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Abu Musab al-Suri

أبو مصعب السوري

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The Strategist Who Wrote the Blueprint for Global Terror

Abu Musab al-Suri spent decades thinking systematically about how a small organisation could wage war against the world's most powerful states and win. His conclusions — that you must decentralise, atomise, and make every cell independent — were adopted by the movements that would terrorise Europe, the US, and the Middle East in the 21st century.

Biography

Abu Musab al-Suri, born Mustafa bin Abd al-Qadir Setmariam Nasar, is a suspected Al-Qaeda member and writer best known for his 1,600-page book The Global Islamic Resistance Call. He is considered by many as 'the most articulate exponent of the modern jihad and its most sophisticated strategist'.

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Key Facts

Born:1958-10-01

Place:Aleppo, Syria

Nationality:Syrian