Amm Sam
Osama bin Laden referred mockingly to Amm Sam, or Uncle Sam in an audiotape released in 2003 that praised the 9/11 attacks and decried Western aggression and un-Islamic Arab governments. Amm usually refers to a trusted figure and Samm is also Arabic for “poison” or “drug”. Combining this inspiration with a sort of homage to other blogger pseudonyms like Abu Muqawama and Abu Aardvark, Amm Sam is the pseudonym of a DC-based American analyst blogging for ICSR’s FREErad!cals on security matters related to the US and Canada.
Introduction
FREErad!cals is the ICSR blog. It's a forum for debate and fresh ideas on radicalisation and political violence. It features some of the most innovative, young thinkers, discussing radicals and radicalisation. They are looking at how the challenge has been understood, and how it should be addressed.
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