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In the decade after 9/11, al-Qaeda gradually expanded its presence in the Muslim world through the creation of franchise affiliates. The author argues that the organization's dramatically weakened position in the wake of 9/11 was a central factor driving this new organizational strategy. But branching out was actually a sign of weakness. It not only failed to arrest al-Qaeda's decline, but accelerated it by fostering the birth of rival organizations like the Islamic State. Although the introduction of new branches helped al-Qaeda create a frightening image beyond its actual capabilities, ultimately the strategy neither increased al-Qaeda's capacity nor advanced its political objectives. The author also explores the organization's expansion choices in particular countries, and closes with an assessment of al-Qaeda's future in light of the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East, the ascendance of ISIS, and U.S. foreign policy.

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Terrorism. --- Qaida (Organization)

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Al-Qaida et la plupart des groupes alliés auraient probablement déjà disparu sans l'élaboration d'une stratégie de communication redoutable dont la production audiovisuelle est devenue l'instrument principal. L'analyse systématique de ce phénomène de propagande, probablement le plus important depuis le début du XXIe siècle, n'avait encore jamais été effectuée. Pourtant, son corpus visuel nous offre un aperçu extraordinaire de l'histoire du jihadisme global. Après avoir analysé les principaux producteurs de la propagande jihadiste et présenté son langage visuel, Abdelasiem El Difraoui expose l'évolution du Grand Récit jihadiste et de sa production audiovisuelle des trois dernières décennies. Au-delà de la propagande, cette production détourne la mythologie de l'islam pour en créer une nouvelle au sein de laquelle le culte du martyre joue un rôle central ; est alors créée une nouvelle cosmologie qui élève Ben Laden au rang de prophète. De cette analyse il ressort que, en dépit de leur échec à mobiliser les masses musulmanes, Al-Qaida et sa nébuleuse sont parvenues à créer des images et des symboles reconnus aujourd'hui par de nombreux croyants et qui pourraient continuer à inspirer les générations à venir.

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Inside Al Qaeda examines the leadership, ideology, structure, strategies, and tactics of the most violent politico-religious organization the world has ever seen. The definitive work on Al Qaeda, this book is based on five years of research, including extensive interviews with its members; field research in Al Qaeda-supported conflict zones in Central, South and Southeast Asia and the Middle East; and monitoring Al Qaeda infiltration of diaspora and migrant communities in North America and Europe. Although founded in 1988, Al Qaeda merged with and still works with several other extremist groups. Hence Al Qaeda rank and file draw on nearly three decades of terrorist expertise. Moreover, it inherited a full-fledged training and operational infrastructure funded by the United States, European, Saudi Arabian and other governments for use in the anti-Soviet Jihad. This book sheds light on Al Qaeda's financial infrastructure and how they train combat soldiers and vanguard fighters for multiple guerrilla, terrorist and semi-conventional campaigns in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Caucuses, and the Balkans. In addition, the author covers the clandestine Al Qaeda operational network in the West. Gunaratna reveals: how Osama bin Laden had his mentor and Al Qaeda founder, "Azzam", assassinated in order to take over the organization and that other Al Qaeda officers who stood in his way were murdered, Al Qaeda's long-range, deep-penetration agent handling system in Western Europe and North America for setting up safe houses, procuring weapons, and conducting operations, how the O55 Brigade, Al Qaeda's guerrilla organization, integrated into the Taliban, how the arrest of Zacarias Moussaoui forced Al Qaeda to move forward on September 11,how a plan to destroy British Parliament on 9/11 and to use nerve gas on the European Union Parliament were thwarted, how the Iran--Hezbollah--Al Qaeda link provided the knowledge to conduct coordinated, simultaneous attacks on multiple targets, including failed plans to destroy Los Angeles International Airport, the USS Sullivan, the Radisson Hotel in Jordan, and eleven US commercial airliners over the Pacific ocean, that one-fifth of international Islamic charities and NGOs are infiltrated by Al Qaeda, how the US response is effective militarily in the short term, but insufficient to counter Al Qaeda's ideology in the long-term. Finally, to destroy Al Qaeda, Gunaratna shows there needs to be a multipronged, multiagency, and multidimensional response by the international community.

Terrorism. --- Qaida (Organization)