Best Articles of the Past Week – 6/12-6/18

Sunday June 13:
“Lashkar-i-Taiba: Roots, Logistics, Partnerships, and the Fallacy of Subservient Proxies” – Ryan Clarke, Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume 22 Issue 3, July 2010, 395-418: https://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a922884886~frm=titlelink
Monday June 14:
“Jihad Is Not the Medicine for Every Disease” – Mark Stout, On War and Words: https://onwarandwords.wordpress.com/2010/06/14/jihad-is-not-the-medicine-for-every-disease/
AfPak Behind the Lines: Taliban reconciliation” – Interview with Thomas Ruttig, The AfPak Channel: https://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/14/afpak_behind_the_lines_thomas_ruttig
Barack Obama face au spectre Al-Qaida” – Jean-Pierre Filiu, Le Monde: https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2010/06/14/barack-obama-face-au-spectre-al-qaida_1372437_3232.html
Tuesday June 15:
“Catherine Zara Raymond — Al Muhajiroun and Islam4UK- The group behind the ban” – Catherine Zara Raymond, The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence, May 2010:  https://icsr.info/publications/papers/1276697989CatherineZaraRaymondICSRPaper.pdf
Wednesday June 16:
“Afghanistan: Graveyard of Assumptions?” – Andrew Exum, Abu Muqawama Blog: https://www.cnas.org/blogs/abumuqawama/2010/06/afghanistan-graveyard-assumptions.html
Thursday June 17:
“World Cup Fatwa” – Mathilde Aarseth, Jihadica: https://www.jihadica.com/world-cup-fatwa/
“Coddling Pakistan’s Islamists” – Rania Abouzeid, The AfPak Channel: https://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/17/coddling_pakistans_islamists
“The Hollow Arab Core” – Marc Lynch, The Middle East Channel: https://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/17/the_hollow_arab_core
“Terrorists Versus Soccer” – Adam Serwer, The American Prospect: https://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=terrorists_v_soccer
“English Translation of Abū Walīd’s Response to Charles Cameron” – al-Maktabah Blog: https://azelin.wordpress.com/2010/06/17/english-translation-of-abu-walids-response-to-charles-cameron/
“The Legal War on Terror for the week of 6/11-6/17” – Andrew Lebovich, Foreign Policy: https://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/17/the_lwot_grand_jury_returns_shahzad_indictment_supreme_court_rejects_rendition_lawsuit
“Pak intelligence pulls Taliban strings: New report gives an inside view of our ally’s double game” – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, The Washington Times: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jun/17/pak-intelligence-pulls-taliban-strings/
Friday June 18:
“Could the Taliban Take Over Pakistan’s Punjab Province?” – Ahmad Majidyar, The American Enterprise Institute: https://www.aei.org/docLib/02-MEO-June-2010-g.pdf

As-Saḥāb releases new video statement from American Adam Gadahan: "Legitimate Demands [2] Barack’s Dilemma"

NOTE: Adam Yaḥyā Ghadan (“Azzām al-Amrīki”) was born as Adam Pearlman in California. He converted to Sunni Islam in 1995. He has been a senior operative for al-Qā’idah since 2004 and is currently in control of the As-Saḥāb (“The Clouds”) Foundation for Islamic Media Publication. A transcript of Ghadan’s message to Obama is below.


As-Saḥāb releases new video statement from American Adam Gadahan- “Legitimate Demands [2] Barack’s Dilemma”
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al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a new statement: "On the killing of women and Destruction of Homes and Mosques in Valley Ubaida"

NOTE: al-Qā’idah (AQ) has been in Yemen since the late 1990s. As is well known AQ operatives struck the USS Cole in October of 2000. Following that attack and 9/11, the United States and Yemen worked together to suppress and eliminate al-Qā’idah in Yemen or al-Qā’idah in Southern Arabia as they were called then. This mission was successful and by November 2003 that generation of al-Qā’idah members was for all intents and purposes eliminated.
Following the above successes, though, the United States, along with Yemen, took their eyes off preventing a rise in a new generation of al-Qā’idah activists in Yemen. Consequently, in February 2006, twenty-three al-Qā’idah terrorists, including the mastermind of the 2000 USS Cole bombing, escaped from a Yemeni prison.  National security experts have claimed this event as the date when al-Qā’idah’s presence in Yemen started to rise again. Within months of the escape al-Qā’idah was responsible for attacks on oil and gas facilities and culminated in September of 2008 with its attempt to bomb the US Embassy.
Along with the prison escape another important factor behind al-Qā’idah’s reemergence in Yemen is due to the successful counterterrorism efforts by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. As a result, many Saudi al-Qā’idah members fled to Yemen. This led in January of 2009 for the two groups, al-Qā’idah in Yemen and al-Qā’idah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to merge into what it is now referred to as al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). AQAP has shown it is a force to be reckoned with by its attempted assassination of Saudi Arabia’s Prince Muḥammad bin Nāyef as well as attempts to smuggle weapons into KSA dressed as women and assassinating key local leaders in southern Yemen. Furthermore, AQAP has been linked to the failed Christmas Day attack attempted by ‘Umar Fārūk ‘Abd  al-Muṭallab. AQAP claims they went forth with this attack as a response to the US’ cruise missile attacks against AQ assets on December 17 and 24.


al-Qā’idah in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) released a new statement- “On the killing of women and Destruction of Homes and Mosques in Valley Ubaida”
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English Translation of Abū Walīd's Response to Charles Cameron

As promised in my original post, a translation of Abū Walīd’s response to Charles Cameron would eventually be translated into English. Thanks to Cameron for giving me a heads up to the translation being published on ZenPundit’s website where Cameron regularly guest-blogs. Before the translation, Cameron notes:

I asked a native-speaking grad student associate of mine to give me a literal translation of Abu Walid’s response to my post, and then tweaked it to give it a reasonable combination of accuracy and fluency, and my associate has kindly given the result his thumbs up — so what follows is probably fairly close to the sense of Abu Walid’s original.

That said, below is the full translation unedited:

Is this a return to the Age of Chivalry? — Comments on the Response of Charles Cameron
May 31, 2010
Author: Mustafa Hamed, Abu al-Walid al-Masri
MAFA: The Literature of the Outlaws
Charles Cameron’s words, in his comment on the dialog between myself and Ms. Leah Farrall, were wonderful, both for their humanitarian depth and in their high literary style, which makes it difficult for any writer to follow him. He puts me in something of a dilemma, fearing any comparison that might be made between us in terms of beauty of style or depth and originality of ideas — but in my capacity as one of those adventurous “outlaws”, I will try to contemplate, rather than compete with, his response, since this is what logic and reason call for.
Charles Cameron was deeply in touch with the roots of the problem that the world has (justly or unjustly) called the war on terror: it is a cause that relates to the sanctity of the human individual, and his rights and respect, regardless of any other considerations around which the struggle may revolve.
No one can argue about the importance of peace, or the need all humans have for it, nor can anyone argue that war is not hideous, and universally hated.  And yet wars are still happening, and their scope is even increasing.
And now the West claims: it is terrorism — as if war on the face of the earth were the invention of Bin Laden and al-Qaida — and all this, while many others are arguing ever more forcefully that the opposite is true, that al-Qaida and Bin Laden are the invention of war merchants, and that no one can definitely declare as yet — in an unbiased and transparent way — who caused the events of September 11 and the deaths of three thousand persons.
It is not only the one who pulls the trigger who is the killer, as we know –  the one who set the stage for a crime to be committed, who arranges the theatre, and opens the doors, and lures or hires the one who pulls the trigger is even more responsible. He’s the one, after all, who carries away the spoils of the crime, then chases down the trigger-man and finishes him off — not for the sake of justice, nor for love of humanity, but to hide the evidence of the crime, to erase his own fingerprints, and assassinate the witnesses who could implicate him.
For example: was the execution of Saddam Hussein really about bringing justice? Of course not. They executed him after a travesty of a trial for the most trivial of his crimes. Nobody, however, asked him about his most significant crimes — they killed him before he could admit to them, or name the major partners who brought him to the apex of his power, and provided him with a full range of lethal weaponry including weapons of mass destruction, so he could perform mass murder with confidence in his own impunity.
I personally (and here I speak only for myself, so Ms. Farrall need not get irritated) would have preferred to have Charles Cameron as President of the US and a united Europe and the leader of NATO — then there would have been no wars in Afghanistan or Iraq, and the problem of terrorism would have ended in minutes, along with the problems in the Middle East, and nuclear militarization, and even those of poverty and pollution. Why? Because not a single one of these problems can be solved except through the logic of humanitarianism, of justice, and love for people and peace, and hatred of oppression and discrimination between people in any form — we are all the creatures of God, and to Him we shall all return.
I am reminded of Richard the Lionheart, who came to lead a big crusade to capture Jerusalem from Muslim hands. The bloody wars he led brought fatigue to everyone and benefited neither the religious or nor the day-to-day interests of either party. Leading the Muslim campaign was Sultan Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (Saladin), King Richard’s peer in courage, chivalry and wisdom.
Both parties finally agreed that Jerusalem should remain in Muslim hands — hands which would guarantee its security and that of its people, and of both the Islamic and Christian sanctuaries, preserving their interests and protecting the sanctuaries of all, in peace.
Thereafter, King Richard retreated from Muslim lands, carrying with him a most favorable impression of the Muslims and of Saladin as he returned to his own country, while leaving a continuing memory of respect and appreciation for himself and his chivalry with Saladin and the Muslims — which is preserved in our history books down to the present day.
It was Mr. Cameron’s spirit of fairness, chivalry and true spirituality that reminded me of King Richard’s character — but sadly, it is very difficult to find a ruler in the west like King Richard, and I find it even more regrettable that Muslims should have even greater difficulty finding among themselves a ruler like Saladin.
This is because things are on the wrong track, and people are not in their rightful positions. The wrong people are in power and leading us, while the best among us are weak and under siege.
No human likes or wants this state of affairs — but are the people who are in control of this planet real human beings? Can we consider those who own 50% of the earth’s wealth human, even though they comprise no more than 2% of the human population?
In my opinion, the situation is much worse than these international statistics suggest. I believe the number of those who rule the world is far fewer, and that they own much more. They are the ones who invest in all kinds of wars wherever, and under whatever name or banner, they may be found. The mention of war translates to these people as an immediate waterfall of gold tumbling into their usurious bank vaults, which hold the world — both leaders and led — by the neck.
I speak here of all wars without exception, whether they be the First and Second World Wars, or the wars in Korea and Vietnam, or the First and Second Gulf Wars, or the Third and Fourth, yet to come — whether it be a war in Afghanistan (to hunt for the “Bin Laden and al-Qaida” mirage) or in Iraq (looking for illusory “weapons of mass destruction”) or in Bosnia, Somalia or Africa — that continent of eternal wars for the sake of gold or oil fields — Africa, that colonized continent of disease, covertly modernized in the labs of the secret services and giant pharmaceutical companies.
I wish we could return to the age of chivalry– of courageous and rightly religious knights — for then wisdom would prevail and peace would spread, and we could leave this age of the brokers and merchants of war behind us.
Muslims always call on God to bless them with a leader such as Saladin , and I think they should also pray for God to bless the West with a ruler such as Richard the Lionheart — because without a Saladin here and a Richard there, the fires of war will continue to blaze. That’s the reason the brokers of wars will not allow the appearance of a Saladdin here, nor a Richard there.
By means of the laws to fight terrorism, the emergency laws, NATO, the Security Council and the International Court of Justice, the various counter-terrorism forces around the world, the CIA and FBI, and the Army and National Guard, the Patriot Act in the US, the jails at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib and Bagram — and the secret “black sites” and “floating prison ships”– by all these means and many others, they kill and jail and start wars, so that humans (and terrorists) are not threatened by the likes of the two great kings, Saladin and Richard.
Therefore in the situation we find ourselves in now — despite our noble dreams of an age of knighthood and chivalry as an alternative to this age of broker kings — the destiny of all humanity, and even planet earth itself, remains in question. Of course there will be an end to all this someday… but how??… and when?? I do not think any one of us has the answer.
Finally I would like to thank Charles Cameron for his care in writing and commenting, and to express again my thanks to Ms. Leah Farrall, who deserves all the credit for initiating these dialogues.
Signed: Mustafa Hamed, Abu al-Walid al-Masri

Statement from the Islamic State of Iraq: "Condolences on the Death of the Martyr Shaykh Muṣṭafā Abū al-Yazīd"

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As-Saḥāb released a new video of Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī mourning the death of the Islamic State of Iraq's former senior leaders: "Blood of our Commanders, Fuel of our Battle"

NOTE: As-Saḥāb (“The Clouds”) Foundation for Islamic Media Publication released a new video of Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī mourning the death of the Islamic State of Iraq’s former senior leaders: “Blood of our Commanders, Fuel of our Battle.” Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī is considered one of the top leaders within the al-Qā’idah organization (AQSL). He has also been touted as a possible replacement to ‘Usāmah Bin Lāden. Al-Lībī started to gain notoriety and respect within thejihādī community after he broke out of the Bagram Airbase prison facility in 2005. It was also reported this past December that a drone killed al-Lībī, but it ended up being Ṣāleḥ al-Ṣūmālī instead.


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New statement from the Leadership Council Of The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in response to: "The Maligning Report Of The London School Of Economics"

NOTE: This message is by the Afghan Ṭālibān and unedited below.

Response Of The Leadership Council Of The Islamic Emirate In Reaction To The Maligning Report Of The London School Of Economics Rajab 02, 1431 A.H, Tuesday, June 15, 2010 In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. A Study Team of the London School of Economics has claimed in a report that the intelligence agency of Pakistan has been supporting the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan militarily and logistically. It has claimed that Pakistani intelligence officials practically participate in meetings of the alleged Quetta Council and impose their discretions on members of the Leadership Council. While considering this report of the London School of Economic as a merely baseless propaganda launched to promote British and American interests, the Islamic Emirate, meanwhile, declares its stand as follows: 1. The military power of the Evil Coalition including American, British and NATO forces have failed to prevent the victorious operations of the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Now they want to utilize their academic and research institutes in the work of the occupation of Afghanistan and for oppression of the Afghan Muslim people. The baseless report of the London School of Economics is a case in point. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan believes, the said report by the so-called research institute is a dictated drama of the political rulers of the West. It is not an investigative report based on facts and reasons, ethically carried out by academic research institute. 2. The current Jihad and resistance against the invaders are being led by the leadership of the Islamic Emirate based inside Afghanistan – obviously with the help and support of the Afghan Mujahid people. The enemy itself admits, the Islamic Emirate has control over 70% of the Afghan soil. The Islamic Emirate does not need to have such councils outside the country in order to continue the current popular resistance. 3. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has always emphasized that the present resistance is completely an home-grown Afghan Islamic resistance against the aggression of the invaders. It is not possible to lead such resistance simply by foreign support instead of the native support of the Afghan masses. Had a foreign support rather than indigenous support , ever played a role in such cases, then the surrogate administration of Karzai has military, espionage, economic and political support of 49 countries, why it has failed to prevent the growing national resistance of the Afghan Mujahid nation despite the support of the foreign invaders that the Administration enjoys? 4. Rulers of the government of Pakistan claim that they are the frontline pioneers of the American ignited war. They have not spared to do whatever was in their capacity to do. Hence, it is not rationale to say that they are supporting the jihad and resistance against the Americans in Afghanistan. Had Pakistan supported the Mujahideen, then manifestations and impact of their support would have categorically become visible. 5. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan openly invites all academic and research institutes, military and intelligence entities of the world including the London School of Economics to come to Afghanistan and behold the ranks of the Islamic Emirate with their own eyes that whether the Afghan gallant people or any foreigner make up the Mujahideen and leaders of the Jihad. Then again, they should check the ranks of the Karzai stooge administration to see whether their leaders are the gallant Afghans or the open enemies of our country and the invaders. After that, they should put, their academic and investigative report conducted on the basis of the ground realities, at the disposal of the public of the world. Had they done so, these academic institutes would have abided by their recognized norms and principles; would have saved their caliber and reputations, and produced useful academic report. At least, it would not have been a fabricated drama, ironically ordered by the arrogant powers. 6. To end, the Islamic Emirate calls on all independent countries of the world, particularly, the neighboring countries to extend their support to the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to put an end to the occupation of the arrogant, so that our oppressed and suffering countrymen can get rid of the occupation of the tyrants and form an independent system. Leadership Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

As-Saḥāb releases video message by Usāmah Bin Lāden addressed to the American people

NOTE: As-Saḥāb (“The Clouds”) Foundation for Islamic Media Publication officially released a video message of Usāmah Bin Lāden speaking to the American people. It was first aired on al-Jazeera TV back in March. The main highlights of the video include:

“My message is about the captives that you have taken from us. Your friend in the White House [President Barack Obama] has been following the footsteps of his predecessor [President George W. Bush] in many important issues, such as escalating the war in Afghanistan and unjustly treating our people that you took as captives.”
Bin Laden threatened to murder anyone they captured if the United States kills Khāled Shaykh Moḥammed.



Indonesian Website 'Al Muhājirūn' publishes article titled "Jihād For Palestine"

NOTE: Below is an unedited English translation of the article “Jihād for Palestine”, which was originally published in Indonesian on the website Al Muhājirūn.

Al-Muhajirun– The followers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah -call upon the entire Islamic ummah, whether it be the individuals orjama’ah and organization to show their supports verbally, physically and financially (with properties) to the Mujahids, the people who are struggling against the fascist nation that is really in existent, which is called Israel; until we can destroy it. With that, the land of Palestine, the Golan Heights and the Gaza Strip can be liberated and they would become the possessions of the Muslims in order to establish theShari’ah of Islam.
Al-Muhajirun– The followers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah -call upon the ummah of Rasulullah SAW to remember that Masjid Al-Aqsa is closely related to our aqeedah. The masjid was the place where Allah SWT brought Muhammad SAW one night from Makkah and from where he SAW was raised to heaven and the place where the Prophet SAW led all the prophets including Isa, Musa and Ibrahim AS in an activity of solat.
Al-Muhajirun– The followers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah -call upon the entire Islamic ummah to expose the conspiracy of the Jews and Christians in creating divisions amongst the Islamic ummah and stealing their sources of wealth. We suggest that You expose them. Indeed, the reality of the imperialist (who occupied Palestine) motives are not to please their god, but to destroy Masjid Al-Aqsa in the hope that they would find the lost properties of Prophet Ibrahim AS.
Al-Muhajirun– The followers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah -call upon all the Imams of the masjid and communities of leaders to motivate the Islamic ummah wherever they are, to emphasize on their fellow brothers to fight and perform their tasks of defending the sanctity of Allah SWT, His Rasul Muhammad SAW and the Islamicummah of today. Indeed, Allah will take into account every one of us for accountability.
Al-Muhajirun– The followers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah -call upon all the Mujahideen to not despair in continuing their noble activities to get rid of the cancer of Israel from the body of theummah of Prophet Muhammad SAW. The do’a of every Muslim is with you. Indeed, you are in one of the forefronts of the struggle between the haq (truth) and bathil (falsehood), between Islam andkufr (disbeliefs), between the Muslims and kafirs.
Al-Muhajirun– The followers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah -wish to remind the entire Islamic ummah that Allah has made the supports for jihad a duty upon the Muslims where ever they are located. Due to that, we are inviting the Islamic ummah for the execution of their duty towards Palestine by mobilizing the power that they have in order to fight the atrocities of the illegitimate State of Israel, by proclaiming jihad as the solution for Palestine, by putting fear into the hearts of the enemies and imparting determination and strength into the hearts of the Mujahids.
Al-Muhajirun– The followers of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jama’ah -call upon all the Islamic ummah to remain firm at this time, when thekafir are endeavoring to stop all forms of jihad and conducting activities of resistance against jihad, by giving bad names to the activities of jihad, as well as calling it illegitimate activities as seen from the aspect of (the kafir) law, they are fighting against the activities of jihad with the epithet of “fighting terrorism”. The duty of conducting jihad is fardhu ‘ain (individual obligation) at this time, which becomes the responsibility of every Muslim, in accordance with their capabilities, where ever they are. Therefore, let’s respond to the calls of Allah SWT and His Rasul Muhammad SAW.
May Allah SWT be pleased with what we call upon you, for us to work together and meet this obligation. Allahu Akbar…!
Sour©e: almuhajirun.net

Best Articles of the Past Week – 6/5-6/11

Saturday June 5:
“Abu Walid al Masri responds to Charles Cameron” – Leah Farrall, All Things Counter Terrorism: https://allthingsct.wordpress.com/2010/06/05/abu-walid-al-masri-responds-to-charles-cameron/
“Rhetoric and Reality: Countering Terrorism in the Age of Obama” – Marc Lynch, Center for a New American Security: https://www.cnas.org/files/documents/publications/CNAS_Rhetoric%20and%20Reality_Lynch.pdf
Monday June 7:


“Does al Qaeda Threaten the World Cup? Assessment, Context, and Implications for Understanding of the al Qaeda Network” – Charlie Szrom, Critical Threats Project: https://www.criticalthreats.org/africa/does-al-qaeda-threaten-world-cup-assessment-context-june-7-2010
Tuesday June 8:
“Exploiting Grievances: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula” – Alistair Harris, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/exploiting_grievances.pdf
“Counterterrorism and democracy promotion in the Sahel under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama from September 11, 2001, to the Nigerien Coup of February 2010” – Alex Thurston, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, ACAS Bulletin No. 85: https://concernedafricascholars.org/docs/bulletin85thurston.pdf
“From GSPC to AQIM: The evolution of an Algerian islamist terrorist group into an Al-Qa‘ida Affiliate and its implications for the Sahara-Sahel region” – Stephen Harmon, Association of Concerned Africa Scholars, ACAS Bulletin No. 85: https://concernedafricascholars.org/docs/bulletin85harmon.pdf
Wednesday June 9:
“Militants Seize Mecca” – Marissa Allison, al-Maktabah Blog: https://azelin.wordpress.com/2010/06/09/guest-post-juhayman-al-utaybi-and-the-siege-of-the-grand-mosque-in-mecca/
Thursday June 10:
“Could Al-Qaeda Turn African in the Sahel?” – Jean-Pierre Filiu, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Papers No. 112: https://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/al_qaeda_sahel.pdf
“Jihād & the Battle of Uncertainty” – Abū Yaḥyā al-Lībī, Al-Fajr Media Center: https://jihadology.net/wp-content/uploads/_pda/2010/06/al-fajr-media-center-presents-a-new-book-by-abu-yahya-al-libi-jihad-the-battle-of-uncertainty.pdf
“Pakistan’s New Networks of Terror” – Imtiaz Gul, Foreign Policy: https://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/06/10/pakistans_new_networks_of_terror
Friday June 11:
“Muddying the ‘Taliban'” – Brian Fishman, The AfPak Channel: https://afpak.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/11/muddying_the_taliban