Jihadism

The context of the Eilat attacks and the threat to Gaza

by Paul Woodward 08.19.2011

Israelis who today for some reason feel safer because Gaza is getting bombed, might pause to consider this question: why would a member of the group that launched attacks outside Eilat yesterday — a group supposedly based in Gaza and sworn to the destruction of Israel — today blow himself up in an attack on [...]

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The terrorism recruiting myth

by Paul Woodward 05.10.2010

After almost a decade of a US-led global war on terrorism, America’s approach to the issue has barely advanced from being a deadly game of Whack-a-Mole. On CBS, Scott Pelley asked Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton: “I wonder if there’s anything about U.S. foreign policy that needs to change in your estimation to put more [...]

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Did The American Conservative just get hacked by Zionists?

by Paul Woodward 01.27.2010

Did The American Conservative just get hacked by Zionists? By Paul Woodward, War in Context, January 27, 2010 Philip Weiss drew my attention to an article that caught Andrew Sullivan‘s eye: Jihadism, anti-Jihadism and Palestine by Daniel Larison. It appears at Pat Buchanan’s The American Conservative. But if you follow the link at this time [...]

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Jihadism, anti-Jihadism and Palestine

by Paul Woodward 01.27.2010

Jihadism, anti-Jihadism and Palestine By Daniel Larison, The American Conservative, January 25, 2010 A lot of ink has been spilled since 9/11 trying to argue that bin Laden doesn’t really care about Palestine. But that’s always been silly — nobody knows what he “really” cares about, and it doesn’t especially matter since he talks about [...]

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Cracks in the jihad

by Paul Woodward 01.11.2010

Cracks in the jihad By Thomas Rid, The Wilson Quarterly, Winter, 2010 “Get ready for all Muslims to join the holy war against you,” the jihadi leader Abd el-Kader warned his Western enemies. The year was 1839, and nine years into France’s occupation of Algeria the resistance had grown self-confident. Only weeks earlier, Arab fighters [...]

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Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again

by Paul Woodward 11.17.2009

Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again By Johann Hari, The Independent, November 16, 2009 As the summer arrives and London begins to swelter, I sit with most of the “out” ex-jihadis in a slew of Starbucks across the city. We sip iced lattes and discuss how, not long ago, they tried to destroy [...]

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