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Cyber Jihad Fatwas to Hack and Use Malicious Acts
Written by Right Side News
Leading Mainstream And Jihadi Sheikhs Issue Fatwas Beginning In 2000 Allowing Hacking And Other Forms Of Online Attacks Providing Religious Justification For Today's Era Of Cyber Jihad
Over the past year, there have been thousands of high-profile hacking attacks against important websites, ... Read more: Cyber Jihad Fatwas to Hack and Use Malicious Acts
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Egypt, 2012: The Year In Fatwas
Written by Right Side News
In previous decades in Egypt, the fatwas, or legal decrees issued by learned Muslims and based on Sharia law, revolved around questions like proper prayer, when and where women should wear the hijab, and if smoking was forbidden or permissible. That was then.
The fatwas issued in the year 2012—the ...
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The Consequences of Intervening in Syria
Written by Scott Stewart
The French military's current campaign to dislodge jihadist militants from northern Mali and the recent high-profile attack against a natural gas facility in Algeria are both directly linked to the foreign intervention in Libya that overthrew the Gadhafi regime. There is also a ...
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The Unspectacular, Unsophisticated Algerian Hostage Crisis
Written by Scott Stewart
The recent jihadist attack on the Tigantourine natural gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria, and the subsequent hostage situation there have prompted some knee-jerk discussions among media punditry. From these discussions came the belief that the incident was spectacular, sophisticated and above ... Read more: The Unspectacular, Unsophisticated Algerian Hostage Crisis
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Gulf of Aden Security Review - January 18, 2013
Written by AEI Critical Threats
Yemen: Finnish and Austrian hostages moved to Ma’rib as kidnappers’ demands rise; increased security around French embassy in Sana’a; IED cleared in Taiz governorate; suspect in security official’s death arrested in Dhamar; 20 soldiers with links to AQAP to be tried in Yemen; Baoum convenes council ...
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Mexico's Drug War: Persisting Violence and a New President
Written by Stratfor
Editor's Note: This week's Security Weekly summarizes our annual Mexico drug cartel report, in which we assess the most significant developments of 2012 and provide updated profiles of the country's powerful criminal cartels as well as a forecast for 2013. The report is a product of the ... Read more: Mexico's Drug War: Persisting Violence and a New President
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Algeria in Jihadi Flames
Written by Matthew Vadum
Emboldened by America’s projection of weakness abroad, Islamists apparently linked to al-Qaeda reportedly continue to hold about 40 foreign hostages including seven Americans seized Wednesday at a natural gas field in Algeria.
At press time, conflicting media reports had been emerging from the ...
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Taliban Commanders Discuss Jihad Against America And The 'Crusader-Zionist Alliance'
Written by Right Side News
In New Video, Taliban Commanders Discuss Jihad Against America And The 'Crusader-Zionist Alliance'; Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Described As International Organization
In a new video, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman reject Pakistani media reports that there ... Read more: Taliban Commanders Discuss Jihad Against America And The 'Crusader-Zionist Alliance'
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Cables Show State Department Disregarded Muslim Brotherhood Threat
Written by John Rossomando
The Investigative Project on Terrorism
The Obama administration chose to listen to voices suggesting that Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood was moderate rather than those who warned it would resort to violence if it came to power, cables obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism show.
A look at ... Read more: Cables Show State Department Disregarded Muslim Brotherhood Threat
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