Publication
5 Jul 2004
This paper describes the rise of the terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi within the ranks of the al-Qaida organization. The author characterizes al - Zarqawi as the leader of a new generation of particularly ruthless and brutal terrorists and points out that al-Zarqawi has essentially also become al-Qaida's chief operations leader.
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Author | Rohan Gunaratna |
Series | RSIS Commentaries |
Issue | 25 |
Publisher | S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) |
Copyright | © 2004 Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies (IDSS) |