Word: jihadization
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...Zinni's visit allows Sharon to paint the inevitable retreat from Palestinian areas recently reoccupied as a concession. More important, the Israelis believe - with good reason - that no matter what cease-fire agreement is reached, Yasser Arafat will be unable or unwilling to take down Hamas and Islamic Jihad, much less to disarm the militias linked to his own Fatah movement. The Israelis may be trying to get as much of the job done themselves before Washington requires a tamping down of hostilities...
...Akbar is editor in chief of The Asian Age. His next book, The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity, will be published...
...Qaeda training camp 10 km outside Poso, on the island of Sulawesi. The document gives a detailed breakdown of the location and staffing of the camp: Arabic was the working language; new arrivals were issued pistols and Kalashnikov automatic rifles and then asked to show their commitment to jihad by joining in the island's bloody Muslim-Christian clashes. Indonesia's most senior civilian intelligence officer, former army general Hendropriyono, at first acknowledged, then denied the existence of the so-called Camp Mujahidin...
...fighting so far has killed eight U.S. soldiers as well as hundreds of al-Qaeda and Taliban loyalists. The U.S.-led Operation Anaconda, the offensive in the eastern mountains, has met strong resistance. Al-Qaeda suffered heavy losses, but it was bolstered by reinforcements after local leaders "called a jihad," said U.S. Major General Frank Hagenbeck, the operation's commander. Local rivalries have further frustrated the coalition. Padshah Khan, a tribal leader allied to the U.S., wants control of Gardez, the provincial capital, and has threatened to attack rival allied Afghans who hold the city. The international peacekeeping force...
...Soviet Union. Today, those very bases have become staging grounds for the war on terror. Yet America’s ally has fallen on hard times. Pakistan is a country held hostage by its own “special interests”—the Afghan jihad, Saudi funding and government mismanagement. The more important reality, however, is that Pakistan’s current government has declared war on these thugs and the things for which they stand. And Pakistanis have responded to the call with approval...