Training on a Battlefield: Iraq as a Training Ground for Global Jihadis

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Terrorism and Political Violence, 2008, vol. 20, issue 4, 543-562

Abstract: This article aims to describe and analyze the training that foreign jihadis in Iraq have received, how this may impact on the future of the insurgency in Iraq, and the potential spillover effect from the Iraqi jihad scene. The nature of the training in Iraq has been influenced by the difficult conditions the jihadis were operating under, and much has consisted of on-the-job training inside safe houses. The foreign jihadis were dependent on the support of the local Iraqis in order to conduct training, but the increasing use of suicide attacks has turned their erstwhile allies against them.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1080/09546550802257242

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