Abu `Abd al-Rahman `Atiyyat Allah (possibly this person) has written a new booklet titled Ru’ya kashifa in which he tries to convince his Jihadi brethren that Iran and Hezbollah are not working with the U.S. and Israel as part of a grand conspiracy to subjugate Sunnis. Rather, he argues, Iran and its cat’s paw Hezbollah [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Hezbollah’
Jihadi Explains Iranian Realpolitik
Posted: 6th August 2008 by Will McCants in Conspiracy Theories, Hezbollah, Iran, Islamic War Doctrine, Motivations, Shia, StrategyTags: Conspiracy Theories, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Shia, Sunnis
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Fatah al-Islam Leader Threatens Hezbollah, U.S.-Friendly Sunnis
Posted: 9th June 2008 by Will McCants in Hezbollah, LebanonTags: Fatah al-Islam, Hezbollah, Lebanon
Shakir al-`Absi, the fugitive leader of Fatah al-Islam, has issued his second audio statement since the defeat of his organization at the hands of the Lebanese Army last year. In it, he claims that the U.S. knows that it cannot directly break the “power” (shawka–a favorite Jihadi term) of the Sunnis in the Middle East, [...]
Bin Laden Statement Prompts Speculation on AQ Strategy in Palestine (Part 2)
Posted: 21st May 2008 by Will McCants in UncategorizedTags: Akram Hijazi, Awda, Bin Laden statement, Hezbollah, Israel, Mukhaddab, Palestinian Territories, Strategy, Sururis
The next punditry we’ll look at in the series is by Yaman Mukhaddab. Mukhaddab is one of the younger generation of AQ pundits and has quite a following judging from the cross-posting of his analyses to other forums. Yesterday, he posted his response to Bin Laden’s two recent messages. Mukhaddab considers both messages–one directed to [...]
Bin Laden Message Prompts Speculation on AQ Strategy in Palestine (Part 1)
Posted: 20th May 2008 by Will McCants in Bin Laden, Hezbollah, Israel, Palestinian Territories, StrategyTags: Bin Laden, Hezbollah, Israel, Palestinian Territories, Strategy, Zawahiri
Bin Laden’s statement on May 18th has prompted several Jihadi pundits to speculate on AQ’s future strategy in the Palestinian territories. Over the next few days, I’ll post the most interesting speculation. For part one, we’ll look at a short post by Ekhlaas member Khalid al-`Asqalani. According to `Asqalani, Bin Laden has presented a complete [...]
Lebanon in the Mouth of the Dragon: Why Aren’t the Salafis Fighting?
Posted: 17th May 2008 by Will McCants in Hezbollah, LebanonTags: Hezbollah, Islamic State, Lebanon, Salafis
Ekhlaas member al-Sarim al-Shami (“the Stern Shami”) asks: Why aren’t the armed Salafi groups entering the fight in Lebanon? He is particularly critical of their religious leaders, who are sitting on their hands. Sarim acknowledges, as I wrote a few days ago, that some Ekhlaas members endorse this tactical neutrality in order to prepare for [...]
New Issue of Jannat Released
Posted: 15th May 2008 by Will McCants in Hezbollah, Jihadi journals, Lebanon, Palestinian TerritoriesTags: Fatah al-Islam, Hezbollah, Jannat, Jihadi journals, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories
The May issue of the Jannat (“Paradise”) Journal has been released. The monthly journal is a collection of short news stories on the global jihad and excerpts from online Jihadi discussion forums. If you haven’t been following the latest goings on in the jihadosphere, this is a good place to look to get caught up. [...]
Lebanon: In the Mouth of the Dragon
Posted: 9th May 2008 by Will McCants in Hezbollah, LebanonTags: Hezbollah, Lebanon, Naji, Zawahiri
The Jihadi forums are buzzing today about the impending civil war in Lebanon, which they ominously refer to as being “in the mouth of the dragon.” There were two items of particular interest. One was advice from a Jihadi name al-Jawahir to militants in Lebanon: 5-8-08-advice-to-mujahids-in-lebanon2 He counsels his brothers to operate in secret, shun [...]