarkably no current leadership figures featured in the … Continue reading Nostalgia and Uncertain Charisma: Why al-Qaida is Veiling Leadership with Figures from the Past
The newly elected Obama Administration faced an immediate choice in continuing or ceasing the drone strikes. A mere day after signing the executive orders that ended the Bush administration’s policy … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – A Perilous Inheritance
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
American clandestine forces progressed with their unilateral offensive against al-Qaida officials based in Pakistan, unleashing a barrage of drone strikes from summer 2008 through the end of the year. The … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – Unilateral Assault
An Unlikely Resurrection In September 2024, a rumor gained traction on the fringes of internet news sources, and was rapidly repeated across social media. Hamza bin Laden, the favored son … Continue reading False Narrative: The Survival of Hamza bin Laden
The severity of the now underway drone campaign was not fully comprehended by al-Qaida operatives. All operatives involved with External Operations, militant training, conventional and chemical weaponry, were priority targets. … Continue reading SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – From Darunta To The Grave
Segment XI – Mas’ul al-Amm (Chapter 43 – Convoy of Martyrs) Those targeted by the expanding drone campaign in Yemen began to encompass a variety of narratives, and not just … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 43 – Convoy of Martyrs)
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
Segment XI – Mas’ul al-Amm (Chapter 42 – Reliable Or Errant) Throughout the efforts to liberate Zinjibar, airstrikes were not relegated to Abyan, but were occurring against other viable targets … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 42 – Reliable Or Errant)