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campaignspot.nationalreview.com - 10/22/2008
It Almost Sounds Like Al-Qaeda Has a Campaign Blog
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This article, on discussion of the U.S. financial markets and elections on al-Qaeda web sites, is fascinating, but probably won't matter much in the l... . . .

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washingtonpost.com - 10/22/2008
On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for McCain
— washingtonpost.com — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ... (more) On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for ...

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washingtonindependent.com - 10/22/2008
McCain Advisers Freaked Out by Al Qaeda Preference for McCain
— washingtonindependent.com — I just got off a conference call held by the McCain campaign to deny that Al Qaeda, contrary to reports in the AP and the Washington Post , is rooting for their man. To describe the call as panicked would be an… (more) McCain Advisers Freaked Out by Al Qaeda Preference for ...

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washingtonpost.com - 10/22/2008
On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for McCain
— washingtonpost.com — Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, October 22, 2008; A13 Al-Qaeda is watching the U.S. stock market's downward slide with something akin to jubilation, with its leaders hailing the financial crisis as a vindication of its strategy of crippling ... (more) On Al-Qaeda Web Sites, Joy Over U.S. Crisis, Support for ...

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MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News — ... says. If Obama’s supporters pick up this news and run with it, they essentially take terrorists’ claims as accurate, which may not be the wisest strategy, The Campaign Spot’s Jim Geraghty asserts. McCain is gambling in cutting back advertising in some red states in order to “flip” Pennsylvania in his favor, writes Washington Monthly’s ...

How Soon They Forget
Oliver Willis — Jim Geraghty, of National Review Of course, if Obama’s non-campaign backers start touting this, then they’re saying that al-Qaeda’s thinking of the American national security, economic, and geopolitical situation is accurate, and that their opinion is something this nation’s voters should consider when going into the voting booth. Really, voters? Take all your advice from al-Qaeda web sites? >> Obama Hamas Ties Pushed In McCain Letter: So Much For “Respectful” Campaign >> ...

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