Khattab (1969-2002)

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Abstract:

In May 2011, a member of the jihadi website Shumukh al-Islam initiated a survey designed to identify the main reason that made you i.e., the online group s members love jihad. Some of the available answers listed included Family member, Internet, a friend or one of the Sheikhs. Of the eighty-seven Shumukh members who responded, ten of them credited Khattab, the subject of this biography, and the Arab jihad against the Russians in the Caucasus as the reason behind their commitment to jihad. Khattab s influence ranked second to religious upbringing in the survey, credited by eighteen members as their main motivation to love jihad. It is remarkable that Khattab s influence is ranked ahead of Usama bin Ladin s, credited by six members to have caused them to take up jihad. Khattab s role in and influence on the jihadi landscape is not limited to online members of jihadi websites. The jihadi intellectual Mustafa Hamid remarks in one of his books that Khattab s jihadi project was, in the 1990s, comparable to if not more ambitious than that of Bin Ladin s.

Author(s):
Al'ubaydi, Muhammad
Author Organization(s):
MILITARY ACADEMY WEST POINT NY COMBATING TERRORISM CENTER
Supplementary Note:
Jihadi Bios Project DOI: 10.21236/ADA622453
Pagination:
0036

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Monitor Series:
MA/CTC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_8.2.3_Build the Capabilities and Capacities of Partners and Institutions; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_8.1_Communicate; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_8.1.3_Influence Adversary and Competitor Audiences
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*RUSSIA, *TERRORISM, *TERRORISTS, AFGHANISTAN, ISLAM, MEDIA, SAUDI ARABIA, TAJIKISTAN
Field(s)/Group(s):
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics, Unconventional Warfare
Keyword(s):
JIHAD, CHECHNYA, KHATTAB, BIOGRAPHIES
Report Date:
2015 Feb 01
Creation Date:
2015 Nov 02