Middle East

July 15, 2008

An Ideological and Operational Threat

Abdul Hameed Bakier, Erich Marquardt

June 15, 2008

Al-Qa`ida in Iraq

Michael Knights

Iran’s Shi`a Reach Out to Mainstream Salafists

Alex Vatanka

When to Confront Mahdists

Reidar Visser

May 15, 2008

Abu Muhammad al-Maqdisi

Joas Wagemakers

Al-Qa`ida’s Medinan Strategy

Jack F. Williams, Marisa Urgo

Human Smuggling and Trafficking

Hayder Mili, Jacob Townsend

Iraq’s Ho Chi Minh Trail

James Denselow

April 15, 2008

After Action Report

Major Jeremy Gwinn, U.S. Army

Al-Qa`ida in Yemen’s 2008 Campaign

Gregory D. Johnsen