by editor | Aug 22, 2014 | COMOPS Journal, Indonesia
by Mark Woodward* [Editor’s note: Yesterday there were news reports that an ISIL-inspired plot to bomb a Carlsberg brewery in Malaysia was foiled.] Iraq and Syria have become magnets for Indonesian jihadists in much the same way that Afghanistan was in the...
by lundry | Aug 16, 2012 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Islam, Media, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Noordin M. Top, who was responsible for multiple bombings in Indonesia and who is thought to have played a role in the 2002 Bali Bombings, is back in the news. He was killed almost three years ago in Central Java by Densus...
by lundry | Sep 15, 2011 | Framing, Indonesia, Islam, Media, Narrative, Politics, Religion, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry Violence between Muslims and Christians broke out in the city of Ambon, Maluku Province, Indonesia on Sunday, September 11. Official sources state that an ojek (motorcycle taxi) driver named Darmis Saiman was killed in an accident on September 10. But...
by halverson | Jul 13, 2011 | Analysis, Islam, Language, Narrative, Religion, Sensemaking, Strategic Comm.
by Jeffry R. Halverson If you’ve read our book Master Narratives of Islamist Extremism then you already have a solid understanding of the major master narratives employed by Islamist extremists in their communications. For example, you’re able to recognize the...
by editor | Apr 20, 2006 | COMOPS Journal
by Steven R. Corman & Jill S. Schiefelbein Recent controversies surrounding U.S. efforts to influence media in Iraq and the Middle East signal increasing interest in a war of ideas that is part of the conflict between the West and the worldwide jihadi movement....