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 ‘Israel’
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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Response to Hamas Truce
Posted: 18th June 2008 by Will McCants in Hamas, IsraelTags: Hamas, Israel, truce
There’s disagreement about the Israel-Hamas truce on Ekhlaas today. Ekhlaas member Hafid al-Faruq thinks it squanders the blood of the martyrs who died to lift the siege. Asad al-Islam counters that there is no harm in a truce as long as the mujahids accept it; after all, Bin Laden himself offered a truce to Europe. [...]
Bin Laden Statement Prompts Speculation on AQ Strategy in Palestine (Part 3)
Posted: 24th May 2008 by Will McCants in Israel, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, StrategyTags: Aqaba, Eilat, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Levant, Palestine, Strategy, Syria
In the final installment of the series, we’ll look at a piece of analysis from Ekhlaas member Abu Hamza 2005 titled, “A Modest Reading of al-Qaeda’s Strategy in the Levant [bilad al-sham]“. Abu Hamza begins by referring to Bin Laden’s 2007 statement, “To Our People in Iraq.” The statement, according to Abu Hamza, indicates that [...]
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 [...]
Bin Laden Message on 60th Anniversary of Israel
Posted: 16th May 2008 by Will McCants in AQ Leadership, Bin Laden, Israel, Palestinian TerritoriesTags: Bin Laden, Israel, Palestinian Territories, statement, Zawahiri
Today, al-Sahab (the organization that distributes Bin Laden and Zawahiri’s messages) sent around a statement by Bin Laden on the 60th anniversary of Israel. In his address, Bin Laden stated the “Palestine question” is the chief cause of conflict between Western nations and the Muslim community. It is the ultimate reason why AQ attacked the [...]
Jihadi Book Club: Trita Parsi’s Treacherous Alliance
Posted: 8th May 2008 by Will McCants in Iran, Israel, ShiaTags: Iran, Israel, Shia, U.S.
Trita Parsi’s new book, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the U.S. is the subject of a long post on Ekhlaas. The poster uses it to prove his thesis that Iran is secretly working with the U.S. and Israel against the Sunnis. Many Jihadis maintain that the Shia, with Iran at their [...]