12 April 2019 / by peter / Uncategorized
On March 27, Algeria’s Ministry of Defence issued a communiqué announcing that an Army detachment, acting in coordination with the police, had broken up a three-man “terrorist cell” in the western city of Oran the previous day, seizing a submachine gun, two hunting rifles, knives, a pair of binoculars and a GPS device in […]
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‘Happy birthday MBS’
3 September 2019 / by Hazem Eseifan / Uncategorized
What the twitter celebration of MBS’ birthday tells us about the transformation of the Saudi regime The hashtag “birthday of the leader of renewal”[1] has been trending on Saudi twitter since August 31, celebrating the 34th birthday of Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman. This is highly unusual and also telling of how MBS […]
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AQMI, the Defence Ministry and the Hirak
29 July 2019 / by peter / Uncategorized
In a statement dated July 16 AQMI, denied Defence Ministry claims that five terrorists “who were plotting to target peaceful demonstrations” had been arrested in the eastern wilaya of Batna. Two days earlier the Defence Ministry had announced that the army had arrested five people “who were not on wanted lists” between July 3 […]
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Will God have mercy on Morsi?
28 June 2019 / by Hazem Eseifan / Uncategorized
For people on the Salafi-jihadi spectrum the answer is far from obvious, and the debate around it is revealing of some broader trends within the movement. By Hazem Eseifan and Peter Cross On June 18, the sixth instalment of an occasional series entitled “the Student Asks and the Sheikh Answers” was released in […]
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Is war between the US and Iran likely?
21 June 2019 / by Hazem Eseifan / Uncategorized
By Hazem Eseifan A friend asked me last week if I thought war between Iran and the US was likely. “Look,” I replied, “Saudi Arabia and Israel want America to fight Iran on their behalf, and America is looking for someone to fight Iran on its behalf”. Saudi Arabia, already bogged down in Yemen, certainly cannot take […]
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ALGERIA : WHERE IS AQMI?
12 April 2019 / by peter / Uncategorized
On March 27, Algeria’s Ministry of Defence issued a communiqué announcing that an Army detachment, acting in coordination with the police, had broken up a three-man “terrorist cell” in the western city of Oran the previous day, seizing a submachine gun, two hunting rifles, knives, a pair of binoculars and a GPS device in […]
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Mujtahidd’s tweets about King Salman and MBS: take with a grain of salt
5 February 2019 / by peter / Uncategorized
So @Mujtahidd issued a series of tweets about King Salman’s physical and mental health condition and his immediate entourage on February 1 and completed it a couple of days later with some corrections and addition information. Before we dive into it, let us have a quick reminder of who Mujtahidd is and why what he […]
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