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Gary R. Bunt

OBL HD

Businesswire, National Geographic Announces In-Depth Analysis of Osama Bin Laden’s Newly Declassified Personal Files in BIN LADEN'S HARD DRIVE
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aQ Leadership Issues(?)

aQ pronouncement Discover More…

Once Upon a Time in Iraq

The conclusion of an excellent series, including discussion on ‘Mosul Eye’ (which I refer to in Hashtag Islam). Discover More…

7/7

7/7 15th Anniversary: coverage on my blog from July 2005 can be found here (scroll down to 7th July). Discover More…

'One Ummah' Al-Qaeda Magazine

New aQ English magazine issued. Discover More…

AQIM Changes

AQIM Changes Discover More…

Al-Qaeda video

Commentary from Elisabeth Kendall on the new al-Qaeda video

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New book on al-Awlaki

New book on Anwar al-Awlaki Discover More…

Pearl Murder Sentence Review

Guardian, Daniel Pearl murder: Pakistani court overturns death sentence of accused

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'The Brighton Jihadists'

The Observer, The Brighton jihadists: bullied brothers who went into battle
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New Book on Jihad

A new book from Thomas Hegghammer is out now, discussing global jihad: Discover More…

AQAP New Leader

Sheikh Khalid Batarfi announced as AQAP leader Discover More…

Abu Zubaydah

Peter Bergen of CNN writes in detail about the torture of Abu Zubaydah, and the drawings Abu Zubaydah produced (a new tranche has emerged). Discover More…

Neo-Nazis Are Glorifying Osama Bin Laden

Ben Makuch and Mack Lamoureux, Vice, Motherboard, Neo-Nazis Are Glorifying Osama Bin Laden Discover More…

Al Qaeda Is Ready to Attack You Again

Colin P. Clarke, Charles Lister, Foreign Policy, Al Qaeda Is Ready to Attack You Again, 4 Sep 2019 Discover More…

UN on 'IS'

Ben Makuch, Vice, ISIS Is Using Internet Propaganda to Maintain a 'Virtual Caliphate,' UN Report Says
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Hamza bin Laden

Jason Burke, Hamza bin Laden: the end of a dynasty, but not al-Qaida
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AQIM Qur'an Use

Sergio Altuna Galán, Elcano Royal Institute, Made-To-Measure Qur’anic Quotations: The Incomplete Verses Of Al-Qaeda In The Islamic Maghreb – Analysis
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'Advice for Jihadist Wives'

Elisabeth Kendall on al-Qaeda's 'Advice for Jihadist Wives' Discover More…

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Profile

BBC Monitoring, Syria group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and al-Qaeda legacy, 22 May 2019
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aQ Afghanistan

Thomas Joscelyn tweet thread on al-Qaeda Discover More…

al-Qaeda Women's Magazine

Dr Elisabeth Kendall discusses al-Qaeda's women's magazine (May edition) on Twitter Discover More…

aQ

Al-Zawahiri appears on a new aQ video Discover More…

aQ articles

al-Qaeda activity Discover More…

aQ on 'International Women's Day':

al-Qaeda on 'International Women's Day': Discover More…

al-Zawahiri

al-Zawahiri's video message is discussed Discover More…

9-11 Prosecutions Continue

Julian Borger, Guardian, 'Why can't we get this over?': 9/11 hearings drag on at Guantánamo, 2 Feb 2019
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Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

AFP/Rudaw, Al-Qaeda's shadow still hangs over Syria's Idlib: analysts
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“Of Fathers and Sons” film

Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept, “Of Fathers and Sons” — a Startling Film Goes Inside a Generational Apocalypse in Syria

What appears to be a depressing but essential piece of cinema (I have only viewed the trailer so far).

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E-jihad storage issues

E-jihad storage issues unpacked, discussing Google Drive and Dropbox. Discover More…

al-Qaeda in Yemen

albawaba, Al Qaeda in Yemen is Down But Not Out, 18 Sep 2018, "Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Al Qaeda’s branch in Yemen, has been on a roller coaster of fortune over the past few years of the Yemen conflict. A heavy drone campaign against the group, as well as their territorial losses, has taken away the gains the group made in the early years of the war.

"But this shouldn’t be taken to mean that the AQAP threat is on the wane. How much of a threat AQAP presents in future depends on how Yemen will emerge from its horrific war, and how much help it is given recovering."
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