Word: jihadization
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...believe that fighting "infidel" occupiers is a Koranic imperative. Tensions exist between former military officers and paid militia, called fedayeen in insurgent circles, and the Muslim fighters who label themselves mujahedin, or holy warriors. The very name indicates that they would like the insurgency to become a sanctioned religious jihad against the U.S. So far, though, the groups have largely set aside their differences to focus on a common goal...
Asked by TIME about Mohammed's case, a U.S. military official in Baghdad replied by e-mail that there was a surefire place to check: the master list of detainees' names that every police station now has. Armed with this answer, Mohammed's brother Adil went to al-Jihad police station near the family home last week and asked for the list. The lieutenant on duty drew a blank, saying he had no knowledge...
...attack, Reid was identified by detained veterans of al-Qaeda's Afghan training centers as having attended the Khalden camp, which catered to European-national jihadists and taught kamikaze tactics. Both Zacarias Moussaoui, the accused "20th hijacker," and "millennium bomber" Ahmed Ressam were Khalden graduates. That Khalden nurtured European jihad recruits was no accident. The camp was run by Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian who acted as al-Qaeda's chief recruiter and puppet master of Europe-based terrorists until his arrest in Pakistan in March 2002. According to French antiterror officials, phone intercepts show Zubaydah telegraphed preparations for a foiled...
...tougher for bin Laden's men to strike inside the enemy's borders. But the enemy has plenty of attractive soft targets scattered throughout the Muslim world where affiliated franchises are available and able to take on the job. Al-Qaeda has evidently found a powerful rallying point for jihad in the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Since the invasion, the number and frequency of attacks have risen dramatically. It serves al-Qaeda's propaganda purposes to make people believe it is behind every outrage--even if like-minded groups are acting on their own. Investigators suspect bin Laden's outfit...
...manner of striking Arab or Islamic governments that militants condemn as corrupt," says the adviser to Morocco's King. France's Jacquard calls the tactic a new "strategy of rupture." The purpose, he says, is to force Muslims "to finally, fatally decide whether they are for or against righteous jihad." Jacquard says Saudi intelligence officials told him the Riyadh bombers who struck on Nov. 8 picked their target, knowing the apartment complex housed many Arabs, to send the message that all who resist jihad are fair game. To kill fellow Muslims during Ramadan, as terrorists did in Istanbul and Riyadh...