Jim Michaels
Jim Michaels is an author at Religion News Service.
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Pentagon: Airstrike kills terror leader in Somalia
By Jim Michaels — September 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The leader, Ahmed Abdi Godane, was targeted Monday (Sept. 1) in an airstrike that hit a vehicle and compound in a militant stronghold south of the capital, Mogadishu.
Al-Qaida overshadowed by Islamic State’s influence
By Jim Michaels — September 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The rivalry between Al-Qaida and the Islamic State has forced the United States to rethink its approach to combating terrorism in the region.
ANALYSIS: Iraq’s Sunni insurgents listed their crimes in annual report
By Jim Michaels — June 18, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) The report doesn't trace violence only. It also tracks "apostates repented," a reference to winning over fellow Sunnis in areas that the group has seized.
In Kenya attack, weakened al-Shabab seeks a foothold in Kenya
By Jim Michaels — September 23, 2013
WASHINGTON (RNS) The attack on a shopping mall in Kenya came shortly before a deadly attack against a church in Pakistan, but analysts warn against concluding that radical Islam is gaining strength.
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