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Brief brief: of binding and loosing

by Charles Cameron | Jan 27, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — really just a note to myself, but you may read it over my shoulder ] . Joas Wagemakers, blogging on Jihadi-Salafi views of the Islamic State at the Washington Post, was talking about the “caliphate” today, and as usual, I went...

Of morale, angels and Spartans

by Charles Cameron | Jan 17, 2015 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — how sky differs from heaven, and what that means for morale and jihad ] . ** Okay, that Spartans / Battle of Badr DoubleQuote above is just a teaser, locating us in the general zone of morale.. What I’d really like to offer you here...

Turning analytic bifocals on the Islamic State’s Irregulars

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...

Countering Violent Extremism as a koan, a hall of mirrors

by Charles Cameron | Nov 11, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — from Raff Pantucci to Shakespeare & Borges — plays within plays, mirrors within mirrors — then back again ] . ** As you know, I’m in the habit of moving from apocalyptic and / or terrorist specifics to wider...

Satire! Fake! Hoax! Internet! [correction on p.16 below the fold]

by Charles Cameron | Jul 31, 2014 | Monitor

[ by Charles Cameron — and yes, “p.16 below the fold” is pretty much the news equivalent of “at the back of the bus” ] . A prime-time Dutch TV news show, De Wereld Draait Door, regularly includes a satirical segment, and the other day the...