Word: jihadists
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...Much depends on how you define jihadist groups. "European penal law wouldn't recognize al-Qaeda as an organization," says Manuel Cancio, professor of criminal law at Madrid's Autonomous University. "It doesn't have hierarchical structure or leaders or clear lines of authority. So in this case, it's hard to say: are we talking about one organization or two?" Joan Queralt, professor of criminal law at the University of Barcelona, agrees. "The Mafia is the Mafia whether it commits a crime in Italy or in New York," he says. "But each jihadist group is distinct...
...Rogelio Alonso, terrorism expert at King Juan Carlos University, there was also sufficient evidence that "several members of the March 11 cell had very close links to al-Qaeda leaders." But the sentencing made no reference to al-Qaeda, arguing only that some of the accused constituted a "terrorist jihadist cell." Judges were clearly unswayed by the mountain of indirect evidence, the most common kind in international terrorism cases...
Spanish security forces have greatly reformed themselves in the past three years--increasing staffing and reorganizing in order to connect the disparate dots of jihadist conspiracies. Spain's judges would do well to learn those lessons...
...Laden may not have the religious authority to issue a fatwa, but for some in Pakistan, his declaration of war against President Pervez Musharraf carries the same weight as a papal excommunication. More importantly, though, bin Laden's denunciation of General Musharraf as an "apostate leader" is a jihadist echo of the charge by secular opponents that the general's efforts to hold on to power are illegitimate...
Despite a recent three-month jihadist uprising, a nine-month street campaign by the Iranian opposition to bring down the U.S.-backed government and rumors of war swirling all around, it's business as usual in Beirut's packed nightclubs. The good-looking people in this good-time town have long partied to a sound track of popping champagne corks, clacking high heels and the generic beat of computer-generated dance music--whatever it takes to drown out the beat of Lebanon's continual crises. But for a relatively small number of Beirut hipsters, there's another sound track...