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Hugo Kaaman

Open source research on SVBIEDs

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AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq)

Aleppo, Ammonium nitrate, Anbar province, AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq), Camouflaged SVBIED, Car bombs, Covert VBIED, Front-end loader, Handicapped fighters, HMMWV (Humvee), Homs, Iraq, Iraqi forces, IS (Islamic State), ISI (Islamic State of Iraq), Main Battle Tank (MBT), Mosul, Ninawa, Raqqah, RC-VBIED, Remote controlled, Salahuddin, SVBIED, Syria, VBIED · April 11, 2019

Car Bombs as Weapons of War (Case study/Middle East Institute)

I just published an in-depth case study with the Middle East Institute, where I examine how IS design/tactics and use of SVBIEDs has evolved and adapted since 2014. The full case study can be read here: …

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al-Qaeda, Anbar province, AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq), Car bombs, Covert VBIED, Deir ez-Zor, Iraq, Iraqi forces, IS (Islamic State), ISI (Islamic State of Iraq), Ninawa, Salahuddin, SUV, SVBIED, Syria, Tal Afar, VBIED · March 14, 2019

Bouquet of Death: Why ISIS Fighters Bring Flowers to Suicide Bombings

Recently I wrote a short article for Popular Front that was just released, about why IS fighters sometimes mount flowers to their SVBIEDs. The article can be read here on the new Popular Front website.   …

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al-Qaeda, AQI (al-Qaeda in Iraq), Baghdad, Camouflaged SVBIED, Car bombs, Covert VBIED, Iraq, Iraqi forces, IS (Islamic State), ISI (Islamic State of Iraq), Mosul, Ninawa, Raqqah, SVBIED, VBIED · January 11, 2019

Islamic State of Iraq – A Snapshot of SVBIED Design & Use (2007-2012)

The group we know today as the ‘Islamic State’ only became known as such after a series of successive transformations and name changes over the course of more than a decade. One of its predecessor groups was the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). Proclaimed in mid-October 2006[1] after the death of Abu …

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Recent ten posts

  • An Explosive Renewal of the Islamic State in Libya? (Guest Post)
  • Conspiracy? – VBIED Detonates Inside Colombian Army Base in Cúcuta
  • The SVBIEDs Of The 2016 Aleppo Offensives – Part 1 – One Step Behind
  • Triumph & Symbolism – What Happens To Captured Car Bombs
  • The Last Victory – The SVBIEDs Of The 2015 Idlib Offensive
  • Cinematic Depictions of Up-Armoured SVBIEDs: A Review
  • Transplanted Armour: The Franken-SVBIEDs of the Islamic State
  • Shifting Gears: HTS’s Evolving Use of SVBIEDs During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-2020 (Middle East Institute)
  • The Unique SVBIEDs Used in The 2013 Capture Of Menagh Airbase
  • Factories Of Destruction – How Up-Armored SVBIEDs Are Manufactured

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