A Kurdish al-Qaida? Making Sense of the Ansar al-Islam Movement in Iraqi Kurdistan in the Early 2000s

Initially construed as the vital link between Saddam Husayn’s Iraq and al-Qaida in the runup to the Iraq war, the Ansar al-Islam (AI) group formed in Iraqi Kurdistan in December 2001 has been the subject of intense debate and huge media coverage. In academic research, however, its history, evolution...

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Main Author: Lia, Brynjar 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B Islamism
B al-Qaida
B Jihadism
B Terrorism
B Kurdistan
B Violence
B rebel movements
B Insurgency
B Jihad
B Iraq
B Ansar al-Islam
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