Amn al-Kharji: An Analysis of External Operations Wing of the Islamic State
This article provides an analysis of the external operations wing of IS –the so-called Amn al-Kharji – focusing on its activities in the West. Apart from describing the organisation’s leadership, internal hierarchy, strategy and means of communication and attack coordination, the author asserts ther...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | ces |
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University of Defence
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Obrana a Strategie |
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| Online Access: | http://www.obranaastrategie.cz/cs/archiv/rocnik-2017/1-2017/clanky/amn-al-charidzi.html |
| Summary: | This article provides an analysis of the external operations wing of IS –the so-called Amn al-Kharji – focusing on its activities in the West. Apart from describing the organisation’s leadership, internal hierarchy, strategy and means of communication and attack coordination, the author asserts there is a link between recent deadly cells-based attacks and generally unsuccessful lone actor attacks; this connection between the two is not accidental but a result of a grand strategy, designed to hide the planning of larger plots by overloading security services with numerous smaller attacks. |
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| ISSN: | 1214-6463 1802-7199 |