Ep. 3 - AQAP Names A New Emir
Generation Jihad
English - March 31, 2020 12:00 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBDocumentary Society & Culture Government Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Hosts Bill Roggio and Tom Joscelyn profile Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) new emir, Khalid Batarfi. They explain how Batarfi came to his leadership position, what's ahead for the group's local and global operations, and what AQAP can teach us about Al Qaeda's larger structure and the ambitions of jihadist insurgencies the world over.