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...daughter of a “shahid”—a martyr—sharply criticized extremist jihads last night, asking people to speak out in support of Israel in order to achieve peace in the troubled Middle East...
According to The New York Times, a spokesman for Senator McCain said that he “would have signed South Dakota’s extremist anti-abortion law.” HB1215, signed into law on March 6 by S.D. Governor Mike Rounds, prohibits all abortions in the state. The law also criminalizes the sale of any drug that could lead to the termination of a human embryo...
...generation of minority and women college graduates has entered the workforce, creating a significant black middle class and a more integrated society. But the price has been resentment, especially in the white working class, and some real inequities. Racial gerrymandering of legislative districts, for example, has created a distorted, extremist politics of racial identification, especially in the South...
...will toward America in Arab public opinion that it becomes increasingly difficult for even friendly Arab regimes to lend support to Washington. The 9/11 Commission made a similar point, noting that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a key source of hostility toward the U.S. that is exploited by extremist elements. Still, not much has changed in the Administration's policy positions. And despite the urgent pleas of such key U.S. allies as Jordan's King Abdullah - and even Britain's Prime Minister Tony Blair - for a speedy resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there would likely be a strong backlash...
...officials knew about training in Afghan camps and the operations of some underground cells - and vouched for certain information he'd seen earlier in classified form. Doubters retort that much information and even video of training camps has been made public over the years, along with vast reporting on extremist activity and thinking. Using all of that, it wouldn't take an Arabic speaker with a little access to radical circles - and a sharp imagination - to create a credible-sounding story...