Information Operations and Terrorism

By Dorothy E. Denning
Naval Postgraduate School, Center of Terrorism and Irregular Warfare | Aug. 18, 2005

Innovative Terrorism in the Information Age: Understanding the Threat of Cyber-Warfare

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17. Alyssa A. Lappen and Jerry Gordon, “Former Terrorist Speaks,” FrontPageMagazine.com, April 2, 2004.

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Anderson, Ray C.

pp. 4-8

2005 Current Biography Yearbook
66th Annual Cumulation
H.W. Wilson Co. ISBN 0-8242-1056-5

July 28, 1934 –
Businessman, environmental activist

“Anderson, who had sunk his whole nest egg into an undertaking that seemed in danger of failing, told Alyssa A. Lappen for Forbes (April 17, 1989) that it was “the scariest time of my life.” (p. 6)

Evaluating Muslim-Jewish Relations in Britain

By Ben Cohen
Jerusalem Viewpoints | No. 527, 1-15 February 2005

* British Muslim organizations are becoming far more vocal on foreign policy matters. Two positions would appear to be axiomatic: opposition to the Iraq war and Britain’s continued involvement in Iraq, and a resolute anti-Zionism which both delegitimizes the State of Israel and scorns Jewish anxieties when it comes to anti-Semitism.

* Prior to the furor over Salman Rushdie’s novel The Satanic Verses, national origin was the principal component of Muslim immigrant identity in Britain. The Rushdie Affair introduced an overarching Muslim identity over these distinct communities. By the end of 1988, a UK Action Committee on Islamic Affairs (UKACIA) had been formed to coordinate protests against Rushdie. By January 1989, Muslims in the northern English city of Bradford were burning copies of the book in public.

* It can be argued that alleviating the social plight of British Muslims does not necessarily require legislation which characterizes the policy focus as a problem of discrimination against a religious minority. Moreover, a number of studies have questioned the assumption of an organic link between deprivation and Islamist politics. More sensitive social policies and better employment prospects will not, by themselves, dilute the appeal of the radical Islamist agenda.

* A November 2004 poll conducted by The Guardian demonstrates that it is political and religious issues, rather than economic and social ones, which energize Muslim activism in the UK. According to the poll, 88 percent of Muslims want to see schools and workplaces incorporate Muslim prayer times as part of their working day – a demand all but unknown among other religious groups. Continue reading “Evaluating Muslim-Jewish Relations in Britain” →

Method and apparatus for tax-efficient investment using both long and short

By Ronald A. Karp and Jeffrey M. Karp
U.S. Patent 6832209 | Issued Dec. 14, 2004

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Omid Safi’s Closed Classroom

December 3, 2004 | Daniel Pipes’ Weblog

One of the founders of the Progressive Muslim Union (an organization whose fake-moderation I recently exposed) is an academic named Omid Safi. He makes a great noise about being “progressive” and has even written a book titled Progressive Muslims: On Justice, Gender, and Pluralism. (However, as Alyssa A. Lappen shows in an outstanding review at amazon.com focused on blinkered chapters by Khaled Abou El Fadl and Farid Esack, Safi’s book is not at all progressive but “decidedly reactionary.”) Continue reading “Omid Safi’s Closed Classroom” →

Mother of French Jewish Murder Victim Speaks Out

By Nidra Poller
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 12, 2004
In November, 2003, Sebastien Selam, a popular 23-year old Jewish DJ, known to his fans as DJ LamC, was murdered by an Arab neighbor. His throat was slit twice; his face was atrociously mutilated. The grisly crime was barely reported in the French press, the probable anti-Semitic motive was underplayed or denied, the affair has not been followed by Jewish or mainstream media with the notable exception of Rosenpress.[i]

When Alyssa Lappen reported on the murder for FrontPage Magazine [ii] she had to rely on the sparse information I provided, backed up by her own research and journalistic intuition. Finally, three months later, I was able to contact the mother of the slain DJ. The conversation took place on February 29, 2004 in Madame Selam’s apartment in the presence of more than a dozen friends and family members. The conversation recorded here is not an interview–it is an encounter between an inconsolable bereaved mother and a motherly woman who commiserates. There is no pretension to journalistic objectivity. No digging for the facts. The conversation is a monumental understatement. These are the words we exchanged as we skirted the reality that neither could bear to evoke.

Nidra Poller: Madame Selam, welcome. Thank you for accepting to speak to me about this terrible crime. I know how hard it is.

Madame Juliette Selam: Thank you for coming to see me.

N. P.: First, I would like to ask you to tell us in your own way what happened to your son Sebastien.

J. S.: What happened is that evening he had a job, he was going out to go out to work that night, and before that he had gone to do an errand and when he came back here, a neighbor–a young man who knew him, grew up with him, knew our family, who used to come and have meals with us– Sebastien gave him a helping hand many times, in many ways–he was waiting for him and said he wanted to go along with Sebastien to the garage. My son saw no ill will in this, nothing at all, he was not wary, and when they got into the garage the boy slit his throat, and he went at him, relentlessly, and then he left him lying there and went up to his apartment directly from the garage and said to his mother, “I killed Lam C, I killed a Jew,” and his mother called the police. His mother called the police, the police came, they saw the terrible thing that happened in the garage, they tried to save him but it was too late. He was atrociously mutilated. That’s it. Continue reading “Mother of French Jewish Murder Victim Speaks Out” →