A new piece over at the Guardian, looking at the perennial question of al Shabaab and its western recruits. I realize the conclusion might be seen as a bit exaggerated, but it does seem to me that we are potentially running the risk of going in this direction and at the end of the day [...]
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Al Shabaab: The American Connection
Posted: June 14, 2011 in GuardianTags: canada, counter-radicalisation, counter-terrorism, denmark, shabaab, Somalia, US, western jihadists
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Counter-productive counter-terror
Posted: December 1, 2010 in GuardianTags: counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, lone wolves, radicalization, Somalia, terrorism, US, US counter-terrorism policy, US foreign policy
A new article for the Guardian exploring an issue I have had knocking around my head for a while, the issue of the use of informants in U.S. terror cases. It is a complex question, as it is hard to know what the alternative is sometimes. Being on the Guardian’s website, this has awakened a [...]
Extremism’s Lone Warriors
Posted: January 4, 2010 in GuardianTags: denmark, lone wolves, radicalization, shabab, Somalia, terrorism, US, Yemen
Another busy day – though in reality these have been percolating over the holiday period. This one instead for Comment is Free at the Guardian which is consequently already attracting some charming comments which appear to show evidence of having willfully ignored the article at hand and chosen instead to use the opportunity to vent [...]
Appearance is key in tackling terrorism
Posted: May 4, 2009 in GuardianTags: counter-radicalization, legal, terrorism, UK
More for Comment is Free for the Guardian (still burdened with that awful picture) – this time looking at the presentational problems which the British government is having with terrorist trials and cases. It is a problem since it is worrisome how much this is exacerbating a long-term problem – and it is very hard [...]
UK Prisons: Incubators for Terrorism?
Posted: February 4, 2009 in GuardianTags: prisons, radicalization, terrorism, UK
More for the Guardian Comment is Free which is always fun as it attracts some interesting responses and rather immediately too. So far only a few by the looks of it, but maybe more. I also see they still have that diabolical picture of me. This builds on something I have written previously for Jamestown, and [...]
Community is key to tackling Islamic extremism
Posted: October 9, 2008 in GuardianTags: radicalization, terrorism, UK
My latest on the Guardian’s Comment is Free website. I see it has sparked off some debate, though i also see the Doctor’s plot trial in the UK started today as well, which i now somewhat regret not referencing in some way. Oh well, that’ll be for next time. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/09/communities.religion?commentpage=1 Community is key to tackling [...]
Am gradually penetrating the Brit press more, which is good. Here is my latest on the Guardian’s Comment is Free page. Was a reaction to something someone said about talking to Al Qaeda, something which on the face of it is a pretty silly idea. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jun/10/alqaida.northernireland Why talk to al-Qaida? Negotiation worked in Northern Ireland, [...]
