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...when it suits their needs. But insurgent sources tell TIME that elements in the resistance, especially jihadis who have ties to al-Qaeda, are pushing to unite the area's disparate militants under a single command. The insurgents are working through a loose assembly of leaders known as Mujahedin Shura, often translated as "supreme council of the mujahedin." This informal group, which meets occasionally to share intelligence and tactical tips, already has a defense minister, an army chief and an operations commander of sorts. At recent meetings, insurgent leaders--including Iraqi nationalists, Baathists and sundry Sunni extremists--have debated streamlining...
Along with HIPJ, the event was co-sponsored by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM), Harvard Islamic Society, Harvard Society of Arab Students, Harvard Friends of Amnesty International, Harvard College Democrats and the Shura Islamic Forum...
...HDS’ Shura Islamic Forum and Jewish Students’ Association said they sponsored the panel to promote interfaith discussion, though the groups said they do not necessarily support the views of the Search for Justice and Equality in Palestine/Israel group...
...Provincial governor Jan Mohammed Khan asked the U.S. officers why the school had been attacked, only to be told, "We don't know who bombed them". A senior member of the Kandahar shura (governing council) loyal to the new government in Kabul says he met with U.S. military officials at their airbase last week. "They acknowledged there had been a mistake," he says...
...post-Taliban Afghanistan, the local political infighting often intersects with charges and counter-charges of Talib connections. Take warlord Mohammed Younis, for example. "He was saying he was chief of this district, he was saying this district is mine. He wanted to take it by force," says Uruzgan shura chairman Haji Sofi Mohammed Halim. Days before the U.S. attack, Younis had lost out in acrimonious local power struggle. But it may have been his possible links to very senior Taliban leaders that help explain the events at Uruzgan...