CIAO DATE: 10/2009

CTC Sentinel

A publication of:

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Volume: 2, Issue: 9

September 2009

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• Are the Afghan Taliban Involved in International Terrorism? (PDF)

  Contents

  FEATURE ARTICLE
  1 Are the Afghan Taliban Involved in
  International Terrorism?
  By Anne Stenersen

  Reports
  5 The Insurgent-Narcotic Nexus in
  Helmand Province
  By Captain Michael Erwin, U.S. Army
  8 The Expansion Strategy of Al-Qa`ida
  in the Arabian Peninsula
  By Gregory D. Johnsen
  11 A Profile of Pakistan's
  Lashkar-i-Jhangvi
  By Arif Jamal
  14 The Failure of Salafi-Jihadi
  Insurgent Movements in the Levant
  By Bilal Y. Saab
  18 The Dangerous Ideas of the
  Neo-Zarqawist Movement
  By Murad Batal al-Shishani
  20 The July 17 Jakarta Suicide Attacks
  and the Death of Noordin Top
  By Noor Huda Ismail
  22 Recent Highlights in Terrorist Activity
  24 CTC Sentinel Staff & Contacts