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According to statistics collected in May of 2013, there are over 554,000,000 active Twitter users. These are people who use it constantly and rely more on hashtags than actual sentences. Its reach spans across the globe, from your local Starbucks in the US, to the guy tweeting about suspicious activity near a compound in Abbottabad, […]
If you’re looking for some light reading or to get on one of the NSA’s watch lists, this is your opportunity. Below is a link to Al Qaeda’s renowned training manual, affectionately referred to as the “Manchester Documents,” for your reading pleasure. While by no means a new document, the intent here is to have […]
It’s probably easy for you to identify the people who could gain physical access to your computer, tablets, phones, and other digital devices. It could be family members, roommates, co-workers, members of a cleaning crew, and others. But identifying the people who could gain remote access to your devices are much more difficult. As long […]
Author’s Note: This is Part II of a three-part series on AQAP in Yemen. Part I described the operating environment in Yemen, identified the basic capabilities and background information on AQAP, and summarized basic US counterterrorism efforts. Part III will discuss the future of Yemen as it pertains to US counterterrorism efforts and the strength […]
Below comes to us from a friend who formerly worked in the Special Operations/Intelligence community, and now runs a business focused on personal security solutions. He’s the real deal, and his business has been a core sponsor of SOFREP since day one. When he explained that he was offering a new, affordable e-learning module for […]
As the US pursues joint counterterrorism operations in various hotspots around the globe, a shadow war in Yemen against Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is at the tip of US efforts.
Last week’s prison break in Benghazi is just the latest indicator that Libya, and Benghazi in particular, is sliding deeper into chaos and sectarian violence. Between the prison breaks, riots, bombings, and shootings, there is something else that has gone overlooked. While much of the violence appears to be tribal in nature (with Libya roughly […]
It’s an open secret that Steve Jobs had a green badge with the CIA, and if Steve (I’m a fan by-the-way) had a badge makes you wonder who else… May be time for America to re-think its priorities when it comes to spying on citizens, period. I don’t think too many people are ok with […]
It was then that I discovered the term ‘signature strike.’ These strikes are an exercise in profiling, absent of evidence or even names of targets — effectively acting as judge, jury, and executioners of tribal Pakistan. The confluence of testimonials from tribal-people, and a new understanding of signature strikes brought me to one particular drone […]
“Allah is our objective; the Quran our constitution; the Prophet is our leader; struggle is our way; and death for the sake of Allah is the highest of our aspirations.” In 1924, the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey and the ascension of Ataturk to the leadership of a new secular government, ended the […]
The Jaysh al-Muhajireen wal-Ansar (The Army of Emigrants and Helpers) was officially formed at the end of March, 2013. It began as three different groups, including the Kataeb al-Muhajireen (The Brigade of Emigrants), the Kataeb al Khattab (The Brigade of Khattab), and the Jaysh Muhammad (Army of Muhammad). The latter two were Syrian groups, while […]
With AQI and its Syrian affiliate/rival Al Nusra increasingly in the news, here is a brief rundown of AQI’s history. Al Qaeda in Iraq got its start in 2003, originally called Jama’at al Tawhid wal Jihad (The Group for Monotheism and Jihad). It was founded by Abu Musab al Zarqawi, a would-be mujahid who got […]
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