Monday, November 17, 2003
THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD
(NOTE: This is a repost of an article I posted about a month ago. I am reposting it because it is so relevant right now.) We are about to establish a government for a liberated Iraq. What type of government will this be? To answer that it is necessary first to ask a question about our own political...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2003
ONE BA'ATHIST REGIME PERISHES, THE OTHER ADAPTS
The border between Iraq and Syria is a southwestern extension of the Iraq-Turkish border and appears much like the border between North and South Dakota: wide open with nobody around. The Syrian government consists of a group of thugs cut from the same bolt as Saddam’s henchmen. Ostensibly, they are...
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Sunday, November 2, 2003
...AND THE PRIVATEER OPTION AGAINST AL QAEDA
Roaming the oceans of the world, ranging in size from a small freighter to several of the largest container ships afloat, 20 to 30 vessels owned or controlled by Usama bin Laden are plying the world's trade routes, biding their time, waiting for the right moment. The right moment … to launch another...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2003
AL QAEDA WINNING ARAB ‘HEARTS AND MINDS’
It has been over two years since the horrific events of 9/11. It is important to recall Usama bin Laden’s declaration of war against us: “We – with God's help – call on every Muslim who believes in God and wishes to be rewarded to comply with God's order to kill the Americans and plunder their money...
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Monday, October 27, 2003
Did Bin Laden Motivate the D.C. Serial Shooter?
The Washington, D.C. area shooting spree ended about one year ago. Authorities captured the two suspects, John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo, with a high degree of confidence that these guys are the culprits. Trial is now underway. For three weeks, these killers terrorized the Washington, D.C....
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Saturday, October 25, 2003
USAMA BIN LADEN - DEAD OR ALIVE?
The Pakistan Observer reported about this time last year the following quote from a senior Taliban leader: “Much dreaded Usama bin Ladin, the man on the top of the U.S. list of most wanted men, had a peaceful natural death in mid-December in the vicinity of famous Tora Bora mountains.” This...
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Thursday, October 23, 2003
TERRORIST 'SLEEPERS' – AN ANCIENT THREAT
Terrorism is the indiscriminate use of force and coercion against innocent, uninvolved individuals. In today's world, terrorism seems to be divided into three distinct types. One type concerns itself with “internal” affairs – directing its terrorist activities against fairly well defined...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2003
THE POLITICS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE ARAB WORLD
We are about to establish a government for a liberated Iraq. What type of government will this be? To answer that it is necessary first to ask a question about our own political system. How does the United States government structure differ from nearly all other democracies on this planet? The...
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Sunday, October 19, 2003
BATTLE STILL WAGING FOR ISLAMIC WORLD SUPPORT
The release in December 2001 by the White House of the first transcript of the amateur videotape showing Osama bin Laden and Khaled al-Harbi gleefully discussing the Sept. 11 attack on the United States shocked viewers around the world. A subsequent version of the tape transcript contained new...
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Thursday, October 9, 2003
The American Muslim Council – a Wahhabi Front
You heard it here first. In “The Wahhabi Trojan Horse in the U.S. Military” ( DefenseWatch, Mar. 23, 2003), I discussed the general problem of vetting Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military, and the apparent fact that this vetting is controlled by the violent Wahhabi branch of Islam. I also looked...
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