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THE ROVING EYE Syria: A jihadi paradise
By Pepe Escobar | Asia Times | 07 Mar 2013
So Bashar al-Assad hath martially spoken - for the first time in seven months - predictably blaming the Syrian civil war on "terrorists" and "Western puppets".
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, he of the former "zero problems with our neighbors" policy, commented that Assad only reads the reports of his secret services. C'mon, Ahmet; Bashar may be no Stephen Hawking, but he's certainly getting his black holes right.
Blowback: In Yemen, US Drone Attacks Backfiring
By : Sudarsan Raghavan | The Washington Post | Aden | 31 May 2012
Across the vast, rugged terrain of southern Yemen, an escalating campaign of U.S. drone strikes is stirring increasing sympathy for al-Qaeda-linked militants and driving tribesmen to join a network linked to terrorist plots against the United States.
US Treasury Claim of Iran-Al-Qaeda "Secret Deal" Is Discredited
By Gareth Porter | IPS | Washington | 11 May 2012
The U.S. Treasury Department's claim of a "secret deal" between Iran and Al-Qaeda, which had become a key argument by right-wing activists who support war against Iran, has been discredited by former intelligence officials in the wake of publication of documents from Osama bin Laden's files revealing a high level of antagonism between Al-Qaeda and Iran.
Al Qaeda plays big role in Russia's insurgency - report
By Amie Ferris-Rotman : Reuters | Moscow / 30 Sept 2011
Al Qaeda is providing Russia's Islamist insurgency in the North Caucasus with increasing amounts of money and vocal support, according to a lengthy report by a prominent Washington think tank.
The mainly Muslim regions along Russia's southern frontier are beset by near-daily shootings and bombings, carried out by rebels fighting for a separate Islamic state in an insurgency underpinned by two post-Soviet wars in Chechnya.
