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...latest audiotape pronouncement to the world, released Dec. 16 on an extremist Islamic website, Osama bin Laden largely shifted his attention from the U.S. to the Saudi royal family. He called its members "agents of infidels," praised the Dec. 6 attack on the U.S. consulate in Jidda and urged Muslims to support the insurgency in Iraq. According to one leading expert, the new tape was part of a change in emphasis in recent communications by the al-Qaeda leader and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri--an effort to speak as much to the Muslim world...
...prepares for his second term in office, President George W. Bush has to face the fact that the war on terror is not yet won. Despite limited success against terrorist personalities and the terrorist infrastructure linked to al-Qaeda, extremist groups have survived. In Southeast Asia, such groups continue to pose a significant threat to regional and Western targets alike...
...intervention by a U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan in 2001 helped reduce the strategic threat from terrorism in Southeast Asia. But the invasion of Iraq in 2003 angered Muslims in the region. Some have expressed their anger by supporting terrorist and extremist groups opposed to the U.S. Even more than Palestine, the events in Iraq have had a profound effect on Southeast Asian Muslims. It is only a matter of time before small numbers of radicalized Southeast Asians travel to Iraq to participate in the jihad. But though local Asian terrorist groups have been strengthened by the invasion of Iraq...
...when he broke the law to perform gay marriages. He condoned late-term abortions. He had nothing to say about Janet Jackson's Super Bowl breast flash. Unlike Al Gore, he did not even give a speech supporting faith-based social programs. To religious conservatives, he seemed a secular extremist...
...special responsibility to pursue a peaceful settlement with Israel. With presidential elections less than two months away, the Palestinians have the chance to elect a new leadership, which will steer the Palestinians toward the dream of a free and democratic Palestine standing side by side with a peaceful Israel. Extremist groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad must be thwarted; they must be prevented from carrying Palestinian aspirations down the road toward greater violence and hatred. This is the Palestinians’ first and most significant trial after the passing of their national patriarch, and they must be thoughtful and pragmatic...