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Raqqah has fallen. There are many jihadists who will look at this loss with a sense of bitterness. Some foreign fighters are pragmatic. Is the Jihad over? “It goes on”… Continue reading "Into the Heart of Darkness: Working Notes on Three ISIS Jihadists."
Sitting across Mahdi al-Harati in the hotel lobby it is difficult to see why anyone would want this quiet Libyan dead. His insulin rests on the low table alongside his… Continue reading "Mahdi al-Harati: A Libyan Garibaldi?"
Tourists and bohemians love rummaging through the stalls on Portobello Road with its shimmering trinkets and shaggy clothes fit for an art student. To the locals it’s a “joke ting”… Continue reading "What happened to ‘Man like Fatlum?’: The inside Story of the British Suicide Bomber of Ramadi"
Tourists and bohemians love rummaging through the stalls on Portobello Road with its shimmering trinkets and shaggy clothes fit for an art student. To the locals it’s a “joke ting”,… Continue reading "What happened to ‘Man like Fatlum?’- The inside Story of the British Suicide Bomber of Ramadi"