On 2 August 2009, Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi announced the opening of an English version of his jihadi library. In the announcement, he requested that Falluja Forum members spread the word regarding his new website and to send him any trustworthy translations. The English website is similar to the Arabic site but it currently does not [...]
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Al-Maqdisi’s Online Library of Translated Jihadi Material
Posted: 2nd August 2009 by Scott Sanford in Indoctrination, Jihadi Book Club, Jihadi media, propaganda4
Jihadi Pundit Translates, Analyzes RAND Study
Posted: 4th August 2008 by Will McCants in Jihadi Book Club, Strategy, Western Analysts, Western booksTags: RAND, Strategy, Yaman Mukhaddab
Yaman Mukhaddab, a Jihadi pundit who’s appeared on this blog several times, has translated the summary of the new RAND study, How Terrorist Groups End: Lessons for Countering al Qa’ida. It’s a fast turnaround for a translation, given that the existence of the study was first reported in Western media on July 28 and Yaman [...]
Jihadi Book Club: Thirty-Six Stratagems
Posted: 15th June 2008 by Will McCants in Jihadi Book Club, StrategyTags: Strategy
Firdaws forum member Sawt al-Firdaws (“Voice of Paradise”) has posted a series of audio commentaries on the Chinese book Thirty-Six Stratagems (or as he calls it, “Thirty-Six Chinese Strategies”). Sawt writes: