Word: terroriste
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Back then the mission seemed clear-cut and justified: to rid Afghanistan of a cruel, women-hating regime whose control over the country created a safe haven for a terrorist group that threatened the West. Even when they squabbled with Washington over Iraq, countries such as France and Germany stayed firm on Afghanistan. But public support has fallen over the years, and especially in the past 12 months. An August poll by French daily Le Figaro found that just 36% backed France's military's presence in Afghanistan. In July, a Forsa poll for German magazine Stern found that...
Uribe acknowledged the protesters in his speech, saying “Many have said ‘Uribe Paramilitar,’ ‘Uribe Fascista,’ but freedoms were restricted not because of the government, but because of the advance of terrorist groups...
After some bellicose rhetoric following the Jerusalem clashes, Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip but is labeled a terrorist organization by the U.S. and E.U., said it is committed to the cease-fire. "After the last war in January, the military wings in the Palestinian factions decided on their own to stop launching rockets, to push the Israeli side to stop their military activities against our people," Taher al-Nounou, a Hamas government spokesman, told TIME. "And I think it's a good policy." But al-Nounou warned that rocket fire from Gaza remains a legitimate response to Israeli offensive...
With Najibullah Zazi formally indicted on terrorism-related charges, a clearer picture is emerging of what the FBI says was a plot to bomb civilian targets in the U.S. Indeed, officials now say this may have been the most dangerous terrorist plot since 9/11. Many of the details revealed in court documents are chilling. The Afghan-born Zazi, who has denied the charges, is accused of buying ingredients for making bombs and of "cooking" an explosive mixture at a motel in Colorado. (Read how the Zazi case may help U.S. intelligence...
...Where was he recruited? It's possible Zazi simply turned up in Peshawar and asked to be led to the nearest jihadi recruitment center. Plenty of terrorists have done that. Given his legal residency in the U.S., he would have been a great get for any of the terrorist groups that operate in the northern Pakistani city...