In Their Own Words:
We reiterate once again that the brigades will directly target US bases across the region in case the US enemy commits a folly and decides to strike our resistance fighters and their camps [in Iraq].
Mar. 2023Islamic Extremism
Qasem Soleimani: Iran’s man against ISIS
In late October, ISIS fighters retreated from the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakher. According to Iraqi military sources , Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) provided the Iraqi army with weapons and training in order to force ISIS’s retreat. The...
ISIS’s Wanton War on Women
In mid-December, at least 150 women and girls, some of them pregnant, were executed for refusing to marry or perform sexual acts for ISIS fighters. The women were systematically shot before being dumped into a mass grave in Fallujah, Iraq. According...
Sayyid Qutb: The Philosophical Foundation for Modern Jihadism
As the forefather of modern jihadism, Sayyid Qutb (1906-1966) profoundly influenced virtually every ‘Islamic’ extremist group operating today. According to the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, the diverse jihadist movement cites Qutb more...
Two Sides to the Islamic State Coin
ISIS has declared its intention to issue its own currency, an ‘Islamic State’ dinar coin minted in gold, silver and copper. ISIS’s ideology will be greatly served if it can implement its own system of coinage. First and foremost, the issuance of...
Khaled Meshaal: In His Own Words
As the chief of Hamas’s political bureau, Khaled Meshaal is arguably the most powerful leader in the Hamas organization. Meshaal lives openly in Doha, Qatar, uninhibited by Israeli travel restrictions. Meshaal reportedly “ sets the strategy …. [and...
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