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
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)
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 41 – Infinite Justice, Tenuous Liberation) Returning to the plight of Yemen in 2012, we delve into further drone strikes and their impact … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 41 – Infinite Justice, Tenuous Liberation)
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)
Segment X – Chaos Sans Conclusion (Chapter 39 – Signature Strikes) As we delve further into 2012, the saga of the al-Dhahab family merges with the chaos of southern Yemen … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 39 – Signature Strikes)
Segment X – Chaos Sans Conclusion (Chapter 38 – Ansar Al-Shariah) AQAP was wounded in the aftermath of arguably the most consequential drone strike of the conflict thus far, but … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 38 – Ansar Al-Shariah)
Segment IX – To Inspire An Insurrection (Chapter 37 – Extrajudicial Execution) In the final chapter of this Segment, we delve deeper into the frantic battle between the Yemenis and … Continue reading SERIES: Fugitives Of The Peninsula – (Chapter 37 – Extrajudicial Execution)