“Afghans must command foreign troops”: state newspaper
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* That’ll be the day! Exactly because of our trusted ‘allies’ Bin Laden got away…

To defeat Taliban militants, foreign troops led by NATO and the U.S. military in Afghanistan should come under the command of the Afghan government, otherwise the war will drag on, a government-owned newspaper said on Tuesday.
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Denmarks poor widdle Muslims:
Imam Ahmed sez  “We are being mentally tortured,”Â
Sheik yer’mami sez: “time to pack up, imam. The desert is full of pretty camels this time of year…”

The New York Times
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“We are being mentally tortured,” Imam Ahmed said at his mosque, an anonymous building that looks more like an apartment complex than a house of worship. “The cartoons are an insult against Islam, an attempt by right-wing forces in this country to get a rise out of the Muslim community and so portray us as against Danish values.”
Soren Krarup, a retired priest and leading voice in the party, said the Muslim response to the cartoons showed that Islam was not compatible with Danish customs. “Muslims who come here reject our culture,” he said. “Muslim immigration is a way for Muslims to conquer us, just as they have done for the past 1,400 years.”
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Surat escapes attack, 18 (more) bombs defused
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Bomb disposal squad defuses a live bomb in Surat. (PTI Photo)
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AHMEDABAD/SURAT: On the morning after the Ahmedabad serial blasts, The Times of India ran the headline — Bangalore, Ahmedabad. Who’s Next? The answer is here. With two explosives-packed cars and 18 bombs being discovered across Surat, it’s clear that terrorists had planned a deadly serial attack on the diamond capital of India. (Â
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Gujarat’s second largest city would have been sucked into another round of tragedy had the terrorists succeeded in blowing up what appears to be at least three dozen bombs — between the incendiary material found in WagonRs on Sunday and the assembled bombs discovered in the densely populated city on Tuesday. Surat is home to a Rs 70,000 crore diamond industry.Â
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Hirsi Ali seeks police protection in US

She’s seeking it from the Dutch government. But if the American government had any sense of what it is really up against in this conflict against jihadists worldwide, and who the real warriors are against those jihadists, Hirsi Ali would get protection from the U.S.
“Netherlands: Former MP Hirsi Ali seeks police protection in US,” from AKI, July 29
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Iraq: Mahdi Army Gets Whacked

“The Mahdi Army acted like kings here and not like helpers of the people,”
‘Martyrs’ List’ tallies Mahdi Army’s troubles AP
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US:Â Ignorance about the Enemy’s Ideology is the Problem
by Jeffrey Imm
Special to IPT News
July 29, 2008
http://www.investigativeproject.org/article/733
In fighting Jihad, America’s greatest challenge remains understanding and confronting the ideology that provides the basis for Jihadist terrorism. Efforts to clearly define this enemy ideology recently have been undermined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and the State Department in promoting a “terror lexicon” that recommends federal government employees avoid terms such as “jihad,” “jihadist,” “Islamist,” ry=mujahideen&v%3Aproject=clusty-gov&v%3Apersonality=&v%3Asources=911″>“mujahideen,” and “caliphate” when addressing issues involving terrorism. The argument made by the DHS, NCTC, and others is that the use of such terms will aid in the “recruitment” of Muslims to join terrorist organizations, or will alternatively provide “legitimacy” to religious aspects of terrorist efforts.
Essential reading, continued…
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