Derek Henry Flood

Derek Henry Flood is an independent author and journalist who blogs at the-war-diaries.com.

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Special Commentary from Inside Western Libya– The Nalut Offensive: A View from the Battlefield

08.03.2011 Derek Henry Flood

Executive Summary:In response to weeks-long GRAD artillery fire aimed at their key supply hub of Nalut, Libya’s western rebels finally launched a large scale, logistically...

Publication Africa

Special Commentary from Inside Western Libya– On the Precipice: Libya’s Amazigh in Revolt

07.25.2011 Derek Henry Flood

High in Libya’s scorching Jebel Nafusa mountain range in western Libya’s lies the lesser reported, perhaps least understood, of the country’s three primary battlefronts. Local...

Publication Hot Issues Africa

From Islamic Emirate to Nationalist Insurgency: Reckoning with Afghanistan’s Taliban Irreconcilables

07.14.2011 Derek Henry Flood

Though the concept of Afghan and Western reconciliation with the Mullah Mohammad Omar-led Taliban has gained much momentum, the consequences of some kind of ad...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Afghanistan

Vice, Virtue, and Vitriol: The Resurrection of Former Taliban Minister Maulvi Qalamuddin

06.30.2011 Derek Henry Flood

Maulvi Muhammad Qalamuddin, the former chief of Amr-e-Bil M’arouf wa Nahi Anil Munkar (the General Department for the Preservation of Virtue and the Elimination of Vice)...

Publication Militant Leadership Monitor Afghanistan