Friends, Sponsors and Bureaucracy: An Initial Look at the Daesh Database
RUSI has a new, very short commentary and they conclude:
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Daesh has clearly learned lessons from Al–Qa’ida, and AQI in particular, so that it can hold territory more successfully and more effectively utilise the skills of its recruits. However, the evidence from the Daesh database suggests that the fundamental mechanisms of terrorist recruitment and radicalisation are still the same.
Social media has given the group greater access to a global audience, but the social processes underlying the radicalisation and mobilisation of foreign fighters still mirrors that seen among the recruits of Al-Qa’ida. Behind the bureaucracy, foreign fighters are still just a bunch of guys.
Link:https://rusi.org/commentary/friends-...daesh-database
War Against ISIS Hits Hurdles Just as the U.S. Military Gears Up
War Against ISIS Hits Hurdles Just as the U.S. Military Gears Up
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Baghdad Bombings Reveal ISIS New Plan: Tearing Iraq Apart
Baghdad Bombings Reveal ISIS New Plan: Tearing Iraq Apart
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How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS
How Kosovo Was Turned Into Fertile Ground for ISIS
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Some Considerations on Dealing with ISIS
Some Considerations on Dealing with ISIS
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Who Was the Founder of ISIS?
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/ar...campaign=ICYMI
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But who was Zarqawi?
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Could his rise have been prevented? Here are six things about his life you might not have known.
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An attack plan was fast tracked to the White House, but with the U.S. just months away from
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full-scale invasion of Iraq, the CIA plan was shot down.
Bruce Hoffman, a former U.S. military adviser explained:
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Zarqawi had a strategy. He’s just trying to leave it so that it’s only the United States military left, and it’s a black-and-white conflict. And this will enable him to rally considerably more support to himself and to his cause.
The second part of his plan was to foment a civil war. To do this, he would attack Shia Muslims, causing them to retaliate against Sunnis, who would then have no choice but to turn to jihadists for protection.
ISIS Will Not Get Far in Asia
ISIS Will Not Get Far in Asia
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CNAS Releases ISIS Study Group Final Report
CNAS Releases ISIS Study Group Final Report
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DOJ and FBI Backtrack After Criticism for Removing ISIS from Orlando Transcript
DOJ and FBI Backtrack After Criticism for Removing ISIS from Orlando Transcript
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ISIS: State or Terror Group?
ISIS: State or Terror Group?
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Fallujah’s Importance to ISIS Helped Iraq Recapture City
Fallujah’s Importance to ISIS Helped Iraq Recapture City
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Security Expert: 'ISIS And Al-Qaida Are Competing On A Worldwide Canvas'
Security Expert: 'ISIS And Al-Qaida Are Competing On A Worldwide Canvas'
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In the Age of ISIS, Who’s a Terrorist, and Who’s Simply Deranged?
In the Age of ISIS, Who’s a Terrorist, and Who’s Simply Deranged?
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