tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post9089131441300666432..comments2024-02-22T19:45:29.872-05:00Comments on Sources And Methods: Puttin' The Open Into Open Source: MCIIS Innovation Challenge Team Looking To Do Some Collaborating!Kristan J. Wheatonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02566135545863154089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-23058277205604656182008-09-04T08:14:00.000-04:002008-09-04T08:14:00.000-04:00Oh, and I am PrincetonOh, and I am PrincetonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-48054355745228739192008-09-04T08:13:00.000-04:002008-09-04T08:13:00.000-04:00I fould this too. With the message/attack timeline...I fould this too. With the message/attack timeline, run that against CBS's internet terrorism monitor.<BR/><BR/>http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/monitor/main502684.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-8464937766427857602008-09-03T08:07:00.000-04:002008-09-03T08:07:00.000-04:00Go to http://www.intelcenter.com/ and check out al...Go to http://www.intelcenter.com/ and check out all their resources. I've downloaded a few of their free reports on OBL and his cronies. They have a timeline of messages & attacks as well as a map of the organization. They have a lot of free based reports that I am sure are loaded with good info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-82921994834350516082008-09-02T13:56:00.000-04:002008-09-02T13:56:00.000-04:00Regarding instances of tension and a lack of direc...Regarding instances of tension and a lack of direct control between AQ Proper and its AQ in Iraq franchise, see the letter from Zawahiri to Zarqawi. Zawahiri criticizes Zarqawi for his focus on attacking Iraq's Shiite population and the Shrine of Ali, tells Zarqawi to use bullets instead of beheading captives, and criticizes Zarqawi's lack of concern over AQ's public image. <BR/><BR/>http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/report/2005/zawahiri-zarqawi-letter_9jul2005.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569772432953120875.post-34062166768962450742008-08-31T20:35:00.000-04:002008-08-31T20:35:00.000-04:00Damn. Interesting question and bit of thought.In t...Damn. Interesting question and bit of thought.<BR/><BR/>In terms of their physical ability to coalesce and form a command and control environment I'd say it's dicey at best. AQ's history is replete with nation state fostering turned bad. Consider Sudan or better yet the Taliban's Afghanistan, who's leadership generally found bin Laden a distasteful sort that was as likely to bring the wrath of the western world down upon them as anything else. From what I've read it was only through the insistence of Mullah Omar that AQ held their command in Afghanistan. And, lo and behold the worries of his ministry came to be after the 9/11 attacks. The Taliban regime was smashed from power.<BR/><BR/>Of course there is the matter of eastern Pakistan, it's "lawless" regions and the remanifestation of Taliban resistance. Perhaps this or the horn of Africa will be the next real fountainhead for AQ given their effective defeat in Iraq.<BR/><BR/>Additionally, consider the ideological spread of AQ beyond it's own principles. The Philippines Abu Sayaff is an example, a band of effective marauder's that operate under the, shall we say, lose ideological confederation with AQ and yet not within the strict adherence of AQ's own Wahabbist agenda. <BR/><BR/>My opinion? AQ is scattered and suffering the nationalistic agenda's of it's previous allies. The Taliban, the Sunni tribes in Iraq, etc. are much more concerned with their own local political struggles to pay much heed to AQ's global jihad ideals.Jay@Soobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208597218366281778noreply@blogger.com