“Zarqawi had staked out a spot at the forefront of the global jihadist movement. No longer was he merely the leader of a particularly violent terrorist faction in Iraq. He was now a rival to Bin Laden himself as the… — Joby Warrick Copy Share Image
“Zarqawi possessed a “jihadist mystique—a potent mix of violence and real charisma, perfumed by thick propaganda efforts,” McChrystal would later write. And now it… — Joby Warrick Copy Share Image
“Young foreign-born Islamists who answered Zarqawi’s call to jihad most often ended in suicide-bomber school. Some would be called upon to sacrifice their own… — Joby Warrick Copy Share Image
“Iraq’s secular regime persecuted and killed Islamic extremists, and al-Qaeda’s leaders abhorred the Iraqi dictator. The distrust was too great to allow even the… — Joby Warrick Copy Share Image
“Zarqawi had staked out a spot at the forefront of the global jihadist movement. No longer was he merely the leader of a particularly… — Joby Warrick Copy Share Image
“The truth as Joseph and his comrades discovered, was that the Islamic State's fighters were skilled butchers, but lousy soldiers. "They're only good at… — Joby Warrick Copy Share Image
