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Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi's four-hour audiotape was an exercise in oratorical endurance, but the tape's content is not as groundbr

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    6 June 2006    Zarqawi’s Four Hours: Clarification and Ambition    By Brian Fishman    Abu Mus’ab al‐Zarqawi’s newly released three‐recording, four‐hour sermon has two  purposes: (1) to refocus his organization after a period of strategic drift and, (2) to lay  the intellectual foundation for expanding his operations regionally.    STRATEGIC F ...  more>>

II Eritrean Islamic Jihad

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II. The Eritrean Islamic Jihad Movement (EJIM) Eritrean separatism began in earnest during World War II, as Eritrea passed from Italian to British rule in 1941 and remained under British administration until 1950. Arab states pushed for independence given the large Muslim population and ties to the Arab world from that community. The initial consti ...  more>>

III Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys

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III. Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys was born in the Galgaduud region of Somalia between 1935 and 1943. He is a member of the Ayr sub-clan of the Habargadir group of the Hawiye clan. Although not the most powerful sub-clan in Somalia, Ayr is reportedly one of the most powerful clans in Mogadishu. 1 Aweys began preaching Wahhabi ...  more>>

International Law and Slavery

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Mark D. Welton, J.D. S lavery was widespread and legally sanctioned for most of human history. Chattel slavery—the legal ownership of one person by another—was its most common form. Gradually, and especially in the 19th century, the growing condemnation of chattel slavery and the slave trade by an increasing number of individuals, groups, and eve ...  more>>

In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful

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25 September 2006 Letter Exposes New Leader in Al-Qa`ida High Command On 7 June 2006, American military forces executed an air strike on an al-Qa`ida safehouse near Baqouba, Iraq, killing Abu Mus’ab al-Zarqawi, al-Qa`ida‘s commander in Iraq. U.S. and Iraqi forces subsequently acquired numerous documents from that safehouse. On 18 September 2006, t ...  more>>

II Abu Hafs al Masri

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II. Abu Hafs al-Masri Judging by the praise heaped upon him by other jihadis, Abu Hafs al-Masri 1 was one of al-Qa’ida’s most talented, trusted, and militant members. Truly in Osama bin Laden’s inner circle, he had been involved with al-Qa’ida since its inception and served as its military commander and security chief. 2 He was present at several  ...  more>>

IV Saif al Adel

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IV. Saif al-Adel [Saif al-Adel, used in US wanted posters] Life in Egypt Saif al-Adel (‫ ;ﺳﻴﻒ اﻟﻌﺪل‬also spelled Sayf al-`Adl, Seif al-Adil) 1 , often called the third-ranking official of al-Qa’ida, is a man about whom there is extremely little that is known with certainty. 2 His date of birth is April 11, 1960 or April 11, 1963. Since the identit ...  more>>

The Army's Professional Ethic--Past, Present, and Future

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The Army’s Professional Ethic—Past, Present, and Future Colonel Matthew Moten Professor of Officership and Deputy Head, Department of History United States Military Academy [This article is a draft for discussion for USMA Senior Conference, June 2008. Please do not cite without permission of the author.] In 2007 the Army established at West Point  ...  more>>

Learning Activity Design a Bridge with a Computer

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LEARNING ACTIVITY # 4 #4 Learning Activity #4: Design a Truss Bridge with a Computer Overview of the Activity In this learning activity, we will use a specially developed software package called the West Point Bridge Designer to design a truss bridge. We will use the software to create a structural model, then run a simulated load test to eval ...  more>>


   
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