The Disabled Suicide Bombers of The Islamic State
al-Qaeda / Aleppo / Ammonium nitrate / Anbar province / Car bombs / Caucasus / Deir ez-Zor / Drones / Hajin / Handicapped fighters / Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Media / Mosul / Ninawa / paraplegic / Raqqah / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED / wheelchair

The Disabled Suicide Bombers of The Islamic State

The Islamic State's propaganda is multifaceted and made up of different narratives. A lot has been written about how the Islamic State (hereafter IS) employs these narratives in their propaganda output, and how the group's media is carefully crafted in order to promote their overall narratives. These different narratives are…

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November 25, 2019
The Myth of the Remote-Controlled Car Bomb
al-Qaeda / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Iraq / IS (Islamic State) / Islamic State in Libya / Jabhat al-Nusra (JaN) / Libya / Mosul / Ninawa / RC-VBIED / Remote controlled / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED

The Myth of the Remote-Controlled Car Bomb

Two weeks ago, I published an in-depth report with European Eye on Radicalization, in which I examined the who's and what's of Remote-Controlled Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (RC-VBIED) use. In the report, I compare and contrast the use of such devices by a variety of non-state actors in Syria, including…

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October 1, 2019
From Hajin to Baghouz – Islamic State SVBIED Design & Use
Ammonium nitrate / Baghouz / bulldozer / Camouflaged SVBIED / Car bombs / Covert VBIED / Deir ez-Zor / Front-end loader / frontal exterior IEDs / Hajin / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Mosul / Raqqah / SDF (Syrian Democratic Forces) / SUV / SVBIED / Syria / Tal Afar / tent city / VBIED

From Hajin to Baghouz – Islamic State SVBIED Design & Use

In April 2019 I wrote the most comprehensive report of the Islamic State's (hereafter IS) design and use of Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices, or SVBIEDs, since the proclamation of the caliphate in 2014. The report, titled "Car Bombs as Weapons of War" and published by the Middle East Institute,…

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August 3, 2019
Car Bombs as Weapons of War (Case study/Middle East Institute)
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

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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April 11, 2019
Mining Haul Trucks – The Largest SVBIEDs In The World
Anbar province / Belaz / Car bombs / Homs / Iraq / Iraqi forces / IS (Islamic State) / Mining haul truck / Mosul / Ninawa / SVBIED / Syria / VBIED

Mining Haul Trucks – The Largest SVBIEDs In The World

The SVBIEDs used by the Islamic State (IS) throughout the years have come in all different sizes. Everything from sedans, to pick-up trucks, heavy transport trucks, heavy construction equipment, and military armoured vehicles have been converted into rolling bombs. While large shell vehicles have been relatively common, there's one rare…

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March 25, 2019
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