Econo-Jihad: Terrorists increasingly focus doing economic damage to West
Published 16 March 2010
After the 9/11 attacks, Bin Laden boasted that he sued an operation which
cost al Qaeda $500,000 to finance to inflict a $500 billion damage on the
U.S. economy; it was not a mere boast: it was an indication the econo-jihad
was an integral part of al Qaeda’s strategy to weaken and defeat the West;
“the economic turn actually influences the terrorists’ targets, which have
included oil-drilling infrastructures, tourism, international economic
institutions and more. Indeed, Islamic terrorism’s future devices will focus
on targets that will yield the most economic damage,” one expert says
Islamic terrorist organizations have set economic terrorism as their new
target, intending to harm and paralyze Western economies, the United Sates
in particular, claims Professor , a specialist on terrorism over the
Internet at the University of Haifa 9Weiman is the author of Terror on the
Internet: The New Arena, the New Challenges [2006]).
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Jordan considers request by NATO to provide CI training to Afghans
AMMAN - Jordanian sources said King Abdullah has been considering a proposal
to expand the Hashemite kingdom’s role in Afghanistan.
They said Abdullah received a plan from NATO for Jordan to begin training
the struggling Afghan Army in counter-insurgency missions.
“The Jordanians are interested in the proposal, but there is a political
problem,” a Jordanian source said.
The Islamic opposition has warned Jordan against expanding cooperation with
NATO in Afghanistan. Muslim Brotherhood leader Hamad Said said a Jordanian
training program for Kabul would hurt Islamic interests.
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