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http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tm/index?tab=articles
The Taliban’s Continued Foreign Support
By Douglas Farah
Little noticed in the discussion of the Pakistan/Afghanistan Taliban issues are the points raised recently by Gen. David Petraeus about the continued use of charities and other external support for the radical Islamist group.
While there has been considerable attention paid to the revenue generated from opium trafficking in the Taliban’s financial structure, little has been relatively little attention paid to the continuing role of charities in skimming off money that benefits the Taliban and others.
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/05/the_talibans_continued_foreign.php
Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Cyberspace Wars
The Pentagon plans to create a new military command for cyberspace, administration officials said Thursday, stepping up preparations by the armed forces to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/us/politics/29cyber.html?_r=1&hp
Al-Qaeda spreads its tentacles
KHOST, Afghanistan - Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda network is seizing a greater role behind the scenes in Afghanistan and Pakistan in an effort that could block the Barack Obama administration’s stated goal of denying the terror network sanctuary in South Asia.
A three-month investigation of al-Qaeda’s activities, from Nuristan in the north to Paktika in the southeast, suggests that bin Laden’s terror network - working through Afghan and Pakistani partners - is present in almost every Afghan and Pakistani province along the fluid border areas between the two countries.
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KE30Df01.html
Teacher sacked after ‘making pupils kneel and pray to Allah’ during RE lesson (UK)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1189497/Teacher-sacked-making-pupils-kneel-pray-Allah-RE-lesson.html