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PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 Recent Online Resources for the Analysis of Terrorism and Re- lated Subjects Complied and selected by Berto Jongman Most of the items included below became available online in September and October 2018. They are catego- rised under these headings: 1. Non-Religious Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns 2. Religious (mainly Jihadi) Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns 3. Terrorist Strategies and Tactics 4. Conflict, Crime and Political Violence other than Terrorism 5. Counter-Terrorism – General 6. Counter-Terrorist Strategies, Tactics and Operations 7. State Repression and Civil War at Home and Clandestine & Open Warfare Abroad 8. Prevention and Preparedness Studies (including Countering Violent Extremism, De-Radicalization, Counter-Narratives) 9. Intelligence 10.Cyber Operations and Information Warfare 11.Risk & Threat Assessments, Forecasts, Analytical Studies 12.Also Worth Reading 1. Non-Religious Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns J. Bowden. Russian troll farm targeted in arson attack. The Hill, October 9, 2018. URL: https://thehill.com/ policy/international/410584-russian-troll-farm-hit-in-arson-attack T. Barnes. Viktoria Marinova: Romanian suspect arrested in connection with rape and murder of Bulgarian journalist. The Independent, October 9, 2018. URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/bul- garia-journalist-murder-viktoria-marinova-arrest-rape-corruption-investigation-eu-a8575401.html D. Bond, G. Chazan. Rightwing terror in Europe draws fuel from populism and xenophobia. Financial Times, October 9, 2018. URL: https://www.ft.com/content/86f2645a-c7a2-11e8-ba8f-ee390057b8c9 Bulgarian TV journalist raped and murdered in Danube town of Ruse. The Guardian, October 7, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/07/tv-journalist-brutally-murdered-in-bulgari- an-town-of-ruse L. Bayer. Bulgarian investigative journalist murdered. Politico, October 7, 2018. URL: https://www.politico. eu/article/victoria-marinova-bulgaria-investigative-journalist-murdered/ B. Starr, R. Browne, J. Acosta, E. Watkins. Suspected ricin detected in mail sent to Trump, Pentagon. CNN, October 3, 2018. URL: https://edition.cnn.com/2018/10/02/politics/pentagon-ricin-mail/index.html A. Roussinos. Inside Cameroon’s bloody war over the English language. Vice, October 1, 2018. URL: https:// ISSN 2334-3745 170 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 news.vice.com/en_us/article/qvajj3/inside-cameroons-bloody-war-over-the-english-language M. Janetsky. FARC reveals locations of remains of 182 victims who were forcibly disappeared by guerrillas. Colombia Reports, September 28, 2018. URL: https://colombiareports.com/farc-reveals-locations-of-182- missing-victims-of-the-armed-conflict/ F. Mahamba. Rebel attack in Congo Ebola zone kills 18. Reuters, September 23, 2018. URL: https://uk.reuters. com/article/uk-congo-violence-ebola/rebel-attack-in-congo-ebola-zone-kills-18-idUKKCN1M30GA O, Farooq. India mob attacks police after Maoist rebels kill lawmaker. Miami Herald, September 23, 2018. URL: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article218885265.html DR Congo: rebels carry out deadly attack in Beni city. Al Jazeera, September 23, 2018. URL: https://www. aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/dr-congo-rebels-carry-deadly-attack-beni-city-180923112006160.html K. McVeigh. ‘Without drug traffickers, we’d have peace: Colombian villagers flee new killings. The Guardian, September 22, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/22/colombia-co- caine-farc Iranian Supreme Leader accuses Gulf Arab states of carrying shooting attack on military parade. Devdis- course.com, September 22, 2018. URL: https://www.devdiscourse.com/Article/headlines/191155-iranian-su- preme-leader-accuses-gulf-arab-states-of-carrying-shooting-attack-on-military-parade Timeline of recent attacks in Iran by militant groups. Yahoo, September 22, 2018. URL: https://www.yahoo. com/news/timeline-recent-attacks-iran-militant-groups-170811878.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medi- um=twitter 29 killed, 60 injured in Iran military parade attack on Revolutionary Guards. Al Arabiya, September 22, 2018. URL: https://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2018/09/22/Casualties-as-army-parade-attacked-in- south-Iran.html M. Adil. I’m not surprised most terror suspects in the UK are white –we’ve been expecting to see this change for a while. The Independent, September 17, 2018. URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/most-uk-ter- ror-suspects-white-not-surprised-muna-adil-quilliam-a8536436.html #MinskMonitor: new details on Zakharchenko assassination. Digital Forensic Research Lab, Medium, Sep- tember 10, 2018. URL: https://medium.com/dfrlab/minskmonitor-new-details-on-zakharchenko-assassina- tion-bdffec2ead46 T. Clavel. Is the FARC political experiment dead in the water? InSight Crime, September 4, 2018. URL: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/farc-political-experiment-dead/ M. Galeotti. Zakharchenko’s assassination won’t bring peace to Ukraine (Op-ed). The Moscow Times, Septem- ber 4, 2018. URL: https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/war-politics-crime-blowing-up-the-donbass-62764 Tens of thousands gather for funeral of Ukrainian rebel leader. Al Jazeera, September 2, 2018. URL: https:// www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/phillipines-internet-cafe-bomb-attack-kills-wounds-15-180902200405412. html Ukrainian Security Service lists top theories on Zakharchenko assassination. UAWire, September 2, 2018. URL: https://www.uawire.org/sbu-chief-lists-top-theories-on-zakharchenko-assassination Bomb which killed Zakharchenko was concealed in chandelier. UAWire, September 2, 2018. URL: https:// www.uawire.org/bomb-which-killed-zakharchenko-was-concealed-in-chandelier B. Nimmo. #MinskMonitor: Donetsk leader Zakharchenko assassinated. Digital Forensics Research Lab, August 31, 2018. URL: https://medium.com/dfrlab/minskmonitor-donetsk-leader-zakharchenko-assassinat- ed-1a7a750c545e ISSN 2334-3745 171 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 Leader of self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic killed in E. Ukraine blast. RT, August 31, 2018. URL: https://www.rt.com/news/437357-head-donbass-republic-killed/ 2. Religious (mainly Jihadi) Terrorism: Actors, Groups, Incidents and Campaigns 2.a. AQ and Affiliates T. Joscelyn. Taliban calls for attacks to disrupt Afghan elections. FDD’s Long War Journal, October 8, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/10/taliban-calls-for-attacks-to-disrupt-afghan-elec- tions.php C. Weiss. JNIM portrays its fight as part of al-Qaeda’s global jihad. FDD’s Long War Journal, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/10/jnim-portrays-its-fight-as-part-of-al-qaedas-global- jihad.php B.M. Perkins. Clashes between Islamic State and AQAP emblematic of broader competition. Terrorism Mon- itor, September 21, 2018. URL: https://jamestown.org/program/clashes-between-islamic-state-and-aqap-em- blematic-of-broader-competition/ B. Johnson. Al-Qaeda calls on Western Muslims of South-Central Asian origin to attack ‘blashphemous’ tar- gets. PJMedia, September 24, 2018. URL: https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/al-qaeda-calls-on-western- muslims-of-south-central-asian-origin-to-attack-blasphemous-targets/ J. Fenton-Harvey. Al-Qaeda’s future in a war-torn Yemen. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Sep- tember 25, 2018. URL: https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/77334 R. Maclean. Boko Haram landmines in Nigeria killed at least 162 in two years – study. The Guardian, Septem- ber 23, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/23/boko-haram-landmines- in-nigeria-killed-at-least-162-in-two-years-study Al-Shabaab five years after Westgate: still a menace in East Africa. International Crisis Group, Report #265, Africa, September 21, 2018. URL: https://www.crisisgroup.org/africa/horn-africa/kenya/265-al-shabaab-five- years-after-westgate-still-menace-east-africa P. Hinton. The spread of Islamic terror in the contemporary world. E-International Relations Students, Sep- tember 23, 2018. URL: https://www.e-ir.info/2018/09/23/the-spread-of-islamic-terror-in-the-contemporary- world/ T. Joscelyn. Pakistan continues to harbor Taliban, including al-Qaeda-linked Haqqanis. FDD’s Long War Jour- nal, September 19, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/pakistan-continues-to-har- bor-taliban-including-al-qaeda-linked-haqqanis.php D. Green. The al-Qaeda of today has changed since 9/11 and the US must adapt. The Washington Institute, September 4, 2018. URL: https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/the-al-qaeda-of-today- has-changed-since-9-11-and-the-u.s-must-adapt B. Roggio. Somalia remains ‘a terrorist safe haven,’ State notes. FDD’s Long war Journal, September 21, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/somalia-remains-a-terrorist-safe-haven-state-notes. php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+LongWarJournalSite- Wide+(FDD’s+Long+War+Journal+Update)&utm_content=Yahoo!+Mail T. Joscelyn. State Department: Iran allows al-Qaeda too operate its ‘core facilitation pipeline.’ FDD’s Long War Journal, September 119, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/state-depart- ment-iran-allows-al-qaeda-to-operate-its-core-facilitation-pipeline.php L. Hauch. Interview with an Iranian fighter in Hayat Tahrir al-Sham. FDD’s Long War Journal, September 18, ISSN 2334-3745 172 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 2018, URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/interview-with-an-iranian-fighter-in-hayat- tahrir-al-sham.php Last sand: Syria’s rebel Idlib prepares for losing battle. VOA, September 17, 2018. URL: https://www.voanews. com/a/syria-rebel-idlib-prepares-for-losing-battle/4575017.html J. Deb. India accuses British Rohingya man as Al-Qaeda terror group operative. Benar News, April 12, 2018. URL: https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/Rohingya-al-Qaeda-04122018150555.html Statement by Commission for Prevention of Civilian Casualties and Complaints. Alemarah, September 13, 2018. URL: https://alemarah-english.com/?p=34439 Afghanistan in the month of August 2018. Alemarah, September 10, 2018. URL: https://alemarah-english. com/?p=34247 M. Habeck. Understanding ISIS and al-Qaeda. Critical Threats, September 11, 2018. URL: https://www. criticalthreats.org/analysis/understanding-isis-and-al-qaeda?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWW1GbE9UaGlNbUk0T0d- NeSIsInQiOiJBSUV2bk9ySjdYakFPTEhlMGd4SmNKUTJmOEY4ZkpKVWIwOXFXWlE0TzZjV3pkbU- VUaHhIR1B4c2duK3dNWURiMys1Rk9TT3lnRnJvZnZzXC9SV1hPZGdONDl2SXlDcTZ0QkJDR T. Bacon. How has al-Qaeda survived the 17 years since September 11? Asian Correspondent, September 12, 2018. URL: https://asiancorrespondent.com/2018/09/how-has-al-qaeda-survived-the-17-years-since-sept-11/ S. Jones. The insurgent sanctuary in Pakistan. CSIS Briefs, September 11, 2018. URL: https://www.csis.org/ analysis/insurgent-sanctuary-pakistan T. Joscelyn. Al Qaeda leader: America is the main enemy in a ‘single war with different fronts.’ FDD’s Long war Journal, September 11, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/al-qaeda-leader- america-is-the-main-enemy-in-a-single-war-with-different-fronts.php T. Joscelyn. Al Qaeda is very much alive, and widely misunderstood. FDD’s Long War Journal, September 11 , 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/al-qaeda-is-very-much-alive-and-widely-mis- understood.php T. O’Connor. First American to join al-Qaeda after 9/11 says it was ‘extremely boring.’ Newsweek, September 10, 2018. URL: https://www.newsweek.com/first-american-join-al-qaeda-after-911-says-extremely-bor- ing-1114657 S. Marche. Al Qaeda won. Foreign Policy, September 10, 2018. URL: https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/10/ al-qaeda-won/ B. Neal Vinas, M. Silber. Al-Qaida’s first American foreign fighter after 9/11. CTC Sentinel, 11(8), September 2018. URL: https://ctc.usma.edu/al-qaidas-first-american-foreign-fighter-9-11/ M. Silber. The next ‘field of jihad.’ The Cipher Brief, September 10, 2018. URL: https://www.thecipherbrief. com/column/cipher-expert-quick-take/the-next-field-of-jihad W. Strobel. Study questions Iran al-Qaeda ties, despite US allegations. Reuters, September 7, 2018. URL: https://in.reuters.com/article/usa-iran-alqaeda/study-questions-iran-al-qaeda-ties-despite-u-s-allegations- idINKCN1LN2KV?rpc=401& N. Lahoud. Al-Qaida’s contested relationship with Iran. New America, September 7, 20-18. URL: https:// www.newamerica.org/international-security/reports/al-qaidas-contested-relationship-iran/introduction/ B. Slavin. Expediency and betrayal: Iran’s relationship with al-Qaeda. Al-Monitor, September 7, 2018. URL: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2018/09/iran-relationship-al-qaeda-trump.html M. Smerconish. Where is Bin Laden’s partner in crime, Ayman al-Zawahiri? CNN, September 8, 2018. URL: ISSN 2334-3745 173 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 https://edition.cnn.com/2018/09/08/opinions/where-is-bin-ladens-partner-in-crime-ayman-al-zawahiri/in- dex.html Tunisia feared return of militants from aboard. The threat now is those who never left. Stars and Stripes, Sep- tember 8, 2018. URL: https://www.stripes.com/news/africa/tunisia-feared-return-of-militants-from-abroad- the-threat-now-is-those-who-never-left-1.546621 Study finds no evidence of Al Qaeda links. Financial Tribune, September 9, 2018. URL: https://financialtri- bune.com/articles/national/93230/study-finds-no-evidence-of-al-qaeda-links T. Joscelyn, C. Weiss. US designates al-Qaeda’s branch in Mali as terrorist organization. FDD’s Long War Journal, September 5, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/us-designates-al-qae- das-branch-in-mali-as-terror-organization.php T. Joscelyn. AQAP claims Saudi spy network targeted its leaders. FDD’s Long war Journal, September 4, 2018. URL: https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2018/09/aqap-claims-saudi-spy-network-targeted-its-leaders. php Al Qaeda trying to regain primacy as Islamic State loses ground: NATO. Reuters, September 4, 2018. URL: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-security-nato/al-qaeda-trying-to-regain-primacy-as-is- lamic-state-loses-ground-nato-idUSKCN1LK1YJ Islamic State, al-Qaeda may set up new ‘terrorist holding,’ Russian official warns. Tass, September 3, 2018. URL: http://tass.com/politics/1019765 2.b. Daesh and affiliates C.P. Clarke. Predicting the next ISIS. The National Interest, October 8, 2018. URL: https://nationalinterest. org/feature/predicting-next-isis-32822 S, Malm. ISIS leader al-Baghdadi ‘survived Iranian attack on terror group’s war council in Syria because he was too late for meeting.’ Daily Mail Online, October 5, 2018. URL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti- cle-6243823/ISIS-leader-al-Baghdadi-survived-Iranian-attack-terror-groups-war-council-late.html?ito=so- cial-twitter_mailonline Wie kommunizieren Jihadisten? SWR Aktuell, October 5, 2018. URL: https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/rhein- land-pfalz/Forschung-Dschihadismus,av-o1060019-100.html C. Günther. ‘Dschihadisten wollen die breite Masse erreichen.’ Deutschlandfunkkultur.de, October 4, 2018. URL: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/islamistische-videos-dschihadisten-wollen-die-breite-mas- se.1008.de.html?dram:article_id=429692 N. Murad. I was an ISIS sex slave. I tell my story because it is the best weapon I have. The Guardian, October 6, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/06/nadia-murad-isis-sex-slave-nobel- peace-prize B. Wallace, J, Cafarella. ISIS’s second resurgence. ISW, October 1, 2018. URL: http://iswresearch.blogspot. com/2018/10/isiss-second-resurgence.html D. Khattak. The Islamic State’s future in Afghanistan. BESA Center, Perspectives Paper #963, October 1, 2018. URL: https://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/islamic-state-afghanistan/ Hassan Hassan. Out of the desert: ISIS’s strategy for a long war. Middle East Institute, September 6, 2018. URL: http://www.mei.edu/content/out-desert-isiss-strategy-long-war Guidelines for media reporting on Daesh. The Counter-Daesh Insight Bulletin, 17-23 September 2018. URL: http://theglobalcoalition.org/en/counter-daesh-dictionary/ ISSN 2334-3745 174 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 J. Campbell, A. Harwood. Boko Haram’s deadly impact. Defense One, August 21, 2018. URL: https://www. defenseone.com/threats/2018/08/boko-harams-deadly-impact/150697/ Going global: the Islamic State’s worldwide reach. ACLED, September 26, 2018. URL: https://www.acleddata. com/2018/09/26/going-global-the-islamic-states-worldwide-reach/ A. Giustozzi. The Islamic State in Khorasan. Afghanistan, Pakistan and the new Central Asian jihad. Hurst & Company, 2018, 296p. (Review by J. Sinai in The Washington Times, September 25, 2018) URL: https://www. washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/25/book-review-the-islamic-state-in-khorasan-by-anton/ B.A. de Graaf, S.H.Pothoven. De islamitische inlichtingenstaat. De Stasi als leermeerster? Militaire Spectator, September 26, 2018. URL: https://www.militairespectator.nl/thema/geschiedenis/artikel/de-islamitische-in- lichtingenstaat E. Mehrdad. Islamic State: the Torment of Afghanistan’s Shi’ites. The Diplomat, September 25, 2018. URL: https://thediplomat.com/2018/09/islamic-state-the-torment-of-afghanistans-shiites/ Daesh plans to establish caliphate in Central Asia. Middle East Monitor, September 26, 2018. URL: https:// www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180926-daesh-plans-to-establish-caliphate-in-central-asia/ Daesh’s al-Baghdadi escapes to Afghanistan. Middle East Monitor, September 24, 2018. URL: https://www. middleeastmonitor.com/20180924-daeshs-al-baghdadi-escapes-to-afghanistan/ Baghdadi reportedly reached Afghanistan via Iran. Asharq al-Awsat, September 22, 2018. URL: https://aaw- sat.com/english/home/article/1403801/baghdadi-reportedly-reached-afghanistan-iran C. Whiteside. Nine bullets for the traitors, one for the enemy: the slogans and strategy behind the Islamic State’s campaign to defeat the Sunni awakening (2006-2017). The Hague: ICCT, September 7, 2018. URL: https://icct.nl/publication/nine-bullets-for-the-traitors-one-for-the-enemy-the-slogans-and-strategy-behind- the-islamic-states-campaign-to-defeat-the-sunni-awakening-2006-2017/ L. Aboufadel. Over 2,500 ISIS members transferred from Syria to Afghanistan – CSTO. Al Masdar News, Sep- tember 20, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/over-2500-isis-members-transferred-from- syria-to-afghanistan-csto/ Counter Daesh Insight Bulletin 10-17 September, 2018. Global Coalition, September 21, 2018. URL: http:// theglobalcoalition.org/en/counter-daesh-insight-bulletin-10-26-september-2018/ M. Kumar Mishra. How ISIS appears to be deadlier than the Taliban in Afghanistan – Analysis. Eurasia Re- view, September 23, 2018. URL: http://www.eurasiareview.com/23092018-how-isis-appears-to-be-deadlier- than-the-taliban-in-afghanistan-analysis/ M. Kumar Mishra. Persisting threat of ISIS: insurgencies transform and transmit despite success of failure on battlefield - analysis. Eurasia Review, September 23, 2018. URL: http://www.eurasiareview.com/23092018- persisting-threat-of-isis-insurgencies-transform-and-transmit-despite-success-or-failure-on-battlefield-anal- ysis/ P. Cartsen. Nigerian military struggles against Islamic State in West Africa: sources. Reuters, September 19, 2018. URL: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security-military/nigerian-military-strug- gles-against-islamic-state-in-west-africa-sources-idUSKCN1LZ1IF Hassan Hassan. ISIS is poised to make a comeback in Syria. The Atlantic, September 18, 2018. URL: https:// www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/isis-is-poised-to-make-a-comeback-in-syria/569986/?utm_ source=twb P. Ashiq, V. Singh. Belying police claims, Islamic State shadow lengthens over Kashmir valley. The Hindu, September 16, 2018..URL: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/belying-police-claims-is- lamic-state-shadow-lengthens-over-kashmir-valley/article24956847.ece ISSN 2334-3745 175 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 Terror groups evolve as they move ‘at the speed of social media.’ Counter Extremism project, September 17, 2018. URL: https://www.counterextremism.com/press/terror-groups-evolve-they-move-“-speed-social-me- dia” S. Foltyn. The underground caliphate. The Intercept, September 16, 2018. URL: https://theintercept. com/2018/09/16/isis-has-not-vanished-it-is-fighting-a-guerrilla-war-against-the-iraqi-state/ T. Welch. Theology, heroism, justice and fear: an analysis of ISIS propaganda magazines Dabiq and Ru- miyah. Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, September 12, 2018. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/ abs/10.1080/17467586.2018.1517943?journalCode=rdac20 Islamic State gives tips to supporters about online behavior. BBC Monitoring, September 8, 2018. URL: https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c2006ylx K. Calamur. ISIS never went away in Iraq. Defense One, September 3, 2018. URL: https://www.defenseone. com/threats/2018/09/isis-never-went-away-iraq/150969/?oref=d-dontmiss US update on ISIS in Iraq in Syria. Wilson Center, September 12, 2018. URL: https://www.wilsoncenter.org/ article/us-update-isis-iraq-syria R. Callimachi. ISIS attacks in West drop sharply but the threat remains high. The New York Times, September 12, 2018. URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/world/middleeast/isis-attacks.html IntelBrief: The Islamic State’s enduring narrative. The Soufan Center, September 11, 2018. URL: http://thesou- fancenter.org/intelbrief-the-islamic-states-enduring-narrative/ ISIS files. Project on Extremism, September 2018. URL: https://extremism.gwu.edu/isis-files D.H. Flood. From caliphate to caves: the Islamic State’s asymmetric war in northern Iraq. CTC Sentinel, 11(8), September 2018. URL: https://ctc.usma.edu/caliphate-caves-islamic-states-asymmetric-war-northern-iraq/ Political instability facilitates resurgence of Islamic State in Iraq. PBS News Hour, YouTube, September 9, 2018. URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLDeFnxMyrE R. Ibrahim. Death as punishment ‘for disbelief ’: extremist persecution of Christians, February 2018. Gates- tone Institute, September 9, 2018. URL: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/12982/death-punishment-disbelief B. McKernan, Up to 30,000 ISIS fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, says UN. The Independent, August 15, 2018. URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-fighters-iraq-syria-un-report-jihad- is-raqqa-iraq-a8492736.html E. Ehrnrooth. The persisting threat of the virtual caliphate. American Security project, July 20, 2018. URL: https://www.americansecurityproject.org/the-persisting-threat-of-the-virtual-caliphate/ L. Kaaki. Book review: an eye-opening examination of Daesh in Khorasan. Arab News, September 3, 2018. URL: http://www.arabnews.com/node/1366056/books Daesh loses 90% of its revenue in four years – Russia’s security service. Sputnik, September 3, 2018. URL: https://sputniknews.com/middleeast/201809031067713403-daesh-revenue-decline/ 2.c. Other R.G. Bouchnik-Chen. Myanmar: the dark side of the Rohingya Muslim minority. Perspectives Paper #970, The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA), October 5, 2018. URL: https://besacenter.org/perspec- tives-papers/myanmar-dark-side-rohingya-muslim-minority/ D. Halevi. Hamas: use weapons against Israel. Arutz Sheva, October 9, 2018. URL: http://www.israelnational- news.com/News/News.aspx/252953 ISSN 2334-3745 176 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 News of terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (September 17 – October 3, 2018). The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, October 4, 2018. URL: https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/ news-terrorism-israeli-palestinian-conflict-september-17-october-3-2018/ S.J. Frantzen. Analysis: too many agendas in Gaza preventing quiet. The Jerusalem Post, October 7, 2018. URL: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/ANALYSIS-Too-many-agendas-in-Gaza-preventing-qui- et-568790 J. Helmhold, H. Labrisch. Hamas responds to Liberman: empty threats won’t affect our resilience. The Jerusa- lem Post, October 5, 2018. URL: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamas-responds-to-Liberman- empty-threats-wont-affect-our-resilience-568737 40 Kashmir cops quit in four days amid Hizbul’s ‘resign or die’ threat. NDTV, September 25, 2018. URL: https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/40-kashmir-cops-resign-in-4-days-amid-hizbuls-resign-or-die- threat-1922161 B. McFadden. Palestinian female guerilla fighters of the al-Quds brigades display their combat skills in mili- tary show of force on Gaza Strip. Daily mail Online, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6249537/Pales- tinian-female-guerilla-fighters-al-Quds-brigades-display-combat-skills.html Summary of recent escalation along the Gaza Strip border. The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism In- formation Center, October 3, 2018. URL: https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/summary-recent-escala- tion-along-gaza-strip-border/ S. West. Leaders of Mozambican militant group revealed. Militant Leadership Monitor, October 4, 2018. URL: https://jamestown.org/brief/leaders-of-mozambican-militant-group-revealed/ In interview with Israeli paper, Hamas chief defends group’s terror tactics. The Times of Israel, October 5, 2018. URL: https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-interview-with-israeli-paper-hamas-chief-defends-groups-ter- ror-tactics/ L. Aboufadel. Houthis unleashes barrage of missiles on southern Saudi Arabia. Al Masdar News, October 4, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/houthis-unleashes-barrage-of-missiles-on-southern-sau- di-arabia-video0/ Lebanon denies Israeli claims of Hezbollah missile sites. Deutsche Welle, October 1, 2018. URL: https://www. dw.com/en/lebanon-denies-israeli-claims-of-hezbollah-missile-sites/a-45720312 R. Fareed. Fresh violence in Kashmir exposes the need for diplomacy. Deutsche Welle, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.dw.com/en/fresh-violence-in-kashmir-exposes-the-need-for-diplomacy/a-45729938 Coalition: Houthis fire 200 missiles on Saudi Arabia. Anadolu Agency, October 1, 2018. URL https://www. aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/coalition-houthis-fire-200-missiles-on-saudi-arabia/1270002 Hamas says Abbas is pushing Israel to launch a new war in Gaza. The Times of Israel, September 30, 2018. URL: https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-says-abbas-is-pushing-israel-to-launch-a-new-war-in-gaza/ Y. Zitun. IDF releases footage of Hezbollah precision-missile factory. YNet, September 28, 2018. URL: https:// www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5359926,00.html E. Levy. Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad names new leader. YNet, September 28, 2018. URL: https:// www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5360125,00.html Missiles and rockets of Hezbollah. Missile Threat, CSIS, 2018. URL: https://missilethreat.csis.org/country/ hezbollahs-rocket-arsenal/ Q. Abdul-Zahra. Iran-backed militias accused of reign of fear in Iraqi Basra. The Times of Israel, September 23, 2018. URL: https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-backed-militias-accused-of-reign-of-fear-in-iraqi-basra/ ISSN 2334-3745 177 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 Houthis retaliate with indiscriminate shelling of Hodeidah neighborhoods. Asharq al-Awsat, September 23, 2018. URL: https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/1404646/houthis-retaliate-indiscriminate-shelling-ho- deidah-neighborhoods Yemen conflict: who controls what. Al Jazeera, September 23, 2018. URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/ interactive/2016/08/yemen-conflict-controls-160814132104300.html Hezbollah leader says group will stay in Syria until further notice. YNet, September 20, 2018. URL: https:// www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5354329,00.html B. White. Can Hamas walk the fine line between deterrence and escalation ? Al Jazeera, September 16, 2018. URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/hamas-walk-fine-line-deterrence-escala- tion-180915053438464.html A. Jawad al-Tamimi. ‘Jihadist’- misapplying the label. Pundicity, September 11, 2018. URL: http://www. aymennjawad.org/2018/09/jihadist-misapplying-the-label - .W5k59_sI9HI.twitter A. Jawad al-Tamimi. Fursan al-Din: interview. Pundicity, September 11, 2018. URL: http://www.aymenn- jawad.org/2018/09/fursan-al-din-interview M. Knights. The Houthi war machine: from guerrilla war to state capture. CTC Sentinel, 11(8), September 2018. URL: https://ctc.usma.edu/houthi-war-machine-guerrilla-war-state-capture/ Taliban: Haqqani network leader dead. Deutsche Welle, September 4, 2018. URL: https://www.dw.com/en/ taliban-haqqani-network-leader-dead/a-45341661 K. Abu Toameh. Hamas: Abbas foiled truce talks, should be brought to court for ‘high treason.’ The Jerusalem Post, September 8, 2018. URL: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Hamas-Abbas-foiled-truce-talks- should-be-brought-to-court-for-high-treason-566827 News of terrorism and the Israel-Palestinian conflict (August 29-September 4, 2018). The Meir Amit Intel- ligence and Terrorism Information Center, September 5, 2018. URL: https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/ news-terrorism-israeli-palestinian-conflict-august-29-september-4-2018/ Why Sayed Qutb inspired Iran’s Khomeini and Khamenei. Al Arabiya, September 3, 2018. URL: https://en- glish.alarabiya.net/en/features/2018/09/03/Why-Sayed-Qutb-inspired-Iran-s-Khomeini-and-Khamenei.html 3. Terrorist Strategies and Tactics C. Gomes-Hochberg. World Jewish Congress urges UN to condemn Hamas for environmental crimes. The Jerusalem Post, October 8, 2018. URL: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/World-Jewish-Congress- urges-UN-to-condemn-Hamas-for-environmental-crimes-568935 D.C. Hofmann. How ‘alone’ are lone-actors? Exploring the ideological, signaling, and support networks of lone-actor terrorists. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/ doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1493833?src=recsys P. Agosto. International terror financiers find a haven in Angola. CAJ News, October 8, 2018. URL: http:// cajnewsafrica.com/2018/10/08/international-terror-financiers-find-a-haven-in-angola/?utm_cam- paign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork C. Woody. An ISIS-inspired tactic is raising concerns in US ports. Business Insider, October 6, 2018. URL: https://www.businessinsider.nl/an-isis-inspired-tactic-is-raising-concerns-in-us-ports-2018-10/?internation- al=true&r=US IntelBrief: real danger amid cries of fake news. The Soufan Center, September 18, 2018. URL: http://thesou- ISSN 2334-3745 178 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 fancenter.org/intelbrief-real-danger-amid-cries-of-fake-news/ IntelBrief: Terrorists’ use of drones and other emerging technologies. The Soufan Center, October 3, 2018. URL: http://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-terrorists-use-of-drones-and-other-emerging-technologies/ J. Gruenewald, B. R. Klein, W.S. Parkin, J.D. Freilich, S. Chermak. A Situated Comparison of Suicide and Non-Suicide Terrorist Plots and Homicides in the United States, 1990-2014. Crime & Delinquency, Septem- ber, 2018. URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0011128718796461 - articleCitationDown- loadContainer FETÖ fraudulently sells schools in Ethiopia to itself. Anadolu Agency, October 1, 2018. URL: https://www. aa.com.tr/en/africa/feto-fraudulently-sells-schools-in-ethiopia-to-itself/1269873 Z. Rahim. Tara Fares death: Iraqi model and Instagram star shot dead in Baghdad. The Independent, Septem- ber 29, 2018. URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/tara-fares-dead-iraq-instagram- shooting-baghdad-model-suad-al-ali-interior-ministry-a8558846.html S. de Leede. Women in jihad: a historial perspective. The Hague: ICCT, September 19, 2018. URL: https://icct. nl/publication/women-in-jihad-a-historical-perspective/ R. Katz. How ISIS maximizes the terror from its killer drones. The Daily Beast, May 3, 2017. URL: https:// www.thedailybeast.com/how-isis-maximizes-the-terror-from-its-killer-drones?ref=scroll J. El Khoury. The use of stimulants in the ranks of Islamic State: myth or reality of the Syrian conflict. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, September 24, 2018. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X .2018.1495291?journalCode=uter20 How do terrorists obtain firearms in Europe? Vredesinstituut, YouTube, April 19, 2018. URL: https://www. youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=00fQgxHiWgI Mines and IEDs employed by Houthi forces on Yemen’s West Coast. Conflict Armament Research, September 2018. URL: http://www.conflictarm.com/dispatches/mines-and-ieds-employed-by-houthi-forces-on-yemens- west-coast/ Child soldiers in Armed Conflict. Armed Conflict Survey 2018. IISS, https://www.iiss.org/publications/ armed-conflict-survey/2018/armed-conflict-survey-2018/acs2018-03-essay-3 Hand grenade attached to a balloon found in field at Gaza-border. Haaretz, September 18, 2018. URL: https:// www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-hand-grenade-attached-to-a-balloon-found-in-gaza-border-com- munity-1.6489474 R. Ahmed. Terrorist ideologies and target selection. Journal of Applied Security Research, 13(3), 2018, pp. 376- 390. URL: May 21, 2018. URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19361610.2018.1463140 Y, Fanusie. Survey of terrorist groups and their means of financing. FDD, Center on Sanctions & Illicit Fi- nance, Congressional Testimony for the House Financial Service Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Illicit Finance, Washington, DC, September 7, 2018. URL: https://financialservices.house.gov/uploaded- files/hhrg-115-ba01-wstate-yfanusie-20180907.pdf D. Putney. Terrorist groups experimenting with crypto-currency, but not much. Ethnews.com, September 11, 2018. URL: https://www.ethnews.com/terrorist-groups-experimenting-with-cryptocurrency-but-not-much Modern media magnify impact of assassinations. Associated Press, September 8, 2018. URL: https://www. apnews.com/18b84bb032e048b3958467f1e744ca6c/AP-Explains:-Modern-media-magnify-impact-of-assassi- nations D. Bright, C. Whelan, S. Harris-Hogan. On the durability of terrorist networks: revealing the hidden connec- tions between jihadist cells. Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, September 10, 2018. URL: https://www.tandfon- ISSN 2334-3745 179 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 line.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2018.1494411?journalCode=uter20 N.A. Tishler. Trends in terrorists’ weapons adoption and the study thereof. International Stud- ies Review, 20(3), September 2018, pp. 368-394. URL: https://academic.oup.com/isr/article-ab- stract/20/3/368/3988367?redirectedFrom=fulltext 4. Conflict, Crime and Political Violence other than Terrorism T. Clavel. The steady downfall of Colombia’s most powerful drug organization. InSight Crime, October 5, 2018. URL: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/steady-downfall-colombias-most-powerful-drug-or- ganization/ K. Abu Toameh. Abbas seeks ‘new strategy’ towards Israel, US and Hamas. Jerusalem Post, October 8, 2018. URL: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Abbas-seeks-new-strategy-towards-Israel-US-and- Hamas-568927 R. Anin. The Brotherhood of killers and cops. OCCRP, September 3, 2018. URL: https://www.occrp.org/ en/28-ccwatch/cc-watch-indepth/8539-the-brotherhood-of-killers-and-cops ENACT Observer. 2018. URL: https://enactafrica.org/enact-observer/ E. McAllister, J. Kouagheu. Isolated incidents of unrest as Cameroon goes to the polls. Reuters, October 7, 2018. URL: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cameroon-election/isolated-incidents-of-unrest-as-camer- oon-goes-to-the-polls-idUSKCN1MH00D A. Hernandez. A massacre in Mexico: the true story behind the missing forty-three students. Verso, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/07/a-massacre-in-mexico-anabel-hernandez-review D. Luhnow. Latin America is the murder capital of the world. The Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2018. URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/400-murders-a-day-the-crisis-of-latin-america-1537455390?tesla=y T. Milz. Brazilian struggle to escape violence in Rio de Janeiro. Deutsche Welle, October 2, 2018. URL: https:// www.dw.com/en/brazilians-struggle-to-escape-violence-in-rio-de-janeiro/a-45715180 Abu Bakr Jalloh. Cameroon in angst over ‘Ambazonia independence anniversary.’ Deutsche Welle, Octo- ber 2, 2018. URL: https://www.dw.com/en/cameroon-in-angst-over-ambazonia-independence-anniver- sary/a-45712977 More than 70,000 flee ethnic violence in western Ethiopia – local government.. Reuters, October 2, 2018. URL: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ethiopia-violence/more-than-70000-flee-ethnic-violence-in-western- ethiopia-local-govt-idUKKCN1MC1PR DEA chief warns Mexican cartel opioids single biggest criminal threat to America. The Hill, October 1, 2018. URL: https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/409244-dea-chief-says-mexican-cartels-opioid-push-biggest-criminal- threat-to-america The Mob Museum – The Russian mafia: unmasking a global menace. (Mark Galeotti lecture) Livestream, September 27, 2018. URL: https://livestream.com/accounts/6847704/events/8333474/videos/180845397 A. Issacharoff. At UN, Abbas lobs threats at US and Israel – but reserves true ire for Hamas. The Times of Israel, September 28, 2018. URL: https://www.timesofisrael.com/at-un-abbas-lobs-threats-at-us-and-israel- but-reserves-true-ire-for-hamas/ Clashes erupt in Kashmir after Indian troops kill shepherd. VOA, September 27, 2018. URL: https://www. voanews.com/a/clashes-erupt-in-kashmir-after-indian-troops-kill-shepherd/4589396.html D. Jegic. How East Germany became a stronghold of the far right. Al Jazeera, September 29, 2018. URL: ISSN 2334-3745 180 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/east-germany-stronghold-180914121858728.html O. Jones. Britain’s far right is on the rise – thanks in large part to the media. The Guardian, September 28, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/28/far-right-sky-news-tommy-robinson G. Martin. Terrifying moment attacker brandishes a knife in a German town square after stabbing three victims and leaving one with ‘life threatening injuries.’ Daily Mail Online, September 28, 2018. URL: https:// www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6219501/Knifeman-stabs-three-brutal-rampage-German-town.html Who is responsible for the violence in Nicaragua? Al Jazeera, September 28, 2018. URL: https://www.alja- zeera.com/programmes/upfront/2018/09/responsible-violence-nicaragua-180928072832862.html N. Abdulla. Is Iraqi Kurdistan on the verge of another civil war? Al Jazeera, September 28, 2018. URL: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/iraqi-kurdistan-verge-civil-war-180928115350018.html?utm_ source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Gangsters, militants exploit environment for cash. France24, September 26, 2018. URL: https://www.france24. com/en/20180926-gangsters-militants-exploit-environment-cash Israel illegal settlement construction more than doubled in 2018. The Middle East Monitor, Septem- ber 26, 2018. URL: https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180926-israel-illegal-settlement-construc- tion-more-than-doubled-in-2018/ S. Shams. India and Pakistan ratchet up war rhetoric over Kashmir. Deutsche Welle, September 23, 2018. URL: https://www.dw.com/en/india-and-pakistan-ratchet-up-war-rhetoric-over-kashmir/a-45605694 World Bank warns Gaza economy is ‘collapsing.’ Al Jazeera, September 25, 2018. URL: https://www.aljazeera. com/news/2018/09/world-bank-warns-gaza-economy-collapsing-180925085246106.html South Sudan government forces, rebels clash within weeks of peace deal. VOA, September 24, 2018. URL: https://www.voanews.com/a/s-sudan-government-forces-rebels-clash-within-weeks-of-peace-deal-/4585265. html A. Robinson, Z. Marchment, P. Gill. Domestic extremist criminal damage events: behaving like criminals or terrorists? Security Journal, September 24, 2018. URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41284-018- 0153-2 P. Astman. Colombia cocaine production breaks new record levels: UNODC report. InSight Crime, September 19, 2018. URL: https://www.insightcrime.org/news/analysis/colombia-cocaine-produc- tion-breaks-new-record-levels-unodc-report/ R. Muggah, J.P. Sullivan. The coming crime wars. Foreign Policy, September 21, 2018. URL: https://foreign- policy.com/2018/09/21/the-coming-crime-wars/ K. Stevens. Drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion: how Italy’s feared Calabrian mafia became entrenched in Australia. Daily Mail Online, September 22, 2018. URL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar- ticle-6195951/Drug-trafficking-money-laundering-extortion-Calabrian-Mafia-entrenched-Australia.html O. Anyadike. Zamfara: Nigeria’s wild northwest. IRIN News, September 13, 2018. URL: https://www.irinnews. org/news-feature/2018/09/13/zamfara-nigeria-s-wild-northwest?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=irinso- cial&utm_campaign=irinupdates Ethiopia: thousands protest after deadly ethnic violence. Al Jazeera, September 17, 2018. URL: https://www. aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/ethiopia-thousands-protest-ethnic-violence-killed-23-180917141138078.html I. Drury. Knife crime hits seven year high as police admit shock at the ‘frenzied nature’ of many attacks on Britain’s streets. Daily Mail Online, September 14, 2018. URL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti- cle-6166499/Knife-crime-hits-seven-year-high-police-admit-shock-frenzied-nature-attacks.html ISSN 2334-3745 181 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 S. Osborne. South Africa has become a warzone: police chief says nations on brink with 57 murders a day. Express, September 12, 2018. URL: https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1016518/south-africa-murder- rate-warzone-police-minister-crime-rate K. Zidan. Fascist fight clubs: how white nationalists use MMA as a recruiting tool. The Guardian, September 11, 2018. URL: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/11/far-right-fight-clubs-mma-white-national- ists?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Tweet Far-right European terrorist group crowdfunding cryptocurrency. Counter Extremism Project, August 28, 2018. URL: https://www.counterextremism.com/blog/far-right-european-terrorist-group-crowdfund- ing-cryptocurrency C. Miller-Idriss, D. Köhler. The united German extreme right. Open Democracy, September 10, 2018. URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/can-europe-make-it/cynthia-miller-idriss-daniel-k-hler/united-german-ex- treme-right 5. Counter-Terrorism – General IntelBrief: ‘Old wine in new bottles:” the 2018 national strategy for counterterrorism. The Soufan Center, Oc- tober 8, 2018. URL: http://thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-old-wine-in-new-bottles-the-2018-national-strate- gy-for-counterterrorism/ S.N. Litsas. Jihadism, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the ‘frontier states.’ Perspectives Paper #969, The Be- gin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA), October 8, 2018. URL: https://besacenter.org/perspectives-pa- pers/eastern-mediterranean-jihad/ R. Kheel, M. Chalfant. Trump approves new counterterrorism strategy. The Hill, October 4, 2018. URL: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/409971-trump-approves-new-counterterrorism-strategy ‘Hasn’t been smart’: 49 percent of Americans call 17-year Afghan war a failure. Sputnik, October 26, 2018. URL: https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201810061068648801-Half-Americans-17-year-Afghan-War-Failure/ J. Cook. A woman’s place: US counterterrorism since 9/11. Hurst, 2019, 304p. URL: https://www.hurstpub- lishers.com/book/a-womans-place/ N. Martin. DHS releases counterterrorism research dashboard. ExecutiveGov, October 1, 2018. URL: https:// www.executivegov.com/2018/10/dhs-releases-counterterrorism-research-dashboard/ P. Gurski. What role should the military have in the ‘war on terrorism’? Borealis Threat and Risk Consulting, October 1, 2018. URL: http://www.borealisthreatandrisk.com/role-military-war-terrorism/ Guidelines for addressing the threats and challenges of ‘foreign terrorists fighters’ within a human rights framework. OECD, September 12, 2018. URL: https://www.osce.org/odihr/393503 Global Research Network Newsletter. CTED, September 2018. URL: https://mailchi.mp/un/grn-newsletter- april-2895053?e=8f0867b1b0 J. Petras. The US: the century of lost wars - Oped. Eurasia Review, September 24, 2018. URL: http://www. eurasiareview.com/24092018-the-us-the-century-of-lost-wars-oped/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medi- um=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+eurasiareview/VsnE+(Eurasia+Review) K. Osborn. Air Force Special Operations pivots strategy toward major power warfare. Fox News, September 21, 2018. URL: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2018/09/20/air-force-special-operations-pivots-strategy-to- ward-major-power-warfare.html?cmpid=prn_military US State Department. Country Reports on Terrorism 2017, September 2018. URL: https://www.state.gov/j/ct/ ISSN 2334-3745 182 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 rls/crt/2017/index.htm S. Frantzman. What Russia’s Latakia condemnation means for Israel. The Jerusalem Post, September 18, 2018. URL: https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/ANALYSIS-What-Russias-Latakia-condemnation-means-for-Isra- el-567491 S. Tankel. With us and against us. How America’s partners help and hinder the war on terror. Colombia Uni- versity Press, 2018, 424 pp. URL: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/with-us-and-against-us/9780231168113 D. Benjamin. 17 years after 9/11 people are finally forgetting about terrorism. Politico, September 11, 2018. URL: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/11/17-years-after-9-11-nobody-cares-about-terror- ism-anymore-219746 Policy roundtable: 17 years after September 11. Texas National Security Review, September 11, 2018. URL: https://tnsr.org/roundtable/policy-roundtable-17-years-after-september-11/ T.H. Keen, L.H. Hamilton. On anniversary of September 11 attacks, terrorists readying to attack again: 9/11 commissioners. USA Today, September 11, 2018. URL: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/11/ september-11-attacks-anniversary-terrorism-memorial-new-strategy-column/1212208002/ D. Muro (Ed.) When does terrorism work? Routledge, 2018. URL: https://www.readcube.com/articles/10.43 24/9781315648422?shared_access_token=oodUURNsStf9jcrJZkTQ3wLBIUWHziPdsn0vlMIwK3Q_bEQc- bLs_L37-Ms3QwqATCF5GTqkurOFcqhLvapnvwHK-QeOCxVDLLJZrQd11iOvOqZvY5NUk2yyfwK5mbk- 2BxPEqOsNi_ZrDMDUbl_TNu9SkEtxKu5iwCZCnGMZhQB4= C.A. Mouton, A.R. Grissom. Preparing for post-ISIL access challenges. Santa Monica: RAND, RR2493-OSD, 2018. URL: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2493.html B. Dodwell, P. Cruickshank. A view from the CT foxhole: an interview with Kevin McAleenan, Commission- er of US Customs and Border Protection. CTC Sentinel, 11(8), September 2018. URL: https://ctc.usma.edu/ view-ct-foxhole-interview-kevin-mcaleenan-commissioner-u-s-customs-border-protection/ E. Burchfield. The end of US stabilization efforts in Syria? Real Clear Defence, September 8, 2018. URL: https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2018/09/08/the_end_of_us_stabilization_efforts_in_syr- ia__113781.html?utm_campaign=e841a09ff4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_09_01_30&utm_medium=e- mail&utm_source=RC Defense Morning Recon&utm_term=0_694f73a8dc-e841a09ff4-8 S.B. Young. A winning strategy for Afghanistan. Small Wars Journal, September 10, 2018. URL: http:// smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/winning-strategy-afghanistan R. Sprang. Russian operational art, new type of warfare, and reflexive control. Small Wars Journal, September 10, 2018. URL: http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/russian-operational-art-new-type-warfare-and-reflex- ive-control S. Cantey. Are negotiations with al-Qaeda or the Islamic State possible? Oxford Research Group, July 16, 2018. URL: https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/blog/are-negotiations-with-al-qaeda-or-the-islam- ic-state-possible M. McCaul. Empower our allies to fight terrorism in Africa. The National Interest, September 4, 2018. URL: https://nationalinterest.org/feature/chairman-michael-mccaul-empower-our-allies-fight-terrorism-afri- ca-30482 P. Gurski. An end to the war on terrorism. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018, 192pp. URL: https://www.amazon. ca/End-War-Terrorism-Phil-Gurski-ebook/dp/B07FPJ9HYJ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1536096364&s- r=8-4&keywords=gurski D. R. DePetris. America’s overblown fear of terrorism. The National Interest, September 3, 2018. URL: https:// nationalinterest.org/feature/americas-overblown-fear-terrorism-30162 ISSN 2334-3745 183 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 K. Goulding. AFP’s intervention for Boko Haram. The Authority, September 4, 2018. URL: http://authorityn- gr.com/2018/09/04/afps-intervention-for-boko-haram/ 6. Counterterrorism Strategies, Tactics and Operations Over 150 PKK/KCK suspects arrested across Turkey. Anadolu Agency, October 9, 2018. URL: https://www. aa.com.tr/en/todays-headlines/over-150-pkk-kck-suspects-arrested-across-turkey/1277237 Bennet: if we don’t shoot terrorists, they will multiply. The Jerusalem Post, October 8, 2018. URL: https:// www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Bennet-If-we-dont-shoot-terrorists-they-will-multiply-568931 Volker: Kremlin delaying deployment of UN peacekeepers in Donbas. UAWire, October 8, 2018. URL: http:// uawire.org/volker-explains-how-kremlin-is-delaying-un-peacekeeper-deployment T. O’Connor. Russia says Syria’s Assad will stay and world has given up trying to remove him. Newsweek, Oc- tober 8, 2018. URL: https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-syria-assad-will-stay-1158896 L. Aboufadel. Syrian ambassador demands unwelcome foreign entities leave Syria. Al Masdar News, October 9, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/syrian-ambassador-demands-unwelcome-foreign-enti- ties-leave-syria/ H. Kernon. Trump plan uncertain but INSS has a plan: two states, ‘separation’ from the Palestinians. Jerusa- lem Post, October 8, 2018. URL: https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Trump-plan-not-ready-but- INSS-has-a-plan-Two-state-solution-separation-from-the-Palestinians-568878 A. Yayla. Turkey’s Erdogan has grand plans for al-Qaeda’s Syrian spin-off. The Daily Beast, October 8, 2018. URL: https://www.thedailybeast.com/turkeys-erdogan-has-grand-plans-for-al-qaedas-syrian-spin- off?ref=scroll Egypt army says 52 suspected militants killed in Sinai. The Daily Star, October 8, 2018. URL: http://www. dailystar.com.lb/News/Middle-East/2018/Oct-08/465714-egypt-army-says-52-suspected-militants-killed-in- sinai.ashx Libya’s GNA replaces interior minister in security reform drive. Middle East Eye, October 7, 2018. URL: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-s-gna-replaces-interior-minister-security-re- form-drive-1717923236 B. Daraghi. Russia claims it has killed 85,000 terrorists and zero civilians in Syria. The Independent, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.businessinsider.de/russia-claims-it-has-killed-85000-terrorists-zero-civilians-in- syria-2018-10?r=US&IR=T T. Hegghammer. Europe to Terrorists: It’s No More Monsieur Nice Guy. The Wall Street Journal, October 7, 2018. URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/europe-to-terrorists-its-no-more-monsieur-nice-guy-1538950931 98 barrel bombs dropped on Hama and Idlib in September. Iraqi News, October 7, 2018. URL: https://www. iraqinews.com/arab-world-news/98-barrel-bombs-dropped-on-hama-and-idlib-in-september/ A. Barshad. Extraordinary measures. The Intercept, October 7, 2018. URL: https://theintercept. com/2018/10/07/israel-palestine-us-drone-strikes/ S. Lane. Treasury targets firms with ties to North Korea, Hezbollah. The Hill, October 4, 2018. URL: https:// thehill.com/policy/finance/409934-treasury-targets-firms-with-ties-to-north-korea-hezbollah-under-finan- cial T. Axelrod. Afghan officials reject push to privatize war. The Hill, October 5, 2018. URL: https://thehill.com/ policy/international/asia-pacific/410068-afghan-officials-reject-push-to-privatize-war ISSN 2334-3745 184 October 2018
PERSPECTI VES O N TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 5 L. Aboufadel. Turkish parliament approves new military operations in Syria and Iraq. Al Masdar News, Octo- ber 3, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/turkish-parliament-approves-new-military-opera- tions-in-syria-and-iraq/ How to combat Iranian terrorism. National Council of Resistance of Iran, October 5, 2018. URL: https://www. ncr-iran.org/en/news/terrorism-fundamentalism/25366-how-to-combat-iranian-terrorism US counterterrorism strategy puts new focus on Iran and proxies. Mint Press, October 5, 2018. URL: https:// www.mintpressnews.com/us-counterterrorism-strategy-iran/250354/ President Donald J. Trump is protecting the United States from Terrorism. White House, October 4, 2018. URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-protecting-america-ter- rorism/ L. Dearden. Anjem Choudary prison release could worsen both Islamist and far-right extremism, ex- perts warn. The Independent, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/an- jem-choudary-prison-released-jail-extremism-isis-terror-islamist-far-right-al-muhajiroun-a8565601.html C. Woody. ‘A fighting war with the main enemy’: how the CIA helped land a mortal blow to the Soviets in Afghanistan 32 years ago. Business Insider, October 3, 2018. URL: https://www.businessinsider.nl/32-year-an- niversary-of-first-stinger-missile-use-in-afghanistan-2018-9/?international=true&r=US L. Aboufadel. US military builds new base near Syrian army lines: Kurdish commander. Al Masdar News, September 30, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/us-military-builds-new-base-near-syrian- army-lines-kurdish-commander/ L. Aboufadel. IRGC attack on eastern Syria killed 40 ISIS terrorists: commander. Al Masdar News, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/irgc-attack-on-eastern-syria-killed-40-isis-terrorists- commander/ M. Bazzi. The US is prolonging an unwinnable war in Yemen. Defense One, October 1, 2018. URL: https:// www.defenseone.com/ideas/2018/10/us-prolonging-unwinnable-war-yemen/151686/?oref=DefenseOneTCO Russia unveils its losses in Syrian war. UAWire, October 1, 2018. URL: https://www.uawire.org/russia-un- veiled-its-losses-in-syria-s-war M. Scott. ECJ: law enforcement can access telecoms data linked to ‘non-serious’ crimes. Politico, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.politico.eu/article/ecj-ruling-law-enforcement-can-access-telecoms-data-linked-to- non-serious-crimes/ L. Aboufadel. Erdogan says US continues to arm ‘terrorists’ in Syria. Al Masdar News, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/erdogan-says-us-continues-to-arm-terrorists-in-syria/ L. Aboufadel. HTS to allegedly withdraw from Idlib buffer zone after Turkish intel pressure: al-Watan. Al Masdar News, October 2, 2018. URL: https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/hts-to-allegedly-withdraw- from-idlib-buffer-zone-after-turkish-intel-pressure-al-watan/ US to keep supporting French military effort in Mali – Pentagon chief. Reuters, October 2, 2018. URL: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-france-mali/u-s-to-keep-supporting-french-military-effort-in-mali- pentagon-chief-idUKKCN1MC1JE Iran fires missiles at Syria militants over parade attack. The Daily Star, October 2, 2018. URL: http://www. dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2018/Oct-03/465092-prosecutors-say-slovak-journalists-slaying-came- with-70000-euro-price-tag.ashx?utm_content=buffer01d73&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter. com&utm_campaign=buffer L. Epatko. Russia and Turkey created a buffer zone in Syria. Now will it hold? PBS News Hour, September 18, 2018. URL: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/russia-and-turkey-created-a-buffer-zone-in-syria-now- ISSN 2334-3745 185 October 2018
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