From Wired, Jack Hitt goes behind enemy lines with a suburban counterterrorist. What to do about pixels of hate: Jihadi Web sites may be useful for terrorists, but they are also helping terror fighters. A review of Suicide Bombers: The Strategy and Ideology of Martyrdom by Mohammed M. Hafez; A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja by Joost R. Hiltermann; and Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible by Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun. The new Taliban: In a swath of territory across Afghanistan and Pakistan, a wild and lawless new state is being born, and warlords struggle for control as Islamic militants pour in. Five books on terrorism you aren't allowed to read: A review of Forbidden Truth: U.S.-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia and the Failed Search for bin Laden by Jean-Charles Brisard, Guillaume Dasquie and Lucy Rounds; Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World by J Millard Burr and Robert O Collins; Unknown Soldiers: How Terrorism Transformed the Modern World by Matthew Carr; Funding Evil: How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It by Rachel Ehrenfeld; and Reaping the Whirlwind: The Taliban Movement in Afghanistan by Michael Griffin. Chalmers Johnson reviews The Matador's Cape: America's Reckless Response to Terror by Stephen Holmes. Bush’s dangerous liaisons: Though it has been a topic of much attention lately, the origin of the term “terrorist” has gone largely unnoticed by politicians and pundits alike.
