Dispatches from the Jihadi Belt

Martyrdom, Denial, Success and Reorganization

The latest releases from al Qaeda in Iraq and Saudi Arabia provide some insight on the mindset of the organizations and the need to continue to communicate with the faithful on the status of martyrdom, the denial of Coalition successes and the status of the operations.

The first communiqu

Bill Roggio is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the Editor of FDD's Long War Journal.

Iraq

Islamic state

Syria

Aqap

Al shabaab

Boko Haram

Isis