Word: jihadism
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...benefit as much from Hariri's slaying as those in Damascus who want to maintain a stranglehold over Lebanon. The ?confession? broadcast on Lebanese TV, in which a man later identified as a Palestinian refugee purported to take responsibility for the killing in the name of a Qaeda-linked jihad against ?Greater Syria,? was quickly dismissed within the region as a clumsy fraud designed to draw attention away from the real killers...
...make it unacceptable. They will have to be co-opted into closer participation with the official organs of Palestinian governance and encouraged to devote their energies to the social work that is the basis of much of their popularity. The continued exclusion of groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad will only increase the chance of a renewal of violence...
...Rashodi, a winning fundamentalist candidate backed by Al Awdah, exulted in the outcome. "My friend, this is an Islamic country," he told Time. "Liberals are far from our society. They are like the West." Rashodi calls bin Laden "a good Muslim," though he says he disagrees with his global jihad...
...Brigades, and insists that if Abbas is serious about reviving the U.S.-backed ?roadmap? to peace his first priority will be to systematically disarm and dismantle the organizational infrastructure that would allow those groups to return to arms should the ?hudna? fail. Having voluntarily embraced a ceasefire, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al Aqsa brigades have made clear they have no intention of disarming - and Israeli security officials warn against accepting an arrangement that simply allows them breathing space. But Abbas has already made clear that while he can deploy his security forces to police an agreed cease-fire...
...that leads to a destination with which he?d not be comfortable. While making ritual deference to the ?roadmap? - a document with which Sharon has never fully supported - the Israeli leader emphasizes that its first phase requires Abbas to begin disarming and dismantling the operational structures of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aqsa Brigade. The Palestinians will seek to delay any such actions and seek more by way of political concessions from Israel in order to keep the ?hudna? intact...