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Obama in the Thicket of "Afghaniranistan"

William Bradley | Posted 10.21.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Britain, Cia, France, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, Mi-6, Nobel Peace Prize, Iaea, Mossad, Moscow, Tehran, Israel, Iraq, Vienna, Special Forces, Taliban, Sayeret, Al Qaeda, Revolutionary Guard, Iranian Nuclear Program, Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Soviet Union, Jihadism, Post-Soviet Space, Somalia, Cairo Address, John Kerry, World News
William Bradley

Obama is in a multi-faceted complex of geopolitical crises. He is actively using military force in two of the countries, and has threatened, at the least, tough sanctions in the third.

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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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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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Remembering America: Obama's D-Day Speech and Two Days in June

William Bradley | Posted 07.09.2009 | World

Read More: Buchenwald, Nazi, Normandy, Tom Hanks, France, Ronald Reagan, D-Day, John Ford, Omaha Beach, Barack Obama, Cairo, Germany, Egypt, Al Qaeda, Steven Spielberg, Jihadism, Japan, Israel, Muslim, Navy, Europe, Soviet Union, Britain, Gordon Brown, Russia, World War II, World News
William Bradley

On Thursday in Cairo, Obama gave his rhetorical best to reposition a mostly peaceful America in the future of the Muslim world. On Saturday in Normandy, he reminded of America's glittering past.

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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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Why Deepak Chopra Is Wrong

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 06.05.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Pakistan, Deepak Chopra, Jihadism, Muslim, Extremism, The Dilemma of the Good Muslim, World News
Sanjeev Bery

Deepak Chopra ignores the complexities of history and blithely proclaims that Muslims should take responsibility for a whole host of enemies: oligarchs, military regimes, anti-Semites, jihadis.

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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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Don't Go There, Mr. President!

Tom Hayden | Posted 04.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Jihadism, Troops, Iraq, Escalation, Pakistan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Politics News
Tom Hayden

President Obama should maintain a deterrent posture while immediately accelerating diplomacy to meet legitimate Muslim goals, from a Palestinian state to genuine progress on Kashmir.

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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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A Conflict We Need Not Fight Again: How A Little Attention Can Go A Long Way In Consolidating Past Successes In Bosnia

Richard Bennet | Posted 02.09.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Milorad Dodik, Bosnia, Jihadism, Serbia, Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Europe, Islamist Militants, Madrassas, Usaid, US Aid, World News
Richard Bennet

Perhaps as a result of a decrease in the amount of aid given to Bosnia, ethnic tension is on the rise and many have even forecasted the possibility of renewed violence.

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Lessons for President-Elect Obama From Mumbai

Father Paul Mayer | Posted 01.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: September 11, Middle East, Mumbai Attacks, 9/11, Jihadism, Mumbai, Mumbai Terrorism, Mumbai Terrorist Attacks, Muslim, September 11th, Politics News
Father Paul Mayer

In Afghanistan we find a bloody quagmire so hopeless that ordinary Afghanis are not sure who to fear more -- the American occupiers or the often ruthless Taliban.

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Mumbai Terror Group Trained American Jihadists

Wired | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

Read More: India, Lashkar-E-Taiba, Pakistan, Terrorism, Mumbai Attacks, Jihadism, Mumbai Terrorism, World News

Royerinchicago A growing chorus of intelligence officials in the U.S. and in south Asia have pinned the Mumbai attacks on the Kashmir-based militants ...

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CIA Says Pakistan Spy Agency Helping Militants

The Real News | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Tribal Power, Cia, Afghanistan, Isi, Pakistan, Jihadism, Kabul, Taliban, President Bush, Bombing, Gilani, Politics News
The Real News

US intelligence agencies believe that members of Pakistan's spy service, the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI, helped plan the deadly July 7th bombing of India's embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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Sam Stein

Author Lashes Out At Romney's Explanation Of Anti-Muslim Rant

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2008 Campaign, Jihadism, Mansoor Ijaz, Cabinet Appointments, Irma Aguirre, Mitt Romney Muslims and Mitt Romney Muslims Cabinet, Politics News

The author of a much-discussed op-ed in the Christian Science Monitor -- which charged that former Gov. Mitt Romney said he would likely not appoint a...

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