Djerba- Heading via a couple of what I expect will be very hot louage (minibus/taxi things) rides to the western Libyan border tomorrow. I’m sure going to miss Djerba. It’s quite a nice place and I’m looking forward to coming…
CNN Crew Under Serious Fire in Nafusa, AJE Had Better Luck
Barcelona- Wow, does this look scary. And I do not say that lightly. Watch:
La Dulce Vida
Barcelona- I’ve got a new feature length piece in this week’s edition of Terrorism Monitor on this vague, ill formed concept of reconciliation with the Quetta shura Omar-led Taliban and what it could mean for the future of inter-ethnic and…
Rumba de Barcelona
Barcelona- I’ve just come back to Barca for the first time since 2008 and the town is as vibrant as ever. Everyone is so thin and bronzed that coming from the bowels of outer borough New York City, one may…
June Issue of Militant Leadership Monitor Out
New York- Got the new issue of MLM out yesterday. In this one we have a profile of Saudi jihadi ideologue Faris al-Zahrani by Murad Batal al-Shishani, sketchy Malaysian JI/AQ operative Marwan by Jacob Zenn, the real Sajid Mir of…
Gains in Western Libya
New York- I have become increasingly interested in the gradual opening up of large swaths of western Libya in the peaks and valleys of the Nafusa Mountains. Until recently, this Berber populated area was one of the more under reported…