Word: arabism
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...anniversary tape to praising al-Qaeda's "blessed union" with the radical Algerian Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) and singled France out as its target. Zawahiri pledged the new partnership would become "a bone in the throats of the American and French crusaders," and urged supporters to target Arab states - including Algeria - that have battled terrorism alongside Washington, London, and Paris. "Crush the pillars of the crusader alliance" Zawahiri intoned, "and strike fear in the hearts of the traitors and apostate sons of France...
...Backlash Against Iran's Role in Lebanon The notion that Iranian dollars are going to Lebanese Shi`ites is fueling animosity between the Persian community and the Arab world...
...Assad, whose regime is officially secular despite its close alliance with the Islamic Republic of Iran, often casts himself as the champion of radical Islamic movements. Last month, in a speech openly ridiculing moderate Arab leaders, he hailed Hizballah's war in Lebanon as a stinging defeat for Israel that undercut American plans for the region. But it is beginning to look like at least some of the Islamists consider his regime the enemy...
...Another way to look at it is that the Syrian regime may be reaping what it sows. Among Arab leaders, Assad is alone in his outspoken support for Islamic militant groups like Hizballah in Lebanon, and the Palestinan factions, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. U.S. officials believe that the Assad regime has secretly aided the three-year-old Sunni insurgency in Iraq, providing passage for jihad volunteers and funds, and safe haven for insurgency leaders. At the start of the war in 2003, Arab jihadists who poured into Damascus en route to Baghdad were allowed to openly line up outside...
...security actions by the Palestinian Authority against the militants - which means Abbas may find himself serving simply as the interlocutor between Hamas and Olmert in the event of any talks, or promising things he's unable to deliver. Unable to secure Israeli movement toward a settlement based on the Arab League's Beirut principles, he may be hoping that Israel would at least release the hundreds of millions of dollars of PA revenue it is currently holding. But the Israeli leadership may be inclined to use the status of those funds as leverage over Hamas on security issues...