Word: jihadization
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...semiautonomous status by the Taliban, represents the kind of element the U.S. thinks it can woo: opportunistic leaders or fighters, outside the core group of dedicated followers, who may be just along for the ride. Many of these men, while fervent Afghan nationalists, don't necessarily believe in a jihad against the West...
...Another undercover team found a second member of the hit squad, Salah Alawi, hiding under a car outside his house in Azzariyeh, on the edge of Jerusalem. And in the West Bank village of Doura, the "Yamas Ayosh" undercover unit of the Border Police snatched Yusef Tabeishi, an Islamic Jihad activist Israel says was involved in several terror attacks. In all three cases, senior officers say they'll be able to extract valuable intelligence under interrogation...
...could potentially gather all the Palestinian people behind him and be involved in negotiations on the entire population’s behalf. Unfortunately, Arafat has proven to be unwilling or unable to unite the Palestinian people in the peace process, as radical groups such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad have gained more and more popularity among the Palestinian people...
...also exhorts the faithful to “slay or crucify or cut the hands and feet of the unbelievers, that they be expelled from the land with disgrace and that they shall have a great punishment in world hereafter.” War or peace, persecution or tolerance, jihad as “internal struggle” or jihad as “crusade against infidels”—these debates have riven Islamic society from the beginning...
...pressure on Arafat to do more against the militants, but they also undermine his ability to show Palestinians that what was achieved by negotiating with Israel in the Oslo process was an end to Israel's occupation of those areas. Those perceptions ultimately reinforce the claims of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other militants who oppose a resumption of negotiations and advocate guerrilla war. Still, Israeli public opinion right now is far closer to Sharon's take on Araft than to that of Peres. All of which is bad news for Washington, but which may give bin Laden reason to smile...