by Charles Cameron | May 9, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — Khorasan, black banners, the Ghazwa-e-Hind — when will the updating ever stop? ] . ** It looks as though I first realized that “the black banners of Khorasan” was a meme I should be “eyes out” for was in July...
by Charles Cameron | May 7, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — more of some familiar ZP themes, now in a new container ] . There are several matters of special interest to me that I’d like to draw your attention to in the new magazine, Azan, just issued from the Afghanistan / Pakistan region: ....
by Charles Cameron | May 7, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — taking a break from my pressing writerly duties ] . I wouldn’t have noticed these two offerings quite so clearly if I hadn’t been pointed to each of them in the last couple of days. Both look to be of considerable interest:...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 30, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — how to tell an authentic Mahdist “black banner” — from a false flag, perhaps? ] . There has been considerable talk about black flags featuring the Shahada: This is the creed of Islam, and reads, “There is not God...
by Charles Cameron | Apr 28, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — wanna know the very latest on those black banners from Khorasan? ] . Here’s the scene that greeted four British recruits to the jihad on their arrival at a training camp in Pakistan in August 2011: This wasn’t like the training...