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US Arrests Former Marine for Planned Christmas Attack
December 27, 2017
US authorities have arrested an Islamic State supporter and former US Marine who converted to Islam on charges of planning a Christmas Day attack in San Francisco as vengeance for the Trump Administration’s policy of moving the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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Iran, Saudi Arabia Use Jerusalem as Tool in Religious Geopolitics
December 22, 2017
The responses to the US decision on Jerusalem's status as the capital of Israel from Iran and Saudi Arabia show a cynical instrumentalization of the Jerusalem issue by the Mideast's two Islamist theocracies, in accordance with their respective Shiite versus Sunni geopolitics of regional hegemony and global jihad.
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Suicide Bombings Have Expanded as Weapon of Choice of Salafi-Jihadis
December 22, 2017
The steady expansion of suicide bombings as a weapon of choice by Salafi-jihadi groups around the world reflects the high-casualty impact of a "low-cost" weapon, as well as the expansion and weaponization of the Islamist ideological concept of martyrdom.
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Iran's Focus on Footprint in Syria Creates Threats for Israel
December 22, 2017
Israel's security leaders view the sustained efforts of the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran to establish a land corridor through Syria to the Mediterranean as a growing strategic threat in the form of a militarized Shiite arc bent on jihad against Israel.
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US Official Warns of Radical Islamist Sponsorship by Qatar, Turkey
December 22, 2017
US National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster identified Qatar and Turkey as the main supporters of internationalized radical Islamist ideology, warning that their support for Islamist extremism constitutes a threat to America's vital national security interest.
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