Defeating ISIS

INDEX

Note: Names of people beginning with “al-” ignore it for alphabetization (e.g. Maliki, Nuri al-). Names of organizations and places do not (e.g. al Qaeda).

Aaron, Mohammed Bakri, 88

Abaaoud, Abdellhamid, 141, 142, 143, 145

Abaya, 228

Abbasid caliphate, 201–202

Abdallah Azzam Brigade, 72, 74

Abdelli, Hussam al, 114

Abdeslam, Brahim, 141

Abdeslam, Salah, 144

Abduction methodologies, 369

Abdullah II, King, 78

Abha, 171

Abrini, Mohammed, 144

Absi, Abu al-Athir Amr al-, 38–39

Absi, Firas al-, 38

Absi, Omar al-, 52

Abu Ghraib prison, 19

Abu Ghraib prison scandal, 12–13, 370

Abuja, 129

Abu Refaei checkpoint, 359–360

Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade, 99

Aden, 175

Adhaim, 63

Admiration, in radicalization, 211

Adnani, Sheikh Abu Mohammad, 35, 59

Adultery, 254

Afari, Abdul Rahman al-, 50

Afghanistan, 11, 17, 18, 46, 162–168, 192, 310

Aggad, Fouad Mohamed Fuad, 142

Agriculture tax, 275

Ahmed, Muhammed, 203

AIDS, 240

Aircraft, weapons against, 334–335

Akindele, Kayode, 128

Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis, 55, 56

Akr, Nasser, 100, 105

Akrouh, Chakib, 141

Alaqqal, Ahmed, 54

Alawites, 248, 429

Albania, 45

Alcohol, 254

Aleppo, 38, 52–53, 346

al-Furqan, 387, 394

Algeria, 47, 108, 115–117, 118

al-Hayat Media, 44, 105, 152, 381, 384, 386, 391, 396, 398

al-Hisabah, 227

Ali (Caliph), 200

Ali, Aayan Hirsi, 188

al-Khansaa brigades, 223–224, 227

al-Khansaa magazine, 224

Allam, Shawki Ibrahim, 438

al-Medina souk, 279

Al-Minbar al-I’lami al-Jihadi, 79

al-Mourabitoun, 117, 119, 120

al-Muayad Mosque bombing, 175

al-Murabitoun, 5

al-Nusra Front (ANF), 19, 52, 54, 56, 58, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 304–305, 315, 346, 369, 387

Alpine-style hybrid terror combat, 346–347

al-Qaeda, 95, 110

birth of, 17

Boko Haram and, 122, 134

breaks with ISIS, 19

Egypt and, 84

emergence of, 190

from, to ISIS, 17–18

ISIS vs., 15–16

rivalry with, 118

Wahabism and, 192–193

al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), 4, 6, 12, 13, 14, 27, 30, 138, 393–394

al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), 108, 109, 116, 117, 126, 135

al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), 5, 18, 172–173

al-Qaeda of the Indian Sub-Continent (AQIS), 5, 163

al-Qaeda of the Islamic Maghreb, 5

al-Qasr Hotel bombing, 176

al-Shaabab, 5, 6, 39, 156, 225

Alwani, Walid Mohammed al-, 50

Amara Cultural Center, 149

Amer, Ahmed Mostafa, 363

Amimour, Samy, 142

Amiri, Abu Arkan al-, 34–35

Amirli, 66

Anbar, 60–62

Anbar, Abu Abdul-Rahman al-Bilawi al-, 37

Anbar Campaign, 61

Anbari, Abu Ali al-, 37, 50, 52, 97, 106

Ankara, 149

An Nawfaliyah, 100

Anonymous (hacker group), 401, 402

Ansar al-Islam, 11–12

Ansar al-Shari’a (AAS), 95, 96, 99, 101, 104, 110

Ansar al-Sunnah, 5

Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (ABM), 21, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 88, 287, 355, 358, 363

Ansar Dine, 118, 119

Anti-aircraft guns, 334–335

Antiquities, 288–295. See also Cultural cleansing

Ant-tank weaponry, 333–334

Apocalypticism, 187–188, 191, 302–306, 309. See also Eschatology

Apostasy, 209, 210, 254

Arab-Israeli War, 8

Arab Spring, 18, 84, 172

Araj, Mahmoud Abdul Aziz Ahmed al-, 87

Arar, 170

Armored fighting vehicles, 324

Ar-Raqqa, 59–60

Arsal, 57, 73, 74–75

Art, 278. See also Cultural cleansing

Artillery, 330–332

Asdullah Balawi, 246

Ashbal Khalifa, 236

Ashour, Mohamed Taha Mustafa, 88

ash-Sheikh, Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al, 437–438

Ashurnasirpal, 283

Assad, Bashar al-, 57, 72

as-Sahab, 386, 387

Asymmetrical warfare, 350, 412–420

Atallah, Walid, 90

Attallah, Walid Waked, 88

Aum Sunrikyo, 197, 206, 207

Austin, Kathie Lynn, 147

Australia, 48, 157–159

Austria, 44

Awad, Ahmed Rahman, 87

Azdi, Abu al-Baraa el-, 97

Azerbaijan, 46

Azzam, Abdullah, 17

Baalbek, 73, 75

Baanu, 132

Ba’athists, 6, 29, 33, 97, 435

Backyard refineries, 266–267

Badjoudj, Abdelhalim, 138

Baghdad, 62, 65

Baghdadi, Abu Bakr al-, 5, 18, 19, 25–29, 34, 50, 72, 75, 80, 85, 87, 97, 125–126, 151, 152, 169, 176, 211

Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-, 12, 27, 31–32

Bahrain, 178, 201

“Bahrain Province,” 171

Baiji, 66

Bajji, 67

Bakr, Haji, 27, 32–34

Bama Town, 131

Banditry, 254

Bangladesh, 179–181

Banking, 273–274

Barakah, 54–55

Barakat, Hisham, 92

Bardo Museum attack, 111–113

Barnawi, Khalid al-, 126

Bassat, Abed al-Daim al-, 81

Bataclan theatre, 140, 142. See also Paris

Batirashvili, Tarkhan Tayumurazovich, 37, 38, 50, 150

Battar Brigade, 96

Battle of Aleppo, 52–53

Battle of Al-Qaryatayn, 57

Battle of al-Taqba Air Base, 59

Battle of Arsal, 57

Battle of Deir ez-Zor, 58

Battle of Homs, 56–57

Battle of Khandaq, 214

Battle of Mahin, 57

Battle of Markadah, 55

Battle of Mosul, 64–65

Battle of Qadisiyyah, 224

Battle of Ramadi, 61–62

Battle of Ras al-Ayn, 54–55

Battle of Sadad, 57

Battle of Sirte, 100–102

Battle of Vengeance, 356–358

Battle of Zumar, 65

Battu, Mohammed, 103

Bauchi, 129

Bayyah, Sheikh Abdullah Bin, 440

Beatings, 258

Behavior control, in cults, 207

Beheading, 10, 20, 39–40, 54, 80, 89, 92, 115, 126, 128, 138, 165, 238, 255, 392–394

Beiruit, 75, 76, 313–314, 317

Belgium, 44, 141, 144–147

Belmokhtar, Mokhtar, 119, 120

Ben Ali, Zein el-Abidine, 108–109

Benghazi attack, 96–97

Berg, Nick, 393

Bergen, Peter, 190, 191, 197

bin Laden, Osama, 6, 7, 11, 14–15, 17, 29–30, 134, 192–193, 211, 395

Biological weapons, 337–338

Blasiol, Len A., 301

Blaspheming, 254

Blood antiquities, 288–295

Blood donation, 236

Bloom, Mia, 127, 230, 235

Bogdanos, Matthew, 289

Bojinka, 17

Boko Haram, 5–6, 20, 117, 122–135, 209–210, 229

Bongo, 327

Bontinck, Jejoen, 374

Booker, Cory, 424

Borno State, 132

Bosnia, 45

Boulahcen, Hasna Aït, 143

Brachman, Jarrett, 186

Brainwashing, 235–239

Brazil, 44

Bremer, L. Paul, 435

Britain, 44

Brutality, 311

Bunkering, of oil, 134

Burial, death by, 256

Burj al-Barajneh, 75, 76

Bush, George W., 7, 8, 9, 10, 14

Cabinet-level councils, 50–51

Caliphate, 5, 24, 193, 312–313

Cambodi, Abu Khaled al-, 158

Cambodia, 47, 294

Cameroon, 125, 131, 132

Camp Bucca, 26, 32, 33, 36

Camp Speicher Massacre, 66

Canada, 44, 153–154

Canadian Parliament attack, 154

Cantlie, John, 370, 388, 389

Car bombs, 325–329

Carlton Citadel Hotel, 285

Carter, Ashton, 415

Caucasus, 150–153

Cement mixer, 327–328

Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications (CSCC), 421–422

Chad, 125, 133

Charity, 273–274

Charlie Hebdo attacks, 5, 146, 396–397

Chechnya, 37–38, 150–153, 310, 372–373

Chemical weapons, 337–338

Cheney, Dick, 7

Chibok, 131, 135

Children

brainwashing of, 235–239

in cult of Jihad, 231–233

rape of, 248–249

as soldiers, 233–235

as suicide bombers, 236, 330

Chile, 44

China, 47

Choudary, Anjem, 239

Chourabi, Sofien, 103

Christian Militia, 72

Christians, 105, 124–125, 248, 275, 375–377

Chronology, 19–21

Churchill, Winston, 203–204

Cirillo, Nathan, 154

Clapper, James, 44

Clinton, Hillary, 171

Clothes, for women, 227–229

Coalition of the Nobility, 12

Cohen, David, 260

Cole bombing, 18

Collect, Suppress, Breach, and Shick (CSBS), 353–354, 357

Combat medicine, 365–366

Committee for the Support of Virtues and the Prevention of Vice (CSVPV), 221

Competence, combat, 347–350

Confession videos, 390–391

Cordesman, Anthony, 321

Corinthia Hotel, 103

Corpse manipulation, 392

Coulibaly, Amedy, 146, 392, 397

Counter-Ideological Operations and Warfare (CIDOW), 191, 421–428

Couture-Rouleau, Martin, 153, 154

Criminality, terrorism as, 189

Crucifixion, 257

Cultism

behavior control in, 207

changes to Islam in, 215

characteristics of, in ISIS, 205–210

emotional control in, 208–210

history of, 200–210

information control in, 207–208

thought control in, 208

Cult of Jihad (CoJ), 191–193, 197–198, 205, 209, 216

Cultural cleansing

defeating, 295–298

drones in fight against, 298

in Egypt, 286–287, 287–288

genocide and, 278

in Iraq, 279–284

looting in, 288–295

looting vs., 290

public opinion and, 295–296

in Syria, 285–286

Currency, 272–276

Curtis, J.M., 206

Curtis Culwell Center, 155

Dabiq (magazine), 38, 86–87, 93, 216, 242, 249, 352, 375, 400–401

Dagestan, 152

Dala Kabompi, 130

Dammam, 170

Dar al-Harb, 209

Dar al-Ifta, 438

DARK MATTER, 415–420

Dark web, 147

Daulat, Hafiz Quran, 162

Deby, Idriss, 126

Decapitation, 255. See also Beheading

Dedication, in radicalization, 212

Defeats, 356–363

Defection, 176–178

Deir ez-Zor, 58–59, 286

de Maiziere, Thomas, 45

Denmark, 44

Deputies, 34–40, 50

Derby, Salim, 105

Derna, 97, 99–100

Dhaka, 181

Dijlah, 63

Dimashq, 55–56

Dinars, 272

Diplomacy, 411–412, 428–432

Dirbas, Abdel Latif al-, 204

Diyala, 63

Doctors, 239–243, 365–366

Doctors Without Boarders, 369

Doherty, Glen, 96

Dorrie, Peter, 127

Dos Santos, Michael, 138

Douri, Izzat al-, 36

Dragging, death by, 255

Dress code, for women, 227–229

Drinking, 254

Drones

in fight against cultural cleansing, 298

ISIS use of, 340–342

Droukdal, Abdelmalek, 108

Drowning, death by, 255

Druze, 248, 429

Dujana, Abu, 104

Dulaimi, Adnan Ismail Najm al-Bilawai al-, 50

Dulaimi, Saja al-, 75

Duman, Zehra, 226–227

Dumptruck, 327–328

Dura Europos, 285–286

Durri, Izzadin al-, 8–9

Economy

banking in, 273–274

looting in, 289–291

monetary system in, 272–276

oil in, 262–271

private donors in, 273–274

revenue in, 274–275

taxes in, 274–275

theft portfolio in, 260–262

Education, 232–233

Egypt, 18, 47, 84–93, 287–288, 359–360, 363–364

Eilat, 88–89

Einein, Abdul Rahman Mohammed Sayed Mohamed Abou, 88

Elias, Edward, 374

Emancipation, of slaves, 250

Embassy bombings, in Africa, 17–18

Emerson, Robert, 335–336

Emirati, Saad, 162

Emotional control, in cultism, 208–210

Emwazi, Mohammed, 20, 39–40. See also “Jihadi John”

Endeavor Hills stabbings, 158

Enezi, Nawaf bin Sarif Samir al-, 170

Escape, of women from ISIS, 229–230

Eschatology, 205–206

Espinosa, Javier, 374

Euphrates, 63

European weapons network, 146–147

Exchange, monetary, 272–276

Execution methodologies, 254–258

Expeditionary warfare, 346–354

Explosive execution, 255–256

Extremism, 186–191

Falling, death by, 256

Fallujah, 4, 13, 61, 63

Fan Jinghui, 373, 375, 376

Fantasy, 213–214, 220

Faraj, Mohammed Abdu Salam al-, 193, 215

Faraj, Tawfiq Mohammad, 84

Farook, Sayed, 156–157

Faruq, Abu al-, 45

Fatah, 436

Fatimid caliphate, 202

Field hospitals, 366

Filistini, Abu Qaradah al-, 80

Finances

in Afghanistan, 166

of Boko Haram, 134–135

in Libya, 107

in Saudi Arabia, 171

Financial warfare, 412

Finland, 45

Firdous Square, 10

First Battle of Bajji, 67

First Battle of Tikrit, 66

First contact, in radicalization, 212

Foley, James, 20, 39–40, 370, 371, 373, 378, 393, 394

Forced marriage, 252

Fort Europos, 285–286

France, 44, 115, 138–144. See also Paris

Francois, Didier, 374, 377

Freed slaves, 250

Free Sunnis of Baalbek, 73

Free Syrian Army, 55, 320, 321, 322–323

Fuel shortages, 271

Fujairy, Mohamed al-, 363

Full Spectrum Counter ISIS Warfare and Operations (FullSpec-CIWO), 408

Galbraith, Peter, 263

Gamal, Hossam, 360–361

Gamboru, 125, 131

Garland, Texas, 155–156

Gaza, 79–81

Geller, Pamela, 188

General Natinal Congress (GNC) (Libya), 95

Genocide, 278

Georgia, 46, 150

Germany, 45

Gezira, 56, 63

Ghafiqi project, 351–352

Gharabli, Hassanein, 88

Gharablys, Ashraf Ali Hasanain al-, 88

Ghazzawim, Abu Azzam Al-, 80

Gifford, Cameron, 157

Giza, 287, 288

Glaser, Daniel, 275

Global “long war” strategy, 306–308

GoPro, 388, 396–397

Gorbunov, Sergey, 373

Gordon, Charles “Chinese,” 202–203

Goto, Kenji, 40, 371, 372, 373

Gourdel, Herve, 115, 372, 373

Gouré, Daniel, 325

Gouri, Abdelmailk, 116

Graham, Lindsey, 432

Grand Mosque (Mecca), 204

Green Church, 283–284

Greenfield, Linda Thomas, 135

Grimsgaard-Ofstad, Ole Johan, 372, 373, 375, 376

Ground combat, 344–346, 353–354

Gujba, 131

Gulf Cooperation Council, 178, 430

Gulf War, 8

Gun execution, 255

Gwoza, 125

Hadfi, Bilal, 140–141

Hadi, Abdu Rabbu Mansour, 172

Haider, Abdul Numan, 158

Haines, David, 370, 371, 373

Hakaymah, Muhammad Khalil al-, 303

Hakimand, Redouane el-, 138

Halab. See Aleppo

Hama, 56

Hamas, 79, 80, 81, 190, 436

Hamoud, Ali al-, 59

Handler, in radicalization, 212

Hand-over, in radicalization, 212

Haram, Selim Suleiman al-, 358

Hashimi, Hisham al-, 43

Hasina, Sheikh, 181

Hassan, Mohamed el-Sayed Mansour, 87

Hassan, Mufti, 162

Hassan, Muhammad Abdullahi, 156

Hassan, Ruqi, 441

Hassan, Steve, 206, 207

Hatra, 283

Hauchard, Maxime, 138

Hawala banking, 273–274

Hawrami, Hemin, 362

Health service, 239–243

Henderson, William, 90, 91

Henin, Nicholas, 374

Henning, Alan, 371, 372, 373

Hermant, Claude, 146

Hermer, Christopher, 341

Hezbollah, 56, 72, 75, 190, 368, 436

Higgins, Eliot, 321

Hijab, 229

Hijaz Privince of Islamic State, 171

Hijrah, 211, 212–213, 383–384

Hisbah, 221–222

Historical events, 19–21

History, 278. See also Cultural cleansing

“Hitler Youth,” 231

HIV/AIDS, 240

Hiyali, Fadl Ahmed Abdullah al-, 36

Homosexuality, 254, 256, 257–258

Homs, 56–57

Hospitals, 239–243, 366

Hostages

abduction methodologies for, 369

abuse of, 370

conditions of, 369–370

confesssion videos of, 390–391

executions of, 372–374

ransoms for, 374–375

release of, 375–377

rescue of, 377–378

torture of, 370

Houli, Sheikh Yasser Abu, 81

“House of War,” 209

Houthi tribes, 172, 174, 175

Hudud, 253

Humanitarian intervention, 432–437

Human torch, 255

Human trafficking, 249–251

Humvees, 324

Huseiniyat Dalan, 181

Hussain, Junaid, 155–156

Hussein, Qusay, 8–9

Hussein, Saddam, 7, 8–9, 13, 36, 231

Hussein, Sakinah, 226

Hussein, Uday, 8–9

Ibrahim, Abbas, 72, 74

Ibrahim, Mohammed Mansour Hassan, 88

Ibrahim, Muhammad, 88–89

Identification, in radicalization, 212

Immolation, 255

Improvised explosive devices (IEDs), 325–330, 350–352

India, 47, 140

Indonesia, 47

Induction, in radicalization, 212

Infectious disease, 240

Information control, in cults, 207–208

Inspiration, in radicalization, 211

Insurgency, in Iraq, 10–15, 395

Intelligence collection, 349, 353

Iran, 8, 172, 436

Iran-Iraq War, 178

Iraq

cultural cleansing in, 279–284

insurgency in, 10–15, 395

oil in, 262

Sunnah in, 14, 15

Yazidis in, 247

Iraq Command, 60–67

Iraqi, Abu Ayyub al-, 55

Iraqi, Abu Osama al-, 54

Iraqi, Abu Yehya, 56

Iraqi, Ukashah al-, 140

Iraqi embassy, Beirut, 75

Iraq War, 6, 7–16, 18, 302, 314–315

Ireland, 45

Isa, 201

Islam

changes to, in ISIS cultism, 215

extremism and, 187–188, 187–189

re-engineering of, 216–217

stakes for, in fight against ISIS, 437–441

Islam for Humanity Against Terrorism, 438

Islamic Caucasus Emirate (ICE), 151

Islamic Emirate of Iraq (IEI), 12

Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), 12, 14, 19, 27, 32

Islamophobia, 188

Isolation, in radicalization, 211

Istanbul, 150

Istok magazine, 152

Italy, 45

Jabhat al-Nusra. See al-Nusra Front (ANF)

Jabouri, Ni’ima Abd Nayef al-, 64

Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, 12, 30, 84

Japan, 47, 207

“Jasmine Revolution,” 107–108

Jaysh al-ahli al-Sunnah wal Jamaa, 26

Jaysh al-Islam, 55, 99

Jazaa, Ahmed Abdel Kader al-, 62

Jazrawi, Abu Habib al-, 97

Jbin, Said Abdullah, 81

Jebhat al-Nusra, 27, 28, 34

Jeeps, 324

Jehbat al-Nusra. See al-Nusra Front (ANF)

Jerusalem, 80

Jesus, 201

Jewish Museum of Belgium, 145

Jihad

cult of, 191–193

defensive, 189

defining, 189

offensive, 189

Jihad al-Nikah, 225–227

“Jihadi John,” 20, 39–40, 138–139, 372, 378, 393

Jizya, 275–276

Joint Arab Stability Command (JASC), 433

Jomaa, Imad Ahmad, 73, 74, 75

Jonah’s Tomb, 279–280

Jones, Christopher, 284

Jones, Jim, 197

Jones, Sally, 226

Jonestown massacre, 197, 206–207

Jordan, 11–12, 46, 77–79

Juhaishi, Ahmed Mohsen al-, 63

Julani, Abu Mohammad al-, 19

Jund al-Khailafa, 110, 111, 116–117

Junoub, 64

Kabuki theater, 214–216

Kaduna, 130

Kalong, 129

Kangeleri, 132

Kano, 125, 130

Karachi, 167

Karnak Temple, 91, 287–288

Kasasbeh, Muath al-, 78, 372, 373, 439, 441

Kassig, Peter, 40, 138, 139, 370, 373

Kazakhstan, 46

Kennan, George, 411–412, 424

Kenya, 17

Kerry, John, 293–294

Kesinovic, Samra, 230–231

Khachnaoui, Hatem, 111–113

Khadem, Abdul Rauf, 167

Khair, al-, 58–59

Khalaya, Ahmed Fadhil Nazzar, 30

Khalf al-Mutayibee, 31

Khamoush, Muafaq Mustafa Mohammed, 50

Khan, Hafiz Saeed, 163, 168

Khan Bani Saad bombing, 63

Kharaj, 275

Khartoum, 17

Khasiyev, Magomed, 372–373

Khattala, Ahmed Abu, 96

Khatteeb, Luay al-, 270

Khawarij, 200–201, 426, 440

Khazzani, Ayoub El, 145

Khelafabook, 291

Khmer Rouge, 197, 231, 294

Khorasan, 162–168

Khorsabad, 282

Kirkuk, 64

Klintsevich, Frants, 270

Kobane, 53

Kohlin, Kevin, 41

Konduga, 131

Konstantiniyye magazine, 149

Koresh, David, 197

Kosovo, 46

Krak des Chevaliers, 279

Ktari, Nadhir, 103

Kurds, 9, 429

Kuwait, 46, 178

Kuweires Offensive, 53

Kyrgyzstan, 46

Laabidi, Yassine, 111–113

Labweh, 75

Lake Chad, 132

Lal Masjid, 162

Lamassus, 281

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi Said, 162, 167

Lashkar-e-Taiba, 140

Lawrence, T.E., 302, 406

Leadership, 24, 50–52

Lebanon, 46, 72–76, 313–314, 368

Leiter, Michael, 133

Lemkin, Raphael, 278

Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq (CYCI), 251

Libi, Abu Ahmad al-, 85–86, 427

Libi, Abu Anas, 103

Library, in Mosul, 282

Libya, 5, 18, 47, 94–107, 118, 286–287

Libya Central Shield (LCS), 95

Libyan Dawn, 95, 101

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG), 95, 99

Libyan oil crescent, 102–103

Libyan Revolutionary Operations Room (LROR), 95

Lifton, Jay, 205, 207, 208

Light infantry weapons, 338–340

Lightning seizure, 353–354

“Lion of God al-Balawi,” 20

Livoti, Tommy, 296–297

Logistician, in radicalization, 212

London bombings (2005), 5, 18, 392

Looting, 288–295

Lord’s Resistance Army, 231

Luxor, 91

Luxor bombing, 287–288

Maan, Saad, 322

Ma’atqa, Sheta al-, 90

Mabruk, 104

Macedonia, 46

Madagascar, 47

Madalla, 130

Madrid train bombings, 5, 18

Magharamakint, 152

Mahdi, 201, 202, 302–306

Mahdists, of Sudan, 202–204

Mahdudi, Abu al-A’lal, 193

Mahin, 57

Mahmoud, Aqsa, 224

Maiduguri, 124

Majid, Saad Abdul Aziz Abdul, 88

Malaysia, 47

Maldives, 47

Mali, 117–120

Malik, Tashfeen, 156–157

Maliki, Nuri al-, 14

Malnsur, Omar al-, 162

Management of Savagery (Naji), 303–304, 316–317, 427

Mani, Shadi al-, 88

MANPADS, 335–337

Manpower pool, 42–48

Mansoor, Khalid, 162

Mansour, Mohamed, 88

Maqdisi, Abu Muhammed al-, 204

Maqdisi, Sheikh Abu Abdulah al-, 73

Marginedas, Marc, 374

Maritime attacks, 363–364

Markadah, 55

Marquez, Enrique, Jr., 157

Marriage, forced, 252

“Marshall Plan,” 431–432

Mashhadani, Abdullah Ahmed al-, 50

Mashih ad-Dijjal, 201

Mashing, death by, 256

Mashnuq, Nuhad, 76

Masked Men Brigade, 119

Masri, Abu Ayyub al-, 12, 27, 30–31

Masri, Abu Osama al-, 87, 90, 91

Matthiesen, Toby, 169

Mayat, Adnan Khader, 81

McCain, Douglas McArthur, 40–42, 41

McCain, John, 432

McCants, Will, 186, 302

Mecca, 169, 204, 206

Media. See Dabiq (magazine); Propaganda; Social media

Media council, 38–39

Medicine, 239–243, 365–366

Medina, 169, 201, 206

Members, 42–48

Menaei, Khaled el-, 93

Menei, Shadi al-, 85

Merah, Mohammed, 139

Mia, Asaduzzaman, 180

Milieu Control, 205–206

Military strategy

against ISIS, 411

of ISIS, 308–311

Minvan, 327

Modular refineries, 265–266

Mogadishu on the Tigris, 9–10

Mohammad, Ahmad al-, 141

Mohammed, Mohammed Nar, 87

Moldova, 46

Molenbeek, 145–146

Monetary system, 272–276

Moniquet, Claude, 147

Monis, Man Haron, 158–159

Monotheism and Holy War. See Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad

Montenegro, 46

“Monuments Men,” 296–298

Moroccan embassy, in Tripoli, 105

Morocco, 47

Moscow attacks, 18

Mosque of the Prophet Yunus, 279–280

Mostefai, Ismail Omar, 142

Mosul, 4, 20, 64–65, 352

Mosul Central Museum, 280–281

Mosul Dam, 65

Mosul Library, 282

Motka, Fedirico, 374

Moulin-Fournier, Tanguy, 131

Movement of Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO), 118, 120, 126

Mu’awiya, 200

Mubarak, Hosni, 84, 107

Mueller, Kayla, 373

Muhajir, Abu Bakr al-, 120

Muhajir, Abu Hamza al-, 31

Muhammad, Ahmad al-, 140

Mujahideen Shura Council (MSC), 12, 27, 31–32, 80

Mujahidin of Tunisia al-Qayrawan-Bayat, 111

Mujatweets, 389

Mumbai attacks, 18, 140

Murder, 254

Museums

Bardo Museum attack, 111–113

Jewish Museum of Belgium, 145

Mosul Central Museum, 280–281

Muta’ah marriage, 252

Mutawwa’, 221

Muthana, Hoda, 226

Mutilation, death by, 256

Mystical manipulation, 207

Mysticism, 392

Nagata, Michael, 186

Naima, Feres Reif al-, 50

Najdi, Abu-Muhammad al-, 177

Naji, Abu Bakr, 303, 316–317, 427

Nakoula, Nakoula Bassely, 88–89

Names, for ISIS, 20

Nangarhar Province, 167, 168, 310

Nasif, Muhammad Ali Afifi Bedawi, 88

Nayyan, Yazeed Mohammed Abdulrahman Abu, 170

Nemmouche, Mehdi, 145

Neoconservativism, 7–8

Netherlands, 45

Neukirch, Toni, 374

New Zealand, 48

Niger, 133

Nigeria, 5–6, 18, 20, 122, 209–210. See also Boko Haram

Nimrud, 283

Nineveh, 64–65, 281, 290

Niqab, 229

North Baghdad, 65

Northern Iraq Offensive, 61, 63, 64–65, 66

Norway, 45

Novikov, Andrei, 152

Nujaifi, Asil, 281

Nur, Mamman, 126

Nurses, 242–243

Obaid, Ahmed al-Mohammed, 58

Obama, Barack, 188, 191, 368, 375, 406–407

Obeidi, Aasi ali Nasser al-, 63

Oil

bunkering of, 134

buyers of, 267

in economy, 262–271

in Iraq, 262

in Libya, 102–103

moving and transport of, 263

in NIgeria, 134

in plan to defeat ISIS, 434–435

refining of, 265–267

Syria and, 267–268

tankers, destruction of, 264–265

trading, 269

Turkey and, 267–268

undermining, to defeat ISIS, 269–271

Oman, 178

Omar, Mullah, 162, 167

Omar the Chechen. See Batirashvili, Tarkhan Tayumurazovich

Omerovic, Misrad, 231

Operation Bojinka, 17

Operation Breaking the Walls, 19

Operation Decisive Storm, 172

Operation Dignity, 95, 97, 100, 101

Operations, in radicalization, 212

Osman, Khaled Kamal, 93

Ottoman Empire, 202

Ottosen, Daniel Rye, 374, 377

Ottowa, 154

Ouinis, Tarek, 138

Ozar Hatorah school, 139

Pakistan, 17, 47, 162, 167

Palestine, 436–437

Palestine Bridge, 363

Palestine Liberation Army, 55

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), 190

Palmyra, 286

Paris

attacks (2015), 18, 21, 73, 117, 139–144, 318

Charlie Hebdo attacks in, 5, 146, 396–397

Pearl, Daniel, 393

Pedophilia, 248–249

People’s Church, 206–207

Peshwari, Ubaidah al-, 162

Philippines, 48

Pinotti, Roberta, 45

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), 55

Portugal, 45

Portughali, Abu Juwairiya al-, 45

Poulin, André, 44, 153

Private donors, in monetary system, 273–274

Professional newsmedia teams (PNTs), 388–389, 398

Project 111, 9–10

Project for a New American Century, 7–8

Propaganda. See also Dabiq (magazine); Social media

in Afghanistan, 165

al-Absi in, 38–39

of Boko Haram, 128–129

in Caucasus, 152

against ISIS, 422–423

in Turkey, 149

of United States in Iraq, 13

Prophetic events, 305–306

Prophetic method, 193–196

Prostitution, 252

Psychological warfare, against ISIS, 411

Qaddafi, Mummar, 96, 102, 107

Qadeeh, al-, 170

Qadisiyyah, 224

Qadri, Abu Muhammad, 151

Qaeim, 4

Qahtani, Muhammed bin Abdullah al-, 204

Qaramat, Hamdan al-, 201

Qaramitah, 201–202, 203

Qaryatayn, 57

Qasem, Leena al-, 210

Qatar, 46, 75, 178

Qath, Sirak, 103

Qatmah, Musa’id Abu, 85

Quebec, 153

Qureshi, Asim, 39

Qutb, Sayyed, 193

Radicalization methodology, 210–216

Rafallah Sahati Brigade, 95

Rahman, Abd El, 359–360

Ramadi, 4, 61–62, 361–362, 363

Ramazanova, Diana, 148

Ransoms, 374–375

Rape, 124–125, 246–249

Raqqa, 36, 59–60, 220, 222

Ras al-Ayn, 54–55

Ras Baalbek, 72, 75

Rasheed, Qais, 282

Reconnaissance, 349

Refining, of oil, 265–267

Refugees, Syrian, 428–429

Refugee smugglers, 292–293

Revenue, 274–275

Rice, Condoleeza, 8

Rishawi, Sajida al-, 78

Riyadh, 170

Rodionov, Yevgeny, 392–393

Rohde, David, 308

Romania, 46

Romanticism, 213–214

Rouissi, Ahmed, 104

“RPG bounce,” 354–355

Rumi, 229

Rumsfeld, Donald, 8, 10

Russia, 18, 46, 150–153, 434

Russian airliner bombing, 21, 93, 318

Saad, Nicholas, 292

Sadad, 57

“Saddam Cubs,” 231

Saddam Fedayeen, 9, 344

Saeed, Hafiz Khan, 162, 167

Saeed, Imad, 88

Sahraoui, Adnan Abu Walid, 119

Sahwah Campaign, 16

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, 153

Salafism, 12, 33, 79, 84, 122–123, 198, 204, 209–210, 305, 306–307

Salah, Agila, 104

Salah, Amro Ahmad, 359

Salahuddin, 66–67

Saleh, Ali Abdullah, 172

Salman, Mahmoud Mohammed, 87

Salopek, Tamislov, 92, 371, 373

Samarra, 66

Samir, Mohamed, 357

Sana’a, 174, 175

San Bernardino, 156–157, 318

Saqlaqiya, 61

Saqr, Ali, 210

Satar, Ahmed Abdel, 93

Saudi Arabia, 18, 46, 168–171, 172, 192, 221, 253, 437–438

Sayyaf, Abu, 291

Sayyed, Ali al-, 74–75

Schools, 232–233

Scorpion bombs, 338

Scouting, in radicalization, 212

Second Battle of Bajji, 67

Second Battle of Tikrit, 66

Sedan, 327

Selimovic, Samina, 230–231

September 11 attacks, 5, 6–7, 11, 13, 18, 304–306, 314

Serbia, 46

7/7 bombings, 5, 18, 392

17 February Martyrs Brigade, 95

Sex Jihad, 225–227

Sexual violence, 246–249

Shaer Gas Field, 57

Shahada, 203

Shahbander, Oubai, 323

Shahid, Shahidullah, 163

Shaib, Khalid al-, 110

Sharia Camps, 233–234

Sharia law, 73, 96, 110, 118, 220, 239, 253, 375

Shatter, Alan, 45

Sheikh Abdul Salam al-Asmari shrine, 287

Sheikh Abu Suhab al-Ansari, 356–358

Sheikh Qadeeb al-Ban al-Mosuli, 284

Shekau, Abu Muhammed Abn Muhammed Abu Bakr al-, 124, 125–126, 129, 133, 135, 209–210

Shia Shabaks, 248

Shi’ites

background of, 200

Iraq War and, 9

in Yemen, 172

Shishani, Omar al-, 151. See also Batirashvili, Tarkhan Tayumurazovich

Shock value, 315–316

Shura Council, 34–35, 51–52

Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries (SCBR), 95

Shura Council of Islamic Youth (MSSI), 97

Shura Council of Mujahideen in Durna, 99–100

Siam, Saber, 81

Siege of Amirli, 66

Siege of Kobane, 53

Siege of Saqlawiya, 61

Sifayya, Abu, 44

Siffin, 200

Sigini, Muhammad Abdel Aziz al-, 88

Silk Road, 147

Simpson, Elton, 155

Sinai Peninsula airliner bombing, 21, 93, 318

Singapore, 48

Sinjar Offensives, 65

Sirte, 100–102

Slander, 254

Slavery, 246–251

Small arms, 338–340

Social media. See also Propaganda

as advantage, 15

in Afghanistan, 162

al-Absi and, 38

al-Qaeda/ISIS rivalry and, 118

and baiting of United States, 309

beheading on, 392–394

blood antiquities and, 291

confession videos in, 390–391

defeating, 401–403

devotion demonstrated through, 391–392

distribution, 399–401

as force multiplier, 308

for internal consumption, 383

against ISIS, 426

messaing typology in, 389

narrative control in, 389–390, 394–395

production units, 386–388

professional newsmedia teams in, 388, 398

and projection of power, 391

in radicalization, 212, 383–384

for spectacle, 384–386

Thrill Kill Cult and, 385–386

video support teams in, 388, 397

Social-psychological warfare, against ISIS, 411

Social punishments, 253

Sodomy, 254, 257–258

Somalia, 6, 47

Sons of Iraq, 12

Soofi, Nadir, 155

Sotloff, Steven, 20, 40, 371, 373

Soufan Group, 43, 108

Sousse Beach attack, 113–114

South Africa, 47

Soviet Union, 17

Spain, 45

Spencer, Robert, 188

Spying, 254

Squashing, death by, 257

Stade de France, 140–142. See also Paris

St. Andrew Military Protestant Church, 130

Steinfield, Matt, 291–292

Stoning, 256

Storm, Morten, 208–209

Street fighters, 344–345

St. Teresa Catholic Church bombing, 130

Sudan, 17, 47, 202–204

Sufi shrines, destruction of, 286–287

Suicide bombers, 236, 329–330

Suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (SVBIEDs), 325–329

Sulamlyah, Tumāir bint Amrāibn al-Harth ibn al-Sharld al-, 224

Suleimane, Khaled Abu, 117

Suleyman Shah tomb, 149

Sunnah, 14, 15, 248

Sunnis, in Lebanon, 72

Surface-to-air missiles, 335–337

“Surge, the,” 13

Suruc, 149

Suwaidawi, Adnan Latif Hamed, 64

Sweden, 45

Sweidawi, Adnan Latif Hamid, 50

Switzerland, 45

Sydney, 158–159

Syria, 18, 20, 27, 43, 72, 267–268, 285–286, 294, 320–321, 346, 428–432

Syrian Command, 52–60

Syrian Martyrs Brigade, 34

Taba, 89

Taey, Khairy Abed Mahmoud, 50

Tajikstan, 46

Takfiri, 122, 209

T’alai Jund al-Khilafah, 110

Taliban, 162, 166, 308

Tamimi, Mohammed ibn Abdul Wahab, 192

Tanks, 330–332

Tanzania, 17

Taqba Air Base, 59

Taresh, Abdul Mohsen al-Zaghilani, 54

Tavella, Cesare, 180

Tawheed wal-Jihad. See Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad

Taxes, 274–275

“Technicals,” 322–323

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), 163, 167

Telli, Abu Malek al-, 72

Tenzim al-Qaeda al-Jihad, 17

Termos, Adel, 76

Terrorism

classes of, 317–318

as crime, 189

global impact, 317

as operation tool, 316–317

regional, 317–318

as strategy, 313–318

Terror Shock Value (TSV), 315–316

Thani, Abdullah al-, 95

Thbada, Hussein Hamis al-, 81

Theft

in economy, 260–262

punishment for, 254

“Think Again Turn Away,” 421–422

Thornberg, Anders, 45

Thought control, in cults, 208

Thrill Kill Cult (TKC), 385–386

Tigris, 63

Tikrit, 4, 10, 66

Tobruk, 103

Tokyo subway attacks, 207

Tomb of Sheikh Qadeeb al-Ban al-Mosuli, 284

Torres, Pierre, 374

Toukhi, Muhammad al-Said Hassan Ibrahim al-, 88

Toulouse, 139

Toyota vehicles, 322–323

Trafficking

antiquities, 292–295

human, 249–251

Training, 345–346

Tribal aspects, of military strategy, 310–311

Trinidad and Tobago, 44

Tripoli, 103, 105

Trwanshi, Sarbast, 362

Tunis bus bombing, 114

Tunisi, Abu Abdallah, 114

Tunisi, Abu Aisha al-, 111

Tunisi, Abu Osama al-, 52

Tunisi, Abu Yahya al-, 111

Tunisia, 18, 47, 107–115, 318

Tunnel bombs, 350–351

Turkey, 46, 147–150, 247, 267–268, 294–295

Turki, Muhammad Al-Sayyid Mansur Al-, 84

Turkmani, Abu Muslim al-, 50, 60

Turkmen, 248, 429

Turkmenistan, 46

Twitter, 389, 402. See also Social media

Umm Rayhan brigades, 223–224, 227

United Arab Emirates, 46, 178

United Kingdom, 44

United States

Abu Ghraib prison scandal and, 12–13

Benghazi embassy of, 96–97

citizens in ISIS, 40–42, 44

embassies of, bombings in Africa, 17–18

hostage rescue by, 377–378

Iraq invasion by, 6, 7–16, 314–315

Iraq War and, 6, 7–16, 18, 302

ISIS in, 154–157

is ISIS military strategy, 309–310

looted antiquities in, 293–294

September 11 attacks in, 5, 6–7, 11, 13, 18, 304–306, 314

Turkey and, 148

Uqaba ibn Nafi Brigade, 110

Uqba ibn Nafi Battalion, 111

USS Cole, 18

Uteybi, Juhayman bin Seif al-, 204

Uteybists, 204

Uthman, 273

Uzbekistan, 46

Van Ostaeyen, Pieter, 44

Vazquez, Bastian, 44

Vehicles, 322–323

Videos. See Social media

Video support teams (VSTs), 388, 397

Vilanova, Ricardo Garcia, 374

Vincent, Patrice, 153–154

Voltaire, 440

Volunteer wives, 225–227

Wahabism, 192–193, 198

Wallace, Mark, 323

Warren, Steve, 270

Water tanker, 327–328

Waza National Park, 131

Weaknesses, 354–356

Weapons

in Afghanistan, 166

anti-tank, 333–334

biological, 337–338

of Boko Haram, 132–134

chemical, 337–338

European network for, 146–147

in Gaza, 81

history of, 320–321

in Jordan, 79

in Libya, 107

light infantry, 338–340

in Yemen, 176

Weidley, Thomas, 325

Wheeler, Joshua, 378

Whippings, 258

Wilayat Aden, 175

Wilayat Fezzan, 101, 105

Wilayat Ifriqiya, 110

Wilayat Tripoli, 103, 104

Winter, Charlie, 239

Wives, wolunteer, 225–227

Wolfowitz Paul, 8

Women

dress code for, 227–229

escape attempts of, 229–230

in forced marriage, 252

in prostitution, 252

as religious enforcers, 223–224

role of, 223–224

sexual violence against, 246–249

as suicide bombers, 127–128, 330

trafficking of, 250–251

as volunteer wives, 225–227

Women in the Islamic Stae: Manifesto and Case Study, 227–228

Wood, Graeme, 187–188, 197

Woods, Tyrone, 96

World Trade Center bombing (1993), 17

Yacoubi, Seifeddine, 113–114

Yarmouk Camp, 55–56

Yassin, Sufian, 149

Yazidis, 236, 246–248, 378

Yemen, 5, 18, 171–178

Yobe, 131

YouTube, 403. See also Social media

Yukawa, Haruna, 40, 371, 372, 373

Yusuf, Mohammed, 122–123, 129

Zadyi Shi’ites, 172

Zaman, Gul, 162

Zanun, Yasser Fathi, 81

Zarqa, 77

Zarqawi, Abu Mussab al-, 6, 11–12, 16, 30, 204, 393, 395

Zawahiri, Ayman al-, 17, 19, 28, 31, 84, 192, 386, 424, 439

Zawar Kili camp, 18

Zehaf-Bibeau, Michael, 154

Zeyabi, Khalaf al-, 73

Zhuravlev, Konstantin, 372, 373

Zubaydi, Wissam Abdul Zayd al-, 66

Zumar, 65