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Although its getting little press in the West, Syrian parliamentary elections are scheduled for this Sunday. Given the brutal authoritarian nature of the regime, no one is expecting any surprises. I've written a piece about the elections, and the US policy in the Weekly Standard Online (The Daily Standard).
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Muslim cleric calls for beheading of Dutch politician - Australia-born Feiz Muhammad threats on audio against Geert Wilders who faces trial in the Netherlands for inciting hatred and discrimination against Muslims.
Inside Al Qaeda - Nine years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden's network remains a shadowy, little-understood enemy. The truth, as revealed by one of its fighters, is both more and less troubling than we think.
U.S. adds Pakistan Taliban to terror list - Tehrik-i-Taliban, or Taliban Movement of Pakistan (TTP). Simultaneously, U.S. prosecutors charged TTP leader Hakimullah Mehsud for a plot that killed seven CIA employees at a U.S. base in Afghanistan last December.