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...prose sounded beautiful, soothing, and peaceful. But the words were very portentous, and I paraphrase them here. 'Our prayers have not been answered. Times are dire,' he said with an uncanny combination of surrender and despair. 'We didn't receive support from the apostate nations who call themselves our Muslim brothers. Things might have been different.' His final words to his fighters that night revealed a tired and weary warrior. 'I'm sorry for getting you involved in this battle, if you can no longer resist, you may surrender with my blessing...
...soldiers' bravery and strength, the story suffers from a hesitancy to critically reassess the events of the Tora Bora battle - a hesitancy to which Fury finally succumbs in the penultimate chapter, admitting that "we were naïve back in December 2001 to think that Westerners could invade a Muslim country and rely on indigenous fighters to kill their Islamic brothers with tenacity and impunity." What readers are ultimately left with, though, is the barest outline of bin Laden, the man who has become an international punchline while making a joke out of the governments that have pursued...
...invaders below. Over the centuries, Constantinople faced attacks from Goths, Persians, Bulgars, Russians, Papal crusaders and Arabs - and from the Turks, who eventually overran the city after the brutal siege of 1453. And while its people were experts at using soft power - Constantinople managed cordial relations with Muslim neighbors throughout most of its history - they also knew the terror of being a target. It was the price, familiar to many in the post-9/11 world, of living in a wealthy metropolis...
...chain letters that proclaim themselves revelations, bringing real Americans the news withheld by the sinister liberal media. Several of these letters have seized upon the apparently shocking fact that Senator Obama’s middle name is a name common in the Middle East—among Muslims! These letters, of course, appeal only to those willing to inhale alarmist propaganda without a moment’s worth of fact-checking. Yet the true disappointing consequence of these outlandish suggestions is that the defenders of Obama’s good name unwittingly dig in to positions they should never have...
...pilgrims visiting a nearby shrine. The Indian government eventually backed down, but Hindu hardliners subsequently enforced a blockade of the only road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of India. The opening of cross-Line of Control trade route is seen by some as a concession to the Muslim majority of Indian-administered Kashmir...