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Statement from Ahrar al-Sham: "Condolences on the Death of Mullah Omar"
Click here for the original content. -- بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ God says: -
Statement from the Taliban: "Appointing a New Leader”
Click here for the original content. -- الحمدلله رب العلمین والصلوة والسلام علی رسوله محمد و علی آله وأصحابه أجمعین و بعد Our Muslim Brothers! -
Statement from the Taliban: “Announcing the Death of the Leader of the Faithful Mullah Omar”
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Jihadology Podcast: Emergency Pod: The Death of Mullah Omar and Its Implications with J.M. Berger
In this emergency podcast Aaron talks to J.M. Berger about the confirmed death of Mullah Omar. They covered a variety of topics related to his death and what it could mean for the broader Islamic State -... -
Ayman al-Zawahiri’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Ayman al-Zawahiri is having a bad day. -
Civil Liability for End-to-End Encryption: Threat or Fantasy? Part II
In the first part of this series, we looked at the question of whether Apple could be held liable in a negligence tort for refusing to retain the ability to provide law enforcement with decrypted communi... -
Another Arrest of a U.S. Citizen Allegedly Inspired by ISIL to Plot an Attack
Matt Apuzzo and Michael Schmidt had a piece in the New York Times yesterday discussing the Justice Department's shift towards aggressive and early intervention in cases involving suspected ISIL followers... -
Jihadology Podcast: The Emergence of the Islamic State in AfPak with Don Rassler (Part 2)
This episode features part 2 of Aaron’s conversation with Don Rassler. If you haven’t heard part 1 you can find it here. This two part series is based on Don’s article, “Situating the Emergence of the Is... -
This Week's Motions Hearing in Al Hadi
A programming note from Lawfare HQ: for the rest of this week, Lawfare unfortunately won't be almost-live-blogging pre-trial motions litigation in the military commissions case of United States v. Abd al... -
Posthumous video from AQAP's leader Nasir al-Wihayshi: "About Understanding the Implementation of Islamic Law"
Click here for the original content. -- In the Name of Allah, and peace and blessing be upon the Prophet, and his family and companions. -
Jihadology Podcast: The Emergence of the Islamic State in AfPak with Don Rassler (Part 1)
This episode features part one of an interview with Don Rassler based on his article “Situating the Emergence of the Islamic State of Khorasan,” for the CTC Sentinel. This part of the conversation covers... -
Hearing This Week in the Al Hadi Military Commissions Case
A whopping two weeks of court time earlier had been reserved for pre-trial motions in United States v. Abd al Hadi al Iraqi---but not all of it will be filled with proceedings in the Guantanamo courtroom...


