American - Journalist | September 16, 1973 -
There is no Afghan Awakening Movement.
Richard Engel
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The Taliban mostly attacks international and Afghan security forces. They rarely carry out attacks in markets.
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Lebanon does not have a powerful army.
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Under Islamic law, adoption is difficult.
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There are clearly many Egyptian free-thinkers and intellectuals - lots of wonderful Egyptian artists and architects and scientists.
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ISIS is in many ways a creation of the Syrian regime.
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The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for extremists from Egypt, Libya, Afghanistan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations to fight a jihad against American forces in Iraq.
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In October 2008, American commandos launched a cross-border raid into Syria to capture an Islamic militant known as Abu Ghadiya. He was accused of being one of al Qaeda in Iraq's main smugglers of fighters and money between Iraq and Syria.
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Rockets fired by the Taliban generally aren't guided.
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Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.
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Putin believes Russia is back, and he may be right.
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If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?
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