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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

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

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

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: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Transatlantic Conspiracy

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: Exiles Of Jihad: 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: Exiles Of Jihad: Dark Years Of Al-Qaida – Threat To An Election

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