Copying Tim Stevens’ (on ubiwar) and others’ concept of a material list provided continuously on stuff previously read or dealt with, I will start a regular material list, always on a specific topic, including a small number of links, with one line each to underline the reason why I included it. The material will include stuff I read or watched, in some cases (like with the book in the first list) I will make exceptions and mark them with stars.
Which way, Taliban?
[Article] Flipping the Taliban. Fotini Christia and Michael Semple, July/August 2009, Foreign Affairs Volume 88, Number 4.
“For many Taliban fighters, insurgency has nothing to do with Islamic zealotry; it is a way of life.”
[Article] Know Thine Enemy – Why the Taliban Cannot Be Flipped. Barbara Elias, November 2 2009, Foreign Affairs (online).
“And there is little reason not to expect flipped Taliban to flip back when it suits their purposes.”
[Video] Transition to What?. Talk at the Halifax Forum, November 21 2009.
“Stick with it brothers, and we’ll topple the government.”
[Blog] A Study of Martyrs. Blog Thread by Mari Saurgo on www.makingsenseofjihad.com
In January 2008, Al-Fajr Media Center, an al-Qaida affiliated media group, released an extensive issue in its series, “Biographies of the Martyrs in the Land of Khorasan.”
*[Book] My Life with the Taliban. Abdul Salam Zaeef/Alex Strick van Linschoten/Felix Kuehn, to be published on January 31 2010.
“…presents a unique insight into the worldview of the Taliban.”
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