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On 9/11, Recalling the Ties between Iran and Al-Qaeda (JCPA via Daily Alert)

By   /  September 11, 2019  /  friends/enemies, History, International, Islamic fundamentalism, Mid. East news, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Sept. 11, 2019 On 9/11, Recalling the Ties between Iran and Al-Qaeda (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) The 9/11 Commission report in 2004 found that “senior managers in al-Qaeda maintained contacts with Iran and the Iranian-supported worldwide terrorist organization Hizbullah….Al-Qaeda members received advice and training from Hizbullah.” A large percentage of the 14 Saudi “muscle” operatives […]

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The US-Taliban Peace Agreement By Dr. Mordechai Kedar (Breaking Israel News)

By   /  February 6, 2019  /  International, Islam, Islamic fundamentalism, Terrorism  /  No Comments

Feb. 6, 2019 As background, let me point out that the source of Afghanistan’s problems is the fact that the state is composed of ten distinct ethnicities which have never coalesced into a unified, cohesive nation  The groups are: The Pashtun, Tajik, Uzbek, Aymāk, Gujjar, Kirgiz, Baluche, Turkmen, Nuristani and Pamiri. Each one of these ethnic groups has its […]

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Pakistan’s Pashtuns Take On the Army—and Terrorists, by Sadanand Dhume (WSJ)

By   /  June 15, 2018  /  Human Rights, International, Islamic fundamentalism  /  No Comments

Jun. 14, 2018 The generals often rule and always have influence, but they’re flummoxed by a new protest movement. Pakistan’s powerful army would seem to have little to fear from a scrappy group of protesters nobody had heard of until recently. But nearly four months after the Pashtun Tahafuz (protection) Movement emerged as one of […]

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