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The Internationalization of the Fight against the Jihadists

Dr. Walid Phares

 

What brought you here?: 
The widest network projected to expand and threaten most democracies around the world is undoubtedly the Jihadi Global web indoctrinated by the Salafi ideology. How do we fight this?

Zazi: Genome of the Homegrown Jihadist

Dr. Walid Phares

 

What brought you here?: 
Najibullah Zazi is not just an "isolated extremist" caught in September 2009 while crossing a New York bridge with plans to bomb a few tunnels.

Needed: a Joint Arab Force against Terror

Dr. Walid Phares

 

What brought you here?: 
An Arab joint effort against terrorism is not only beneficial on military and security levels but also on ideological ones.

Does al Qaeda Have the Upper Hand in Attacking U.S. National Security?

In 2001, one would-be shoe bomber forced millions of travelers to take off their shoes. In 2006, terrorists planned to bring down aircraft on transatlantic flights by smuggling liquid explosives onto planes. They were thwarted but they succeeded in preventing passengers from bringing liquids into airline terminals.

 

What brought you here?: 
It's an ironic situation when the grand narrative of U.S. official strategy is that we are fighting terrorists in Afghanistan and beyond, so that our defense perimeters are thousands of miles away.

Taliban’s War on Pakistan: Lessons to Learn, Options to Pursue

Dr. Walid Phares The war between the Taliban and Pakistan continues to accelerate. Just last weekend, Pakistan’s army responded to a long string of Taliban attacks by launching a massive ground operation in Waziristan. But through this already-long fight, the press and other observers have only focused on the continuing bloodshed rather than the fact that the Taliban continue to launch suicide bombers and other types of attacks inside Pakistan’s cities against its police and military forces.

Jazeeragate

The Jazeeragate battle against Islamofascists

Al-Jazeera plans on launching an English language network aimed at the West, but some believe the people should take action to stop it.


Jihad like Yoga

Dr. Walid Phares

Editor’s note: The following is an interview with Dr. Walid Phares that appeared in Nowe Panstwo (Our Times), a Politics and History Journal in Poland, conducted by Olga Doleśniak-Harczuk. The title of the interview in Polish is "ihad jak joga" which translates to "Jihad like Yoga." In this extensive discussion, Dr.


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