by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jan 20, 2013 | Monitor
As I blogged yesterday, here is the 2012 list of AQIM-related events in Illizi province. My news sources didn't have reports for June or July, and so the set is incomplete. Still, I think it shows a qualitiative change in the militant activity in Illizi between...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jul 30, 2012 | Monitor
In May 2009, Abu Abdullah Ahmed, leader of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb’s (AQIM) then newly-established "political committee" ("Comité Médiatique" in the French release), sat down for an interview with AQIM’s media wing, al-Andalus Media. The...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jul 11, 2012 | Monitor
Lessons Learned and Taught In the second edition of his autobiography – Knights Under the Banner of the Prophet – Zawahiri comes to a logical mid-point in this the first part of his narrative: September 11th. As a I noted here, Knights isn’t a linear...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jul 5, 2012 | Monitor
Update [7/5]: After reading the passage again, I've added the preceding paragraph [in blue], because it enhances Zawahiri's primary argument – trust and dedication matter. On another note: I received several comments on the quality of the grammar and...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Feb 28, 2012 | Monitor
Unity and Disunity With the passing of years, I became more aware of the urgent need for unity in the Islamic action and of the fact that it is incumbent upon the mujahidin who are bounded by a pure creed to join ranks, to be more flexible in dealing with other...
