As readers might guess, the discussions on the Jihadi forums are almost entirely devoted to Gaza (there’s some on Somalia–more on that later this week). I’ve culled the most representative posts from the Faloja forum: The forum administrators warn that anyone who is unduly critical of Hamas will be kicked off during this time of [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Palestinian Territories’
Reactions To Israel’s Gaza Campaign
Posted: 29th December 2008 by Will McCants in Israel, Palestinian Territories, Saudi Arabia, UncategorizedTags: Gaza, Palestinian Territories, Qarni
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Hamas Hands Over al-Qaeda Commander to Egypt
Posted: 3rd July 2008 by Will McCants in AQ Leadership, Egypt, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, Travel RoutesTags: al-Qaeda, Egypt, Hamas, Palestinian Territories, Qassam
According to Usama al-Asad at Ekhlaas, when the barrier between Gaza and Egypt was destroyed, one of the commanders of al-Qaeda tried to enter Gaza and form a Jihadi group with some disaffected elements of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades. When Hamas found out, they captured him and turned him over to Egypt. Usama [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]