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Old 05-28-2008, 12:07 PM   #1
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Default 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.
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Old 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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Old 05-28-2008, 09:33 PM   #3
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Folks, this is actually the most important thing you can read on this board in the last two months.
Your endorsement alone is enough to make me disinclined.
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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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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.
You need to read Wright's book The Looming Tower.
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Old 05-30-2008, 05:23 AM   #6
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I did not know anything about the bulk of the information discussed in this article.
What a damning admission. Explains a lot. I guess ignorance is bliss.
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Old 05-30-2008, 07:56 AM   #7
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Default 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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