January 2012
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Is Ansar al-Shariah Becoming Yemen's Taliban?
I should probably note here that the more I worked on writing this, the more muddled it became in my mind. Thus, the following is less of an argument and more of an attempt to get even some kind of clear thinking on the subject. Moreover, much of what follows is conjecture based on little primary research or evidence.
Recent events in Yemen have caused some of the observers of the country to...
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Al-Qaeda and Jon Stewart
As 2011 waned, and 2012 began, many scholars adopted the “year in review” approach to their blog posts. They commented on all that had happened in 2011, and postulated about what might come in the current year. It was, the consensus seems to be, a bad year for al-Qaeda: Osama bin Laden was killed, as was Anwar al-Awlaki. Al-Qaeda Central in Pakistan was scattered by a constant...
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Links Dump 1/22/12
And … still haven’t written that anticipated post yet. Still have an ever-increasing list of articles to read. Here’s some.
Saleh
Reuters - Yemen’s Saleh leaves for U.S., opponents protest
NYT - Yemeni President Leaves, Heading for U.S.
McClatchy - Yemen’s President Saleh departs to US for medical treatment
[3/2011] Time - Yemen’s Crisis: The President...
May or May Not
In Yemen, AQAP may or may not be taking over Sana’a, as al-Qaeda may or may not be dying, and elections may or may not be postponed.
And one of these days, I hope to blog about all this and more.
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Links Dump 1/14/12
I’ve got a post percolating, but until then I really need to empty my browser of some open tabs so I can ever figure out what I’ve even got open. There may be some redundancies from previous posts, and I haven’t really made any effort to categorize them.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross - Terrorism and the Coming Decade
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross - Al Qaeda Round-Up, 2012
Daveed...
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Thoughts on Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's "My Year...
I’ve been interested in reading Daveed Gartenstein-Ross’s memoir My Year Inside Radical Islam ever since I read his September Q&A with Andrew Exum about his new book, Bin Laden’s Legacy: Why We’re Still Losing the War on Terror. The premise of the book fascinated me: someone who had been born to a Jewish family, converted to Islam, eventually slid into radical Islam,...
