Word: jordanian
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...world - a result of its traditional backing for Arab causes and its opposition to the Iraq war - into a positive outcome. "Because of France's distinguished position in rejecting the Anglo-American occupation of Iraq, we appeal to the people who kidnapped the journalists to spare their lives," the Jordanian Islamic Action Front declared in a rare display of unity with the national government. Negotiating a release, though, is a tricky business. "The problem is, the nature and control of these groups are evolving and radicalizing all the time," says French terror expert Roland Jacquard, who has worked...
...resistance has its divisions--at least in part because jihadist leaders allied to al-Qaeda--linked Jordanian terrorist Abu Mousab alZarqawi, a proponent of the unified command, seem to be trying to take control. Militant sources tell TIME that their rise has alienated some insurgents, especially the Baathists and nationalists, who resent the influence of foreigners. Whoever wins, the more disturbing development is that some Iraqi jihadis, hoping to take their fight beyond Iraq's borders, are threatening to launch a terrorist campaign in the U.S. "If America continues to shield its people from the truth," says an al-Zarqawi...
...government can, however, take some comfort from the fact that isolating the foreign element in the insurgency may be emerging as a point of consensus. To the extent that foreign fighters, particularly those linked with Jordanian extremist Musab al-Zarqawi, are seen as responsible for suicide bombings that indiscriminately target Iraqi civilians - and also for the gruesome kidnapping and beheading of foreign civilians - they are a problem not only for the new government, but also for its Arab neighbors and even for the more nationalist element of the insurgency...
...tension between Zarqawi and nationalist insurgents was made evident some months ago in the letter intercepted ostensibly from the Jordanian to Osama bin Laden, in which he complained that the Iraqis were averse to suicide attacks and that they wanted to go home to their wives after a day's fighting. In other words, Zarqawi complained that the Iraqi insurgents actually imagined a future for themselves. And that being the case, they'd be averse both to suicide attacks and also to tactics such as the indiscriminate killing of Shiites (as advocated by Zarqawi) that would imperil prospects for holding...
...professionals and carefully picking fights that can be won. With as yet no army to speak of, the government is throwing al-Shahwani's agents straight into the trenches. Their prime targets are the global terrorists and foreign jihadis who take their cues from Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian acolyte of Osama bin Laden. The new government is blunt in its approach. "Be ruthless. Either they kill you or you kill them," National Security Adviser Muwaffak al-Rubaie tells TIME. "With them, there can be no mercy." Al-Rubaie thinks al-Zarqawi made a "fatal mistake" with the wave...