A new post for Free Rad!cals this time exploring in some depth documents I have not managed to see first hand yet (hint, if anyone feels like sharing or has more info about them, please don’t hesitate to write!). An admittedly slightly premature piece consequently, but it gives me an opportunity to extemporise about a [...]
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The British End of the German al Qaeda Documents
Posted: March 19, 2012 in Free Rad!calsTags: 21/7, 7/7, Afghanistan, Britain's Jihad, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, Germany, Overt, Pakistan, Rashid Rauf, terrorism, UK
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When is a Lone Wolf a Lone Wolf?
Posted: March 1, 2012 in Free Rad!calsTags: Al Qaeda, Anwar al awlaki, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, lone wolves, terrorism, US
This is going up a bit late, since have been a bit distracted with other obligations. It also ended up being published after Intelwire and Red State articles on the topic, though I had written it before reading them both (honest!). A long post for Free Rad!cals, something I am trying to return to with some [...]
Peripatetic Jihadi
Posted: February 13, 2012 in Free Rad!calsTags: Afghanistan, French jihad, Jemaah Islamiyah, middle managers in terrorist networks, Osama bin laden, terrorism, terrorist networks, Umar Patek
A new post for Free Rad!cals, this time using the case of Umar Patek, the Bali bomber just going on trial in Indonesia, to explore some bigger themes about terrorist networks that I wrote about in an earlier journal article. I should add that it was also sparked off by the fact that I happened [...]
Muslim Integration: America Must Avoid Europe’s Mistakes
Posted: February 2, 2012 in Free Rad!calsTags: counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, terrorism, UK, US, US foreign policy
Another short blogpost for Free Rad!cals, this time on a topic that has been bugging me for a while. It seems as though the US is making a few unfortunate choices in counter-radicalisation terms that emulate earlier mistakes Europe made, something particularly silly given how much attention they have lavished on studying and criticising Europe’s [...]
Whither al Suri?
Posted: January 26, 2012 in Free Rad!calsTags: Abu Musab al Suri, Anwar al awlaki, AQAP, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, lone wolves, radicalization, Syria, terrorism, Yemen
A post for the long-ignored Free Rad!cals at ICSR. This one looking at the stories around Abu Musab al-Suri’s possible release and the implications of it. Brynjar was kind enough to give me some time to talk about it and I would recommend everyone read his book on the subject if they find the time. [...]
Jihad in China
Posted: July 21, 2011 in Free Rad!calsTags: Central Asia, China, China and the world, China domestic, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, ETIM, terrorism, TIP, xinjiang
A long lost post for ICSR looking at terrorism in China, something that I had actually drafted initially prior to the recent events out in Hotan. There it now seems as though the government is saying that a “flag of jihad” was being flown, though I have not seen reference to the East Turkestan groups [...]
Shanghai View: What Are You Watching
Posted: June 14, 2011 in Free Rad!calsTags: China, Chinese films, hollywood, movies, shanghai
A post over at Whose World Order? for ECFR after a protracted silence on that front due to travel. Am going to hammer out a few more of these over the next few days as we have quite a busy period here in Shanghai with an upcoming conference I am helping run which should produce [...]
Operation Gird – Counter-Terrorism Policing in Tense Times
Posted: May 19, 2011 in Free Rad!calsTags: algeria, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Europe, Pope, radicalization, terrorism, UK, UK counter-terrorism
A new post for Free Rad!cals, looking at the recently concluded investigation in the UK by the independent reviewer of counter-terrorism legislation that looked into the case of a group of “environment cleaners” who were picked up ahead of the Pope’s visit to London. The investigation has thrown up some interesting information about the case, [...]
The Tipton Three: Things Not Quite Adding Up
Posted: April 27, 2011 in Free Rad!calsTags: Afghanistan, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, guantanamo, Pakistan, radicalization, tipton, UK, US foreign policy
A longer post for Free Rad!cals, looking in detail at the case of the Tipton Taliban (the title I had initially gone with) in the wake of the latest Wikileaks information dump. I do not think that these chaps were very serious jihadists, but more likely your archetypal jihadi tourists. Be very interested to hear [...]
Wars Next Door
Posted: April 22, 2011 in Free Rad!calsTags: Al Qaeda, AQIM, Bosnia, counter-terrorism, foreign fighters going to jihad, jihad, Libya, UK
After a bit of a delay a new piece over at Free Rad!cals, this time looking at the comparisons between Bosnia and Libya. An underexplored topic and not one I am being intentionally alarmist about, but more I wonder whether there is much attention being paid to this. Should anyone come across any interesting stories [...]
