Malcolm Nance

		

				 
  	
		 		

			

	Malcolm W. Nance is a counter-terrorism and terrorism intelligence consultant for the U.S. government's Special Operations, Homeland Security and Intelligence agencies. A 20-year veteran of the US intelligence community's Combating Terrorism program and a six year veteran of the Global War on Terrorism he has extensive field and combat experience as an field intelligence collections operator, an Arabic speaking interrogator and a master Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) instructor.

			
		

		

	

	


  

  

  

      


  
  

    

    
  
  
      

      


  

    	  
  

                
The Strait of Hormuz: al-Qaeda's Newest Jihad Zone?

  

  
  

                
 by Malcolm Nance 

  

  
  

                
Posted On August 13, 2010 06:57 PM | Comments(4)

  

  
  

                
The Strait of Hormuz:
al-Qaeda's Newest Jihad Zone?
by Malcolm Nance
Download the Full Article: The Strait of Hormuz: al-Qaeda's Newest Jihad Zone?
After the July 28 explosion alongside the Japanese...


  

		  
  

                
Book Review:  Militant Islamist Ideology

  

  
  

                
 by Malcolm Nance 

  

  
  

                
Posted On July 7, 2010 08:18 AM | Comments(0)

  

  
  

                
Understanding Al Qaeda's True Center of Gravity






A Book Review of:



Militant Islamist Ideology: Understanding the Global Threat, by Commander Youssef H. Aboul-Enein, USN


Reviewed by: Malcolm...


  

		  
  

                
The Basrah Gambit -- Defining Moment for Iraq or the Jaysh al-Mahdi? (Updated w/ Links)

  

  
  

                
 by Malcolm Nance 

  

  
  

                
Posted On April 1, 2008 07:00 AM | Comments(7)

  

  
  

                
Engaging the Mahdi Militia in Basrah and labeling them as equal to Al-Qaeda in Iraq is a deadly gamble that may leave Iran the winner.
On 19 March, 2008 CNN's Iraq war correspondent, Kyra Phillips...


  

	  





  

    	  
  

                
Bowling for Boghammars... 2008 Edition

  

  
  

                
 by Malcolm Nance 

  

  
  

                
Posted On January 12, 2008 08:11 AM | Comments(3)

  

  
  

                
The tense encounter between a squadron of US Navy Warships and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC or Pasdaran) and Islamic Republic of Iran Navy (IIRN) boats is not a new adventure by any...


  

		  
  

                
Waterboarding is Torture... Period (Links Updated # 9)

  

  
  

                
 by Malcolm Nance 

  

  
  

                
Posted On October 31, 2007 02:30 PM | Comments(215)

  

  
  

                
I'd like to digress from my usual analysis of insurgent strategy and tactics to speak out on an issue of grave importance to Small Wars Journal readers.  We, as a nation, are having a crisis of honor...


  

		  
  

                
All Hands On Deck -- Radically Reorienting Private Security in Iraq

  

  
  

                
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Posted On September 22, 2007 01:51 AM | Comments(5)

  

  
  

                
Authors Note:  This article was written in late August 2007, well before the present controversy over the Mansour neighborhood shootings by Blackwater Security.  It is not a response or intended to...