Word: jihadization
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...toppling the pro-Western monarchy in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, security officials in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. suspect that he has become a central participant in a loose network that provides funds for Islamic terrorists. Rather than depending solely on states like Sudan, Iran or Libya, this group's jihad is being coordinated and underwritten by individuals as well. In addition to making his own financial contributions, bin Laden plays another role, several sources believe: he raises money from Islamic businessmen, mainly in the Gulf, runs it through companies in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East and eventually funnels...
...little embarrassing. Just before the murderous last spate of bombings in Israel, Hasan Habibi, Vice President of Iran, visited Syria for what amounted to a pep rally for Middle East terrorism. Gathered at Iran's embassy in Damascus were the leaders of such Palestinian extremist groups as Hizballah, Islamic Jihad, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command and Hamas...
...Arafat, has instead settled for limited self-rule in the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a prelude, he hopes, to a secular Palestinian state alongside Israel. The fear among Hamas followers is that if Arafat succeeds, their vision will die, so their group and a smaller offshoot, Islamic Jihad, have engaged in a terror spree that has claimed at least 123 lives since the peace accord was signed. If Hamas causes enough damage, the theory goes, Israel will abrogate the accords and the edifice of peace will tumble...
...arare interview last September with TIME's Dowell, the blind Egyptian cleric said "everyone feels that it is Islam which has been put on trial. The U.S. wants to use this case to put Islam down." Rahman also said that the West has misinterpreted the Islamic term jihad as terrorism. "Self-defense is legal in all religions. People who are defending their lands are called terrorists. Of course, this interpretation is useful to the West. It legitimizes attacks against any country in the Third World...
Some 800 Palestinian prisoners walked out of Israeli prisons Wednesday as part of the country's peace agreement with the PLO. Members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad were freed along with Palestinians convicted of petty crimes. Israel has freed more than 7,000 prisoners since making peace with the PLO in September 1993. Israel and the PLO will decide the fate of the more than 2,800 that remain in custody during talks on final status of the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem scheduled to begin...