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...behind it; and Palestinian security officials confirmed that the bomber, Abdullah Badran, was a member of Abbas?s own Fatah faction of the P.L.O. But Fatah?s Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militia denied involvement, as did Hamas. Suspicion fell on Hizballah, the Lebanese fundamentalist group, but on Saturday Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility. Palestinian observers say Islamic Jihad - which like Hizballah gets backing from Iran - may have been pressured by the Lebanese group to claim the attack. Officials say Hizballah wants to kill the trust between Abbas and the Israelis. Abbas didn?t accuse Hizballah directly, but said ?there is a third...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Unwelcome Return | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

...Paintball Jihad June 2003 Eleven men were indicted for training-- sometimes with paintball sessions in Virginia--to fight with Islamists in Kashmir Six of the men pleaded guilty; three were convicted; two were acquitted on all charges. The guilty received sentences ranging from four years to life in prison

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Terror Goes on Trial | 2/27/2005 | See Source »

...Rice and other top officials last week ticked off a list of grievances against the Baathist regime of President Bashar Assad, from Syria's destabilizing presence in Lebanon to its alleged support of insurgents in Iraq to its funding and protection of terrorist groups like Hizballah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Bush said Syria "is out of step" with U.S. policy in the region, while members of Congress called for the U.S. to punish the Assad government for its litany of misdeeds. The strategy isn't hard to read. As Washington continues its push for change in the Middle East, taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trouble with Syria | 2/21/2005 | See Source »

...more than a criminal gang that kidnapped people, particularly foreigners, for ransom. But under new leader Khadaffy Janjalani, a militant who learned his trade in the mid-1990s in camps in Afghanistan run by al-Qaeda, Abu Sayyaf has returned to its original goal: establishing an Islamic state through jihad. According to Philippine and regional intelligence sources, Janjalani is strengthening ties with not just M.N.L.F. rebels but also Jemaah Islamiah, the network of Islamic militants blamed for the 2002 Bali bombings and which regional security officials say is al-Qaeda's proxy in Southeast Asia. "The ferry bombing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "They Are Very Scary" | 2/20/2005 | See Source »

...panic. Syria is isolated diplomatically and under fire from the Bush administration, which accuses Damascus of doing too little to curb the flow of men and money to insurgents in Iraq, and demands an end to Syria's backing for Hezbollah and the Palestinian militants of Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Domestically, its stagnant economy raises the pressure on a regime dominated by a small ethnic minority (the Allawites) trading on a long bankrupted Baathist ideology. Its international economic and diplomatic isolation, combined with the strategic blow of losing its hold on Lebanon while Israel and the Palestinians restart their peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Syria Feels the Heat from a Beirut Bombing | 2/15/2005 | See Source »

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