Derek Henry Flood
Derek Henry Flood is an independent author and journalist who blogs at the-war-diaries.com.
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Jamestown Analyst Derek Henry Flood quoted on CNN
Jamestown Analyst Derek Henry Flood was quoted by CNN on August 22, 2011, regarding police training programs in Libya.
Jamestown Analyst Derek Henry Flood Interviewed On CNN
Jamestown Analyst Derek Henry Flood was interviewed on CNN about the war in Libya on August 18, 2011.
Special Commentary from Inside Western Libya– The Nalut Offensive: A View from the Battlefield
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 sophisticated offensive against the Qaddafist-held
Special Commentary from Inside Western Libya– On the Precipice: Libya’s Amazigh in Revolt
Executive Summary: Now raging into its fifth month, the Libyan revolution is spreading to more and more parts of the country, with smaller, more regionally autonomous battles with the Qaddafi
From Islamic Emirate to Nationalist Insurgency: Reckoning with Afghanistan’s Taliban Irreconcilables
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 hoc settlement between the Islamists
Vice, Virtue, and Vitriol: The Resurrection of Former Taliban Minister Maulvi Qalamuddin
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) in the government of the
The Island at the Center of the World: The Silencing of Bahrain’s Crisis
Bahrain’s state television recently announced that the Kingdom’s “State of National Safety” emergency law, which allowed the monarchy to swiftly crush once pulsing opposition protests, will not be extended further
The Jubaland Initiative: Is Kenya Creating a Buffer State in Southern Somalia?
Several reports circulated through the international media in early April indicating that a new semi-autonomous state, tentatively named Jubaland (or alternately “Azaniya”), would be created in southwestern Somalia to contain
Jamestown Militant Leadership Monitor Editor Derek Henry Flood Cited on CNN
Jamestown Militant Leadership Monitor Editor Derek Henry Flood cited in the article: "Khalifa Haftar: The man who left Virginia to lead Libya's rebels" published on April 4, 2011 on CNN.
Jamestown Militant Leadership Monitor Editor Derek Henry Flood Cited in BBC Arabic Service
Jamestown Militant Leadership Monitor Editor Derek Henry Flood cited in the article: "Who is the Commander of the Libyan Opposition" published on April 4, 2011 in BBC Arabic Service.
Jamestown Militant Leadership Monitor Editor Derek Henry Flood Cited in Reuters
Jamestown Militant Leadership Monitor Editor Derek Henry Flood Cited in the Reuters article: "Rebel army chief is veteran Gaddafi foe--think-tank" published on April 1, 2011
Special Report from Inside Libya: After Ajdabiya, Libya’s Under-Armed Rebels in Turmoil
On Sunday, March 13, Jamestown met with quarrelsome, nervous, mid-level Libyan rebel commanders underneath the double green arches that mark a police checkpoint on Ajdabiya’s western approach. The commanders fell
Special Report from Inside Libya
Objective Sirte: Gains and Setbacks Among Libya's Rebel Forces
Special Report from Inside Libya: Assessing Libyan Rebel Forces
Libyan rebel forces repulsed an advance on the Mediterranean seaport of Marsa al-Burayqah (also known as Marsa al-Brega) by Libyan government forces loyal to Colonel Mu’ammar al-Qaddafi and African mercenaries
If a Rebel Falls in the Forest: The Steady Evisceration of the FARC Leadership in Colombia
New Developments on the Colombian Battlefield The elimination of senior FARC leadership continues to intensify under the new Colombian presidency of Jose Manuel Santos. Aggressive tactics against the senior command
Germany’s Imam Mamoun Darkazanli: Al-Qaeda’s Alleged Financier and Logistician
Background Police in Hamburg shut down the notorious al-Quds mosque, renamed the Taiba mosque in 2008, led by German-Syrian national and voluntary imam Mamoun Darkazanli. Darkazanli (a.k.a. Abu Ilyas al-Suri)
Bombings in Bangkok: A Return to Political Violence for the Red Shirts?
After barely two months of calm in the Thai capital following a bloody end to the April-May protests, a pair of explosions in Bangkok threaten to mark a new wave
Between the Hammer and the Anvil: An Exclusive Interview with PJAK’s Agiri Rojhilat
Agiri Rojhilat is one of the top seven members of the Partiya Jiyana Azad a Kurdistane (PJAK) which is a part of the larger umbrella organization Koma Civaken Kurdistan (KCK)
At the Center of the Storm: An Interview with Afghanistan’s Lieutenant General Hadi Khalid – Part One
Lieutenant General Abdul Hadi Khalid was the Afghan First Deputy Minister of the Interior for Security from May 2006 to late June 2008. Specializing in counter-narcotics, border policing and internal
Motivations and Methods of India’s United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has been terrorizing India’s northeastern states since a student-led insurgency began thirty years ago on April 7, 1979. The movement’s primary goal is