Jul 17th 2008
From The Economist print edition
Acknowledgments:
The author would like to thank the following for their generous assistance: Karen Greenberg and the staff at New York University's Centre on Law and Security; Dean Godson, research director at Policy
Exchange; Gilles Kepel, professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques; Jason Burke, author of “Al-Qaeda” ; Lyse Doucet of the BBC; David Ignatius of the Washington Post; Pierre Rousselin and Jean Chichizola of Le Figaro; Jean-François Clair, formerly of France's DST; Gary LaFree of the National Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism; Olivier Roy, professor at L'Ecole de Hautes Études des Sciences Sociales; Colleen Graffy of the State Department; Michael Scheuer, formerly of the CIA; Paul Pillar, visiting professor at Georgetown University; Joanne Mariner of Human Rights Watch; Michael Sheehan, formerly New York deputy commissioner for counterterrorism; Brigadier-General Mark Milley, Lieutenant-Colonel Rumi Nielson-Green and Major Patrick Seiber of the 101st Airborne division; Iqbal Khattak and Rahimullah Yusufzai, journalists in Peshawar; Ahmed Rashid, Talat Hussain, Declan Walsh and Baker Atyani, journalists in Islamabad; Khalid Aziz, chairman of the RIPORT institute; Owais Ahmad Ghani, governor of North-West Frontier Province; Brigadier Mahmoud Shah and generals Talat Hussain and Mirza Aslam Beg, Pakistani ex-officers; General Mansour al-Turki and Major Omer al-Zallal of the Saudi interior ministry; Jamal Khashoggi, editor of Al-Watan; Jumaa al-Dossari, Ghanem al-Harbi and Khaled al-Hubyshi, former Guantánamo detainees; Maajid Nawaz, director of the Quilliam Foundation;
Stephen Ulph of the Jamestown Foundation; and Mohammed Khozbar and Ahmed Saad of the North London Central Mosque. Some of the most important contributions came from government officials in both Western and Muslim countries who asked to remain anonymous.
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BOOKS:
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“Al-Qaeda”, Jason Burke, Penguin Books, London, 2007
“Leaderless Jihad: Terror Networks in the Twenty-First Century”, Marc Sageman, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2008
“Crush the Cell: How to Defeat Terrorism Without Terrorizing Ourselves”, Michael A. Sheehan, Crown Publishers, New York, 2008
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REPORTS, PERIODICALS AND ARTICLES:
Office of the Director of National Intelligence:
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Mitchell McConnell, Director of National Intelligence, 27 February 2008 US Department of State:
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“Intelligence, Counter-terrorism and Trust”, Jonathan Evans, Director General of the Security Service, November 5th 2007
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Foreign Affairs:
“After Guantanamo”, Kenneth Roth, Foreign Affairs Volume 87, Number 3, May/June 2008
“The Myth of Grassroots Terrorism”, Bruce Hoffman, Foreign Affairs Volume 87, Number 3, May/June 2008
“Al-Qaeda Strikes Back”, Bruce Reidel, Volume 86, Number 3, May/June 2007
“The Moderate Muslim Brotherhood”, Robert S. Leiken and Steven Brooke, Volume 86, Number 2, March/April 2007
Combating Terrorism Centre at West Point:
Monthly issues of CTC Sentinel
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“Indonesia: Jemaah Islamiyah's Current Status”, Asia Briefing N°63, 3 May 2007
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Terrorist Trial Report Card January 2008 Rand Corporation:
“Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan”, Seth Jones, 2008
“Beyond al-Qaeda: The Global Jihadist Movement”, 2006
“The Future Course of International Terrorism”, Brian Michael Jenkins, September 1985 Washington Quarterly:
“Al-Qaeda's Third Front: Saudi Arabia”, Bruce Reidel and Bilal Y. Saab, Spring 2008
International Institute for Strategic Studies:
“Ending Terrorism: Lessons for Defeating al-Qaeda”, Audrey Ruth Kronin, Adelphi Paper 394, 2008
Jamestown Foundation:
Terrorism Monitor Terrorism Focus
Terrorism Research Initiative:
Perspectives on Terrorism
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:
“Iraqi Insurgent Media: The War Of Images And Ideas”, Daniel Kimmage and Kathleen Ridolfo, June 2007
Policy Exchange:
“Learning from Experience: Counter Terrorism in the UK since 9/11”, Peter Clarke, June 2007
Military Review:
“Anbar Awakens: The Tipping Point”, Major Niel Smithy and Colonel Sea MacFarland, March-April 2008 New Republic:
“The Unravelling: The Jihadist revolt against Bin Laden”, Peter Bergen and Paul Cruikshank, June 11th 2008
New Yorker:
“The Rebellion Within: An Al Qaeda mastermind questions terrorism”, Lawrence Wright, June 2nd 2008
WEBSITES AND BLOGS:
SITE Intelligence Group: Timely translations of jihadist material online
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Jihadica
Counterterrorism Blog Long War Journal
Middle East Media Research Institute NEFA Foundation
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count Afghanistan Conflict Monitor
National Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, University of Maryland
OPINION POLLS:
Pew Global Attitudes Project:
“Global Unease With Major World Powers: Rising Environmental Concern in 47-Nation Survey”, June 27th 2007
“A Rising Tide Lifts Mood in the Developing World: Sharp Decline in Support for Suicide Bombing in Muslim Countries”, July 24th 2007
Terror Free Tomorrow:
New Poll of Pakistan before June 2008 By-Elections Pakistan: New Poll before 2008 Elections
Saudi Arabia: Unprecedented Nationwide Survey
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