Divisions within the Global Jihad
... replaced the man who had been terrorist number one, Osama bin Laden, killed by US forces in 2011, testify to the acute contradictions among the major organizations of the global jihad movement. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s legacy and disagreements between al-Qaeda and Islamic State in Iraq The radical Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad group’s anti-Shia orientation caused disagreement between its leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Osama bin Laden. Different perception of the main enemy was the main stumbling block dividing the two leaders. This conflict between the leaders ...
25.05.2015