The Caliphates Global Workforce: An Inside Look at the Islamic States Foreign Fighter Paper Trail

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of over 4,600 unique Islamic State personnel records that were produced by the group primarily between early 2013 and late 2014. The importance of this data for understanding the Islamic State and, in particular, the foreign fighter flow, cannot be overstated. To put it simply, it is the largest cache of primary source documents produced by the Islamic State available in the open-source as of this date.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1013551

Entities

People

  • Brian Dodwell
  • Daniel Milton
  • Don Rassler

Organizations

  • United States Military Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Employment
  • Engineering
  • Health Services
  • Instructors
  • International Relations
  • Man Borne Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Personnel Management
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Systems Analysis and Design