By Graham E. Fuller – Source: grahamefuller.com – Can’t we ever learn? Here goes the White House again, appointing a “new” task force designed to “blunt the ISIS message.” Washington seems to believe that a main source of ISIS success to date lies in American failure to get the right …
Read More »Qatar and Saudi Arabia ‘have ignited time bomb by funding global spread of radical Islam’
THE LEVANT – General Jonathan Shaw, Britain’s former Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff, says Qatar and Saudi Arabia responsible for spread of radical Islam. Qatar and Saudi Arabia have ignited a “time bomb” by funding the global spread of radical Islam, according to a former commander of British forces …
Read More »Terrorism is not a cultural problem
THE LEVANT – By Badr Al Ibrahim – Certain religious and intellectual questions are posed in an attempt to understand terrorism. The resultant explanations are often weak and overlook factors such as political violence and political objectives. With the emergence of groups such as ISIS, we have returned to the atmosphere …
Read More »Clinton blames Islamic militants rise on Obama policies
THE LEVANT – Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton blamed the rise of Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria on failures of US policy under President Barack Obama, in an interview published Sunday. Clinton specifically faulted the US decision to stay on the sidelines of the insurgency against Syria’s President Bashar …
Read More »ISIL calls on young girl to join Jihad – the dangers of radicalization
THE LEVANT – By Jamie Dettmer – The self-proclaimed Islamic State, formerly known by the acronym ISIS, is actively recruiting Western women and girls. And in the process this “caliphate” that now occupies large swathes of Syria and Iraq is showing, once again, that it’s almost as shrewd with social media …
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