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Al-Qaeda’s Operational Strategies – The attempt to revive the debate surrounding the Seven Stages P

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On September 11, 2008, the Al-Faloja forum published Al-Qaeda’s “Seven Stages Plan” – an operational strategy plan, comprising a number of stages with a defined time-table. The plan is divided into seven stages, and spread over a period of 20 years. It commenced in 2000, with the preparations for the September 11 attacks, and is meant to end in 2020. It seems that following the wish to renew the discussion surrounding the plan and circulating it to the various target communities, it was raised for discussion on the forum in September 2008.

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The Jihadi Monitoring Group (JWMG) is a specialized research and analysis team at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT). Composed of researchers fluent in Arabic, the JWMG monitors websites that support and serve the Global Jihad organizations. The unique characteristic of JWMG publications is the team's integration of diverse materials from a wide variety of Arabic sources. JWMG connects each source to larger trends, providing a complete understanding of events on both a local and a global scale.

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