March 26th, 2011 by zen
They Just Don’t Make Caliphates Like They...
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March 7th, 2011 by zen
Pakistani Islamist militants, with the political...
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March 4th, 2011 by Charles Cameron
Posted in analytic, barack obama, blogosphere, Charles Cameron, CIA, extremists, humor, insurgency, islamist, networks, OSINT, social networks, terrorism, Uncategorized | Comments Off on Friend[s] of “Abu Reyyan” the Frankfurt Shooter
February 24th, 2011 by zen
Leah Farrall, the Australian former...
Read morePosted in 4GW, academia, Afghanistan, al qaida, analytic, COIN, counterinsurgency, cultural intelligence, extremists, foreign policy, globalguerillas, ideas, insurgency, intellectuals, islam.insurgency, islamic world, islamist, john robb, military intelligence, national security, networks, non-state actors, organizations, politics, social science, strategy, Tactics, terrorism, Theology, theory, war | 6 comments