HIST 10a Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Solitary Confinement, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Psychopathy
1 Nov 2016
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Misconceptions with sh: he was not linked to operational relationship w/ al qaeda. Connected it to transnational terrorist network though jihadist actions/statements indicated otherwise (hated each other) Grew up in zarqa, jordan. area of poverty, violence and clans. Dropped out of school (semi literate), wound up in prison, discovered islam and joined jihadists. Joined ties with jihadists while doing journalism work. Memorizing qu"ran: second hand interpretations, because he was not literate. Disadvantaged and marginalized social backgrounds. institutional/environmental influences. Foundation of al qaeda/ revolts against founding fathers of global jihadist movement. Begins own jihadist movement in area near iran/turkey. Supersized ego, unsuccessful, makes similar mistakes, followers have huge flaws. Created a jihadist training camp, disbanded following us bombing in herat. Didn"t trust islamist parties (shia nor sunni) Holy war against infidel regimes w/ us allies. *gulf crisis: another other events weakened him. Released book & other things to boost morale.
