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October 2009

An Enemy Within: The Making of Najibullah Zazi

Thursday, Oct. 01, 2009 An Enemy Within: The Making of Najibullah Zazi By David Von Drehle and Bobby Ghosh You’d think Najibullah Zazi would stand out on the high, dry plains southeast of Denver, where the earth is as flat as a starched shirt and mere wrinkles count as topography. But if heartland suburbs were […]

Palestinian Muslims Pelt French Tourists and Blame it on the Jews

by Nidra Poller (October 2009) http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/48958/sec _id/48958 Sometimes a small story sheds light on a big issue. This one almost escaped me. I skipped the item about inter-religious quarrels in Jerusalem in the breaking news column of the Figaro hours before the Kol Nidrei. I didn’t have the heart to read about Neturei Karta crazies […]

Fallen Marine’s father champions Afghanistan fight

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=65149#   Fallen Marine’s father champions Afghanistan fight By Charlie Reed, Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Saturday, October 3, 2009 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Former Marine John Bernard is the anti-Cindy Sheehan. Bernard, a retired first sergeant, and Sheehan, the controversial Iraq war protester, share the excruciating burden of having lost their sons to […]