Free Republic

"TOP TEN JIHADI FORUMS, AS OF 14 FEBRUARY, 2011" SNIPPET: "Assembled with the help of my dear brothers in Fateh al-Islam (and their minders in the Syrian intelligence service). The [PWP] notation indicates the site is password protected. There's nothing worse than the mournful wailing of analysts, graduate students, and reporters who find themselves locked out of their favorite forum. Join early, join often, save important discussions as you find them, try not to say anything too embarrassing, and if you're a civilian, make some effort to let your friendly neighborhood secret police know that you're a good guy, not...

SNIPPET - Quote: 17 October 2010 TOP "TEN" LIST UPDATED There are only 7 sites listed, of which one, at-Tahadi has been "closed for repairs" for a couple of weeks.

04 September 2010 "TOP TEN JIHADI FORUMS, 04 SEPTEMBER 2010"

18 July 2010 "TOP TEN JIHADI FORUMS, 19 JULY 2010"

06 July 2010 "TOP TEN LIST 2010-07-06" SNIPPET: "The temporal context in which this list was generated is important, and will likely be forgotten over time. So for future reference, see the posts at Internet Haganah which immediately preceded the making of this list."

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency doubts Yemen would be a tough ally of the U.S. in the fight on Al Qaeda at a time when the government is facing major challenges represented by the Houthi rebels in the far north and the secessionist movement in the south. The announcement by CIA director Leon Panetta comes after the U.S. said it had raised its military and financial development to Yemen to fight Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and boost its ailing economy, which experts say is a main reason for extremism in the country. The increase of the aid by...