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George Best, 1946-2005: Why he was loved
By Richard Marsden November 25, 2015 - 12:55pm[George Best died 10 years ago today. I wrote this the day after his funeral.] They buried George Best in … Continue reading →Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s near death experience
By Richard Marsden April 23, 2015 - 10:02amOriginally posted on The Business of Emotions:When Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had a narrow brush with death a week ago, I wasn’t at…So you think ‘Jihadi John’ is Mohammed Emwazi?: Lessons in Emotional Deception
By Richard Marsden April 19, 2015 - 9:05pmThis is a link to a pdf of a short book I have written on this issue: So you think … Continue reading →Islamic State’s hot emotions and cool calculations
By Richard Marsden February 18, 2015 - 10:50pmIn the case of ‘Islamic State’ there is a marked contrast between the emotions necessary to commit the atrocities for … Continue reading →‘Did ISIS doctor the footage of Japanese hostages?’ No way!
By Richard Marsden January 24, 2015 - 11:50pm‘Did ISIS doctor the footage of Japanese hostages?’ asks the Daily Mail here. ‘Experts’, they say, suggest that it is. No … Continue reading →Comment on ‘The race to save Peter Kassig’ by Younes et al (Guardian, 18 December, 2014)
By Richard Marsden December 24, 2014 - 11:10pmComment on ‘The race to save Peter Kassig’ by Younes et al (Guardian, 18 December, 2014) by Dr. Richard Marsden … Continue reading →ISIS Lessons in Terror Marketing: How to Change the World by Deception
By Richard Marsden December 7, 2014 - 3:31pmThe story so far: a handful of videos, which most of us have never seen, featuring a man-in-black whose face … Continue reading →Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s near death experience
By Richard Marsden November 16, 2014 - 10:31pmWhen Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi had a narrow brush with death a week ago, I wasn’t at all surprised. He was … Continue reading →Objective achieved: Anglo-America returns to the scene of the crime
By Richard Marsden November 13, 2014 - 9:29pm[This post assumes you have read the preceding posts on Islamic State. The argument is cumulative.] The argument I’m developing … Continue reading →When the Enemy is Us: MILDEC and Islamic State
By Richard Marsden November 10, 2014 - 9:14pmThat ‘All warfare is based upon deception’ (Sun Tzu, The Art of War) is well known and accepted. Less well … Continue reading →
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