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Quiet in the Sulu Sea: The Elimination of Albader Parad
March 1, 2010 01:06 PM
Philippine media is reporting that on February 21, leading Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) commander Albader Parad was killed along with five other fighters on the island of Jolo, in the volatile Sulu archipelago, in a confrontation with Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) 2nd an 3rd Marine Battalions (Mindanao Examiner, February 23; The Manila Times, February 22). In what Filipino commanders described as both a moral booster to the AFP and a severe blow to the ASG’s hierarchy, the death of Parad came ...
A Jihadist in the Sand: The Rise of Abdelmalek Droukdel, al-Qaeda’s Amir in Algeria
March 1, 2010
Abdelmalek Droukdel (a.k.a. Abu Musab al-Wadoud), the current amir of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), should be considered the real power behind the shift in focus of the Algerian jihad. Droukdel was an early volunteer to...
From Yemen to Detroit: The Expanding Influence of AQAP’s Sa’id al-Shihri
March 1, 2010
In the Saudi state television broadcast of a recorded conversation which took place on August 27, 2009 between Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayef and Abdullah Hassan Tali al-Assiri—moments before al-Assiri attempted to assassinate...
A Profile of Radical Jamaican-born Cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal al-Jamaikee
March 1, 2010
Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal al-Jamaikee (The Jamaican), the radical Jamaican-born cleric, made international headlines when he was arrested in Mombassa, Kenya on New Year’s Eve 2009. Kenya’s Anti-Terrorism Police Unity (ATPU)...
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Volatile Landscape: Iraq and its Insurgent Movements
March 8, 2010 09:29 AM
Violence in Iraq has declined since its civil war of 2005-2007 due to the implementation of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy, Shi'a militia ceasefires, and the emergence of Iraq's Awakening Movement. But as the U.S. military draws down its forces, Iraq remains a fragile, un-reconciled state, riddled with sectarian tensions and new political rivalries that may negatively affect its future security and stability. Though less resourceful now, al-Qaeda in Iraq, Ba'athist elements, and Sufi insurg...