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...director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Leon Panetta, confirmed this in an interview, saying that the agency’s campaign against militants in Pakistan’s tribal areas was the “most effective weapon” the Obama administration had to combat al Qaeda??s top leadership...
...impossible to effectively combat terrorism without awareness of the roots and goals of terrorist groups.The first half of “What Terrorists Want” lays out a fascinating and illuminating history that takes the reader from the first-century Jewish struggle against the Romans to al Qaeda??s jihad against America. A picture of terrorism emerges that stretches from Indonesia to Germany and embraces both secular and religious causes. Perhaps the most profound facet of Richardson’s work is her documentation of the continuity of terrorism.Despite the breadth of terrorist groups that Richardson examines...
...questionable if the UN has the right to impose troops against a nation’s will. Better, say critics, to offer a new package of incentives to Sudan. Moreover, critics worry that planting a foreign force in a predominantly Muslim nation like Sudan risks sparking jihad. Al Qaeda??s second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahri, released a video last Friday urging Muslims to defend Sudan from “crusaders masked as United Nations [troops].” In light of such alarming sentiments, it is unsurprising that all internal efforts have failed to bring peace...
...Islamic Commission of Spain, which represents the country’s one million Muslims, issued a fatwa (or Islamic edict) against Osama bin Laden. This fatwa declared bin Laden and al Qaeda??s terrorist acts at opposition with the teachings of Islam and bin Laden’s use of the Koran to justify his actions as unlawful. It also calls for all Muslims to consider al Qaeda apostates of Islam...
...only reason that 46 percent of Americans still believe the invasion of Iraq was justified. After all, 74 percent of the country, including 58 percent of President Bush’s own supporters, say they would only support the war if Saddam had WMD or ties to Al Qaeda??which of course he did not. Bush literally needed voters to believe outright lies to sustain support for his policies...