Word: jihadism
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...Prime Minister. But the deal has stalled. It has run into much public opposition partly because it is backed by the U.S., which is increasingly unpopular in Pakistan. Al-Qaeda militants and other extremists in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, meanwhile, are capitalizing on the discontent to launch a jihad against Musharraf's regime - in recent weeks, the country has been rocked by bomb blasts. Musharraf's political rivals sense his weakness. "If he thinks that by sending Sharif into exile he is going to save his own skin, he is sorely mistaken," says Imran Khan, the former cricket star...
...TIME: Why could you not accept the Islamic Courts Union taking charge in Somalia? Meles: Because these groups had declared jihad on us. And the TFG also gave us the legal ground for intervening by inviting us to come in. Now is Somalia stable yet? No, it is not, and it is not going to be absolutely tranquil any time soon. But the level of violence has dramatically gone down...
...incorrect language, they don't look like Muslims to most people, and the freedom of movement and lack of suspicion that affords is used to the hilt in preparing attacks," the French intelligence official explains. "In addition to their radicalism, converts often feel they are proving their piety through jihad. That's an extra motivation that makes them a real danger...
...cell. He is believed to have converted and come under the influence of extremists in the southern city of Neu-Ulm, whose large militant community has concerned officials for years. Investigators say the operational cells were formed after the trio had undergone training in Pakistan by the radical Islamic Jihad Union, and received periodic logistical support as they advanced their plot from a score of people also being sought. If accurate, that description of Fritz Martin G.'s journey toward jihadist terror activity mirrors those of earlier converts...
...Ismael Haniyeh [the Hamas leader and ex-Prime Minister], but it would be those right under him," one source told TIME. Until now, Israel has refrained from targeting Hamas's political leadership since they are not involved in the rocket attacks on Israel - the rocketeers usually belong to Islamic Jihad and other smaller Palestinian militant groups. "We want Hamas on the run so that they can't attack us with rockets or suicide bombers," claimed this source...