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Article: Osama bin Laden's global jihad: myth and movement.(INSIDE-OUT VIEW OF GLOBAL JIHAD)
- Article from:
- Military Review
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
- Author:
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ASSESSING THE SOUNDNESS of Osama bin Laden's global jihad concept by analyzing the movement and its myth has implications for U.S. information operations and counterinsurgency strategies and demonstrates the importance of cultural understanding. Much has been written already on the topic of global jihad, but my analysis is quite different from those that interpret Bin Laden's endeavors on the basis of Western thought. My analysis takes an inside-out (vice an outside-in) approach that is based on my interpretation of Arab-Islamic thought. Before engaging in this effort, though, we must first define key terms.
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