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anything, and would <strong>the</strong>y not lose a great deal in launching such an<br />

inexplicable attack against <strong>the</strong>ir own partners?<br />

Unmentionable Friends<br />

Indeed this is a major conceptual shortcoming <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> report: how it<br />

abruptly converts “militias” into “terrorists” (see p. 4). For all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> report<br />

writers’ insistence that <strong>the</strong>ir job is not to identify <strong>the</strong> attackers, <strong>the</strong> report<br />

speaks <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> activities and nature <strong>of</strong> Al Qaeda and its affiliates (p. 2). But<br />

<strong>the</strong>n a question arises: if “Islamists” and “jihadists” are a problem, why<br />

does <strong>the</strong> U.S. work with <strong>the</strong>m in Libya? Likewise, if <strong>the</strong>y are as “anti-<br />

American” as is commonly assumed, why do some actively collaborate<br />

with <strong>the</strong> U.S.? How among what <strong>the</strong> report acknowledges is a dizzying<br />

array <strong>of</strong> militias, do U.S. <strong>of</strong>ficials determine which are <strong>the</strong> good<br />

“Islamists” and which are <strong>the</strong> bad ones? The report itself provides some<br />

interesting answers. Read More<br />

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More Fukushima nuclear pollution to hit U.S. starting in 2015 —<br />

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