Posted on Fri, May 13, 2011 at 22:49 pm CEST
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President Obama’s “Reset” of Relations with Muslims and a Massacre in Pakistan

There’s something particularly poignant about news that at least 80 people were killed in Charsadda, Pakistan, by a Taliban attack on a… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Pakistan • Religious Terrorism • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 16:15 pm CEST
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Osama bin Laden was Geobsedeerd door een grote aanval op de Verenigde Staten

De enorme hoeveelheid aan materialen die gevonden zijn op de computers, diskettes en in aantekeningen in de Abbottabad villa van… Lees verder

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Islamic Terrorism • Nederlands • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, May 12, 2011 at 14:18 pm CEST
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The Roots of U.S. Policy Insanity in the Middle East and the Cure

Why is U.S. and European policy toward the Middle East so off-base, and why do policymakers believe the strange things they think and… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Counter-terrorism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, May 11, 2011 at 20:00 pm CEST
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U.S. Middle East Policy Becomes Clinically Insane

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s latest pronouncements are just plain horrifying. Consider what she said… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Muslim Brotherhood • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, May 9, 2011 at 19:13 pm CEST
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Iranian Reactions to Bin Laden’s Killing: from Skepticism to anti-American Defiance

It was no surprise that the killing of Osama Bin Laden provoked a great deal of interest in Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Religious Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, May 9, 2011 at 17:40 pm CEST
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Muslim Brotherhood: Obama’s Chosen Partner for Promoting American Interests in the Arab World

Barack Obama, President of Israel’s best friend and ally, has picked the Muslim Brotherhood movement of the Middle East as his chosen partner… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Israel • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, May 8, 2011 at 00:28 am CEST
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WikiLeaks: Former Terrorist Says Al-Qaeda Lacks Financing

In a September 6 interview with liberal daily Al-Watan, former Al-Qaeda fighter Fawaz Al-Otaibi, whose surrender to… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Jihadism • Saudi Arabia • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, May 7, 2011 at 21:49 pm CEST
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U.S. Pushes Pakistani Intelligence to the Wall

The Obama administration is presenting the successful Osama bin Laden hit as an epic American solo operation, unparalleled in… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Pakistan • Taliban • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, May 6, 2011 at 01:51 am CEST
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U.S. Won’t Support Any Palestinian Fatah-Hamas Gov’t Unless Hamas Reforms

The U.S. won’t support any Fatah-Hamas government that includes Hamas unless the Islamist Jihadi group reforms… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Italy • Palestinian Authority • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, May 6, 2011 at 00:47 am CEST
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Bin Laden’s Posthumous Fans

As so often happens, a peripheral issue has taken over the Western debate regarding the killing of Usama bin Laden… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Counter-terrorism • Pakistan • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, May 5, 2011 at 19:43 pm CEST
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Hamas’ Identification with Extremist Jihadist Islam and Al-Qaeda’s anti-Western Orientation

Hamas’ condemnation of killing Osama bin Laden reflects the movement’s deep identification with extremist jihadist Islam and… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Islam • Hamas • Islamism • Jihadism 
Posted on Thu, May 5, 2011 at 01:52 am CEST
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Progress? Now Even Egypt’s Religious Establishment Hates America

This is the kind of serious development that everyone better pay close attention to if they want to understand what’s going on in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Thu, May 5, 2011 at 01:20 am CEST
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Mass Media Nonsense and Western Blindness

It is amazing what nonsense appears in the mass media. Consider the following paragraph from a Washington Post story… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Britain • Fatah • Hamas • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Media 
Posted on Tue, May 3, 2011 at 22:05 pm CEST
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Bin Laden’s Death Creates Teachable Moments about the Middle East

Ding-dong, bin-Ladin’s dead. The Wicked Terrorist of the West is no more. But there are plenty more around… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Hamas • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, May 3, 2011 at 00:30 am CEST
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Is there a link between Bin Laden’s killing and the Arab Revolt?

The photos released of the fortified villa in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden died on Sunday night, show a… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Counter-terrorism • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Pakistan • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, May 2, 2011 at 23:07 pm CEST
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Osama bin Laden’s Last Haven was a Pakistani Military Town

US military and intelligence sources disclose that Abbottabad, where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead Sunday night… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Pakistan • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, May 2, 2011 at 20:14 pm CEST
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Osama Bin Laden Is Dead And His Cause Goes Marching On

Usama bin Laden is dead. But revolutionary Islamism is very much alive and stronger than ever. Thinking that bin Laden is the main problem… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Global Jihad • Islamic Terrorism • Pakistan • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, May 2, 2011 at 11:59 am CEST
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Obama Confirms: Osama bin Laden Killed in Firefight with U.S. Forces

U.S. President Barack Obama has confirmed in a speech to the nation that Osama bin Laden, leader of the Islamic Al-Qaeda terror group, is dead… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, May 2, 2011 at 10:57 am CEST
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Osama bin Laden Killed by U.S. Forces in Pakistan

Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, has been killed. Bin Laden was located at… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Counter-terrorism • Global Jihad • Islamic Terrorism • Pakistan • United States of America • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, April 8, 2011 at 18:41 pm CEST
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Special Operations Team Hit Top Iranian-Hamas Arms Smugglers in Sudan

In accusing Israel of killing the two passengers of a Hyundai Sinai near Port Sudan Tuesday, April 5, the Sudanese Foreign Minister… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Global Jihad • Hamas • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Sudan 
Posted on Sun, February 13, 2011 at 02:03 am CET
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Egypt: The Reality of the Muslim Brotherhood

This analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood, written by Tarek Heggy, is one of the best written recently. This analysis might also reflect what Egypt’s… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Sharia Law • Taqiyya • The Middle East 
Posted on Mon, February 7, 2011 at 17:04 pm CET
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Tunisia and “Moderate Islamists”: Rachid Ghanouchi Says it All

It’s true that Tunisia’s Islamist movement is less radical than that in other Arab countries. But it really says a lot that Rachid Ghanouchi, the most… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Human Rights • Islamism • Jasmine Revolution • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, January 5, 2011 at 18:40 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Algeria New U.S. Ally against al-Qaida in Islamic Maghreb

Algeria’s government was badly shaken by al-Qaida bombings three years ago as the terrorist organisation opened a new front in north Africa and the country’s “sclerotic and suspicious” security forces struggled… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Algeria • Counter-terrorism • Mali • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, December 5, 2010 at 19:59 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Golfstaten Fungeren Als Financieringsbron Voor Terrorisme

Counterterrorisme maatregelen van de Perzische Golfstaten tegen fondsenwerving door radicale Islamitische groeperingen als Al Qaida, Taliban en Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT] hebben onvoldoende resultaat gehad. Dit lezen we in de geheime Amerikaanse memo’s die… Lees verder

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Funding Islamic Terrorism • Global Jihad • Kuwait • Nederlands • Pakistan • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam • United Arab Emirates • United States of America • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Wed, October 13, 2010 at 19:17 pm CEST
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Muslim Brotherhood Leader Wants A Jihadi Generation That Pursues Death

When the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood–the main opposition group in Jordan and Egypt, and the most powerful Muslim group in Europe, calls for Jihad against the West, people better sit up and take notice… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Jihad • Islamic Fundamentalism • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Salafism • Wahhabism