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THE ISIS READER HARORO J. INGRAM CRAIG WHITESIDE CHARLIE WINTER The ISIS Reader Milestone Texts of the Islamic State Movement 3 3 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America © Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside and Charlie Winter, 2020 First published in the United Kingdom in 2020 by C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd All rights reserved. No part of Publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer A copy of this book’s Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on fi le with the Library of Congress. ISBN 9780197501436 CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Introduction 1 PART I JOIN THECARAVAN 1. The First Speeches (1994 & 2004) 15 2. Zarqawi’s Strategy (2004) 37 PART II BAQIYA! 5 3. The First Year of the Islamic State (2006 & 2007) 57 4. Advice to the Leaders of the Islamic State (2007) 93 5. The Fallujah Memorandum (2009) 107 PART III THE CALIPHATE 6. The Declaration of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (2013) 149 7. The Caliphate Rises (2014) 161 8. Global War (2014) 177 9. Women in the Islamic State (2015) 199 10. Media Jihad (2016) 215 PART IV PURIFICATION 11. The Structure of the Caliphate (2016) 235 v CONTENTS 12. Defining Success and Failure (2016) 249 13. P atience (2018) 263 14. A Global Insurgency (2019) 279 15. The Guerrilla Caliph (2019) 293 Conclusion 303 Glossary 307 Index 311 vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors owe a debt of gratitude to those who have shaped their thinking about the Islamic State phenomenon over the years. As researchers, our think- ing has been deeply influenced by scholars and analysts such as Laith Alkhouri, Amarnath Amarasingam, Rasha al-Aqeedi, J.M. Berger, Cole Bunzel, Martha Cottam, Jon Czarnecki, Anas Elallame, Brian Fishman, Mohammed Hafez, Hassan Hassan, Samuel Helfont, Tore Hamming, Ahmed Hashim, Nibras Kazimi, Ginamarie Ligon, Charles Lister, Shiraz Maher, Will McCants, @ Mr0rangetracker, Wassim Nasr, Pieter Van Ostaeyen, Daniele Raineri, Aymenn al-Tamimi, Robert Tomlinson, Karl Walling, and Aaron Zelin. We appreciate the support from Ryan Evans and his War on the Rocks editorial team who published early explorations on our read of the group that inspired chapters in this book. We also owe particular thanks to the International Center for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) in the Hague who have been a tre- mendous support to the authors. Special thanks to Dr Alastair Reed who has been a great supporter of our work over the years and continues to work tire- lessly to push the field of research and practice forward. During the authors’ military and national security careers, many fellow practitioners have offered their own insights into the Islamic State movement, helping to shape not only how we understood the movement but how best to confront it. Most impor- tantly, we are grateful to the people from across the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and South and Southeast Asia who have endured the hardships wrought upon them by this movement and shared their insights and experi- ences with us over countless conversations. Finally, thank you to Hurst’s Michael Dwyer and Farhaana Arefin for their support and patience through- out the editing process. We are grateful for all of their time and effort. vii
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