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For by art is created that great LEVIATHAN

Rob Ashlar

Marxist analysis of Jihadism and Middle Eastern politics

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The Crusader Invasion of Iraq, part 6

Coalition map of Al Qaim area in western Anbar

In the final part of Adnan Absi’s Iraq memoirs, we learn a great deal about Al Qaida in Iraq’s (AQI) presence and workings in Al Qaim in 2005 after the Second Battle of Fallujah. Absi missed t...

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The Crusader Invasion of Iraq, part 5

Foreign fighters from JTJ in a safehouse in Fallujah

The next five entries of Adnan Absi’s narrative provide a “slice of life” look into insurgent-controlled Fallujah. Several details stand out in the vignettes. Several Saudi foreign fight...

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Update: 5/4/2026

I will be traveling May 6-23. The fifth part of Adnan Absi’s Iraq memoir will be posted this Wednesday. The sixth and final part will be posted next week, then content will pause until my return. When I’m back, I will post a recent history...

16 days ago
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The Crusader Invasion of Iraq, part 4

Fallujah, an insurgent at his post

The next five entries in Adnan Absi’s narrative discuss the First Battle of Fallujah and its aftermath. The narrative primarily focuses on battlefield heroics, many by foreign fighters (muhajirin). A nota...

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The Crusader Invasion of Iraq, part 3

Iraqi insurgents on the streets of Fallujah

The next five entries of Adnan Absi’s narrative describe his earliest experiences in the Iraqi jihadist movement, right up to the First Battle of Fallujah. He begins with his perilous journey fro...

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