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 | Feb 4, 2015 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — there’s rather more going on in the burning of the Jordanian pilot than I can handle — here are some of today’s relevant highlights ] . I’ll start and close with JM Berger, who has two of the wisest contextual...
by Charles Cameron | Dec 30, 2014 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — IS / Daesh focus is not on the question of derangement but of repentance – Dabiq #6, Aquinas, adaequatio ] . Lindt cafe worker escapes Man Haron Monis hostage situation, Sydney – credit Jason Reed, Reuters ** It’s interesting...
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...
