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7 May 2017, 7:00 am by Alex Thurston
The Brigades are fighting the so-called Libyan National Army (LNA). [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 11:42 am by Judicial Watch Blog
” At the end of the jihad section the question is: “How can the concept of jihad add legitimacy to the claims and aims of Al Qaeda and others? [read post]
21 Sep 2014, 7:00 am by Jennifer Williams
The leader of AQIS is a well-known Pakistani Islamic scholar with long-standing ties to al-Qaeda known by the name Sheikh Asim Umar. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 12:14 pm
“The police and the army have abandoned the city, al-Qaeda has taken down all the Iraqi flags and burned them, and it has raised its own flag on all the buildings. [read post]
1 Mar 2012, 8:48 am by Irene
Conveniently omitted in the press release is that West represented convicted al Qaeda terrorist John Walker Lindh, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence. [read post]
19 Oct 2017, 6:00 am by Daniel Byman
The Islamic State, the successor group to al-Qaeda in Iraq, has oscillated between victory and defeat. [read post]
9 Nov 2009, 12:56 am
ABC reports: It is not known whether the intelligence agencies informed the Army that one of its officers was seeking to connect with suspected al Qaeda figures.... [read post]
13 Jul 2014, 7:00 am by Jennifer Williams
The three in the AFRICOM area of responsibility—al-Qaeda in the Islamic Mahgreb, al-Shabaab, and Boko Haram—each present a threat to western interests in Africa. [read post]
21 Feb 2016, 7:50 am by Daniel Byman
Indeed, the Islamic State itself also began as an Al Qaeda franchise. [read post]
4 Apr 2023, 5:31 am by Sara Harmouch
  To illustrate with a more recent example, on Sept. 11, 2022, al-Qaeda released a book authored by deceased al-Qaeda senior member Abu Muhammad al-Masri. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 7:53 am by The Book Review Editor
The narrative is full of similar tidbits from al Qaeda’s history, which begins around 1979, the year that Soufan points to as a turning point for radical Islamic fundamentalism. [read post]
9 Oct 2015, 6:09 am
More broadly, the program has suffered from a shortage of recruits willing to fight the Islamic State instead of the army of President Bashar al-Assad.... [read post]
24 Jan 2021, 7:01 am by Tore Refslund Hamming
The History of the Insurgency The militant group’s official name is Ahlu Sunnah wa-l-Jama’ah (ASWJ), but it is known locally as al-Shabab—though no relation to the Somalia-based al-Qaeda-affiliate—and is now referred to internationally as the Islamic State in Mozambique. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 8:50 am by Judicial Watch Blog
The Islamic extremist Army major who went on a murderous rampage—while chanting "Allahu Akbar! [read post]
11 May 2014, 7:00 am by Jennifer Williams
On the one hand, one of al-Qaeda’s most important affiliates is based in Yemen, and the Yemeni regime supports the U.S. drone program, among other counterterrorism measures. [read post]
6 Feb 2024, 6:58 am by Irene
A South-Asian Islamic country well known as a recruiting ground for terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is getting $15 million from the Biden administration to combat climate change. [read post]
11 Nov 2015, 9:23 am by Aaron Y. Zelin
Some of the topics covered include: History of Islamism in Bangladesh and its intersection with mainstream politics The role of Bangladeshi Islamists with Rohingya refugees History of al-Qaeda’s involvement in Bangladesh and its newest enterprise through Ansar al-Islam What we know about recent Islamic State attacks in Bangladesh Links: Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War Think Again: Islamism and… [read post]
20 Feb 2022, 7:01 am by Ben Connable
Neither al-Qaeda nor the Islamic State could have been rolled back without solid performances by many Iraqi military units. [read post]
21 Jun 2015, 10:13 am by Aaron Y. Zelin
• Left the Jewish ignorance and filled his heart with the glory of Islam.Thus by accepting Islam, he left the army of Satan and joined the Army of Al-Rahman. [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 7:04 am
Obama is making himself an arbiter of the true meaning of Islam — that al Qaeda and ISIS profess beliefs about Islam that are not what Islam really is.Should a President do either or both of those those things? [read post]