Month: June 2015

The Jihadist Trap of Here and Now

Security Weekly    STRATFIR JUNE 25, 2015 | By Scott Stewart In recent weeks, I have found myself spending a lot of time thinking about the jihadist strategy of al Qaeda and how it compares to that of the Islamic State. Earlier this month, I wrote about the possibility that […]

Deadliest Terrorists in U.S. Not Muslims

NY Times: WASHINGTON — In the 14 years since Al Qaedacarried out attacks on New York and the Pentagon, extremists have regularly executed smaller lethal assaults in the United States, explaining their motives in online manifestoes or social media rants. But the breakdown of extremist ideologies behind those attacks may […]