Word: jihadism
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...scholar and rector of the State Islamic University in Jakarta, argues that a combination of poverty, the speed of societal change since the fall of dictator Suharto in 1998, and the Western military presence in Iraq, has left many young Muslims alienated and receptive to the message of global jihad. "The recruiters are good at brainwashing disoriented people and finding their weaknesses," says Azyumardi. Naivet? is also a factor. "Many of the recruits are simple village boys, and people like Nurdin can win them over with incredible speed," says Jakarta-based terrorism expert Ken Conboy. He notes that captured accomplices...
...article said that these networks contribute to the efficient planning and organization of jihad cells...
...real and constant, but it has not grown significantly higher of late," remarks one French counterterrorism official. "There was a little bit of grandstanding in some of his comments." Still, there is reason for concern. An offshoot of Algeria's ultraviolent Armed Islamic Group, the GSPC had largely waged jihad at home against the Algiers regime, but now appears set on taking its terrorism abroad, officials say. Confidential French intelligence reports reviewed by Time confirm the GSPC has decided within the last six months to internationalize its fight by linking with al-Qaeda-associated groups, and sees France...
...soon after his withdrawal. But he promised many times that any trouble across the fence would meet with a stern response. It wasn't hard for Israel to carry out its "targeted killings" of senior militants over the weekend. After all, the military wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, which have spent years under cover, haven taken to the streets of Gaza since the Israelis left, making inviting targets...
...radical says he was ordered by Riduan Isamuddin, the top terror operative better known as Hambali, to "pick [Khan] up, feed him, house him and take care of him," the source says. "He was checking out the places, trying to see how much funding was needed to keep the jihad going." Hambali, who was arrested in Thailand in August 2003, had extremely close links to al-Qaeda's leadership and acted as operations chief for Jemaah Islamiah (J.I.), the militant network credited with several bombings in the region, including the October 12, 2002 attack in Bali, Indonesia that killed...