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Reporting Series on Al Qaeda: Unmasking the Insurgents, Jihad Express, Women of Al Qaeda
This extensive investigation by the Newsweek staff and their foreign correspondents uncovers the evolution of Al Qaeda in Iraq. The series includes a closer look at the world's most dangerous terrorist organization's new followers including Europe-born insurgents and female suicide bombers. The series also looks at the first elections in Iraq and intelligence about Zarqawi.
Tags: al Qaeda; Iraq; War on Terrorism; insurgents; jihad; Osama bin Laden; elections; Zarqawi; CAR
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Trail of Terror: Jihad in Iraq
This story examines the insurgency in Iraq from multiple perspectives. It focuses solely on foreign fighters coming into Iraq to join Abu Musab Zarqawi's forces, but the investigation follows insurgents coming in from Europe, Lebanon, Syria and America. The story explores these fighters' motives and reveals that their convictions are driven by U.S. policy and Muslim solidarity rather than hatred of freedom or socioeconomic factors. It includes interviews with experts, jihadis and their family members, and military commanders.
Tags: terrorism; insurgency; Iraq; Zarqawi; jihad; suicide bombing; U.S. military; radicals
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Meet the new jihad
These three stories explore the Iraqi insurgency and the fighting conditions U.S. forces faced. "Meet the new jihad" explains the transformation of the Iraqi insurgency from a guerilla campaign led by former members of the Baathist regime to an international jihadist movement.. "Enemy with many faces" reveals the divisions with the insurgency's disparate members. "Into the hot zone" follows U.S. soldiers as they engage in brutal urban combat.
Tags: Iraq; jihad; insurgency; Abu Musab al-Zarqawi; war