Al Qa'idah (AQ) - Tarbiyah Jihadiyah

Where guerillas attack from?Guerillas' will usually choose a good city to target. (AQ chose al-Raqqa as the target city in Syria becauseit has alot of crude Oil to sell).The guerillas will start from the countryside (rural) areas because these are less controlled bygovernments. The rural people are also more independent, often poorer, and more distant from thegovernment, so more likely to support the guerillas'. Guerillas' will therefore start by getting the localson their side, telling them they should have control over their own resources.The guerillas will then damage highways so the city is isolated, then siege and attack the Governmentstrong points. They will break Communication signal Towers to prevent the government, police, andarmy from communicating, they will then attack the army and police bases individually, and retreat totheir rural base whenever facing tough resistance. Some of the police and army may even defect andjoin the side of the rebels if they prefer the new cause. These gradual 'hit and run' [attrition] tactics willgradually win the city over to the new guerilla groups. They will then have control over the city andshould secure it through armed men on key infrastructure (the previous strong government points) andgood governance so it cannot be attacked and retaken by the enemy government. If the people like thecause and are now getting their rights, they will protect the city against the enemy by any means fortheir own independence. Checkpoints will be placed on the outskirts of rebel control areas by the newpower to stop any unwanted people from crossing into their territory, unless they are thoroughlysearched first.If they secure the city and have enough support, they can move to the next city and use similar tactics totake over that too. Now they will have enough money and weapons from their previous battles to fundtheir new operations. This technique will continue until the war reaches the capital city (which is oftenthe most protected and strategically hard to reach), reaching to the heart of the capital - the King orPresidential palace. If this falls to the guerillas', then the nation is theirs.A good united governance will be required to unite the people, otherwise they will fight each other forpower and the nation will be disunited once more. This is what happened in Afghanistan when theAfghan Mujahideen (fighters) defeated the Russians in the 80s. They began to fight each other forpower, and the disunity only stopped when the Taliban united the Afghans under Islamic law in the late90s, and in 2001 had full control of the country. Then the US led war undid the efforts of the Taliban,divided the country once again, and forced the Taliban back into the mountains. But now throughoutthe 12years ( 2013 ), guerilla tactics have been used by the Taliban to regain most of Afghanistan onceagain. All areas controlled by the Taliban are known as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, with theTaliban a stronger and maturer force.9