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
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SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 43 – Convoy of Martyrs)
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)
SERIES: Predators Of Khorasan – The Chenagai Madrassa
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 Khorasan – The Chenagai Madrassa
SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Obdurate Militancy
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: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Obdurate Militancy
SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 27 – Among Influence And Intrigue)
Segment VII – Of An Unholy Merger (Chapter 27 – Among Influence and Intrigue) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ Having heralded their arrival on the … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 27 – Among Influence And Intrigue)
SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Apprehension and Escape
In late 2004 and into 2005, a readjusted al-Qaida was faced with an undulating series of success and failure, challenges and critical advancements, as they expanded into Iraq and the … Continue reading SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Apprehension and Escape
SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 24 – The Recidivists And The Wanted)
Segment VII – Of An Unholy Merger (Chapter 24 – The Recidivists And The Wanted) For the entirety of the Series, please see – https://chroniclesinzealotry.com/fugitives-of-the-peninsula/ Segment VII discusses the coalescing … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 24 – The Recidivists And The Wanted)
SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Dawn of the Insurgency
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: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Dawn of the Insurgency
SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Parrying The Pakistanis
The captures of Khalid Sheikh Mohamed and his nephew Ammar al-Baluchi thoroughly disrupted the current and potential mechanics of al-Qaida external operations. Now the two represented an abundant wealth of … Continue reading SERIES: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Parrying The Pakistanis