From Trevor Aaronson’s expose entitled “The Informants” published in the September/October 2011 issue of Mother Jones, we learn the FBI has concluded that Al-Qaeda as an organization is no longer a major threat to the US. The threat now comes from the “lone wolf,” the person who is angry at or frustrated by their life […]
Posts Tagged ‘jihad’
FBI Entrapment as Government Policy
September 1, 2011
Posted in Questionable Priorities, U.S. Government |
Tags: al-Qaeda, american, entrapment, FBI, informant, islam, jihad, mosques, muslim, threat, U.S., US
1 Comment »
The ambiguous Israeli connection to Islamist extremism
November 2, 2010Curiously, Israel has played a key role in Islamist extremism. This dates back to when Congressman Charlie Wilson used his position in the House Select Committee on Intelligence, with the support of then-Senator Dick Cheney, to ramp up billions of dollars’ worth of support for both Israel and the Afghan mujahidin. Gust Avracotos, the CIA’s […]
Posted in Israel, Pakistan, Palestine, Uncategorized |
Tags: Afghan, al-Qaeda, Arafat, arms, Charlie Wilson, CIA, Dick Cheney, fundamentalism, gaza, Gust Avracotos, hamas, intelligence, Israel, Israelis, jihad, military, Mossad, mujahedeen, mujahidin, muslim, Pakistan, Pakistani, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian Liberation Organization, PLO
Leave a Comment »
Former MI5 Chief testifies Iraq War increased the terrorist threat
July 21, 2010The war in Iraq led to a huge increase in the terrorist threat to the UK, the former head of MI5 has told the Iraq Inquiry. Baroness Manningham-Buller added that the decision to remove Saddam Hussein had caused a “long-term major and strategic problem” for Britain by allowing al-Qaeda time to build a stronghold in […]
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, Osama bin Laden |
Tags: 9/11, Afghan, Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, american, Baroness Manningham-Buller, Britain, British, Chilcot, Iraq, islam, jihad, Manningham-Buller, MI5, Osama bin Laden, saddam hussein, terrorism, terrorist, U.S., UK, war
1 Comment »
