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Tag Archives: al-Qaida
Afghanistan Shows Iran’s Stake in Regional Insecurity
Jerusalem Post- 04/05/2009 A month ago, US President Barack Obama announced a new strategy to address the current crisis in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Obama’s plan to ‘disrupt, dismantle and defeat’ al-Qaida and the Taliban in ‘Afpak’ includes deployment of an … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, al-Qaida, EU, Iran, Iraq, NATO, Shia, Taliban
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Northern Sinai: A Desert Playground for Smugglers, Jihadis
13/11/2008 The 25 Egyptian police officers taken hostage by Beduins in northern Sinai on Tuesday have now been freed. The men were released on the Egyptian border with Israel, reportedly unharmed. The freeing of the hostages concludes a series of … Continue reading
The End of Lebanese factional Fighting?
Jerusalem Post- 25/06/2008 A month ago, a deal was signed between the Lebanese government and opposition in the Qatari capital of Doha. The deal ended two weeks of fighting that saw the Shi’ite Hizbullah and its allies occupying West Beirut. … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Doha, Fuad Saniora, Hizbullah, Iraq, Lebanon, Saad Hariri, Salafi
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Salafism – the worrying Process of self-Radicalization
Jerusalem Post- 24/07/2008 Over the last two months, Israeli security forces have arrested six young Arab men suspected of seeking to form an extreme Islamist cell for the purpose of carrying out high-profile terror attacks in the capital. Two of … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Gaza, Hamas, honor killings, jihad, Salafis
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7 years after 9/11, al-Qaida is in Disarray
Jerusalem Post- 11/09/2008 # Seven years after September 11, 2001, al-Qaida as an organization is seen by many analysts to be in some disarray. One prominent observer of the network depicts it as having been reduced to a core of … Continue reading
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Tagged 9/11, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Afghanistan, al-Qaida, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Saudi Arabia, Taliban
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US Raid shows Assad’s over-Estimation
Jerusalem Post- 29/10/2008 This week’s US raid across the Iraqi-Syrian border resembles a number of similar actions carried out by American forces against al-Qaida targets over the last year in the North Waziristan area of Pakistan. It demonstrates a US … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Bashar Assad, Damascus, Hamas, Iraq, Jordan, Syria
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Analysis: Al-Qaida-style Extremism gains real Power within Hamas
Jerusalem Post- 02/12/2008 Al-Qaida-type Salafi Islam is rising in popularity within the ranks of Hamas. This trend is particularly noticeable in the movement’s armed wing, the Izzadin Kassam Brigades. Observation of this process shows that attempts to draw a clear … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Gaza, Gilad Schalit, Hamas, Izzadin Kassam Brigades, Khans Yunis Brigade, Muhammad Deif, Salafi, Sinai
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Al-Qaida-style Islamism comes to Gaza
Jerusalem Post- 19/08/2009 Quiet has now returned to the Gaza Strip after the weekend violence which claimed the lives of 28 people. The last of the funerals of the Jund Ansar Allah fighters killed in the suppression of the organization … Continue reading
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Tagged al-Qaida, Gaza, Hamas, Jihadist, Jund Ansar Allah, Kufar, Salafi, Sunni
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Muslim World: The Offensive
Jerusalem Post- 12/02/2010 The days are ticking away before the start of a major new NATO offensive in southern Afghanistan. The offensive, which is set to involve thousands of members of the Afghan armed forces and police alongside US and … Continue reading
