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Washington Declares War on the Muslim Brotherhood’s Financial Networks

For years, the fight against terrorism was fought primarily on the battlefield. Success was measured by the number of militant leaders eliminated, weapons caches destroyed, or terrorist cells dismantled. That era now appears to be over. Today, the battlefield lies at the heart of international financial networks, where the funds that enable extremist organizations to survive, recruit, and reorganize are channeled. For Washington, money has become the true center of gravity of the threat.

Islamism | “Community Lists” in France: the hand of Qatar?

How did the scandalous idea, carried by the Muslim Brotherhood's French relays, encourage Muslims in France to present “community lists” to the next municipal elections? Three weeks before the big community march on November 10, the kick-off of this campaign to "knock on the ballot" took place within the walls of CAREP's Paris headquarters, the main and most influential Qatari Think-Tank. A story of skillfully orchestrated lobbying....

Iran | An Iranian mullah launches a fatwa to throw into the sea 10,000 demonstrators against the Regime!

Abolfazl Bahrampour is a prominent mullah familiar with the sets of the pro-Iranian Regime TV channels. He enjoys an undisputed notoriety throughout the Shiite world, as he is the author of a famous volume of the Tafsir (interpretation of the Koran). This is why the regime chose him to launch a fatwa ordering the excommunication of demonstrators who participate in the protest movements that are shaking the country, considering them as “mouharibeh” (fighters against the will of Allah).

Tribute | Jacques Chirac as I knew him

My first meeting with Jacques Chirac was organised by Michel Baroin (François Baroin's father, whom Jacques Chirac considered as a son). At the time, Jacques Chirac was mayor of Paris and Michel Baroin, former head of cabinet of the President of the National Assembly, Edgar Faure, had become CEO of the GMF (Garantie Mutuelle des Fonctionnaires).

Profile | Hamza Bin Laden, the end of al-Qaeda’s dynastic dream

The death of the youngest son of al-Qaeda's founder, Hamza bin Laden (30 years old), announced at the end of July and officially confirmed by the Pentagon on August 22, is one of the hardest blows that the mother house of global jihadism has suffered since the death of its founder in May 2011.

Profile | The financier of the ‘brain’ of 9/11 is still active

Can you openly finance the ‘brain’ of the most spectacular and lethal terrorist attack in History, one that shook the foundations of the first world power and caused nearly 3,000 victims, and manage to avoid any prosecution or indictment?Even worse, can you be on the blacklists of the UN and the US Treasury and continue surreptitiously accessing your supposedly frozen assets to take out the tidy sum of 120 million dollars per year, i.e. $10,000 per month?