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Al Qaeda

My Captivity

An American journalist on being kidnapped, tortured and released in Syria.

Theo Padnos New York Times Magazine Oct 2014 35min Permalink

Nothing Says "Sorry Our Drones Hit Your Wedding Party" Like $800,000 and Some Guns

Untangling the aftermath of a United States drone strike in Yemen.

Gregory D. Johnsen Buzzfeed Aug 2014 30min Permalink

Crime World

Diary: Guantánamo

Accused of being part of a terror cell at age 12, Gitmo’s youngest prisoner recounts his life

Mohammed el Gorani, Jérôme Tubiana London Review of Books Dec 2011 20min Permalink

Crime World

The Hunt for Boko Haram

How divisions between Nigeria’s Muslim North and Christian South resulted in the birth of terror’s most ruthless movement.

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Excerpted from The Hunt for Boko Haram.

Alex Perry Newsweek Jul 2014 Permalink

Inside America's Dirty Wars

On the drone strikes that killed Anwar al-Awlaki and his U.S.-born son.

Jeremy Scahill The Nation Apr 2013 20min Permalink

‘There’s No Turning Back’: My Interview with a Hunted American Jihadist

An conversation with Omar Hammami, via Twitter.

Spencer Ackerman Wired Apr 2013 15min Permalink

World

Al Qaeda Wants Africa

A war travelogue through Mali alongside French troops as a “place just like Afghanistan” descends into chaos.

Aris Roussinos Vice Apr 2012 35min Permalink