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Special Dispatch - No. 2235 February 9, 2009 No. 2235 Jihadist Booklet: Islamic Scholars Apply Double Standard: Praise Jihad in Gaza, Condemn Jihad Elsewhere Jihadists have lately been complaining about what they perceive as a double standard in the response by Muslim scholars to the jihad in Gaza versus their response to jihad activity elsewhere. They point out that many scholars express unqualified support for the jihad in Palestine - especially for Hamas' resistance efforts in Gaza - but at the same time, these very same scholars condemn the jihad of Al-Qaeda, and even issue fatwas against it. This complaint...

The man who gave al-Qaeda its philosophical justifications for murderous jihad has repented, and wants Muslims to stop the jihad. Eli Lake at The Sun reports on the story of Sayyed Imam al-Sharif, the man who literally wrote the book on radical Islamist terrorism, and who now serves a life sentence in Egypt for his crimes. Sharif has decided that the 9/11 attacks have been a "catastrophe" for Muslims, and that the war against America has created a huge problem for Islam: One of Al Qaeda's senior theologians is calling on his followers to end their military jihad and saying...

Militants take credit for kidnapping US soldiers Cairo, Egypt - An umbrella militant group in Iraq says it kidnapped two US soldiers south of Baghdad. A statement posted on an Islamic Web site says "your brothers in the military wing"

Palestinian militant group Hamas has won a sweeping victory in municipal elections in the West Bank. The Palestinian electoral commission said that in the biggest city, Nablus, Hamas took 73% of the vote, while the mainstream Fatah organisation took 13%.

GEOSTRATEGY-DIRECT INTELLIGENCE BRIEF Alawi: Insurgency backed by $1 billion fund Money from Saddam loyalists, elements in neighboring countries Posted: July 24, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern Editor's note: WorldNetDaily brings readers exclusive, up-to-the-minute global intelligence news and analysis from Geostrategy-Direct, a new online newsletter edited by veteran journalist Robert Morton and featuring the "Backgrounder" column compiled by Bill Gertz. Geostrategy-Direct is a subscription-based service produced by the publishers of WorldTribune.com, a free news service frequently linked by the editors of WorldNetDaily. © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com Iraq's new leader says the Shi'ite and Sunni insurgency in Iraq is being financed by more than...