Jabhat breaks from al-Qaida
[ by Charles Cameron — and al-Jolani is dressed to kill ]
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An insightful DoubleQuote in the Wild:
Abu Muhammad al-Jolani's new outfit is clearly intended to reflect Osama bin Laden's. Not Baghdadi's black outfit pic.twitter.com/W82WdVKQdn
— Hassan Hassan (@hxhassan) July 28, 2016
As Shakespeare puts it, the apparel oft proclaims the man.
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Readings:
Charles Lister, Profiling Jabhat al-Nusra JM Berger, Jabhat al Nusra Splits From al Qaeda
Just added:
Charles Lister, The Nusra Front Is Dead and Stronger Than Ever Before D Gartenstein-Ross, Does Jabhat al-Nusra split from al-Qaeda and what does it mean?
July 29th, 2016 at 3:15 pm
Here’s the official announcement with English subtitles, hat-tip to Aaron Zelin of Jihadology:
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