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094830
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Several novels have attained popularity in the extreme right subculture, most notably, The Turner Diaries-a tale of race war that convulses America. Some observers have characterized these novels as blueprints for revolution and terrorist campaigns. The medium of fiction can be an effective vehicle for propagandizing to those persons who may not be amenable to non-fiction political treatises. This article reviews some of the more popular extremist novels. By doing so, it provides insight into the worldviews and aspirations of the contemporary extreme right.
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094825
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As a network of affiliate groups, Al Qaeda's more diffuse structure, since the end of 2001, is described as one of its greatest strengths. Certainly, after losing its territorial base in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda as "network" has gained in tactical agility and global reach. This article argues, however, that Osama bin Laden's ceding of command-and-control to autonomous Al Qaeda "franchises" represents an important source of weakness in the battle for hearts and minds in the Muslim world. As Al Qaeda's global jihad is increasingly imported by its affiliates into local and sectarian conflicts, the death toll is largely Muslim and civilian. The targeting of Muslim civilians is exceptionally difficult to justify, morally, theologically, and by bin Laden's own standards of legitimate jihad. This article will show how the killing of Muslim civilians undermines the crucial lynchpins of bin Laden's ideology and alienates the popular support that "Al Qaeda central" see as indispensable to Al Qaeda's success.
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094826
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2010.
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This article examines, from an Israeli counterterrorism and legal perspective, the evolution of Israeli "targeted killings" (TK) as distinct from past "assassination" and "liquidation" operations. The article traces the evolution using distinct phases. In phase one, the article briefly traces the history of targeted operations, beginning with the Yishuv in the 1920s, working forward to the outbreak of the al-Aqsa armed conflict in 2000. The study then shifts to phase two, the most critical aspect of the story of TKs-the radical changes that occurred as a result of the consequences of the Thabet Thabet Operation in December 2000, showing precisely how, when, and why Israeli furtive "assassinations" morphed into overt TKs. The third phase describes the radical changes and reactions of the Thabet Thabet Operation; of how it marked the end of the quasi-institutionalization of "assassinations" and "liquidations" and began the path to the legalization of a progressively expanded counterterrorism tactic. The study then shifts to the fourth phase, which describes how the creation of an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) "legal opinion" eventually led to the Israeli High Court of Justice's (HCJ) 2006 verdict on TK. It also covers how the Israeli decision-making process on TK evolved. Finally, phase five analyzes the aftereffects of the HCJ's decision on TK, which is ultimately a consequence of the December 2000 Thabet Thabet operation. Lacking a contemporary historical understanding of this operation and its consequences, the tactic cannot be wholly understood. The purpose of this article is to offer an understanding of how TKs differ from past targeted operations and why they evolved, terminologically, legally, and operationally, specifically as a result of the Thabet Thabet Operation.
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094831
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2010.
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The Internet has become a crucial part of modern society's life due to its ability to facilitate communication and structure contemporary society. Indonesia has not been left out of this global phenomenon. The Internet came to Indonesia in 1983 and its usage has continued to expand ever since, especially within institutions of learning and in the government sector. The study of radical websites must be situated within the development of the Internet in Indonesia in general instead of being examined by itself. The impact of certain activities such as cyberterrorism must then be examined in perspective, given the vast expanse of Indonesia as an archipelago and the resulting difficulties in linking the entire country to the Internet. This article seeks to trace the development of the Internet in Indonesia and examine the resulting impact on the reach of the radical Bahasa Indonesia Islamic websites in the Indonesian Archipelago and beyond. It also highlights typical narrative and operations of the radical websites, which serves to distinguish them from radical websites from elsewhere, such as the Middle East.
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094829
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2010.
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This article is the first to explore the Israel Defense Forces's official statistical data on Palestinian terrorism toward Israeli targets during the al-Aqsa intifada 2000-2004. Focusing the analysis on the logic of terrorist target choice, the article identifies two separate results: First, an unambiguous difference in the form of the attacks contingent on whether they are carried out in the state of Israel or in the Occupied Territories. Second, based on the same distinction, the analysis points out how the attacks are targeted toward distinctively different categories of the Israeli populace. Causes of the results are discussed.
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