A French-Spanish socialist intellectual born in Morocco. Verstrynge is the author of a 250-page book titled "La Guerra Periferica y el Islam Revolucionario: Origenes, Reglas y Etica de la Guerra Asimetrica" ["The Peripherical War and Revolutionary Islam: Origins, Rules and Ethics of the Asymmetric War"].
Verstrynge’s book calls Islamic terrorism, “the ultimate and preferred method of asymmetric warfare because it involves fighters willing to sacrifice their lives to kill the enemy.”
Hugo Chávez had a special edition of La Guerra Periferica y Islam Revolucionaria printed in Spanish and distributed to the Venezuelan Army to replace the U.S. Army training manuals.