by Kevin | May 21, 2013 | Monitor
Many authors have tried to fill in the gaps in the historical account of how al-Qa’ida’s central leadership came to reside in Jalalabad for part of 1996, with mixed results. Yunus Khalis has become a fixture in these narratives largely because he was the best known...
by Charles Cameron | May 19, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — bemused again, “jihad” (the word) in the news, “big data” too, plus Google expecting Mahdi ] . I suppose I should be glad — or should I? — that the word jihad is now in the news. It’s about time....
by Kevin | May 9, 2013 | Monitor
Western authors commenting on various mujahidin leaders involved with Usama bin Laden often seem to go out of their way to make the individuals in question seem extra villainous. This has been especially clear in the case of Yunus Khalis. In English works on...
by Charles Cameron | May 9, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — pretty much just thinking out loud about mental processes ] . The thing is, changing minds is a delicate business, pushing too hard can be counter-productive, and all the more so when the conclusion you want to bring about is clean...
by Teresa Lappe-Osthege | Apr 24, 2013 | Monitor
By: Teresa Lappe-Osthege A critical analysis of statements by Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri reveal a fragmented and weakened Al Qaeda disguising its internal incoherence and lack of appealing strategic and political…
