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In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)


Opinion: The Return of Terrorism

Opinion: The Return of Terrorism

A Kenyan victim says: “This is not Islam. Islam is a religion of mercy and charity.” Kenyan Islamic scholar Abubakr Sharif Ahmed, better known as Makaburi, says: “I’m not a moderate. . . . Moderate Islam is that of Obama and Tony Blair. The...
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Armed policemen cordon the area as fire engulf the International arrivals unit of Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya, Aug. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)


Opinion: A Tangled Web of Falsehoods

Opinion: A Tangled Web of Falsehoods

“Has the British media mentioned that the ‘White Widow,’ the suspected mastermind of the Nairobi Westgate Mall terrorist attack last week, is also a member of the American Tea Party?” This is how one British woman commented on Twitter about the story that...