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Beheading Sparks Fears of Return to Violence in Algeria

newsblaze.com     4 hrs ago   1 related          

By The Media Line Staff The beheading of an elderly farmer in a small village in rural Algeria has left the locals in shock, with some fearing a return to the dark days of the 1990s, Magharebia News reported. During the '90s...                

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Washington Post: WE WANT MORE MUSLIM READERS/REPORTERS

yidwithlid.blogspot.com     yesterday          

All this time I thought the Washington Post was trying to follow a liberal agenda. HOW WRONG ! It is skewing its news to attract more Muslim Readers and Reporters. According to Managing Editor Philip Bennett, the paper is going...                

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Is democracy a security issue?

dailystaregypt.com     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

The problem that authoritarian regimes have with democracy is not only that it may undermine the foundations of authoritarianism and tyranny and reveal the false legitimacy on which such regimes rely to survive, but also in the...                

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Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya In Egypt Says No To Tehran Memorial For Sadat's Assassin

thememriblog.org     Jul 22, 2008          

Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiyya in Egypt has harshly criticized Iran's decision to make a sequel to the film "Assassination of a Pharaoh" that praises Khaled Al-Islambouli, assassin of Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat and a member of...                

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US targets alleged leaders of Algerian terror group linked to numerous attacks

iht.com     Jul 17, 2008   20 related          

The Bush administration acted Thursday against four alleged leaders of an al-Qaida-linked terror group that has carried out numerous attacks in Algeria. The Treasury Department said the individuals designated are part of...                

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Treasury Targets Al Qaida-Affiliated Terror Group in Algeria

treasury.gov     Jul 17, 2008          

July 17, 2008HP-1085Treasury Targets Al Qaida-Affiliated Terror Group in AlgeriaWashington, DC--The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four leaders of al Qaida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a...                

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Hearts and minds

economist.com     Jul 17, 2008   1 related          

Al-Qaeda's star is falling in Iraq but rising in the MaghrebTHE "Islamic State of Iraq", as al-Qaeda and its jihadist allies in that country like to call themselves, pumps out a stream of triumphant videos showing its fighters...                

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Saudi Salafism a Stronger Force in Islamist Militancy than Recanting Clerics

jamestown.org     Jul 16, 2008          

By Michael Scheuer In the past month, the media have reported an attack on India’s embassy in Kabul, killing 41; an attack on the Red Mosque in Islamabad, killing 10; an attack on the U.S. consulate in Istanbul, killing six; a...                

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Why Terrorists Quit: Gaining from al Qaeda's Losses

counterterrorismblog.org     Jul 16, 2008   3 related          

I had a piece in this month's Sentinel -- the journal issued by the West Point Combating Terrorism Center. In it, I discuss an area that has not received the attention it deserves -- the issue of why seemingly committed...                

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Turning their backs on jihad

salon.com     Jul 16, 2008   3 related          

Disenchanted with Osama bin Laden, former holy warriors are renouncing violence. After the Soviet army withdrew in disgrace from Kabul and Kandahar, Benotman returned to his native Libya, where he became one of the leaders of...                

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