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Truth About Islam in Academia?
by Cinnamon Stillwell
FrontPageMagazine.com
July 2, 2008
http://www.meforum.org/article/1928
While the Middle East Studies Association MESA) has long dominated the
field, its highly politicized leadership’s inability to withstand criticism,
inattention to radical Islam, and apologetic approach towards the West’s
foes has left many Middle East studies scholars feeling unwelcome by their
umbrella professional organization.
Enter the Association for the […]

72 dead in Chad clashes
>From correspondents in Ndjamena
July 03, 2008 04:36am
Article from: Agence France-Presse
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SEVENTY-TWO people were killed in clashes between supporters of a radical
Islamic preacher and police who went to arrest him in Chad, Interior
Minister Ahmat Mahamat Bachir said today.
The fighting broke out on Monday […]

http://jihadwatch.org/
Geert Wilders plans sequel to Fitna
Unbowed. "Dutch politician to make another anti-Muslim film," from Reuters /
Hollywood Reporter
, July 1:
AMSTERDAM (Hollywood Reporter) - Right-wing Dutch politician Geert Wilders
is planning a sequel to his anti-Muslim film "Fitna," the local daily De
Telegraaf reported Tuesday. The move comes after the Dutch Ministry of
Justice on Monday decided not to prosecute […]

http://tinyurl.com/46zplo
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1214726179334
&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Google Earth highlights the ‘Nakba’
Jul. 1, 2008
STEPHANIE RUBENSTEIN , THE JERUSALEM POST
Anti-Israel activity on the Google Earth application has been stepped up
this week, with the message "Nakba - The Palestinian Catastrophe" now
appearing when users scroll over the orange dots that speckle locations
across the entire map of Israel.
Google spokesperson Jessica Powell said on […]

http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/07/jihad_and_supremacism.php
July 2, 2008
Crossroads in History: The Struggle against Jihad and Supremacist Ideologies
By Jeffrey Imm
The Counterterrorism Blog
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2008/07/jihad_and_supremacism.php
In fighting Islamic supremacism, instead of an approach only based on
tactical measures and efforts at clever twists of terminology, what if
America had a true strategy that was instead based on the defense of our
values on human equality and liberty? […]

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=/Commentary/archive/200807/CO
M20080702d.html
Interview with a Hollywood Patriot
By Michelle Malkin
CNSNews.com Commentary
July 02, 2008
Let us not, on this Independence Day weekend, dwell on the political
pretenders to patriotism rushing to out-proclaim their love of country. Nor
let us pay heed to the sneering movie directors and journalism pooh-bahs
allergic to red, white and blue.
Instead, I’d like to share a bit of a […]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080703/ap_on_re_us/colombia_us_hostages;_ylt=Ar
QxT58TcSIr57WLcRuoiU1H2ocA
3 rescued US hostages arrive safely in Texas
By ELIZABETH WHITE, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - With little fanfare, three American
hostages rescued from leftist guerillas in Colombia returned safely to the
United States, more than five years after their plane went down in
rebel-held jungle.
The men didn’t […]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/ts_nm/afghan_nato_commander_dc_2;_ylt=Ap
eLg5NCl9H6aHMpJrFWklbOVooA
NATO forces should drop Afghan "caveats": commander
By Mark Heinrich Wed Jul 2, 8:31 AM ET
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.S. allies in NATO must provide better equipment and
drop many restrictions on how their forces are used to help defeat
Afghanistan’s resilient Taliban insurgency, the alliance’s supreme commander
said on Wednesday.
General John Craddock said additions to […]

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FBI’s Next-Gen ID Databank to Store Face Scans-A Good Idea?
Lockheed Martin is building a massive digital warehouse of criminal
information, set to bring facial recognition and eye scans to local law
enforcement within 10 years. The FBI may use biometric technology to bolster
mug shots, fingerprints and DNA to catch crooks-but privacy advocates say
there’s reason for […]

http://www.nationalpost.com/news/world/story.html?id=627714
The Post interviews Abdullahi Ali Afrah
Stewart Bell, National Post Published: Wednesday, July 02, 2008
The National Post’s Stewart Bell reported on Wednesday that Abdullahi Ali
Afrah, a Somali-Canadian and Second Deputy Chairman of the Shura Council of
the Islamic Courts Union was reportedly killed. The group has been referred
to as the African Taliban.
Below is Bell’s interview […]