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"Do Exit Programs for Islamists Actually Work?" SNIPPET: "Experience Shows That Such Programs Tend Only to Work When the Militants Are Already Losing" By PETER NEUMANN Jan. 29, 2010

The Healing Arts The Restoring Power of Imagination by Cathy Malchiodi Cathy Malchiodi is an art therapist, visual artist, independent scholar, and author of 13 books on arts therapies, including The Art Therapy Sourcebook. See full bio Jihad Rehab: Can Art Therapy Cure Terrorism? The jihad in rehab: Is art a form of counterterrorism? Published on December 19, 2008 To some, the idea of art therapy as rehab in Riyadh sounds like a story that would headline The Onion. But art therapy is serious business at Saudi Arabia's experimental rehab center for former jihadists, some from the Guantanamo Bay detention...

Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, according to American officials and Department of Defense documents. American officials agreed to send the two terrorists to Saudi Arabia where they entered into an "art therapy rehabilitation program" and were set free, according to U.S. and Saudi officials.

SNIPPET: "Discussion: I first observed discussion of binary explosives on the al-Firdaws forum in January of 2007. In light of recent events I will post here my archive:" SNIPPET: "Implementation: On Christmas Day, 2009, Abdul Farouk Abdulmutallab boards a flight in Amsterdam, bound for Detroit, and on final descent he attempts to set off what was most likely a binary explosive. Thank goodness he either screwed up or had bad instructions, because the chemicals he was working with were evidently quite good."

<p>Two of the four leaders allegedly behind the al Qaeda plot to blow up a Northwest Airlines passenger jet over Detroit were released by the U.S. from the Guantanamo prison in November, 2007, ABC News is reporting, quoting American officials and citing Department of Defense documents.</p>

ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) - An art project that was mistaken for vandalism was the target of vandals who destroyed the exhibit last week. The artist, Paul Messenger, said the piece was a commentary on society's apathy to its problems, but was left for interpretation by the viewer. The exhibit in the Southern Oregon University art courtyard and art buildings consisted of 36,000 feet of red tape. It was titled "The Depravity of Society Juxtaposed Against the Apathy of Contemporary Culture" and scheduled to be shown through July 2 as a final project in an art course taught by professor Madeline...