05-28-2008, 12:07 PM | #1 |
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Article on the internal debate among Jihadists
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...fa_fact_wright
I did not know anything about the bulk of the information discussed in this article. It does present quite an interesting picture. |
05-28-2008, 09:28 PM | #2 |
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Folks, this is actually the most important thing you can read on this board in the last two months.
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05-28-2008, 09:33 PM | #3 |
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Your endorsement alone is enough to make me disinclined.
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05-28-2008, 11:05 PM | #4 |
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It is a good article despite the endorsement and the constant barrage of nonsensical New Yorker cartoons. It's like they're locked in some sort of struggle to find the least funny among them. There can be only one.
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05-30-2008, 07:56 AM | #7 |
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Another article from TNR
There do seem to be some hopeful signs that relative "moderates" are gaining ground.
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.ht...1-fd72bf6a9da1 |
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