Word: jihadism
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...moves against Arafat express the frustration at their inability to break out of a strategic logjam that has made commonplace the spectacle of broken, bloodied bodies on the streets of Israel?s cities despite the best efforts of its military to kill the commanders and operatives of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyr?s Brigade. Some argue that Arafat is the terror kingpin, that the whole Oslo enterprise was a tragic mistake that Israel now has an opportunity to rectify by turning back the clock 12 years. Others see him a cynical power broker flitting between the different...
...discreetly, with Arafat?s proxies, even while avoiding the PA president himself. Washington sought to sidestep Qureia?s challenge, saying the new prime minister would be judged by the same standard Washington has used with Abbas - the extent to which he?s willing to crack down on Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other radical groups. But Qureia is no more likely than Abbas to launch a Palestinian civil war, and he?s insisting on Arafat?s rehabilitation as a precondition for new peace efforts...
...Qaeda appear to have been spurious, they may nonetheless have created a self-fulfilling prophesy. Arab and Muslim outrage at the U.S. occupation of Iraq has created a new organizing principle for al-Qaeda, whose spokesmen now urge their followers worldwide to make their way to Iraq to wage jihad against the invaders. For bin Laden's followers, the growing insurgency in Iraq is more than simply a golden opportunity to spill their enemy's blood on a battlefield more accessible than most; it's an opportunity to lay the foundation for the next generation of al-Qaeda...
...Turki al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz, the kingdom's longtime intelligence chief. Zubaydah said bin Laden "personally" told him of a 1991 meeting at which Turki agreed to let bin Laden leave Saudi Arabia and to provide him with secret funds as long as al-Qaeda refrained from promoting jihad in the kingdom. The Pakistani contact, high-ranking air force officer Mushaf Ali Mir, entered the equation, Zubaydah said, at a 1996 meeting in Pakistan also attended by Zubaydah. Bin Laden struck a deal with Mir, then in the military but tied closely to Islamists in Pakistan's Inter-Services...
...Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are the dark horses in America's war on terrorism. Both nations are promoting anti-American culture and a violent intolerant version of Islam. Yet our government calls them "Allies". The Saudis "help" fellow Islamic nations by building madrassahs and funding jihad. Pakistan now has close to 50,000 madrassahs graduating thousands of jihadis each year. Where did the money for this come from? The road to jihadi passes through the desert kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Vinod Kumar Atlanta...