NYTimes as usual is clueless. al-Qaeda has already obtained fatwas
permitting use of women as jihad fighters…
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In Islam there are no moderates or radicals…only Muslims.
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Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad:=20
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"There is no such thing as a moderate Muslim. We are fundamentalists in
Malaysia. We follow the true teachings of the religion and the true
teachings do not […]
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Analysis of Decapitation as a Counter-Terror Strategy=20
http://terrorwonk.blogspot.com/2008/05/statistical-analysis-of-decapitation=
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as.html
The most recent edition of
The Journal of International Policy Solutions published a statistica=
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analysis I wrote on the efficacy of killing or capturing the top leaders of
a terrorist organizations. Entitled "Testing The Snake Head Strategy: Does
Killing or Capturing its Leaders Reduce a Terrorist Group’s Activity?" the
article can be […]
More details.
Clearly allies ran afoul of each other due to lack of deconfliction.
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Italy officer tells of spying on spies in cleric’s kidnapping
Luca Bruno / Associated Press
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-rendition29-2008may29,0,
2445725.story?track=ntothtml
Testifying in the trial of 26 Americans, the officer recalls how police
tracked cellphone traffic to piece together prosecution of the disputed
practice known as extraordinary rendition.
By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times […]
Pursuit of ‘fairness’ hinders real debate
http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/pdfs/20080529/A17.pdf
Tahir Aslam Gora
The Hamilton Spectator
(May 29, 2008)
"Don’t take this book seriously. This is just propaganda. It’s not a
scholarly work."
This was the caution posed by a self-proclaimed progressive Muslim who sits
on a board of Canada’s most prominent group working for freedom of
expression.
The caution was about Mark Steyn’s book, America Alone: The […]
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200805/CO
M20080529b.html
War Is Expensive, But Defeat Costs More
By Ed Feulner
CNSNews.com Commentary
May 29, 2008
It’s one thing to put a price tag on something. It’s another to figure out
its cost.
Consider education. Every year, taxpayers invest $14,400 per student in the
District of Columbia school system. That’s a lot, considering that fourth-
and eighth-graders there scored dead last in the nation […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/may/29/hill-tells-fbi-to-explain-st
aff-gap/
Hill tells FBI to explain staff gap
GAO called to investigate
Jerry Seper
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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Lawmakers are demanding that the FBI
explain "unacceptable vacancy rates" in the bureau’s counterterrorism
division and have asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate
the impact of current FBI staff shortages.
"This [staffing] shortage is hampering the FBI’s most important […]
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2259827.htm?tab=latest
Australian police ‘losing publicity battle’ over terrorism
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Australia’s Federal Police Commissioner Mick Keelty says his agency may be
losing the publicity battle over counter-terrorism.
Speaking at a function in Brisbane, Commissioner Keelty said the AFP has
considered creating a television program about the organisation to improve
the community’s view of its work.
But he says it is difficult because […]
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080528/ap_on_re_us/enemy_combatant_2;_ylt=AjU13
Z_zzE.KBDKRwZfvH.YTv5UB
By MEG KINNARD, Associated Press Writer Wed May 28, 2:10 PM ET
COLUMBIA, S.C. - The staff guarding a suspected terrorist could be in danger
if he is allowed to watch television news about the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan, prosecutors said.
Ali al-Marri, a legal resident alien from Qatar, is the only enemy combatant
held on U.S. […]
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1212041428334
&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
International security chiefs meet in J’lem to discuss counter-terrorism
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Associated Press , THE JERUSALEM POST May. 29, 2008
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U.S. Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff arrived in Jerusalem Thursday
to discuss counter-terrorism with his counterparts from around the world.
Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter said that the gathering is a […]
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/darticlen.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2008/May/s
ubcontinent_May890.xml§ion=subcontinent&col=
Pakistan has ‘gone to the dogs’: nuke scientist
(AP)
29 May 2008
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The detained architect of Pakistan’s nuclear program
rebuked Pervez Musharraf on Thursday, saying the country has "gone to the
dogs" in the last 10 years.
In an unusually candid interview, Abdul Qadeer Khan also complained of
myriad health problems since he was put under house […]
