H. John Poole defines “distributive operations” as small units (roughly squad-sized) working alone. While he primarily writes about the application of “distributive operations” to counterinsurgency, the use of many small, autonomous units scattered across the battlespace has come to the forefront of ISIS’ tactics in Al Anbar province. ISIS’ commander in Al Anbar is believed […]
The goal of pretty much every violent Islamist group has been the establishment of an Islamic State. This was a stated goal of AQI before it became ISIS, and before it declared itself actually to have achieved the goal of creating such a state in 2014.
In an October 15, 2014 article by Greg Zoroya featured in USA Today, which cites an NPR story from the same day, the author points out that a small number of Westerners – in this case, Dutch bikers – are heading over to Iraqi Kurdistan to fight the Islamic State (also known as IS, ISIS, or […]
While Congress, the President, and the media play their games, the bodies are piling up in Iraq and Syria as ISIS continues their slaughter.
This past week, some interesting reporting regarding the evolution of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) centered around the group’s announcement of opening “offices” in Afghanistan. This maneuver reflects a considerable shift in strategic goals for ISIS. Though rhetoric thus far has maintained the group’s ultimate pursuit of the establishment of a Caliphate […]
On the night of Sept 22, the US air campaign against Daash expanded from northern Iraq to Syria. Fourteen strikes, using a combination of ship-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles, B-1B bombers, F/A-18s, F-15s, F-16s, and drones, hit targets in Raqqa, Deir al Zour, Hassakeh, and the border town of Abu Kamal, as well as strikes on […]
Following the rapid string of successes that the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham enjoyed in June and into July, ISIS has come to be perceived as an Islamist juggernaut, far more powerful and militarily sophisticated than any jihadist force seen yet in the 13 years that the US and its allies have been […]
For the uninitiated, RUMINT stands for “Rumor-based Intelligence.” It is the grapevine, the Lance Corporal Underground, the mysterious pathways by which information gets around before higher’s even aware that it’s out there. With social media and so-called “New Media,” RUMINT has gotten more pervasive than ever. Now you can find up-to-the-minute reports of what is […]
Several sources have reported a new merger between Syria’s Jabhaat al Nusra (Al Nusra Front) and the Islamic State in Iraq and al Sham (ISIS). This is significant news, considering the recent falling out between Al Nusra and ISIS last year, when Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, the emir of ISIS, claimed overall command over both […]
On April 5, video surfaced of Harakat Hazm, a relatively new rebel group (its formation was announced on January 26), utilizing TOW missiles in combat with Syrian regime forces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L2uGyD7M04 The TOW is supplied through various military assistance agreements to multiple countries in the region, including Saudi Arabia and Turkey. While the US has publicly demurred from […]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O05EOkapXHY] Obviously, this has been put together for propaganda purposes, but some information can be gleaned from it. While they seem to be concentrating on maneuvers (though their dispersion is still pretty bad), marksmanship doesn’t seem to have made any headway on the list of priorities since the Iraq insurgency. The above video […]
The majority of the video below is a speech by a Kosovar who is now in Syria fighting for The Islamic State in Iraq and as-Sham. If you remember, we put a lot of effort into keeping the Serbs off the Albanian Kosovars back in the ’90s. A great deal has been said (most of […]
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