The Three Phases of Jihadism

... their demise. They were unable to deliver on the ground. They were forced to flee from Afghanistan, and they were unable to create a strong Sunni jihad base in Iraq after... ... network, which would establish a presence within the middle enemy, from the Levant to Western Europe. The new strategy would make use of Muslim groups in Europe as a basis... ... there would be more opportunity to expand by recruiting brothers, training them in the Middle East or Pakistan, and sending them back to Europe to establish caliphates. The...