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Afghanistan: The American Experience (New York Review)

The New York Review of Books | Posted 12.17.2009 | Books

Read More: Jihad, Cia, Communist, Nyr, Afghanistan, Washington Post, September 11th, Barack Obama, Woodward, Osama Bin Laden, Soviet Union, New York Review of Books, Afghanistan History, Book Reviews, Afghanistan Book, Books News

Amy Hertz, Huffington Post: Two major powers have struggled for control of Afghanistan over the last few decades, The Soviet Union and the US. Facing ...

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5 Detained Americans Wanted To Fight Jihad, Pakistani Police Say

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 12.11.2009 | World

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SARGODHA, Pakistan — Five young American Muslims detained in Pakistan wanted to join militants in the country's Taliban-ruled tribal region, bat...

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Don't Let 'Allahu Akbar' Become A Pejorative

Jordan Sekulow | Posted 11.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Allahu Akbar, Jihad, Religion, Islam, Nidal Malik Hasan Fort Hood, Muslim Americans, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Jihadism, Muslims, Christianity, Nidal Malik Hasan, Nidal Hasan, Politics News
Jordan Sekulow

Democracy's 'War on Islam' is exactly the war Islamic terrorists have been hoping to ignite, and we must not let them succeed. It is time for peaceful, ordinary Muslim Americans to put their collective foot down.

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Racist Obama Billboards: Colorado Ad Links President With Jihadists

Posted 11.20.2009 | Denver

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Wolf Interstate Leasing in Wheat Ridge, Colorado has put up a billboard insinuating that President Obama is somehow tied to Jihadists and the Fort Hoo...

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Blast At Spy Agency In NW Pakistan Kills Seven

AP | RIAZ KHAN | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Peshawar, Jihad, Peshawar Bombing, Terrorism, Pakistan, Taliban, South Waziristan, Islamists, Al Qaeda, World News

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A suicide car bomb devastated Pakistan's main spy agency building in the northwest Friday, killing at least 7 people and st...

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Cairo to Fort Hood: Broader Engagement at Home and Abroad

Qanta Ahmed, MD | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: US Science Envoy Program, Islam, Fort Hood, Physicians, Veterans Day, Anderson Cooper, In the Land of Invisible Women, Taliban, Waco, State Department, Barack Obama, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Al Qaeda, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Zakat, Islamophobia, Unabomber, Jihad, Armistice Day, Saudi Arabia, Cnn, Insomnia, New York Times, Nidal Malik Hasan, Hillary Clinton, Muslim, Obama Cairo Speech, Ground Zero, Politics News
Qanta Ahmed, MD

Mass murders have become a depressingly familiar punctuation in the rhythm of modern day American despair.

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Yousef Al-Khattab, Pedicab Driver, Promotes Jihad

nypost.com | Chuck Bennett | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

Read More: NYC Pedicab Association, Gregg Zukowski, Islam, Brooklyn, Chabad Lubavitch, New-York-Pedicabs, Yousef Al-Khattab, Pedicab, New York, Jihadists, Mosque, Nypd, New York Terrorism, Terrorism, Jihad, Fbi, Joseph Leonard Cohen, New York Pedicabs, Revolution Islam, New York News

This jihadist wannabe is a "terror" on the road. Yousef al-Khattab is a Jewish-born, Jersey-raised convert to Islam who schleps tourists on his pedica...

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Al-Qaida Showing Smaller Presence In Afghanistan

AP | ROBERT H. REID | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Cia, Al-Qaida, Pakistan, Osama Bin Laden, Mullah Omar, Radical Islamists, Shadow Army, Afghanistan War, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Nuristan, Lashkar Al-Zil, Taliban, Jalaluddin Haqqari, Al Qaada, Afghanistan, Foreign Fighters, Jihad, World News

KABUL — Al-Qaida's role in Afghanistan has faded after eight years of war. Gone is the once-formidable network of camps and safe houses where O...

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Al-Qaida Video Predicts Obama's Fall By Muslim Nation

AP | PAUL SCHEMM and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI | Posted 11.22.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaida 9/11 Video, Jihad, War on Terror, Muslim Nations, Middle East, President Obama, Al Qaeda Video, Muslim, September 11th, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Al Qaeda, World News

CAIRO — Al-Qaida on Tuesday released a new 106-minute long video predicting President Barack Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world. ...

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Problems of Terminology: Fighters, Rebels, Islamists, Jihadists, Insurgents, Militants?

Alex Thurston | Posted 11.16.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Taliban, Africa, Somalia, Jihad, Islamist, Al Shabab, Afghanistan, Matt Yglesias, World News
Alex Thurston

What kind of language should American bloggers use in writing on foreign affairs, particularly regarding combat zones like Afghanistan and Somalia?

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Good-Minded People Are Losing Ground to Shouting Race-Baiting Hooligans

Sabria Jawhar | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jews, Islam, Education, Intolerance, Muslims, United Kingdom, Hijab, Sikhs, Town-Hall-Meetings, Hindus, British National Party, Islamaphobia, Religious Freedom, Islamic Extremists, Racism in Politics, Jihad, Saudi Arabia, Jihadism, Racism, Islamic Jihadists, Politics News
Sabria Jawhar

Good-minded people who see a need to teach tolerance and engage in civil discussion are cowed into submission by the shouters.

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CON GAMES: Jihad's Gathering Storm

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.11.2009 | World

Read More: Jihad, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, Domestic Terrorism, Pakistan Taliban, World News
Michael Conniff

When Al Qaeda destroyed the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001--nearly eight years ago--most Americans, like President George...

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Taliban Denies Leader Is Dead; Claims Twitter Account Was Down

Andy Borowitz | Posted 08.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Iphone, Jihad, Andy Borowitz, Twitter, Baitullah Mehsud, Pakistan Taliban, Waziristan, Taliban, iPhone Apps, Comedy News
Andy Borowitz

"No missile has gotten anywhere near him," said Haikmullah Mehsud. "Like the rest of us, he has been highly frustrated by Twitter outages."

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Our Suicide Bombers: Thoughts on Western Jihad

John Feffer | Posted 09.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tamil Tigers, Terrorists, Suicide Bombers, War on Terror, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Suicide Bomber, Iraq Occupation, Drones, Jihad, Occupation, Jihadism, Israel, Predator Drones, Politics News
John Feffer

We have our suicide bombers -- we call them heroes. We have our culture of indoctrination -- we call it basic training. We kill civilians -- we call it collateral damage.

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The Three Characteristics of Extremism

Alan Lurie | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Right Wing Extremist, Jihad, Conspiracy Theories, Apocalypse, Xenophobia, Dogma, Atheists, Holy Wars, Extremism, Alan Lurie, Politics News
Alan Lurie

We need a willingness to openly examine divergent viewpoints, clearly determine the merits, and arrive at a more comprehensive view that sees the world in its infinite array of vivid colors.

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Repositioning America: Obama's Cairo Speech as the Ultimate in Event Marketing

William Bradley | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, 9/11, Iraq, America, Dick Cheney, Iran, Jihad, Event Marketing, Muslim, Modernity, Indonesia, Guantanamo Bay, Saudi Arabia, Marshall McLuhan, Neoconservative, Islam, Bibi Netanyahu, Hosni Mubarak, Tradition, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, Samuel Huntington, African American, Cairo, Israel, Afghanistan, Kenya, Ayman Al-Zawahri, Torture, Paletine, King Abdullah, Riyadh, Al Jazeera, Obama Mideast Trip, World News
William Bradley

Not only did no one throw shoes at Obama, the crowd of 3,000 in Cairo gave him a standing ovation. Watching the speech, I had the feeling that the world might be changing again.

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NYTimes Reporter Casts Doubt On Own Claim That I In 7 Detainees Returned To Jihad

Talking Points Memo | Posted 06.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jihad, Msnbc, Nytimes, Terrorism, Terrorism Detainees, Guantanamo, New York Times, Elisabeth Bumiller, Politics News

New York Times reporter Elisabeth Bumiller is now casting doubt on the claim in her front page story today, pounced on by the right and quickly picked...

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Will Friday Sermons Condemn Jihadist Plot to Blow Up New York Synagogues?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 06.20.2009 | World

Read More: Jews, Bloomberg, Islam, Synagogues, Explosives, Mosques, 9/11, Terrorism, Plot, Jihad, Fbi, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

When Obama expands the limits of dialogue, the first red line he must draw is against the poison of state-sanctioned bigotry that is spawning not only hatred but criminal violence.

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Will Al-Qaeda Nuke America?

Sheldon Filger | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jihad, Homeland Security, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Pakistan, 9/11, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Nuclear Terrorism, Osama Bin Laden, War on Terror, Politics News
Sheldon Filger

It has been nearly eight years since Al-Qaeda struck the United States on September 11, 2001. In the aftermath of that transformational event, some ha...

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Obama's Policies Making Situation Worse in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Graham E. Fuller | Posted 06.10.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Islam, Jihad, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Radical Islam, Obama, Taliban, Pashtun, World News
Graham E. Fuller

Only moderate Islamists themselves can prevail over the radicals whose main source of legitimacy comes from inciting popular resistance against the external invader.

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Taliban's Popularity Linked To Perception It Will Lift Pakistanis From Poverty

Huffington Post Contributor | Emi Foulk | Posted 06.07.2009 | World

Read More: Swat Valley, Jihad, Punjab, Swat, Pakistan, Jihadism, Hillary Clinton, Fata, Taliban Swat Valley, Parag Khanna, Taliban, Talibanistan, World News

by Emi Foulk The swelling power of the Taliban in Pakistan - or "Talibanistan," as The Nation so pithily put it - has caused much alarm amongst Ameri...

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Terrorists, Pirates and Anarchy, Somalia Style

John Prendergast | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

Read More: Black Hawk Down, Islam, Airstrikes, Ransom, Africa, Muslim Extremists, Terrorism, Somalia, Mosques, Indian Ocean, Jihadist Militias, Al Qaeda, African Pirate, Jihad, Red Sea, Bush Administration, Somalian Pirates, Pirates, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, Johnny Depp, Tripoli, Extremism, Etheopia, World News
John Prendergast

Somalia has become the poster child for transnational threats emanating from Africa.

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'World's Youngest Jihadi,' Age 11, Arrested

Times Of India | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Jihadists, Jihad, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Jihadism, World's Youngest Jihadi, Islamic Jihadists, Advocacy, World News

Abdullah laughs like any other 11-year-old, but he is no schoolboy. He is being touted as the world's youngest terrorist following his arrest. ...

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Will Muslims Hear the Change in Tone in Obama's Counter-Terrorism Policy?

Faiza Patel | Posted 05.04.2009 | World

Read More: Jihad, Global War on Terror, Barack Obama War on Terror, War on Terror, World News
Faiza Patel

Changing the terms of the discussion signals a willingness to shift the paradigm, and such a signal could well find a receptive audience.

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How Obama Can Split the Taliban

Hedieh Mirahmadi | Posted 04.26.2009 | World

Read More: Obama Afghanistan, Jihad, Obama Taliban, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Jihadism, Afpak, Taliban, World News
Hedieh Mirahmadi

We must remember the Taliban is not a monolithic entity. It's worth attempting to separate the "accidental guerilla" from the "global jihadist."

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