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...being under attack may be amplified by personal experience of discrimination, and then validated by exchanges with like-minded friends, family members and Internet users, before being converted into action by "al-Qaeda." Not, as Sageman puts it, "al-Qaeda Central" (made up of those who have sworn an oath of loyalty to Osama bin Laden), but al-Qaeda the informal network, mobilizing radicalized Islamists around the world without any contact with bin Laden...
...being under attack may be amplified by personal experience of discrimination and then validated by exchanges with like-minded friends, family members and Internet users before being converted into action by "al-Qaeda." Not, as Sageman puts it, "al-Qaeda Central" (made up of those who have sworn an oath of loyalty to Osama bin Laden) but al-Qaeda the informal network, mobilizing radicalized Islamists around the world without any contact with bin Laden...
...give up her post at the Pontifical academy. She denied there was any conflict of interest in having served the Vatican in the past. "Like others I have done volunteer work for the Church; mine has been as an academic," Glendon said. "I understand my role. I took my oath." And, we can safely assume, she's said her prayers...
...largest export markets into blunting their competitive edge, especially after he’s pledged to meet some of the world’s worst dictators without preconditions. Obama isn’t all talk; his policy positions fill reams of paper. If he takes the oath of office in January, he’ll drown U.S. businesses in regulations and they’ll be less competitive in the world economy. Sure, he’s inspiring. But our troubled economy can’t afford the left-wing policies beneath the veneer. Senator Obama claims...
...poised to invalidate his October re-election by a then pliant parliament - the call for Shari'a grew louder. Pakistan's justice system - slow, corrupt and usually anything but just - had earlier commenced a quiet renaissance. But a new court was installed, stacked with judges who signed an oath of loyalty to Musharraf. The court has little credibility with the Pakistani public, who see the whole episode as yet another confirmation of a corrupt justice system, where those in power make the rules. Shari'a, whose supreme authority is God, not a President, is increasingly seen as a solution...