Sources - There Are No "Good" or "Moderate" Supremacists

There Are No "Good" or "Moderate" Supremacists

Sources and Related Documents:

February 27, 2009 - US Lawmaker Calls for Improved US Ties With Muslim World
-- John Kerry: "If we truly want to empower Muslim moderates, we must also stop tolerating the casual Islamophobia that has seeped into our political discourse since 9/11"
-- Madeline Albright calls for "engagement with Muslim communities" - was part of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project
-- John Esposito co-author, Dalia Mogahed, also testifies - was part of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-02-27-voa2.cfm
--- more on U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project, its calls for engagement with Muslim Brotherhood, OIC, Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html

February 27, 2009 - Obama's intelligence pick linked to Saudi Arabia -- more on Chas Freeman
--- "Since 1997, Mr. Freeman has been president of the Middle East Policy Council (MEPC), a Washington think tank. In 2007, he accepted a $1 million donation from Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdulaziz al-Saud that, according to a press release at the time, was meant for 'future projects' for the council. "
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/27/obamas-intelligence-pick-linked-to-saudi-arabia/
--- Just whose side is he on? more on Chas Freeman by Melanie Phillips
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3396191/just-whose-side-is-he-on.thtml
--- See also February 25, 2009: An American Added to the Islamists' Armory? - by Melanie Phillips -- on Chas Freeman
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.2606/pub_detail.asp
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/3380291/an-american-addition-to-the-islamists-armoury.thtml

February 26, 2009 - Reuters: Taliban say want peace with Afghans and NATO troops out
-- quotes Mullah Mutassim - reports that Mutassim feels "Taliban were not for a share in power"
-- Reuters claims "Mutassim is regarded as close to fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar"
-- Mutassim: "The Islamic Emirate demands to rule the country so as to establish an ... Islamic system in it, not in order to occupy high positions in the agent government"
-- Mutassim says "fierce war strategy which will cause the death of many of [Obama's] arrogant troops in the face of the holy Afghan jihad"
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE51P2RU20090226?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL41531420090226?rpc=401&
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=164814

February 26, 2009 - Times of India: US lines up billions for Pak, ignoring terror links
-- Bill Roggio: "Not only is the United States paying the Pakistani government to abdicate territory to the Taliban, we get to fund the Taliban as well"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Billions-of-US-aid-to-Pakistan-despite-terror-links/articleshow/4196591.cms
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_7
-- "After the Swat deal, US Senator John Kerry warned of apocalyptic dangers now facing Pakistan, calling for up to five billion dollars in urgent aid to avert chaos in the country"
http://www.dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/pakistan/doubts-beset-pakistan-sharia-deal-swat--qs
-- "Kerry said he and Republican Senator Richard Lugar would soon introduce legislation aiming to provide Pakistan with $7.5 billion in non-military aid over five years."
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_7
http://www.geo.tv/2-25-2009/35899.htm
--- Congress to consider tripling Pakistan aid soon: US Senator Kerry
http://www.dawn.com/2009/02/07/top8.htm
--- Pakistan aid bill to be passed in weeks: Kerry
---- "Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act" aka Kerry-Lugar Act to provide Pakistan with $1.5 billion/year in U.S. taxpayer dollars
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\07\story_7-2-2009_pg7_1
http://www.thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=12840
---- Appears Kerry and Lugar plan to reintroduce Biden's S. 3263: Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2008
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-3263
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s3263:

February 25, 2009 - Taliban waging 'jihad to purge Pakistan' - Al-Qaeda deputy Zawahiri
-- Long War Journal quotes Zawahiri: "'Your brothers in the Taliban are not fighting
to liberate Afghanistan only, but also the Taliban in Pakistan are carrying out
jihad to purge Pakistan from the United States and its agents in the Pakistani Government and army,' Zawahiri said."
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/taliban_waging_jihad.php

February 26, 2009 - Oklahoma: Reza Aslan - Author explores relationship between America and Islam
--- "Aslan said Americans do not know the difference between Islamists, who have a clear goal of creating a national Islamic state, and terrorists who call themselves jihadists."
--- Aslan: "I'll give you the secret to my book, the only way to win a cosmic war is to refuse to fight in one."
http://oudaily.com/news/2009/feb/26/author-explores-relationship-between-america-and-i/
--- Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reza_Aslan
http://bigthink.com/rezaaslan

February 24, 2009 - Leader in Group Seeking "Engagement" with Islamic Supremacism to Advise State Dept
-- about Dennis Ross - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html

February 24, 2009 - US leaders attend reception at Pak embassy
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\25\story_25-2-2009_pg7_40
-- Richard Holbrooke, Senator Richard Lugar, Howard Berman, chairman of the House on Foreign Affairs Committee, US Ambassador to Pakistan Anne Patterson and Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Richard Boucher attended the reception. US Air chief General Norton Schwartz, Naval Chief Admiral Gary Roughead, Commandant Marine Corps General James Terry Conway and Vice Admiral Jeffrey A Wieringa
--- Pakistan foreign minister Qureshi assures US on terrorism
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=61fd66b3-0add-44fa-bbf5-b098b0b890d2&MatchID1=4932&TeamID1=7&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1247&PrimaryID=4932&Headline=Pakistan+foreign+minister+assures+US+on+terrorism
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/257292,pakistani-foreign-minister-assures-us-on-terrorism--summary.html

February 22, 2009 - 'Washington talks' to influence future US strategy
http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/washington-talks-to-influence-future-us-strategy--bi
-- Delegation led by Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi -- arriving today
-- to meet with Hillary Clinton, Richard Holbrooke, and Bruce Riedel
-- includes Pakistan Army Chief General Kayani and ISI Director General Ahmed Shuja Pasha
http://dawn.net/wps/wcm/connect/Dawn%20Content%20Library/dawn/news/world/washington-talks-to-influence-future-us-strategy--bi

February 21, 2009 - The Taliban get their first wish - by Syed Saleem Shahzad
http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KB19Df01.html
-- "Many Muslims believe that ancient Khorasan - which covers parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan - is the promised land from where they will secure the first victory in the end-of-time battle in which the final round, according to their beliefs, will be fought in Bilad-i-Sham (Palestine-Lebanon-Syria)."
-- "The geographical borders of Bilad-i-Sham-Khorasan extend from Samarkand in Uzbekistan to the small Malakand division in the northern fringe of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) that includes the militant-dominated Swat Valley."
-- "Holbrooke is said to have asked the premier [PM Gilani] how much money he would need to revive the economy. 'As much as we can get,' the premier replied, without giving specifics."
http://atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/KB19Df01.html
--- more on Khorasan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Khorasan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Califate_750.jpg

February 21, 2009 - Pakistan Daily Times: Swat-style Afghan truce acceptable: US
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg1_6

February 20, 2009 - AP: Gates: Eventual truce in Afghanistan acceptable
---- Gates: "We have said all along that ultimately some sort of
political reconciliation has to be part of the long-term solution in Afghanistan"
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/20/europe/EU-NATO-Pakistan-Afghanistan.php
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\21\story_21-2-2009_pg1_6

February 19, 2009 - "Holbrooke said success in Afghanistan is not possible only through use of military means"
http://www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=69045

February 19, 2009 - 'Bad guys' must not get hold of Pak territory: Holbrooke on Pak-Taliban deal
-- Holbrooke refuses to name Islamic supremacist Taliban in Swat
-- Holbrooke resorts to calling them "bad guys," like NATO's McKiernan does
-- Holbrooke whines "This is what we inherited"
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4153320.cms

February 19-20, 2009: reports that Bruce Riedel believes solving Israel-Palestinian conflict will end international jihad
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/02/an_obama_advisers_notsobright.asp
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/024946.php
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0219/p01s01-usfp.htm

February 19, 2009 - USA Today gives editorial space to Islamic Republic of Pakistan Ambassador to US to Defend Sharia Law Surrender
--- "We're not ceding ground" by Pakistan's ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani
----- on Sharia law surrender: "The arrangement in Swat is a local solution to a local problem"
http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/02/opposing-view-w.html
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2009\02\20\story_20-2-2009_pg7_11

February 16, 2009 - Der Spiegel: 'No Day This Year without a Terror Trial'
-- UK Home Secretary asked: "British government members stopped using the terms 'war on terror' or 'Islamic terrorists.' You tend to speak of 'anti-Islamic activists.' Why?"
-- Replies: "we are talking about criminal acts that have nothing to do with the principles of Islam"
http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,607801,00.html

February 11, 2009: U.S. envoy Holbrooke begins 'listening tour'
--- Holbrooke: "I am here to listen and learn"
http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0211/p06s01-wosc.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123426725735468003.html?mod=

February 10, 2009: Foreign Minister Quershi has called for U.S. to negotiate with "reconcilable" elements of Taliban
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24406020090210?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=data/international/2009/February/international_February770.xml&section=international

February 6, 2009 - Pakistan Frees Black Market Nuke AQ Khan - "Father of the Islamic Bomb"
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/unitedstatesaction/message/19203
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Pakistan/Pakistan_court_declares_AQ_Khan_a_free_citizen/articleshow/4086677.cms
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm

August 22, 2008 - Transnational Jihad, Supremacism, and Cold War Tactics - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/099.html
-- Cold War Tactics to Fight Statists When Faced With Supremacists
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/099.html#Cold_War
-- The Regional Conflict Perspective to Jihad
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/099.html#Regionalization

Chris Carter Interviews Jeffrey Imm on Islamic Supremacism
http://unitedagainstislamicsupremacism.wordpress.com/2008/11/23/chris-carter-interviews-jeffrey-imm/

Definition of Democracy
http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/democracy

June 2008 - West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) Sentinel: Engaging Islamists in the West - by Peter Mandaville (page 5)
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/sources_mandaville.html
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss7.pdf

March 14, 2008 - National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) - Counterterror Communications Center (CTCC) Memorandum, Volume 2, Issue 10 - "Words that Work and Words that Don't: A Guide to Counterterrorism Communication"
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/127.pdf

January 2008 - Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties - Terminology to Define the Terrorists: Recommendations from American Muslims
http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/126.pdf

June 2008 - U.S. National Defense 2008 document (PDF)
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/national_defense_strategy_073108.pdf?sid=ST2008073100531&pos=list
-- Alternate link
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/national_defense_strategy_073108.pdf

July 4, 1776 - United States of America Declaration of Independence
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

Lincoln Memorial Wall With Engraving of Gettysburg Address
-- "A Nation Conceived In Liberty and Dedicated to the Proposition That All Men Are Created Equal"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Lincoln_Memorial_(south_wall_interior).jpg

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, December 10, 1948
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

Wikipedia: Universal Declaration of Human Rights History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights#History

Wikipedia: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights

October 2007 - Osama Bin Laden: seeking "the greater state of Islam from the ocean to the ocean, Allah permitting"
http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/10/bin_laden_sounds_the_call_of_d.php

9/11 Commission Report, Page 562, (Notes Chapter 12, Note 3)
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/9/11_Commission_Report/Notes/Part_12
"3. Islamist terrorism is an immediate derivative of Islamism. This term distinguishes itself from Islamic by the fact that the latter refers to a religion and culture in existence over a millennium, whereas the first is a political/religious phenomenon linked to the great events of the 20th century. Furthermore Islamists define themselves as 'Islamiyyoun/Islamists' precisely to differentiate themselves from 'Muslimun/Muslims.' . . . Islamism is defined as 'an Islamic militant, anti-democratic movement, bearing a holistic vision of Islam whose final aim is the restoration of the caliphate.'"
-- Adobe Acrobat PDF format link to Notes
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/911/pdf/notes.pdf

9/11 Commission Report Excerpt
http://clusty.com/search?input-form=simple-clusty-gov&query=Islamism&v%3Aproject=clusty-gov&v%3Apersonality=&v%3Asources=911

U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Sources:

Congressional Endorsements of U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=79
-- Letter from Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Cal.), Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, to colleagues and staff, September 23, 2008
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/US-Muslim_Engagement_Report_Meeting_09-24-08.pdf
-- Letter from Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate, to colleagues and staff, September 26, 2008
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/rgl_us_muslim_engagement_dear_colleague.pdf

-- More on U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project

February 24, 2009 - Leader in Group Seeking "Engagement" with Islamic Supremacism to Advise State Dept - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/127.html

September 24, 2008 - U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Calls for Engagement with Muslim Brotherhood - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html
http://anti-jihad.org/blog/2008/09/engagement-with-mb/
--- U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Critical of U.S. Government's Stance on Hamas and Hezbollah
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html#engage1
--- U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Calls for Engagement with Muslim Brotherhood
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/engagement_with_mb.html#engage_mb

U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project Report: Changing Course: A New Direction for U.S. Relations with the Muslim World
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/Changing_Course_-_A_New_Direction_for_US_Relations_with_the_Muslim_World.pdf
Alternate link (in event report "disappears")::
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/Changing_Course_-_A_New_Direction_for_US_Relations_with_the_Muslim_World.pdf
-- Report's Executive Summary
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=49
-- Full Report (PDF)
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/storage/usme/documents/Changing_Course_-_A_New_Direction_for_US_Relations_with_the_Muslim_World.pdf
-- Endorsements of Report
http://www.usmuslimengagement.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=51

Poll on Muslims and Support for Islamic supremacism

February 25, 2009 - Poll: "Majorities agree with nearly all of al Qaeda's goals to change U.S. behavior in the Muslim world, to promote Islamist governance, and to preserve and affirm Islamic identity"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usnw/20090225/pl_usnw/muslim_publics_oppose_al_qaeda_s_terrorism__but_agree_with_its_goal_of_driving_u_s__forces_out
--- "Muslim Publics Oppose Al Qaeda's Terrorism, But Agree With Its Goal of Driving US Forces Out"
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/591.php?nid=&id=&pnt=591&lb=
--- Full Report (PDF)
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_rpt.pdf
--- Questionnaire/Methodology (PDF)
http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/feb09/STARTII_Feb09_quaire.pdf
----- see pages 27 through 30 -- "8. Islamist Groups and Shari'a"
----- "The Islamist goal of giving Shari'a a larger role in Islamic society is viewed positively."
----- page 29: "In Egypt 81 percent said they agreed with the al Qaeda goal of "requir[ing] a strict application of Shari'a law in every Islamic country" (65% strongly); only 12 percent disagreed. Pakistanis were similar with 76 percent agreeing with this goal (52% strongly); 5 percent disagreed. Indonesians, however, agreed by only a narrow plurality: 49 percent supported the goal (just 14% strongly), while 42 percent disagreed. In Morocco in late 2006, 76 percent agreed."

February 25, 2009 - UPI: Survey Most Muslims oppose terror
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/02/25/Survey_Most_Muslims_oppose_terror/UPI-16631235584660/

February 27, 2009 - US News and World Report: Muslim World Cool Toward Bin Laden, but Cooler Toward the United States
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/mideast-watch/2009/2/27/muslim-world-cool-toward-bin-laden-but-cooler-toward-the-united-states.html?s_cid=rss:mideast-watch:muslim-world-cool-toward-bin-laden-but-cooler-toward-the-united-states

"Good Taliban" Articles:

Recent Articles:

February 22, 2009 - CNN: "Talking to 'good Taliban'"
--- in CNN interview, Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa calls Islamic supremacist TNSM chief Sufi Mohammad "The Good Taliban"
http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2009/02/22/grant.pak.taliban.ceasefire.cnn?iref=mpvideosview
--- Background on Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa -- involved with U.S. thinktanks, visiting U.S. professor, U.S. military labs
http://casi.ssc.upenn.edu/visiting/siddiqa

February 21, 2009 - The Australian: Pragmatic deals to pave exit from war
-- "Analysts believe the US's main goal in Afghanistan is to stay long enough to distinguish the 'good Taliban' from the bad"
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,25084089-28737,00.html?from=public_rss

February 20, 2009 - Philadelphia Inquirer: 'Good' Taliban and 'bad' Taliban
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/feb/20/lz1e20rubin204910-good-taliban-and-bad-taliban/?zIndex=55670
http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/20090218_Worldview__Taming_the__good_Taliban_.html

February 19, 2009 - Times of India: "Reactions from US officials to Islamabad's latest 'peace deal' with extremist forces who have scorched the Swat region indicated that Washington was once again buying into the discredited theory of 'good Taliban and bad Taliban.'"

January 30, 2009 - Distinguishing Between Good and Bad Taliban?
http://www.captainsjournal.com/2009/01/30/distinguishing-between-good-and-bad-taliban/

January 29, 2009 - Asia Times: Obama, Iran and Afghanistan
-- "The difference between then and now is that the US officials are now distinguishing between the 'good Taliban' versus the 'bad Taliban' and hoping to sow divisions between them and reach a compromise with the former, perhaps as part of an emerging post-Karzai scenario"
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KA29Ak01.html

Older Articles:

October 11, 2008 - ANI: US backs UK's plan of negotiated deal with "good Taliban"
http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/26956

August 25, 2008 - PBS Interview with Robert D. Kaplan
-- "What a lot of people don't understand is many of the people in the Taliban are not necessarily our enemy. There is good Taliban and bad Taliban."

January 28, 2008 - Good Taliban, Bad Taliban
http://gudem.blogspot.com/2008/01/good-taliban-bad-taliban.html

October 29, 2004 - Dawn: US wants Pakistan to woo 'good' Taliban
-- United States Ambassador to Kabul Zalmay Khalilzad: 'separating the good Taliban from the bad ones'
http://www.dawn.com/2004/10/29/top6.htm