"The manual that chillingly foreshadows the Islamic State" Topic
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Tango01 | 27 Sep 2014 1:02 p.m. PST |
"It may not be as revealing as "Mein Kampf" or "The Communist Manifesto." But people looking for insight into the extremist strategy that inflames the fighters of the Islamic State might begin with a book chillingly titled "The Management of Savagery." Published in 2004 by a jihadist who called himself Abu Bakr Naji, the book posits a world in which the superpower halo of the United States has disappeared and the Muslim world within the colonial boundaries known as the 1916 Sykes-Picot agreement has descended into chaos — "savagery," as the author bluntly puts it. Sound familiar? Read on. The book, translated in 2006 from Arabic by William McCants, is a frightening guide to the ultra-violent tactics today embraced by the Islamic State and its leader, who calls himself Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi…" Full article here link Amicalement Armand |
jpattern2 | 27 Sep 2014 6:04 p.m. PST |
I remember Chill. I never played it, but I liked reading through my friend's copy, as well as some of the supplements. |
Rod I Robertson | 27 Sep 2014 6:29 p.m. PST |
For those interested in "knowing the enemy" better. It's a dull read but chilling nonetheless. PDF link Rod Robertson |
Legion 4 | 28 Sep 2014 3:56 p.m. PST |
Heard about something like the islamist version of Mein Kampf … Fortunately Daesh and their ilk are not German or Nazis … |
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