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Abdul Rahman Makki
A Profile of Lashkar-e-Taiba's Revanchist Ideologue: Abdul Rahman Makki – Volume 3, Issue 5

Abu Mansoor al-Amriki
The Life of an American in Somalia's Jihad: An In-Depth Portrait of al-Amriki – Volume 3, Issue 5

Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
Abdul Basit Usman: Waziristan’s Filipino Connection – Volume 1, Issue 1
Quiet in the Sulu Sea: The Elimination of Albader Parad – Volume 1, Issue 2

Abu Usamatul al-Ansari
Brief: Abu Usmatul al-Ansari Announces Boko Haram Breakaway Faction – Volume 3, Issue 6

Abu Yahya al-Libi
Purifying Islam and Combating the West: A Postmortem Analysis of the Indelible Impact of al-Qaeda's Abu Yahya al-Libi – Volume 3, Issue 6

Adnan Rasheed
Pakistan's New Most Wanted: A Short Sketch of Adnan Rasheed – Volume 3, Issue 5

Agathon Rwasa
Ethnic Warfare in Burundi: A Profile of Hutu Warlord Agathon Rwasa – Volume 3, Issue 10

Ahmed Khan
A Post-Mortem Analysis of Afghanistan’s Second Most Powerful Uzbek Warlord Ahmed Khan “Samangani” – Volume 3, Issue 7

Ahmed Siddibaba
The Elusive Terror Mastermind of India’s Mujahideen: A Profile of Ahmed Siddibaba a.k.a Yasin Bhatkal – Volume 3, Issue 7

Al-Badr Mujahideen
Shouting Jihad from the Mountaintops: A Biography of al-Badr Mujahideen’s Bakht Zameen – Volume 1, Issue 8 

Al-Harakat al-Janubiyya (the Southern Movement)
Ali Salim al-Beidh and Yemen's Southern Movement
– Volume 1, Issue 12

Al-Ittihad al-Islamiyya (AIAI)
The Life of Shaykh Hassan Dahir Aweys: Founder of Somalia’s Armed Islamist Movement
– Volume 3, Issue 3

Alliance Touareg Nord Mali pour le Changement (ATNMC)
Rebel Leader Turned Counter-Terrorist: Tuareg’s Ag BahangaVolume 1, Issue 3

All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF)
Ranjit Debbarma: A Close Up View of the Leader of the All Tripura Tiger Force – Volume 1, Issue 10 

Al Qaeda
In the Shadow of al-Zarqawi: A Profile of the Saudi Militant Saleh al-Qara’wi – Volume 1, Issue 4
August 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 8
Germany’s Imam Mamoun Darkazanli: Al-Qaeda's Alleged Financier and Logistician – Volume 1, Issue 8
From Germ Warfare to Restaurateur: The Life of Malaysia’s Yazid Sufaat – Volume 1, Issue
Abu Okash al-Iraqi: AQ’s Arab Broker in North Waziristan – Volume 1, Issue 10
From 9/11 to Iraq: The Long Arm of Saudi Arabia's Suliman al-Elwan – Volume 2, Issue 2
The Man Who Knew bin Laden: A Biographical Sketch of Hassan Ghul – Volume 2, Issue 7
Still at Large Ten Years After 9/11: Said Bahaji, Mohammed Atta's Right Hand Man – Volume 2, Issue 8

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP)
From Yemen to Detroit: The Expanding Influence of AQAP’s Sa’id al-Shihri – Volume 1, Issue 2
Adel al-Abbab: Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Religious Ideologue – Volume 1, Issue 3
AQAP’s Man in the South: Nasir al-Wuhayshi – Volume 1, Issue 4
Generating Leaders: The Rise of Uthman al-Ghamdi within AQAP – Volume 1, Issue 6
A Profile of AQAP’s Fahd al-Quso’ – Volume 1, Issue 8
A Profile of Ibrahim al-Asiri: AQAP’s Unconventional Bomb Maker – Volume 1, Issue 11
A Post-Mortem Analysis of AQAP Tribal Implementer Tariq al-Dhahab – Volume 3, Issue 2
Abu Hamza Al-Murqoshi: The Enigmatic Amir of Yemen’s Ansar Al-Shari’a – Volume 3, Issue 3 

Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)
A Jihadist in the Sand: The Rise of Abdelmalek Droukdel, al-Qaeda’s Amir in AlgeriaVolume 1, Issue 2
For Profit Jihad: An In-Depth Profile of AQIM’s Abou Zeid – Volume 2, Issue 10
Amir of the Southern Sahara: A Fresh Look at AQIM’s Mokhtar Belmokhtar – Volume 2, Issue 12

Al-Shabaab
May 2010 Briefs Volume 1, Issue 5
A Jihadi in the Horn of Africa: al-Shabaab’s Ahmad Abdi Godane “Abu Zubayr”
– Volume 2, Issue 1
June 2011 Briefs
– Volume 2, Issue 7
November 2011 Briefs
– Volume 2, Issue 11
A Profile of Sheikh Abdulcaadir Mumin: Al-Shabaab’s Leading Theological Guide
– Volume 2, Issue 11
From Ally to Adversary: Sheikh Ahmed Madobe’s War on Al-Shabaab
– Volume 2, Issue 12
 

Al-Takfir w’al-Hijra
Nedžad Balkan: The Face of Southeastern Europe’s Newest Radical Threat – Volume 2, Issue 1 

Amir Hamza
Analyzing the Role of the Top LeT Ideologue: A Profile of Amir Hamza – Volume 3, Issue 6

Ansar al-Islam (AaI)
January 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 1 

Ansar al-Shari‘ah in Tunisia (AST)
Missionary at Home, Jihadist Abroad: A Profile of Tunisia’s Abu Ayyad the Amir of Ansar al-Shari‘ah – Volume 3, Issue 4 

Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq (AAH)
Muqtada al-Sadr’s Radical Rival: A Portrait of Qais al-Khaz’ali  - Volume 1, Issue 1
A Portrait of Sheikh Akram al-Kabi: Leader of Iraq’s League of the Righteous and Challenger to the Sadrist Line – Volume 1, Issue 10 

Ba’ath Party of Iraq
Straddling the New Ba’athist Divide: Iraq’s Ghazwan al-Kubeisi
– Volume 1, Issue 12
A Portrait of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri: The Last Ba’athist
– Volume 2, Issue 2
A Ba’athist Veteran in Exile: A Profile of Salah al-Mokhtar
– Volume 2, Issue 9

Boko Haram
Boko Haram’s Radical Ideologue: An In-Depth Look At Northern Nigeria’s Abu Shekau
– Volume 2, Issue 8
January 2012 Briefs
– Volume 3, Issue 1
April 2012 Briefs
– Volume 3, Issue 4

Chechen Seperatists
A Profile of Chechen Militant Commander Aslambek Vadalov: The Rising Star of Chechnya’s Separatist Movement
– Volume 1, Issue 12
A Portrait of Chechen Rebel Commander Hussein Gakaev
– Volume 2, Issue 1
Emir Muhannad: The Last of Chechnya’s Arab Volunteers
– Volume 2, Issue 4
A Profile of Tarkhan Gaziev: The Third Man in Chechnya’s Rebel Troika
– Volume 2, Issue 5
Post-Mortem Analysis: A Brief Profile of North Caucasian Militant Commander Biaslan Gochiyaev
– Volume 3, Issue 1

David Rosales Guzmán - "El Comandante Diablo"
A Profile of Mexico’s “El Comandante Diablo” and How His Use of Atrocity-Based Propaganda Backfired – Volume 3, Issue 10

Emeti Yakuf
A Post-Mortem Analysis of Turkistani Amir Emeti Yakuf: A Death that Sparked More Questions than Answers – Volume 3, Issue 10

Ejército de Liberación Nacional (ELN)
July 2010 Briefs
– Volume 1, Issue 7

Euskadi ta Askatasuna (ETA)
The Long Road to Revolution: A Profile of ETA’s Arturo Cubillas Fontán
– Volume 1, Issue 7

Free Syrian Army (FSA)
The Free Syrian Army: An In-Depth Profile of Colonel Riad Al-Asaad
– Volume 3, Issue 2

Front Populaire pour le Redressement (FPR)
Central Africa's Tribal Marauder: A Profile of Fulani Insurgent Leader General Abdel Kader Baba Laddé
Volume 3, Issue 4

Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC)
If a Rebel Falls in the Forest: The Steady Evisceration of the FARC Leadership in Colombia
– Volume 1, Issue 9

General Bosco Ntaganda
War Crimes, Gold Mines and Mutiny in the North-East Congo: A Profile of General Bosco Ntaganda – Volume 3, Issue 8

Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC)

A Portrait of Abderrazzak el-Para: GSPC’s Mystery Man in the Maghreb – Volume 1, Issue 5

Gubden Islamic Jamaat
The Gubden Wolf: A Profile of Dagestan’s Late Magomedali Vagabov – Volume 1, Issue 7 

Harakat-ul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI)
South Asia's Architect of Jihad: A Profile of Commander Mohammed Ilyas Kashmiri – Volume 1, Issue 1
Jihad in Bangladesh: Profiling Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami’s Maulana Sheikh Farid – Volume 2, Issue 8 

Houthi rebellion
Back From the Grave: The Re-emergence of Houthi Rebel Leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi – Volume 1, Issue 3 

Iqbal Bhatkal
A Profile of Iqbal Bhatkal: The First Indian Mujahideen Leader Added to India’s Most Wanted List – Volume 3, Issue 9

Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU)
August 2010 Briefs
– Volume 1, Issue 8
In His Own Words, Abu Zar al-Burmi: The Mufti of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan
– Volume 2, Issue 11
A Mosaic of IMU Leaders, Killed or Captured in Afghanistan – Volume 3, Issue 9

The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI)
Abu Baker al-Husseini Brings Al-Qaeda’s Iraqi Affiliate Back to Center Stage

Jamaat al-Muslimeen (JAM)
Trinidad’s Troubling Islamist Yasin Abu Bakr
– Volume 1, Issue 6

Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
Mohammed Yasin Malik: From Underground Militant Leader to Kashmir's Gandhi
– Volume 2, Issue 2

Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)
Abdul Basit Usman: Waziristan’s Filipino Connection – Volume 1, Issue 1
March 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 3
Umar Patek: Indonesia’s Most Wanted – Volume 1, Issue 4
June 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 6
September 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 9
A Life on the Run: A Profile of Jemaah Islamiyah’s Marwan – Volume 2, Issue 6
Chasing the Professor: A Portrait of Jemaah Islamiyah’s Upik Lawanga – Volume 2, Issue 9 

Jundullah
February 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 2
May 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 5
June 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 6
January 2011 Briefs – Volume 2, Issue 1 

Kurdish Future Movement
Post-Mortem Analysis: Syrian Kurdish Leader Mishaal Tammo – Volume 2, Issue 10 

Lashkar-e-Islam  (LI)
A Threat to the Khyber Pass: An Extended Portrait of Mangal Bagh Afridi – Volume 2, Issue 8
October 2011 Briefs – Volume 2, Issue 10
Leadership Void in Khyber Agency’s Lashkar-e-Islam: Is Mangal Bagh Dead or Alive? – Volume 3, Issue 3 

Lashker-e-Taiba (LeT)
A Portrait of Hafiz Muhammad Saeed: Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Unrepentant Leader – Volume 1, Issue 6
A Portrait of Azam Cheema: LeT’s India Strategist – Volume 1, Issue 11
Terror’s Puppet Master: Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Sajid Mir – Volume 2, Issue 6
September 2011 Briefs – Volume 2, Issue 9
The Mastermind of Mayhem in Mumbai: A Profile of Lashkar-e-Taiba’s Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi – Volume 3, Issue 1 

Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG)
The Duo from Derna: Libya’s Émigré Jihadis Turned Internal Revolutionaries
– Volume 2, Issue 4
A Look at Abd al-Hakim Belhadj’s Transformation from Jihadi to Libyan Revolutionary
– Volume 2, Issue 9

Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)
Rebellion Without Reason: The Strange Survival of Joseph Kony and the Lord’s Resistance Army
– Volume 2, Issue 11

Los Caballeros Templarios (the Knights Templar)
An In-Depth Portrait of Servando “La Tuta” Gómez Martínez: Co-Leader and Propagandist of Mexico’s Knights Templar Cartel
– Volume 3, Issue 4

Majid bin Muhammad al-Majid
Majid bin Muhammad al-Majid: The New Commander of the Abdullah Azzam Brigades – Volume 3, Issue 10

Malik Mohammad Ishaq
Malid Mohammad Ishaq: Founder of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi – Volume 3, Issue 5

Mallam Muhammadu Marwa
The Ideological Inspiration for Boko Haram: A Profile of Mallam Muhammadu Marwa and his Impact on Religious Extremism in Northern Nigeria – Volume 3, Issue 6

Maulvi Abu Bakr
The New Leader of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan in Bajaur Agency: A Profile of Maulvi Abu Bakr – Volume 3, Issue 9

Mich'al Muhammad al-Shadawkhi
The Reemergence of AQAP Operative Mish‘al Muhammad al-Shadawkhi – Volume 3, Issue 7

Miguel Trevino Morales
Taking Down Mexico's Miguel Trevino Morales: Los Zetos' Second in Command Targeted for Character Assassination – Volume 3, Issue 6

Mojohidini Tokijikiston (Mujahideen of Tajikistan)
April 2011 Briefs
– Volume 2, Issue 4

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
February 2011 Briefs
– Volume 2, Issue 2
A Biographical Sketch of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s Murad Ebrahim
– Volume 2, Issue 3
 

Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)
October 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 10
The Life of Niger Delta Militant Henry Okah – Volume 3, Issue 4 

Mouvement National de Libération de l'Azawad (MNLA)
Bringing Militant Salafism to the Tuareg: A Profile of Veteran Rebel Iyad ag Ghali – Volume 3, Issue 2 

Nasiruddin Haqqani
Nasiruddin Haqqani (a.k.a Dr. Khan): The Haqqani Network’s Emissary and Fundraiser – Volume 3, Issue

National Front for the Salvation of Libya (NFSL)
Taking Charge of Libya’s Rebels: An In-Depth Portrait of Colonel Khalifa Haftar
– Volume 2, Issue 3

Niger Delta Liberation Force (NDLF)
December 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 12 

Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF)
Admiral of the Desert – Muhammad Omar Osman and the Ogadeni RebellionVolume 1, Issue 5 

Oromo Liberation Front (OLF)
January 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 1 

Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK)
July 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 7 

Rassemblement des Forces Démocratiques (RaFD)
Fire in the Desert: The Erdimi Twins and the Battle for Chad – Volume 1, Issue 7 

Riyaz Bhatkal
In the Shadow of Iqbal: A Snapshot of His Younger Brother Riyaz Bhatkal—Co-Founder of the Indian Mujahideen – Volume 3, Issue 9

Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry - "Timochenko"
The Rebirth of FARC and the Rise of Its New Leader “Timochenko” – Volume 3, Issue 7

Sadiq al-Ahmar
An In-Depth Portrait of Sadiq al-Ahmar: A Window into Yemeni Tribal Power Politics – Volume 3, Issue 8

Salafi al-Muhajiroun
November 2010 Briefs
– Volume 1, Issue 11
 

Salafi-jihadism
A Portrait of Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi: Intellectual and Ideologue in the Global Salafi-Jihadist Movement – Volume 1, Issue 7
Abu Muhammad al-Tahawi: The Leader of Jordan’s Jihadi Protestors – Volume 2, Issue 5
From Saudi Arabia to Yemen: Faris al-Zahrani, the Ideologue of Jihadi Operations in the Gulf – Volume 2, Issue 6
A Portrait of Abu Bakr bin Abdul Aziz al-Athri: Salafi-Jihad’s Emerging Internet Ideologue  - Volume 2, Issue 7
Jordan's Abu Sayyaf: The Key Islamist Actor in Ma'an – Volume 2, Issue 11 

Shining Path (SL)
The Shining Path’s Comrade Artemio: Leader of Peru’s Narco-Maoists
– Volume 1, Issue 11"
January 2012 Briefs
– Volume 3, Issue 1
Comrade Jose (Victor Quispe Palomino): Leader of Peru’s Shining Path
– Volume 3, Issue 2

Shiv Sena (The Army of Shiv)
The Face of Hindu Extremism: Mumbai’s Bal Thackeray
– Volume 1, Issue 10

Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M)
From Guerilla Fighter to Independence Politician: The Story of South Sudan’s Salva Kiir Mayardit
– Volume 1, Issue 11

A Profile of Sudanese Rebel Leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hilu: Continuing the Civil War in the Nuba Mountains
– Volume 2, Issue 7

Tehrik-i-Taliban
February 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 2
March 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 3
Fanning the Flames in Swat: A Profile of Ibn-e-Amin – Volume 1, Issue 3
April 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 4
The Religious Godfather of the Punjabi Taliban: Maulana Abdul Aziz Ghazi – Volume 1, Issue 5
From Jihad to Human Rights: The Life and Death of Taliban Middleman Khalid Khawaja – Volume 1, Issue 5
Qari Hussain Mahsud: The Father of FATA’s Suicide Bombers – Volume 1, Issue 9
October 2010 Briefs – Volume 1, Issue 10
A Profile of Maulana Sadiq Noor: A Central Player in the North Waziristan Taliban – Volume 2, Issue 1
Vice, Virtue, and Vitriol: The Resurrection of Former Taliban Minister Maulvi Qalamuddin – Volume 2, Issue 6
Fazal Saeed Haqqani: A New Player on the Jihadi Scene in Pakistan’s FATA – Volume 2, Issue 7
Power Struggle in Bajaur and Rise of Mullah Dadullah – Volume 3, Issue 3 

Tolib Ayombekov
Tajikistan's New Most Wanted: A Profile of Warlord and Narco-Trafficker Tolib Ayombekov – Volume 3, Issue 7

Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP)
Al-Qaeda's Uighur Jihadi: A Profile of the Turkistan Islamic Party's Abdul Shakoor Turkistani
– Volume 2, Issue 12

United Democratic Salvation Front/South Sudan Defense Force (UDSF/SSDF)
General Gabriel Tang: South Sudan’s Prodigal Son or Khartoum’s Agent of Chaos?
- Volume 2, Issue 5

United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)
February 2011 Briefs
– Volume 2, Issue 2
 

Wahhabi Movement of Bosnia
Muhammad Porca: The Man Behind Bosnia’s Wahhabi MovementVolume 1, Issue 7

No Formal Affiliation
A Profile of Radical Jamaican-born Cleric Sheikh Abdullah al-Faisal al-Jamaikee
– Volume 1, Issue 2

Dawood Ibrahim: India’s Elusive Most Wanted Man
– Volume 1, Issue 6

Puntland’s Shaykh Muhammad Atam: Clan Militia Leader or al-Qaeda Terrorist? – Volume 1, Issue 9

Saudi Arabia’s Jihadi Jailbird: A Portrait of al-Shu'aybi Ideologue Nasir al-Fahd
– Volume 1, Issue 12

Restoring the Caliphate in Yemen: A Look at Shaykh Abd al-Majid al-Zindani
– Volume 2, Issue 3

Between Iran and a Hard Place: A Profile of Bahrain’s Sheikh Issa Qassim
– Volume 2, Issue 4

Broadcasting Qaddafi: A View of Iraq’s Mishan al-Juburi
– Volume 2, Issue 10

Yemen’s Transition: Who’s Who in the Yemeni Opposition
– Volume 2, Issue 12

A Snapshot of Brigadier Ijaz Shah: Bin Laden’s ISI Handler
– Volume 3, Issue 1
 

State Actors
Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi's Last Line of Defense: A Profile of Khamis al-Qaddafi
– Volume 2, Issue 2
A Profile of Major General Ali Muhsin al-Ahmar: Yemen’s Dark Horse
– Volume 2, Issue 3
From Islamist Agitator to Taliban Target: Pakistan’s Maulana Fazlur Rehman
– Volume 2, Issue 4
South Yemen’s Pacifist General: A Portrait of Brigadier Nasser al-Nuba
– Volume 2, Issue 5

Syed Zabihuddin Ansari
Brief: Saudi Arabia, U.S. and India Cooperate to Capture Mumbai '26/11" Attacker Abu Jindal – Volume 3, Issue 6

Usman Odil
A Post-Mortem Analysis of the IMU’s Martyred Usman Odil – Volume 3, Issue 9

Zuheir Salim
A Profile of Zuheir Salim: A Leading Strategist in the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood – Volume 3, Issue 8