ABSTRACT
The reaction within the Arab and Muslim world to the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan resulted in a contemporary generational phenomenon of “the Arab foreign ghter,” or in Arabic, the mujahed(een). The brutal insurgency in Afghanistan revived the ancient Islamic ideological concept of jihad, and attracted “Muslims from around the world-5000 were recruited from Saudi Arabia, 3000 from Algeria, and 2000 from Egypt-who became known as the ‘Afghan-Arabs’” (Post, 2007,
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 53 The Afghan-Arabs in the Afghan Insurgency .................................................................................. 56
The Context ................................................................................................................................. 56 The Cohort .................................................................................................................................. 57
The Bosnian Campaign .................................................................................................................... 58 The Context ................................................................................................................................. 58 The Cohort .................................................................................................................................. 59
The Chechen Insurgency ..................................................................................................................60 The Context .................................................................................................................................60 The Cohort .................................................................................................................................. 61
Insurgency in Afghanistan Post-9/11 ............................................................................................... 61 The Context ................................................................................................................................. 61 The Cohort .................................................................................................................................. 62
The Iraq Insurgency .........................................................................................................................64 The Context .................................................................................................................................64 The Cohort ..................................................................................................................................65
