Jihadi Intelligence and Counterintelligence

Ferdinand J. Haberl is an Austrian Orientalist with a research focus on terrorism and security, jihadi ideology, terrorist armament culture, improvised firearms and paramilitary intelligence. In his present capacity he acts as the deputy director of the Vienna-based Documentation Center and oversees academic research projects on religiously motivated extremism and terrorism.

• Glossary of Terms.- Introduction.- Strategic Intelligence Background.- Collection Sources.-  Intelligence Analysis and “Lessons Learned”.- The Three Levels of Jihādi Warfare – The Interrelation of Jihādi Operational Art and Jihādi Intelligence.- The “Urtext” of Jihādi Intelligence Culture.- The First Islamic State and its Intelligence Services.- Jihādi Intelligence and Epistemology.- Counterintelligence.- Encryption and Secret Communication Counterfeiting.- Safe Houses.- Covert Operations.- Economic Warfare and Destabilisation.-  The Elimination of the Greyzone as a Jihādi Covert Operation.- Jihādi Intelligence Activities in the Digital Realm.-  Conclusion.-  Bibliography.