Word: islamist
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...enough on their own. 1. Metaphors, metaphors, metaphors, metaphors. You can’t knock a classic. Since the mid-1980’s, Thomas has cranked out the most ridiculous metaphors this side of the Mississippi. Confused about the relationship between the Israeli-Palestinian struggle and the wider Islamist conflict with the West? “It’s Off Broadway to Broadway.” Wondering about the different ways Congress can treat China? It’s “either scapegoat or Sputnik.” Want to understand subtleties of diplomatic theory...
...kamikazes—much like Islamist suicide bombers—were fed a false account of their own cultural heritage. They were told that the samurai code, “bushido,” required self-sacrifice rather than surrender. But the Japanese military’s mantra repeated a fabricated history—according to Thomas, “many ancient Japanese warriors had been prisoners of war.” The scholarly Admiral Kurita penetrated through the “bushido” ruse. Too many of his countrymen...
...absolutely massive attention Islamist terrorism has gotten since September 11 has created a lucrative field for real and bogus analysts, experts, commentators - and even repented extremists," says one French counter-terrorism expert, who says his own inquiry among colleagues has yet to find anyone confirming Nasiri's alleged work for the French. "It's ironic that in this rush to cash in on terrorism, the charlatans usually scream louder than people with valuable information. Is that Nasiri's case - is he lying? I don't know. Am I skeptical? Absolutely. Will we ever find out if he's legitimate...
...blunt answer: probably not much more than came out of his discussion last week with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. If the President is hoping al-Hakim will be any more favorably inclined toward U.S. interests than the Prime Minister is, Bush is in for frustrating time. A hardline Islamist, Al-Hakim has frequently given fiery anti-American speeches, denouncing U.S. policies in Iraq, Lebanon and Israel...
...Lakemba is home to the country's best-known mosque and cleric, and also the place associated with Islamist extremists. Lakemba, where the police station was sprayed with gunfire in 1998, is also code for violent misfits in the fantasyland of the State's law and order politics. The Lakemba stigma, says Steve Conlon, principal of St. Therese primary, is evident in a decision by his Catholic school's P&F to scrub the suburb from its organization's name. Unemployment here is high, particularly among boys and men with low levels of education. Families live in small apartments; hope...