Volume 3 Issue 10

Articles from Volume 3 Issue 10

Nuristan: Insurgent Hideout in Afghanistan

05.26.2006 Daan Van Der Schriek

Nuristan, an isolated area in northeastern Afghanistan, is one of the most dangerous parts of the country. Insurgents wield considerable influence in a region plagued...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Central Asia

The ‘Virtual Hand’ of Jihad

05.23.2005 Scott Atran

The presidential commission on WMDs and the 9/11 commission have condemned the status quo mentality of the intelligence community, which they see as being preoccupied...

Publication Terrorism Monitor

The Islamist Movement in Morocco

05.23.2005 Alison Pargeter

Prior to the Casablanca attacks of May 2003, Morocco appeared to be relatively immune to the type of home grown Islamic militancy experienced by other...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Africa

A New Phase for Jihad in Egypt?

05.23.2005 Sherifa Zuhur

The Egyptian government fought a low-level war with Islamist radicals in the 1990s and claimed victory through the use of hard-nosed tactics and negotiations with...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East