Jihad and the "Reconciliation" with Islamic Supremacism
Sources and Related Documents:
1. Sources Regarding U.S. Defense Secretary Gates
2. Sources Regarding U.S. General David Petraeus
3. Sources Regarding U.S. General David McKiernan
4. Sources Regarding Other U.S. Discussions on Afghanistan
5. Sources Regarding Afghanistan Government Negotiations with
Taliban
6. Sources Regarding Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif
7. Sources Regarding Other Calls for Negotiations with Taliban
8. Background Sources on British Appeasement of Islamic
Supremacism
9. General Sources
1. Sources Regarding U.S. Defense Secretary Gates
October 6, 2008 - AP: Gates: Afghan militants key to country's future
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/06/gates-afghan-militants-key-to-countrys-future/
October 8, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times/AP: Taliban key to Afghanistan's
future: US defense secretary
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\08\story_8-10-2008_pg1_7
October 7, 2008 - Dawn: US seeks peace with 'reconcilable' Taliban: Gates
http://www.dawn.com/2008/10/08/top11.htm
October 7, 2008 - Reuters: U.S. says Afghan war comments "defeatist"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/wl_nm/us_afghan_usa_3;_ylt=AmxA1GweTuU19vHFm5c8OLnOVooA
October 9, 2008 - AHN: Gates: Reconciliation With Taliban Possible, But Not
With Al-Qaeda
http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7012598803
October 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times/AFP/Reuters: Pentagon sees no
reconciliation with Al Qaeda
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\10\story_10-10-2008_pg7_2
October 2, 2008 - AP: Gates may remain if Obama elected
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/6037257.html
September 20, 2008 - AP: Gates urges Western militaries to steer middle
course
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/20/europe/gates.php
April 13, 2008 - UPI: Gates: Enemy in Iraq is extremism
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/04/13/Gates_Enemy_in_Iraq_is_extremism/UPI-69821208117940/
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
2. Sources Regarding U.S. General David Petraeus
October 8, 2008 - AFP: US should talk with its enemies: Petraeus --- speaking
at Heritage Foundation
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/pl_afp/usafghanistanmilitarypetraeus_081008210727;_ylt=Ar9MVE6Nc.o7sPBmbbLGJfNX6GMA
October 8, 2008 - Reuters: Petraeus sees possible value in talking to Taliban
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N08533185.htm
--- "The British commander in Afghanistan, Brig. Mark Carleton-Smith, also told
the Sunday Times that negotiations with the Taliban could bring needed progress.
Asked about those remarks, Petraeus noted that Britain's long experience
negotiating with adversaries helped reduce violence in Iraq. 'They've sat down
with thugs throughout their history, including us in our early days, I suspect,'
he said."
Gen. David Petraeus Announcement of "Law and Order" Task Force
http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11664&Itemid=128
3. Sources Regarding U.S. General David McKiernan
October 16, 2008 - Reuters: INTERVIEW-Taliban gets foreign help but won't
win-general -- NATO's U.S. General McKiernan
http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINISL35449720081016?rpc=401&
October 12, 2008 - AP: Top General: NATO not losing in Afghanistan - David
McKiernan
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-10-12-nato-afghan_N.htm?csp=34
October 3, 2008 - Geo TV: NATO general says reconciling with Taliban a
political decision
http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26190.htm
October 2, 2008 - CourierMail: Taliban reconciliation 'a political move'
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24434499-5003402,00.html
October 2, 2008 - AFP: NATO does not rule out Afghan talks with Taliban
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=245357&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23
October 1, 2008 - Canwest News Service: Little progress in Afghanistan: NATO
official -- U.S. Gen. David McKiernan
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=4db4fd81-7521-47d4-a950-93abbaa3a657
August 11, 2008: Der Spiegel: 'A Counter-Insurgency Takes a Long Time, Longer
than We Thought'
-- NATO General McKiernan previously stated regarding Afghanistan: "answer must
be found politically"
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,571345,00.html
June. 16, 2008 - NBC: One-on-one with General David McKiernan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25200121/
4. Sources Regarding Other U.S. Discussions on Afghanistan
October 10, 2008 - Reuters: Mullen sees Afghanistan worsening into next year
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081010/wl_nm/us_afghan_usa_report_7;_ylt=AtzEbIVQKS_nlh3jsw5FCIPOVooA
October 10, 2008 - Washington Independent: What Kind of Negotiations Should
There Be Between Karzai and The Taliban?
---- "Peter Bergen asks a great question: Since we're seeing movement toward
Karzai-Taliban negotiations, what kind of negotiations should there be?"
http://washingtonindependent.com/11822/what-kind-of-negotiations-should-there-be-between-karzai-and-the-taliban
October 10, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: "Taliban said to have agreed to
sever ties with Al Qaeda" -- "according to Stratfor"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\10\story_10-10-2008_pg7_39
--- states: "The analysis predicts that ultimately there will be a negotiated
settlement with a new [Taliban] leadership that will retain its ideology but
within the confines of the Afghan nation-state and will abandon not just Al
Qaeda but also its transnational objectives of a supranational caliphate"
October 9, 2008 - New York Times: U.S. study is said to warn of crisis in
Afghanistan
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/09/asia/09afghan.php
October 9, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: US forces vow to fight on against Taliban
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3166118/US-forces-vow-to-fight-on-against-Taliban.html
5. Sources Regarding Afghanistan Government Negotiations
with Taliban
October 17, 2008 - RTTNews: Afghan Ex-Province Mayor Turns Taliban Leader
http://news.ino.com/headlines/?newsid=101720080225
-- former mayor of Herat Province Ghullam Yahya Akbar
October 17, 2008 - New York Times: Senior U.S. commanders to assess
Afghanistan mission
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/17/america/17military.php
October 17, 2008 - Irish Sun: Afghanistan Taliban becomes stronger in
numbers
http://story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/419561/cs/1/
--- "Taliban's strength in Afghanistan has increased by up to 20-30 percent over
the past year, according to Major General Jeffrey Schlosser, a top general
in-charge of US ground troops in Afghanistan"
October 16, 2008 - CBS News: Gen.: Enemy Numbers Swell In Afghanistan
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/16/60minutes/main4526472.shtml?source=search_story
-- Tells 60 Minutes The Enemy Has Increased Forces Up To 30 Percent In A Year
October 16, 2008 - AP: Afghan policeman kills U.S. soldier -- in Patika
province
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/16/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php
-- AP: "It was the second time in less than a month that an Afghan officer has
killed a U.S. soldier, raising concerns that militants may have infiltrated the
Afghan police force"
October 16, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor: To fight Taliban, US eyes
Afghan tribes
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1016/p01s04-wosc.html
October 15, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor: Some Afghans live under Taliban
rule – and prefer it
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1015/p01s01-wosc.html
October 15, 2008 - Reuters: Taliban may give up al Qaeda, ex-minister says
http://in.reuters.com/article/southAsiaNews/idINIndia-35984620081015
--- former Taliban foreign minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
October 14, 2008 - MEMRI: Taliban To Continue Suicide Attacks On U.S. And
NATO Troops
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/10497.htm
October 13, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Karzai offered Taliban role in govt
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\13\story_13-10-2008_pg1_4
October 13, 2008 - Pakistan Link: Karzai offered Taliban role in govt
http://www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/Oct08/13/10.htm
October 11, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: "Afghan president offers Taliban a role
in governing country"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/3179534/Afghan-president-offers-Taliban-a-role-in-governing-country.html
October 11, 2008 - AFP: US may rely more on Afghanistan's tribal militia:
report
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081011/pl_afp/usafghanistannatomilitary_081011203112
October 8, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor: No Afghan-Taliban peace talks,
for now
http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1009/p07s01-wosc.html
-- "say sources close to the insurgents and the government"
-- former Taliban official Waheed Muzhda: "The meetings signal that the Afghan
government is weak and is desperate for a solution"
October 8, 2008: Karzai's brother 'met ex-Taleban'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7658288.stm
-- Qayum Karzai -- BBC reports also in attendance was "former Pakistani Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif, and a delegation of at least 15 Afghans" and "Taleban's
former ambassdor to Pakistan, Abdul Salam Zaeef"
October 7, 2008 - Long War Journal: Taliban have not split from al Qaeda:
sources -- Bill Roggio
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/10/taliban_have_not_spl.php
October 7, 2008 - AFP: Kabul held Mecca talks with Taliban: Saudi paper
http://www.metimes.com/Politics/2008/10/07/kabul_held_mecca_talks_with_taliban_saudi_paper/afp/
--- claims negotiators "included Mullah Mohammad Tayeb Agha, who was the chief
in Kandahar of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar and his spokesman before the
Taliban's ouster from power by the US-led invasion of 2001, and Omar's 'foreign
minister,' Wakil Ahmad Mutawakkel"
October 7, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Kabul and Taliban reject Saudi talks
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\07\story_7-10-2008_pg1_8
-- "Taliban spokesmen and Qari Yousef Ahmadi also denied peace talks had taken
place, while Mullah Abdul Rahim, a Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan,
said the issue was raised recently during a Taliban meeting"
October 7, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Taliban, Afghan officials met in
Saudi Arabia
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\07\story_7-10-2008_pg1_7
October 6, 2008 - AP: Taliban, Afghan officials meet in Saudi Arabia
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/06/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php
October 6, 2008 - CNN: Sources: Taliban split with al Qaeda, seek peace
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/06/afghan.saudi.talks/index.html
--- CNN: "A Saudi source familiar with the talks confirmed that they happened
and said the Saudis take seriously their role in facilitating discussions
between parties to the conflict. A second round of talks is scheduled to take
place in two months, the Saudi source said."
October 3, 2008 - GeoTV: Karzai proposes Mulla Umar to return to Afghanistan
http://www.geo.tv/10-3-2008/26156.htm
October 3, 2008 - Reuters: Taliban leader rejects talks with Afghan
government
http://www.reuters.com/article/asiaCrisis/idUSISL354278
-- "Mullah Brother told Reuters by satellite telephone from an undisclosed
location"
October 2, 2008 - UAE's The National: Afghans back Taliban, says abducted
senator
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20081002/FOREIGN/285390611/1011/rss
--- Abdul Wali Ahmadzai: "The important point is that the people support the
Taliban. This is the main problem: now the people do not like the government and
they support the Taliban"
October 1, 2008 - New English Review - The Iconoclast: So Much For Freeing
The Afghan People From The Taliban - by Rebecca Bynum
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_direct_link.cfm/blog_id/17337
September 28, 2008 - London Times: Taliban revival sets fear swirling through
Kabul
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article4837667.ece
August 11, 2008 - MEMRI: Karzai: International Community Must Act Against
Taliban
http://www.thememriblog.org/urdupashtu/blog_personal/en/9082.htm
August 10, 2008 - Reuters: Karzai urges world to target militants in Pakistan
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL46854.htm
October 2, 2007 - Afghanistan's Taliban: US Tactics - Defeat or Negotiate? -
by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/059.html
September 29, 2007 - Are the Taliban "The Enemy" or Not? - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/057.html
September 29, 2007 - AP: Afghan president offers Taliban a place in
government for peace deal
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/29/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Taliban-Talks.php
September 29, 2007 - JihadWatch.org: Afghan president offers Taliban a place
in government for peace deal
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/018301.php
--- Robert Spencer: "Surrender"
U.S. Rewards for Justice: "Seeking Information Against International
Terrorism: Wanted - Mullah Omar - Up to $10 Million Reward"
http://www.rewardsforjustice.net/english/index.cfm?page=MullahOmar
6. Sources Regarding Pakistan's Nawaz Sharif
October 7, 2008 - Gulf Times: Sharif offers to broker Taliban talks
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=246412&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23
October 7, 2008 - AFP: Pakistan's Sharif offers to broker Afghan talks:
spokesman
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081007/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunresttalibansaudipakistan_081007114846;_ylt=Ap4PXLNrBf3cj8BIcgqNEx_zPukA
--- "Pakistan backed the Taliban during Sharif's second spell in power from 1997
to 1999"
October 13, 2008 - Pakistan Daily Times: Nawaz Sharif: "Resolve terrorism
through dialogue"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\13\story_13-10-2008_pg7_28
Wikipedia: Nawaz Sharif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif
--- "On January 16, 1999 the Nawaz Sharif Government imposed Islamic law in the
traditional tribal areas of the north-west straddling the Pakistan-Afghanistan
border, vowing to impose it throughout the country"
September 6, 1998 - Indian Express: Nawaz to go ahead with Islamisation Bill
- September 1998
http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980906/24950304.html
7. Sources Regarding Other Calls for Negotiations with Taliban
October 13, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: UK Shadow Home Secretary David Davis: UK
risks disaster in Afghanistan without change in strategy
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/3184097/David-Davis-UK-risks-disaster-in-Afghanistan-without-change-in-strategy.html
October 9, 2008 - Nicholas Rigillo/ DPA/Expatica: NATO tries to avoid
'Vietnam syndrome' in Afghanistan
http://www.expatica.com/de/articles/news/NATO-tries-to-avoid-_Vietnam-syndrome_-in-Afghanistan.html
October 9, 2008 - Expatica/AFP: French army chief: no victory in Afghanistan
http://www.expatica.com/fr/articles/news/French-army-chief_-no-victory-in-Afghanistan.html
--- French military General Jean-Louis Georgelin supports comments by British
Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith
--- "A British officer 'was saying that one cannot win this war militarily, that
there is no military solution to the Afghan crisis and I totally share this
feeling,' Georgelin told French television channel Public Senat."
October 8, 2008 - AFP: France to host meeting of Afghanistan's neighbors
--- Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner reportedly indicates that "Paris has asked
Pakistan, Iran and other neighbouring countries to attend because they could
play a role in helping Afghanistan reach peace with the Taliban"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\08\story_8-10-2008_pg1_8
October 7, 2008 - AP: France supports talks between Afghan govt, Taliban
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/07/europe/EU-France-Afghanistan.php
--- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner
October 8, 2008 - Independent: UK press says "defeat not inevitable"
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-defeat-is-not-yet-inevitable-954479.html
-- just that "conflict will then have to be resolved through political means"
October 8, 2008 - AP: NATO question: Is it time to talk with Taliban? Defense
ministers to meet in Budapest as Afghanistan situation declines
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27090845/
October 8, 2008 - AP: NATO to meet as Afghan war effort founders
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/08/europe/EU-NATO-Taliban-Talks.php
October 8, 2008 - AFP: Danish FM for dialogue with Taliban
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081008/wl_sthasia_afp/denmarkafghanistanunresttalks_081008023843;_ylt=Avz9Aow3FwKlXz6XQ48HS2_OVooA
-- Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller: "We should civilize the Taliban"
October 7, 2008 - Der Spiegel: German Press: 'There Will Be No Lasting Peace
without the Taliban'
http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,582681,00.html
October 7, 2008: Pakistan Daily Times quoting Eide: "what we need most of all
is a political surge, more political energy"
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\07\story_7-10-2008_pg1_6
October 6, 2008 - AKI: Afghanistan: UN envoy agrees war cannot be won
militarily
http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2549209336
--- UN special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, told journalists in Kabul: "We
all know that we cannot win it military. It has to be won through political
means. That means political engagement."
October 6, 2008: Pakistan Daily Times: Afghan war can't be won: Britain
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\10\06\story_6-10-2008_pg1_1
-- follow-up Pakistan Daily Times report on Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith
interview
--- "a spokesman for the Taliban said on Sunday there would be no negotiations
with foreigners"
--- "They should know that Taliban will never hold talks with the invaders,"
Taliban spokesman Qari Muhammad Yousuf told the Pakistan-based Afghan news
agency, AIP
October 5, 2008 - London Times: War on Taliban cannot be won, says army chief
--- Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith
--- says British public should be "prepared for a possible deal with the
Taliban"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article4882597.ece
October 5, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: War in Afghanistan 'cannot be won',
British commander warns
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/onthefrontline/3139284/War-in-Afghanistan-cannot-be-won-British-commander-warns.html
October 4, 2008 - AP: UK official: Taliban part of Afghan solution
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/oct/04/uk-official-taliban-part-of-afghan-solution/
October 5, 2008 - AP: UK official says Taliban talks may be necessary
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27028087/
October 3, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: "Saudi Arabia can rein in the Taliban and
al-Qaeda - by Con Coughlin"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/10/03/do0304.xml
October 2, 2008 - London Times: British envoy says mission in Afghanistan is
doomed, according to leaked memo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4860080.ece
-- UK Foreign Office's Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles
October 1, 2008 - UN Observer: Afghan President invites Taliban leader to
join peace talks, ministry
http://www.unobserver.com/layout4.php?id=5203&blz=1
June 29, 2007 - Reuters: U.N. chief in Afghanistan, focus on lack of law and
order
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSISL16272420070629
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October 12, 2008 - Huffington Post: Gates Says Talks with Taliban
"Conceivable" -- Let's Get Started - Robert Naiman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/gates-says-talks-with-tal_b_133994.html
-- Robert Naiman: "One obstacle seems to be that our politicians have painted
our country into a rhetorical corner through years of demonizing the Taliban,
without acknowledging that, regardless of their crimes, they might have some
legitimate aspirations - like driving foreign troops out of the country."
October 10, 2008 - Huffington Post: General Petraeus: Talks with the Taliban
Are Kosher - Robert Naiman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/general-petraeus-talks-wi_b_133503.html
October 8, 2008 - Huffington Post: What the Debate Missed on Afghanistan:
Brits Say Talk to Taliban - Robert Naiman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/what-the-debate-missed-on_b_133021.html
October 7, 2008 - Huffington Post: On Invasion Anniversary, British Govt
Says: Talk to Taliban - Robert Naiman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/on-invasion-anniversary-b_b_132628.html
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August 23, 2008 - AFP: Taliban not strategic threat to Afghanistan: Defence
minister
http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=world_news&month=august2008&file=world_news200808238243.xml
June 22, 2008 - London Times: Stop killing the Taliban – they offer the best
hope of beating Al-Qaeda - by Simon Jenkins
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/simon_jenkins/article4187504.ece
March 29, 2008 - Daily Telegraph: We must talk to the Taliban, says UK
Defense Secretary Des Browne -- and talk to terrorist groups as well, such as
Hezbollah
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/03/29/nbrowne129.xml
"What you need to do in conflict resolution is to bring the people who believe
that the answer to their political ambitions will be achieved through violence
into a frame of mind that they accept that their political ambitions will be
delivered by politics,"
-- Telegraph quotes Browne that "Government should be negotiating with some
parts of the Taliban and Hizbollah."
December 26, 2007 - Daily Telegraph: Gordon Brown called to explain Taliban
talks
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/1573730/Gordon-Brown-called-to-explain-Taliban-talks.html
-- "MI6 agents held a series of discussions, known as "jirgas", with 'important
motivating figures inside the Taliban'"
December 26, 2007 - Daily Telegraph: Britain in secret talks with the Taliban
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1573687/Britain-in-secret-talks-with-the-Taliban.html
September 26, 2007 - AFP: Taliban must be involved in Afghan peace process:
UK
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=174832&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23
August 13, 2007 - Pakistan President Seeks Mainstream Taliban - by Jeffrey
Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/040.html
8. Background Sources on British Appeasement of Islamic
Supremacism
August 31, 2008 - British Government Efforts against "Extremists" Ignores
Jihad and Islamic Supremacism - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/101.html
May 30, 2008 - Guardian: Time to talk to al-Qaida, senior police chief urges
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/30/alqaida.terrorism
May 30, 2008 - BBC: Britain 'could talk to al-Qaeda'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7426874.stm
-- Police Service of Northern Ireland chief Sir Hugh Orde
March 16, 2008 - BBC: Not talking to al-Qaeda 'silly'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7299888.stm
-- Security Minister West
March 15, 2008 - Guardian: Top Blair aide: we must talk to al-Qaida -- Former
No 10 chief says Irish peace process showed link to enemy needed
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/mar/15/uksecurity.alqaida
September 2001 - Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
http://news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/sjres23.enr.html
October 2002 - Joint Resolution to Authorize the Use of United States Armed
Forces Against Iraq (Public Law No: 107-243; House Joint Resolution 114)
http://www.c-span.org/resources/pdf/hjres114.pdf
-- Alternate link
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/documents/H.J.Res.114.pdf
July 2, 2008 - Crossroads in History: The Struggle against Jihad and
Supremacist Ideologies - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html
-- PDF format
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/Crossroads_in_History_Jeffrey_Imm.pdf
- Infiltration of America's Military to Prevent Focus on Islamic Supremacism -
by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.4
--- Seeking to Change What America's Military Says
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.4.1
--- Seeking to Change Who America's Military Views as the Threat
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.4.2
--- Seeking to Change What America's Military Views as the War
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.4.3
--- A Brief Voice of Reason
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/090.html#H.4.4
January 5, 2008 - JihadWatch.org: "The termination of Stephen Coughlin on the
Joint Staff is an act of intellectual cowardice"
http://jihadwatch.org/archives/019465.php
July 2007, "'To Our Great Detriment': Ignoring What Extremists Say about
Jihad" - Stephen Coughlin, Major, Military Intelligence, USAR
http://www.strategycenter.net/docLib/20080107_Coughlin_ExtremistJihad.pdf
June 2008 - West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) Sentinel: "Engaging
Islamists in the West" by Peter Mandaville (page 5)
http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/CTCSentinel-Vol1Iss7.pdf
July 16, 2008 - The Jihadist who is still a Jihadist - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/092.html#Al-Sharif
July 2008 - West Point Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) Sentinel: Why
Terrorists Quit: Gaining From Al-Qa'ida's Losses - by Michael Jacobson (page 1)
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/opedsPDFs/487faa39e38cb.pdf
April 24, 2008 - Who is America Fighting - Jihadists or Extremists? - by
Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/081.html
October 16, 2008 - Washington Times: "Afghan ally Haqqani is now a foe"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/oct/16/afghan-ally-is-now-a-foe/
-- reports on Taliban's Jalaluddin Haqqani, references role in fighting Soviets
in 1980s
September 26, 2008 - Fractured Fairytales about Jihad on Capitol Hill - by
Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/107.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
September 18, 2008 - Jihad and the Growing Surrender in Counterterrorism - by
Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/105.html
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
April 24, 2008 - The Inconvenient 9/11 Commission Report - by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/081.html#911_Report
October 7, 2008 - Globe and Mail: You say al-Qaeda, I say Taliban - by Andrew
Steele
http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081007.WBSteele20081007095721/WBStory/WBSteele
-- "My point was that al-Qaeda and the Taliban are closely linked and any
negotiation with the Taliban is, by definition, a negotiation with al-Qaeda."
July 26, 2008 - Peter Bergen on What "Winning" the War Means - by Peter
Bergen
http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/07/terrorism_salon_15/
-- "the next administration has an opening: to set a course that is based not on
an ideological interpretation of the threat"
July 31, 2008 - Washington Times: Inside the Ring - War of Ideas
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/31/inside-the-ring-9598419/
January 30, 2008 - AFP: Afghanistan's Senate endorses reporter's death
sentence: official
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=212965
-- "The senate, called the Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders), issued a statement
Tuesday backing last week's decision by the Balkh province primary court"
against Afghan journalist Sayed Pervez Kambakhsh
March 29, 2006 - AP: Afghan Christian convert finds sanctuary -- Abdul Rahman
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12063255/
March 30, 2006 - Gulf News: Asylum-seeking convert must not escape: MPs
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=79247&version=1&template_id=41&parent_id=23
BBC Report on Taliban That Addresses Taliban's Support for Global Caliphate
(my title)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/6292061.stm
January 21, 2008 - The Islamic Army on al-Arabiya - by Marc Lynch
http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/abuaardvark/2008/01/the-islamic-arm.html
October 22, 2007 - Osama Bin Laden Message Urges Jihadists to Unite in Iraq -
by Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/064.html
--- Osama Bin Laden condemns extremists... "ta'assub"
Robert Spencer Quote: "The counterjihad, the resistance to Islamic
supremacism, is much larger than any personality."
http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017126.php
October 31, 2007 - BBC: Pakistan militants firm on Sharia
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7070640.stm
June 10, 2008 - Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State - by
Jeffrey Imm
http://www.unitedstatesaction.com/blog/imm-articles/087.html
Pakistan Public Polls on Support for Sharia
Terror Free Tomorrow: June 2008 Pakistan Poll - "Pakistanis Strongly Back
Negotiations with Al Qaeda and
Taliban over Military Action; Public Support for Al Qaeda Gaining Ground"
http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/PakistanPollReportJune08.pdf
--- Support for Sharia Law: Q8g, page 44
Terror Free Tomorrow: January 19-29, 2008 Pakistan Poll - "Pakistani Support
for Al Qaeda, Bin Laden
Plunges; Moderate Parties Surge; 70 Percent Want President Musharraf to Resign:
Results of a New
Nationwide Public Opinion Survey of Pakistan before the February 18th Elections"
http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/TFT%20Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf
--- Support for Sharia Law: Q12G, page 31
Terror Free Tomorrow: August 2007 Pakistan Poll - "Pakistanis Reject US
Military Action against Al Qaeda;
More Support bin Laden than President Musharraf: Results of a New Nationwide
Public Opinion Survey of
Pakistan"
http://www.terrorfreetomorrow.org/upimagestft/Pakistan%20Poll%20Report.pdf
--- Support for Sharia Law: Q16E, page 34