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Cats have nine lives but they don’t get involved in jungle wars in the Philippines 2024 Oct 21
Linked is a book review of a tell-all written by a former Al Qaeda-terrorist-turned-informant. The post comes from an anonymous guest author on the mostly-excellent blog Astral Codex Ten and summarizes the book's revelatory moments, which are many. Now tasked with summarizing the summary, I flounder, and instead quote wholesale what I believe to be most poignant moment:
Surprising announcement: jihadists actually believe in their religion.

I know, shocking.

But really, the writer is constantly complaining how Western analysts are always trying to understand the jihadists’ motivations and plans through their own lens: economy, strategy, nationalism, fighting against oppression. Dean claims that these all overlook a major goal that motivated him and many of his comrades: fulfilling the prophecies.
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