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Armstrong contradicted Osama bin Laden’s reading of the Qu’ran as a call for unbelievers to be destroyed. She said violent passages in the Bible and Qu’ran are always succeeded by exultations of peace and mercy...
Reports that the U.S. is considering expanding its operations against Al Qaida in places as far-flung as the Philippines and Malaysia underscore the global reach of Osama Bin Laden's networks. A simple glance at the travel itineraries of many key Bin Laden operatives is enough to confirm that their networks have been extremely active in the Muslim regions of the Pacific Rim. And the pattern of anti-American protests in the region following the air strikes on Afghanistan - as well as some longstanding and extremely brutal local Islamic insurgencies with ties to Bin Laden's networks - suggests that...
...radicals from all over the world to Western Pakistan, where they were armed, trained and organized to fight alongside the Afghan mujahedeen warriors. A handful of those volunteers came from distant Malaysia and the Philippines. Many of the international volunteers for the Afghan jihad later formed the basis of Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaida network, and some of its earliest supporters came from Southeast Asia...
INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS Map: Hunting Osama Map: Nukes Pipeline Interactive: Taliban P.O.W. Revolt...
...Afghan jihad may have started the process of internationalizing radical Islamic politics, but Osama Bin Laden has consciously and carefully worked to extend it. His training camps in post-Soviet Afghanistan became a kind of international university of terrorism, offering courses in murder and mayhem to which radical Islamic movements all over the world were invited. And he also provided financial support to some of these regional insurgencies in order to cement ties and win their loyalty. Besides enabling their local struggles, his objective was also to align them with his global jihad against America, thereby greatly extending his operational...