The Green Badge Solution

Interesting Article: " Syria: Aleppo declaration raises fear of Al Qaeda-inspired groups joining rebels " by Michelle Shephard / Washington, DC published Monday, November 19th, 2012 An interesting article mentioned that Fears of the growing influence of Al Qaeda-inspired groups inside Syria increased Monday with the release of video claiming the embattled city of Aleppo is now an “Islamic state” and that 13 radical factions jointly rejected the country’s new opposition coalition. The statement appears to be a reaction to the Syrian National Coalition for Opposition and Revolutionary Forces, the newly formed alliance of opposition groups trying to overthrow President Bashar Assad’s regime. Would you like to know more?

Interesting Article: " Mali’s Looming War: Will Military Intervention Drive Out the Islamists? " by Alan Boswell / Mopti published Monday, November 12th, 2012 An interesting article mentioned that Officials and locals say that foreigners are entering and leaving the new safe haven with relative ease – turning its desert dunes into a regional sinkhole for ultraconservative Islamists, exiled terrorists, and drug-smuggling opportunists – a strange breed of outlaw rule some have dubbed “gangster jihadism.” Western officials say that there is now broad consensus that a military intervention is necessary to re-take Mali’s desert north – but the problem is that what’s urgent is not necessarily what’s possible. “It’s not something that will be over in a flash, and it’s not something anyone can undertake lightly,” said a French intelligence officer specializing in foreign threats. Would you like to know more?