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 The Omnipotence of Al Qaeda and Meaninglessness of "Terrorism"     :      Information Clearing House: ICH

The Omnipotence of Al Qaeda and Meaninglessness of "Terrorism" : Information Clearing House: ICH By Glenn Greenwald July 25, 2011 "Salon" -- July 23, 2011 -- F or much of the day yesterday, the featured headline on The New York Times online front page strongly suggested that Muslims were responsible for the attacks on Oslo; that led to definitive statements on the BBC and elsewhere that Muslims were the culprits. The Washington Post 's Jennifer Rubin wrote a whole column based on the assertion that Muslims were responsible, one that, as James Fallows notes , remains at the Post with no corrections or updates. The morning statement issued by President Obama -- "It's a reminder that the entire international community holds a stake in preventing this kind of terror from occurring" and "we have to work cooperatively together both on intelligence and...

Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. - NYTimes.com

Killings in Norway Spotlight Anti-Muslim Thought in U.S. - NYTimes.comThe man accused of the killing spree in Norway was deeply influenced by a small group of American bloggers and writers who have warned for years about the threat from Islam, lacing his 1,500-page manifesto with quotations from them, as well as copying multiple passages from the tract of the Unabomber.