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...near Fallujah last week. Most of the 1,200 Iraqis killed by insurgents since May 1 have died in suicide bombings. And yet, despite the frequency and deadliness of their attacks, almost nothing is known about individual bombers. Their identities have rarely been revealed and then only posthumously, on jihadist websites or carefully edited videotapes aimed at promoting the insurgent cause and attracting fresh recruits. Among the few who have been named, most are foreigners, many from Saudi Arabia...
...carrying out such a mission. He spoke to TIME in Baghdad on orders from his commander. The interview was the result of weeks of reporting on such insurgents in the hope of learning more about the identities and motivations of those behind the scourge of terrorism in Iraq. A jihadist group passed word that it would send one of its recruits to meet with us. Marwan was unaccompanied; we were not provided with any information about where he lives, works or trains. And out of concern for the safety of TIME's staff, no attempt was made to track...
...closer to his heart than his family or former friends. "The jihadis are more religious people," he says. "You ask them anything--anything--and they can instantly quote a relevant section from the Koran." Like them, Marwan works Koranic allusions into his speech. He has also embraced the jihadist worldview of one global Islamic state where there is, in Marwan's words, "no alcohol, no music and no Western influences." He concedes that he has not thought deeply about what life might be like in such a state; after all, he doesn't expect to live long enough to experience...
...series of sweeps across Spain netted a clutch of suspected Islamist extremists, but also fanned concerns that despite increased police pressure, jihadist activity has actually grown in recent months. Some 500 members of the security forces staged coordinated raids across Spain and its northern Moroccan enclave of Ceuta last week, taking in 16 alleged members of radical Islamist groups. Five were charged with involvement in the March 11, 2004, Madrid bombings that killed 191 and injured over 1,000. Spanish authorities say the other 11 men are suspected of recruiting radicals to join the insurgency fighting U.S.-led forces...
...words and deeds toward others." That turned out to be a bridge too far for Congressman Tom DeLay, who called down fire and brimstone upon the American judiciary. "The time will come for the men responsible for this to answer for their behavior, but not today," said the congressional jihadist, whose unholy combination of ethical relativism and moral vitriol has been, well, a godsend for Democrats...