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Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) [Part 4] Compiled and Selected by Judith Tinnes PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 2 Resources Bibliography: Islamic State (IS, ISIS, ISIL, Daesh) [Part 4] Compiled and selected by Judith Tinnes [Bibliographic Series of Perspectives on Terrorism - BSPT-JT-2018-3] Abstract This bibliography contains journal articles, book chapters, books, edited volumes, theses, grey literature, bibliographies and other resources on the Islamic State (IS / ISIS / ISIL / Daesh) and its predecessor organizations. To keep up with the rapidly changing political events, the most recent publications have been prioritized during the selection process. The literature has been retrieved by manually browsing through more than 200 core and periphery sources in the field of Terrorism Studies. Additionally, full-text and reference retrieval systems have been employed to broaden the search. Keywords: bibliography; resources; literature; Islamic State; IS; ISIS; ISIL; Daesh; Al-Qaeda in Iraq; AQI NB: All websites were last visited on 21.03.2018. This subject bibliography is conceptualised as a multi-part series (for earlier bibliographies, see: Part 1 , Part 2 and Part 3). To avoid duplication, this compilation only includes literature not contained in the previous parts. However, meta-resources, such as bibliographies, were also included in the sequels. – See also Note for the Reader at the end of this literature list. Bibliographies and other Resources Aleppo24 (2015, October-): @24Aleppo. URL: https://twitter.com/24Aleppo Al-Khalidi, Ashraf; Renahan, Thomas (Eds.) (2015, May-): Daesh Daily: An Update On ISIS Activities. URL: http://www.daeshdaily.com Al-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (2012, November-): Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi’s Blog. URL: http://www. aymennjawad.org/blog Bibliotheek NLDA (2015, December): Islamitische Staat (IS). [Libguide]. URL: https://bibliotheeknlda.files. wordpress.com/2014/01/libguide-islamitische-staat.pdf Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) (n.d.-): Islamic State & Predecessor Groups. URL: https://www.ctc.usma. edu/isil-resources Crane, David (Project Leader) et al. (2011-): The Syrian Accountability Project (SAP). URL: http:// syrianaccountabilityproject.org DeirEzzor24 (n.d.-): URL: http://en.deirezzor24.net Hegghammer, Thomas (2013, January-): @Hegghammer. URL: https://twitter.com/Hegghammer Hegghammer, Thomas (2015, May-): The Bored Jihadi: Scrappings on Jihadi Culture and Daily Life Inside Extremist Groups. URL: http://boredjihadi.tumblr.com Higgins, Eliot et al. (2014, July-): Bellingcat. URL: https://www.bellingcat.com Institute for the Study of War (ISW) (2013, January 3-): ISW Blog: ISIS. URL: http://iswresearch.blogspot.de/ search/label/ISIS ISSN 2334-3745 140 April 2018 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 2 IntelCenter (n.d.-): Islamic State & other Jihadi Inspired & Directed Attacks Outside of Insurgent Theaters 2014 to Present: Interactive Map. URL: http://intelcenter.com/maps/jihadi-inspired-directed-attacks.html IntelCenter (n.d.-): Islamic State Wilayats: Interactive World Map. URL: http://www.intelcenter.com/maps/is- wilayats-map.html IntelCenter (2017-): Islamic State (IS) Weaponized Drone Attacks in Iraq & Syria: Animated Map. URL: https://www.intelcenter.com/maps/islamic-state-weaponized-drone-map.html Iraq Body Count (2003, January-): URL: https://www.iraqbodycount.org Khatib, Hadi et al. (2015-): Syrian Archive: Curating Visual Documentation for Justice and Human Rights. URL: https://syrianarchive.org Lund, Aron (Ed.) (2012-): Syria in Crisis. URL: http://carnegieendowment.org/syriaincrisis Masi, Alessandria (Managing Ed.) et al. (2012, December-): Syria Deeply. URL: https://www.newsdeeply.com/ syria Mosul Eye (2014, June-): URL: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mosul-Eye/552514844870022?fref=nf NATO Multimedia Library (2012, October): The Iraq War, 2003-2011: Books. (Thematic Bibliography No. 8/12). URL: http://www.natolibguides.info/ld.php?content_id=10701676 NATO Multimedia Library (2016, February): From Al Qaida to ISIS: The Evolution of Terrorism. (Thematic Bibliography No. 1/16). URL: http://www.natolibguides.info/ld.php?content_id=19411574 Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI); University of Oslo (2016-): Jihadi Document Repository. URL: http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/jihadi-document-repository/index.html Orton, Kyle W. (2014, March-): The Syrian Intifada. URL: https://kyleorton1991.wordpress.com OutRight Action International (2014-): Timeline of Publicized Executions for Alleged Sodomy by the Islamic State Militias. URL: https://www.outrightinternational.org/content/timeline-publicized-executions-alleged- sodomy-islamic-state-militias Paraszczuk, Joanna (2013, August-): From Chechnya to Syria: Tracking Russian-Speaking Foreign Fighters in Syria. URL: http://www.chechensinsyria.com Patrikarakos, David et al. (2014, October-): Under The Black Flag. URL: http://www.rferl.org/archive/under- the-black-flag/latest/17257/17257.html Prucha, Nico (2007-): Online Jihad: Monitoring Jihadist Online Communities. URL: https://onlinejihad.net Prucha, Nico (2017, July 16-): “Islamic State” Briefing. (Online Jihad Mini-Series). Online Jihad: Monitoring Jihadist Online Communities. URL: https://onlinejihad.net/2017/07/16/islamic-state-briefing Raqqa24 (2016, November-): @24Raqqa. URL: https://twitter.com/24Raqqa Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS) (2014, April-): URL: http://www.raqqa-sl.com/en Smith, Rhiannon (Managing Director) et al. (2016-): Libya Analysis. URL: http://eyeonisisinlibya.com Sound and Picture (2015-): URL: http://sound-and-picture.com/en/ Syrian Civil War (n.d.-): [Internet Forum]. URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/syriancivilwar Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) (2011, June-): URL: http://sn4hr.org Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) (2006, May-): URL: http://www.syriahr.com/en Tinnes, Judith (2015, August): Bibliography: Islamic State (Part 1). Perspectives on Terrorism, 9(4), 165-212. ISSN 2334-3745 141 April 2018 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 2 URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/452 Tinnes, Judith (2016, February-): Counting Lives Lost – Statistics of Camera-Recorded Extrajudicial Executions by the “Islamic State”. [Monitoring Project]. Perspectives on Terrorism, 10(1). URL: http://www. terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/483 Tinnes, Judith (2016, June): Bibliography: Islamic State (Part 2). Perspectives on Terrorism, 10(3), 59-98. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/516 Tinnes, Judith (2017, June): Bibliography: Islamic State (Part 3). Perspectives on Terrorism, 11(3), 96-149. URL: http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/613 van Linge, Thomas (2013, January-): @ThomasVLinge. URL: https://twitter.com/ThomasVLinge Van Ostaeyen, Pieter (2011, August-): @p_vanostaeyen. URL: https://twitter.com/p_vanostaeyen Van Ostaeyen, Pieter (2012, October-): pietervanostaeyen: Musings on Arabism, Islamicism, History and Current Affairs. URL: https://pietervanostaeyen.wordpress.com Van Vlierden, Guy (n.d.-): The Count of Emmejihad: A Compilation of Figures about Foreign Fighters in Syria & Iraq from all over the World. URL: https://thecountofemmejihad.wordpress.com Van Vlierden, Guy (2013, May-): emmejihad: ExcuseMeMyEnglish – A Research Blog about Jihad in and out of Belgium. URL: https://emmejihad.wordpress.com Wing, Joel (2008, June-): Musings on Iraq: Iraq News, Politics, Economics, Society. URL: http://musingsoniraq. blogspot.co.uk Winter, Charlie (2013, July-): @charliewinter. URL: https://twitter.com/charliewinter Woods, Chris et al. (n.d.-): Airwars. URL: https://airwars.org Zelin, Aaron Y. (2008, July-): @azelin. URL: https://twitter.com/azelin Zelin, Aaron Y. (2010, June-): Jihadology. URL: http://jihadology.net Zelin, Aaron Y. (2014, June): Bibliography on the History and Evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and al- Sham. Jihadology. URL: http://jihadology.net/2014/06/14/bibliography-on-the-history-and-evolution-of-the- islamic-state-of-iraq-and-al-sham Books and Edited Volumes Al-Bayati, T. Hamid (2017): A New Counterterrorism Strategy: Why the World Failed to Stop Al Qaeda and ISIS/ISIL, and how to Defeat Terrorists. (Praeger Security International). Santa Barbara: Praeger. Astorino-Courtois, Allison (Ed.) (2017, March): Highlights from CENTCOM Round 1, 2 and 3 Questions with Individually Themed Executive Summaries Appended. (SMA Reach-back Report). Boston: NSI. URL: http:// nsiteam.com/sma-reachback-highlights-from-centcom-round-1-2-and-3-questions Azinović, Vlado (Ed.) (2017, May): Between Salvation and Terror: Radicalization and the Foreign Fighter Phenomenon in the Western Balkans. [e-Book]. Sarajevo: Atlantic Initiative. URL: http://www. atlantskainicijativa.org/bos/images/BETWEEN_SALVATION_AND_TERROR/BetweenSalvationAndTerror. pdf Bahney, Benjamin et al. (2010): An Economic Analysis of the Financial Records of al-Qa’ida in Iraq. [e-Book]. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation. URL: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1026.html Barron, David J. (2016): Waging War: The Clash between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS. New York: ISSN 2334-3745 142 April 2018 PERSPECTIVES ON TERRORISM Volume 12, Issue 2 Simon & Schuster. Belz, Mindy (2016): They Say we Are Infidels: On the Run from ISIS with Persecuted Christians in the Middle East. Carol Stream: Tyndale Momentum. Bontinck, Dimitri (2017): Rescued from ISIS: The Gripping True Story of how a Father Saved his Son. New York: St. Martin’s Press. Clarke, Colin P. et al. (2017): Financial Futures of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: Findings
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