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Jihadi after action report, Syria, William McCants, Stephen Ulph, series editor

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Jihadi after action report, Syria, William McCants, Stephen Ulph, series editor

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references

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federal national government publication

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illustrations

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non fiction

Main title

Jihadi after action report, Syria

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dictionariesbibliography

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77008888

Responsibility statement

Stephen Ulph, series editor

Sub title

William McCants

Summary

"... An in-depth study of the Jihadi Movement's top thinkers and their most popular writings. This is the first systematic mapping of the ideology inspiring al-Qaeda. The CTC's researchers spent one year mining the most popular books and articles in al-Qaeda's online library, profiling hundreds of figures in the Jihadi Movement, and cataloging over 11,000 citations. The empirically supported findings of the project are surprising: The most influential Jihadi intellectuals are clerics from Jordan and Saudi Arabia, two of the US's closest allies in the Middle East. Among them, the Jordanian cleric Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi has had the most impact on other Jihadi thinkers and has been the most consequential in shaping the worldview of the Jihadi Movement. In contrast, the study finds that Usama Bin Ladin and Ayman al-Zawahiri have had little influence on other Jihadi theorists and strategists. The Executive Report summarizes the main conclusions of this comprehensive effort and provides policy-relevant recommendations informed by these findings."-- CTC web site

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