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To: Cindy; Donna Lee Nardo; Jill St Claire; nwctwx; All

RUMINT indicates that the Jihadi sites are in convulsions over Arab refusal to support Hizbollah. Any confirmation from what you've seen


1,088 posted on 07/18/2006 3:48:22 PM PDT by Godzilla (Evil can be defeated when the good are unafraid.)
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To: Godzilla; Gucho; JohnathanRGalt; backhoe; piasa; All

Godzilla, I've only heard that in the main-stream news, but there are so many sites out there, it could very well be.

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http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2370074

TERRORISM FOCUS
July 18, 2006

"Jihadi Web Forums Revel in Lebanon Confrontation"
By Chris Heffelfinger

ARTICLE SNIPPET: "As fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah, discussion on the jihadi forums focused on the impact of these actions on the mujahideen in the region, and to the longer term Middle East strategy for the global jihad. A concisely written article, entitled "The Dangers of the Events in Lebanon and Palestine," looked to the strategic calculations in the conflict and also to the best way for the mujahideen to capitalize on inciting further violence between Israel and Iran, creating an opening for the Sunni mujahideen. The article by "Barbarossa" (likely in reference to the 15th century Ottoman admiral and mercenary of the Mediterranean known to Europe as "Red Beard") was posted on the tajdeed.co.uk forum on July 17 at the following URL: https://www.tajdeed.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=47857d1b6a9b1d4bf5c036249e1afb96&threadid=43519 ."


ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "The dangers of the current situation, however, also present opportunities for the global jihad movement, which seeks to put forth a unified doctrine and sees the Shiites as unbelievers and lawful targets in conflict. It goes on to say, "because the annihilation of Hezbollah means opening the battlefield to the return of the Sunni jihad, especially in as much as al-Qaeda will forge a path into Lebanon through the Palestinian camps and Sunni northern Lebanon, which now makes for a fertile ground for their recruitment. This is, by every measure, a disastrous development for Israel.""

ARTICLE SNIPPET #3: "The article was met with praise on the forum, with statements like, "By God, I hope al-Qaeda is able to benefit from these circumstances…" Additionally, while this posting represents the more insightful and adept of the strategic analysis on the jihadi forums, there is a proliferation of material available being avidly debated. Even without a central body creating jihadi strategy, individual contributors such as Barbarossa are of great value to the jihadi movement. Indeed, such insight is of benefit to all parties following the implications of the widening conflict in Lebanon and Israel. If his analysis holds true, the Salafi-Jihadist movement, of which al-Qaeda is a part, may well escalate conflict between Israel and Iran to draw the region into war in an attempt to later strike both states in a time of weakness."


1,113 posted on 07/18/2006 8:05:59 PM PDT by Cindy
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