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UK Government Lists Timbuktu on ‘terrorism’ Travel Warnings
The threat of al-Qaeda-linked terror attacks in Mali has pushed the United Kingdom to include Timbuktu on its ‘terrorism’ travel warning long list. The UK Foreign Office admitted this week that the new travel advisory to British tourists has raised...
The CHUTZPAH to Believe in Representative Democracy
In the wake of yesterday’s rant over our obsession with universalist ideals that can only lead to irreconcilable differences and destroy any pragmatic hope of getting things done, I was pleased to see that at least British Foreign Secretary David...
Unidentified Gunmen have Reportedly Killed the Highest-ranking Militia Commander of Hezbal Islam in Somalia
Unconfirmed reports are claiming that unidentified gunmen have killed the highest-ranking militia commander of Hezbal Islam (Islamic Party), Sheik Ahmed Abdurahman Taliban. Hezbal Islam is one of the two main rebel groups fighting the government and AU...What Will the Internet Become to Whom?
It has always seemed to me that Barry Diller has tried to keep a low profile. He strikes me as someone more concerned with running his business than with indulging in subjunctive speculations about how businesses of the future will be (or ought to...Irreconcilable Differences?
The respective timings of the two Al Jazeera English reports were so close that they appeared side-by-side in the RSS feed to Google Reader. The earlier story concerned the latest video from al-Qaeda: Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda’s second man...
Somali Extremist Leader Calls for More Suicide Attacks Against African Union Troops
The Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys has called for more suicide attacks against African Union peacekeepers in Somalia (AMISOM) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia which he accused of siding with enemies of Islam. The...
U.S. Man Sentenced for Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to Al-Qaeda
A 35-year-old Minneapolis man, Mohammed Abdullah Warsame, has been sentenced to 92 months in prison and three years of supervised release in federal court on one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to al-Qaeda. Warsame, a naturalized...
Somali President Denounces Interference By Al Qaeda
The President of Somalia’s national unity government Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed on Saturday has reacted angrily to Osmana Bin Laden’s call to overthrow his government after the AlQaeda leader described the Somali administration as a puppet for the west. “I...
