In a feeble attempt to live up to Jihadica’s new billing as the “most dangerous” website monitoring Jihadis online, I thought I’d post some thoughts on what role Jihadi forums play in recruitment and radicalization. The usual characterization of online recruitment goes like this: some hapless Sunni Muslim starts poking around online, discovers Jihadi propaganda, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Recruitment’
How Online Recruitment Works
Posted: 18th September 2008 by Will McCants in Indoctrination, propaganda, Recruitment, trainingTags: propaganda, radicalization, Recruitment
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Walking the Talk: Forum Members Travel to Afghanistan and Iraq (Part 1)
Posted: 30th June 2008 by Will McCants in Afghanistan, Iraq, Recruitment, Travel RoutesTags: Afghanistan, Iraq, Recruitment, Travel Routes
On the Firdaws forum yesterday, a member posted a message informing fellow Firdawsians that one of their own, asdasd99, had joined the caravan of jihad in Afghanistan. Asdasd99, who also goes by al-Miskin al-Muhajir (The Lowly Emigrant) on the Ekhlaas forum, had tried to go to Iraq a month ago with a group from Kuwait [...]
Saudi Terror Arrests Summary, Government Points Finger at Iran
Posted: 29th June 2008 by Will McCants in Afghanistan, AQ Leadership, Jihadi media, Mauritania, Oil, Recruitment, Saudi Arabia, Strategy, tactics, Yemen, ZawahiriTags: financing, Iran, media, Oil, Recruitment, Saudi Arabia
I’ve been collecting news stories on the terror suspects arrested in Saudi Arabia. Much of the reporting relies on Saudi security personnel and the Interior Ministry’s statement last week, so it should be read with due skepticism. There’s a lot to discuss, but I’ll save my comments for later. For the moment it’s worth noting [...]
How Do You Become a Member of al-Qaeda?
Posted: 11th May 2008 by Will McCants in RecruitmentTags: Recruitment
Wali al-Haqq on Ekhlaas asks the provocative question, “how do you become a member of al-Qaeda?” He answers his question with four points: 1. Understand the nature of AQ’s organization, creed, and goals – The aspirant must recognize that there is an inevitable confrontation between true Sunnis and everyone else. A dialogue of civilizations is [...]