Category Archives: Disinformation, psy-ops

Michael Scheuer: Imperial Hubris (Book Review)

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 24. February 2019 by

The credibility of the author is heavily dented because of his deficient evaluation of Osama bin Laden. The author claims that OBL bears responsibility for inspiring, authorizing or directing the mass-murder of September 11, 2001. This unsubstantiated accusation is expressed throughout the present book. A cautious and serious scholar would refrain from expressing such an accusation against a person who has not been charged by any public authority for complicity in this mass-murder. The author has totally ignored crucial facts.

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ISIS 101: What’s really terrifying about this threat

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 2. March 2015 by

Where does ISIS get its technical equipment and the know-how to produce videos and run Internet sites? These are not qualities commonly found among fanatical fundamentalists anywhere; indeed most true radical fundamentalists tend to eschew technology. A supply of advice, technical assistance, and equipment comes from somewhere. Where does ISIS get the money for food, gasoline, clothes, ammunition, and Japanese pick-up trucks? And I wonder, did one of those wild-looking jihadi types just show up one day at an Iraqi car dealership and order a fleet of Japanese pick-ups? Were they delivered out on the desert or did a gang of jihadists march in, waving their Kalashnikovs, to drive them away?

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Agent provocateurs in Iraq?

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 1. February 2015 by

Agent provocateurs in Iraq? UPI, June 3, 2005 U.S. intelligence officers are reporting that some of the insurgents in Iraq are using recent-model Beretta 92 pistols, but the pistols seem to have had their serial numbers erased. The numbers do … Read more . . .

Book Review of Steve Coll’s “Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden”

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 20. October 2014 by

While hailed by the New York Times as the “finest historical narrative so far on the origins of al-Qaeda” and by Washington Post as “authoritative”, the author offers unsubstantiated legends and acts as a purveyor of disinformation. As a Pulizer-prize winner, the author can hardly be regarded as incompetent. What is the alternative?

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Book Review of Bruce Hoffman’s “Inside Terrorism”

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 20. October 2014 by

The author is Director of the Center of Security Studies and of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He worked for many years at RAND Corporation. His books on terrorism have been translated into several languages. He is often invited by mainstream media to comment on terrorism issues. While utterly useless as a textbook on terrorism, Bruce Hoffman’s book can be profitably used by aspiring academic prostitutes.

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Book review of Bruce Riedel’s “What We Won: America’s Secret War in Afghanistan, 1979-89

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 20. October 2014 by

The author, a former CIA official, purports to write scholarly books. I have analysed a paper by the author, Bruce Riedel, published on November 30, 2008 by the Brookings Institution entitled “Terrorism in India and the Global Jihad.” The paper was written in the wake of the Mumbai attacks. Approximately half of all factual statements made in this short essay are either baseless, wrong or unsubstantiated.

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Cyber-Herding: A guideline for manipulating internet social networks

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 7. August 2010 by

Cyber-Herding: Exploiting Islamic Extremists Use of the Internet by David B. Moon, Capt, USAF Joint Information Operations Student Department of Defense Analysis http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2007solic/moon_paper.pdf Defining Cyber-herding Cyber-herding is the action by which an individual, group, or organization drives individuals, groups, or organizations to a desired … Read more . . .