by Charles Cameron | Mar 2, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Hamid & Farrall, Stern & Berger, full reviews coming up shortly ] . ** I recently received a review copy of Mustafa Hamid & Leah Farrall‘s breakthrough book, The Arabs at War in Afghanistan, courtesy of the publisher,...
by Charles Cameron | Jan 9, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — just noting the apparent blurring of a significant distinction, although it’s still early to draw conclusions ] . Raffaello Pantucci tweets: French TV interviewed Cherif Kouachi who states clearly I was directed by AQAP and funded by...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 29, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — a flag flapping in the wind, in the mind ] . You see this flag? Dear ISIS, if it takes 63 pages to explain why you are not Khawarij, you just might be Khawarij. pic.twitter.com/xfwSNt8peJ — J.M. Berger (@intelwire) December 28, 2014...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 15, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — even after death, snakes can bite you — plus a quick look at someone Baghdadi may have termed an “effeminate pilot” ] . Major Mariam Al Mansouri, first female UAE's pilot who took part in the strikes against #ISIS...
by Charles Cameron | Nov 13, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — skip straight to the last three sections if you want the meat without the fruit & nuts ] . I didn’t know that football hooligans were against salafists when I put together this DoubleQuote in a free moment yesterday — I...
