gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 2/25/2009
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Face it, we're screwed. President Obama's National Intelligence Council pick Charles Freeman is a big fan of the "very successful" Saudi program to rehabilitate jihadists. The problem is... The program is not successful-- It is a massive failure. At least 11 grads from the jihadist ...
longwarjournal.org - 3/2/2009
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longwarjournal.org —
In January, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh asked
his network of loyalist jihadists to prepare for offensive...
operations against domestic “enemies of the state.” In return, Saleh has ceded authority to fundamentalist fanatics who seek to impose a ...
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Yemen: New terror camps as a city falls to jihadists
washingtontimes.com - 2/27/2009
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washingtontimes.com —
By: Clarence America wanted him and got him.
America's greatest salesman. Hussien the obminable sells the U.S....
into third world status, and we adore him. February 27, 2009 at 7:31 a.m. | Mark as Offensive By: billwcc This is why Al Qaeda will not ...
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Obama's intelligence pick linked to Saudi Arabia
state.gov - 2/26/2009
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state.gov —
Yemen, with a population of more than 21
million, is a republic whose law provides that the...
president be elected by popular vote from among at least two candidates endorsed by parliament. In 2006 citizens re-elected President Ali Abdullah Saleh to ...
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2008 Human Rights Report: Yemen
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Froomkin on Freeman
Yourish.com —
... UPDATE: Gateway Pundit has a good refutation of Freeman’s assertions about the success of Saudi Arabia’s anti-Jihad program. Again, Froomkin wasn’t interested in doing his job as a journalist by asking Freeman uncomfortable questions. (via ...
Obama’s New Spy Chief: NOT Good
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... Case in point: Gateway Pundit yesterday reported that Freeman is a big fan of the “very successful” Saudi program to rehabilitate jihadists. ...
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