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 The Khorasan – Damned, by Hellfire or Malady
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 VII – Of An Unholy Merger (Chapter 25 – From The Fringes To The Ideologues) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ Having discussed the 2009 … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 25 – From The Fringes To The Ideologues)
Segment VI – A Subdued Silence (Chapter 23 – The Soldiers’ Brigade and Echoes Of Battles) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ This Segment concluding Chapter … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 23 – The Soldiers’ Brigade And Echoes Of Battles)
Segment VI – A Subdued Silence (Chapter 22 – Global Ramifications) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ This chapter explores the effects of the rising AQAP … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 22 – Global Ramifications Of Local Disorder)
As we explored in the previous chapter of this series, 2004 was developing into a hectic year as al-Qaida attempted to refocus efforts against Pakistani cities and abroad, and the … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Summer of Intrigue
With an impending American presidential election in 2004, al-Qaida, the pre-eminent enemy of the Bush Administration, could ill-afford to be relegated to obscurity or forgotten. Having established and discussed the … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Threat To An Election
Unsurprisingly, Nashwan Abdulrazzaq Abdulbaqi al-Tamir, the leader of Brigade 55, known as Abdulhadi al-Iraqi, commanded the al-Qaida paramilitary response to the American invasion. His frontline lieutenants in the north, Abdulsalam … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Dawn of the Insurgency
The Karachi raids deprived Khalid Sheikh Mohamed of an adequate cell of men, facilitators, two of his best lieutenants, an enormity of supplies, and of course a series of viable … Continue reading SERIES: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Collapse Of The External Structure