A new journal article for Studies in Conflict and Terrorism with Peter and Ryan looking at the community of “middle managers” in al Qaeda. It got a write-up on Bloomberg that appears to have been picked up in a couple of places. Took a while to emerge, but explores some ideas and a community that [...]
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Locating Al Qaeda’s Center of Gravity: The Role of Middle Managers
Posted: October 31, 2011 in Studies in Conflict and TerrorismTags: Afghanistan, al muhajiroun, Al Qaeda, counter-terrorism, France, Germany, Pakistan, terrorism, UK
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The Tottenham Ayatollah and the Hook-Handed Cleric
Posted: February 6, 2010 in Studies in Conflict and TerrorismTags: al muhajiroun, radicalization, supporters of shariah, terrorism, UK
My long-awaited (in my mind at least) contribution to the Studies in Conflict and Terrorism journal has at last landed. I refer to it briefly here and here, it goes into detail about the links and connections between the networks around Abu Hamza and Omar Bakri Mohammed and terrorist plots in the UK. Doubtless some [...]
