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• Eight charged in US-Somali youth terror network

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 618
  EIGHT people face terrorism charges in the case of 20 missing young men from Minnesota who were allegedly recruited to fight for an Islamist militia in Somalia. The young men - all but one of whom were of Somali descent - were allegedly recruited to fight in Somalias bitter civil war, along with dozens of ...
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• Eight Charged In U.S. for Somali War Recruiting

  
  Homeland Security News — Authority: 529
  Authorities unsealed terrorism-related charges Monday against eight defendants they said recruited young Somali-American men to return to their homeland to fight for an Islamist militant group.The charges said men were recruited in Minneapolis mosques to fight for al-Shabaab, which the United States accuses of being ...
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• 12 People Killed In Insurgent Attacks in Afghanistan.

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 592
  As U.S President Barack Obama convenes with his cabinet and his senior military commanders to revise the the U.S policy in Afghanistan, the country witnessed another spate of deadly insurgent attacks that carried a ripple of terror across Afghanistan. Separate bombings and shooting attacks throughout Afghanistan, ...
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• TERRORISM UNDER THE RADAR -- BY RICK MORAN, American Thinker

  
  COURAGE IN AMERICA — Authority: 167
  A great piece by Praveen Swamiin in Indias the Hindu that lists the dozen or so terrorist busts in the US in the last few months that included plans to attack not only the United States but other countries as well. What struck me as I read this article was that we have not seen this kind of "big picture" coverage of ...
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• Iraq Takes Tougher Line on Syria Than U.S. For Supporting Terrorists, Al-Qaeda

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 618
  by Ryan Mauro Click here for my latest Pajamas Media article. This is an update on the Iraq-Syria crisis. The Al-Maliki government continues to accuse Syria of helping Al-Qaeda and other terrorists and insurgents carrying out attacks in Iraq. Their push for a U.N. tribunal to prosecute those in Syria ...
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• RABID JIHADISTS?

  
  Desert Conservative — Authority: 496
  Investigation under way into threat on Fort Benning http://www.ajc.com/news/investigation-under-way-into-207757.html By Christian Boone and Mashaun D. Simon The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 2:52 p.m. Saturday, November 21, 2009 Few details emerged Saturday on a reported threat at Fort Benning . ...
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• Sunni Awakening, Afghan Version

  
  The New Republic - The Plank Feed — Authority: 151
  Its often said that you cant hope to apply Iraq strategy to Afghanistan because the two countries/conflicts are so different. But Stanley McChrystal seems not to agree : In Iraq, the U.S.-funded Sons of Iraq program got as many as 100,000 Sunni insurgents to stop fighting the U.S., or even take up arms against the ...
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• Philippines: “most gruesome massacre of civilians in recent history”

  
  Infidels Are Cool — Authority: 631
  Good God… I’m just waiting to find out who did this. Dare I say it has soemthing to do with the brutal Philippino  Islamic terror group there calling themselves The Abu Sayyaf group? CNN Gunmen killed at least 21 people, a dozen journalists reported among them, in the Philippines on Monday in what a ...
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• Afghanistan: U.S. Softer on Karzai

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  According to The Washington Post , U.S. officials are  ”abandoning for now their get-tough tactics with [President Hamid] Karzai and attempting to forge a  far warmer relationship . They recognize that their initial strategy may have done more harm than good, fueling stress and anger in a beleaguered, ...
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• Arabia not so Felix: a brewing war in Yemen?

  
  The Best Defense — Authority: 654
  Exum and Fontaine, the Skywalker and Solo ofCNAS, tell the grim tale , warningthat: [W]hile Americans may pay little attention to Yemen, al-Qaedaleadership devotes much more: Internet message boards linked to al-Qaeda areencouraging fighters from across the Islamic world to flock to Yemen . (Meanwhile,did you ...
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• The Old World Taught us Well

  
  The Vigilant Lens — Authority: 130
  But we never did listen to the right Englishman.In news that should shock a couple of you self-identified/moderate Americans, out of their black Friday shopping worries…Tony Blair is in some deep shit.Newly leaked documents have now proven that he lied about Iraq, the WMD’s and generally behaved poorly.  If you ...
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• Iraq: Election Law Fails to Move Forward

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  Reuters is reporting that the Iraqi Parliament has  failed to address VP Tareq al-Hashemi ‘ s veto regarding a new election law.  There are only few days left to do so as the law must be passed 60 days before January 23, which the Shi’ite majority has established as the last possible day to hold ...
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• My favorite trend in Iraq

  
  The Best Defense — Authority: 654
  Bombersgetting hit by bombs theyare planting. Myleast favorite trend: the supposedresurgence of al Qaeda. MAURICIO LIMA/AFP/Getty Images
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• aQ English sites

  
  Virtually Islamic — Authority: 129
  AP, 200 Web sites spread al-Qaidas message in English, 20 Nov 09 [not exactly a headline ...] "Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaidas message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics ...
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• Al Qaedas Third Wave

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 504
  Photo: Hasan: One of many more attackers. Fort Hood: Terrors Third Wave -- New York Post The Fort Hood killings were no isolated incident, but part of al Qaedas "third wave." The 9/11 terrorists were the first wave: Their attacks culminated years of direct attacks on America and the West by al Qaeda ...
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• What are We Doing There? Ellsberg and Hoh Discuss the Afghanistan Dilemma

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 767
  If Matthew Hoh could tell you one thing to help you understand the U.S.’s predicament in Afghanistan, he’d tell you: The presence of our ground combat troops is not doing anything to defeat al-Qaida. Think about that for a moment. We are paying roughly $1 million per troop, per year in Afghanistan . ...
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• 9/11 Suspects to Use Trial to Explain Themselves

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 156
  Since Attorney General Eric Holder announced the alleged masterminds of the 9/11 attacks would be tried in New York, there’s been much speculation about whether they’ll plead guilty, as some have suggested they would before military commissions, or insist on a trial and put on a defense. Scott Fenstermaker, a ...
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• Obama Trying Bush

  
  Reflections From a Murky Pond — Authority: 421
  There is often both truth and wisdom to be found in humor. Both are found in full measure in Glenn McCoy’s cartoon about the reasons that President Obama and his lackey, Attorney General Eric Holder want to enact the dangerous travesty of trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his subhuman, Islamist ilk in civilian ...
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• Al Qaedas third wave

  
  PrairiePundit — Authority: 499
  Gordon Cucullu: The Fort Hood killings were no isolated incident, but part of al Qaedas "third wave." The 9/11 terrorists were the first wave: Their attacks culminated years of direct attacks on America and the West by al Qaeda operators -- a core group of Saudi, Yemeni and other identifiably Arab men. But ...
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• Pakistani Army Kills At Least 18 Islamic Militants in Intense Fighting

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 618
  PARACHINAR, Pakistan — Pakistans army killed 18 Islamist militants in a northwestern region Monday, part of an escalating campaign against insurgents intent on toppling the U.S.-allied government. It was the second day of fighting in Shahukhel in Hangu district close to the Afghan border. Like other parts ...
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